Product details
Sleeve Condition: Very Good (VG)
Media Condition: Very Good (VG)
Notes:
The main differentiator of this early pressing, compared to later versions, is the black & yellow [l2294] label with perimeter rim copyright text beginning, ‘THE PARLOPHONE CO LTD…’, and the text ‘RECORDING FIRST PUBLISHED 1963’ above the side indicator numeral.
There are a number of other differentiators present on both the labels and the cover.
Label:
1- The title of B3 is given as ‘You Really Got A [instead of: ‘Gotta’] Hold On Me’.
2 – The line beginning ‘Your Man’ on side B ends with ‘Northern’. A [url=https://www.discogs.com/The-Beatles-With-The-Beatles/release/11030410]similar version[/url] has the line ending with ‘Songs’.
3 – The publishing credit for B7 ‘Money’ is given as ‘Dominion.Belinda (Ldn.) Ltd.’. Earlier
pressings credit ‘Jobete Mus. NCB’.
4 – The MT purchase tax code embossing on either side of the spindle hole. Similar variants have the codes [url=https://www.discogs.com/The-Beatles-With-The-Beatles/release/3831201]MKT[/url], [url=https://www.discogs.com/The-Beatles-With-The-Beatles/release/3996134]KT[/url], and one has [url=https://www.discogs.com/The-Beatles-With-The-Beatles/release/8317363]no code[/url].
Cover:
1 – Front laminated, tri-flipback and printed by [l264830], with a large ‘MONO’ indicator on the front, top, right hand corner. A [url=https://www.discogs.com/The-Beatles-With-The-Beatles/release/5147391]similar variant[/url] is printed by [l266652]
2 – The title of track B3 as ‘You Really Gotta [instead of: ‘Got A’] Hold On Me’.
Publishers & Rights Societies:
A1, A2, A3, A5, B2, B4, B6: Northern Songs.
A4: Jaep Mus.
A6: Frank Mus. Chappell. Mecolico. BIEM. NCB.
A7, B3: Dominion Mus. NCB
B1: Jewel Mus. Mecolico. BIEM. NCB.
B5: Leeds Mus.
B7: Dominion. Belinda (Ldn.) Ltd.
Cover and inner sleeve details:
Recording first published 1963
E. M. I. Records Limited
(Controlled by Electric & Musical Industries Ltd.)
Hayes • Middlesex • England
Made and Printed in Great Britain
Printed and made by Garrod & Lofthouse Ltd. Patents pending PMC1206 PCS 3045
EMITEX polylined white inner sleeve with the grey text ‘Important – TAKE GOOD CARE OF YOUR MICROGROOVE RECORDS CHECK YOUR GRAMOPHONE STYLUS REGULARLY…A WORN STYLUS WILL GIVE POOR REPRODUCTION…A CHIPPED STYLUS WILL PERMANENTLY DAMAGE A RECORD’ in the upper right area, and the text ‘USE “EMITEX” CLEANING CLOTH TO PRESERVE YOUR MICROGROOVE RECORDS…OBTAINABLE FROM ALL GOOD RECORD DEALERS’ in the lower left area.
Note: Also issued in stereo (# PCS 3045)
