In 2010 iTunes (a digital download agency) were given access to The Beatles product, which now meant each track was available to download to internet connected devices. The edges of the fold used to be curved, now theyįinally, the fold itself is no longer laminated, and the cover itself feels thinner than before. Next, look out for the edges of the fold of the front cover onto the back. I have an original and a newer edition, and it is astonishing how much worse the newer one is ! I could demonstrate this with my copy of "A Hard Days Night", That EMI copied old sleeves rather than the actual photos !. For starters (surprisingly !) the quality of new editions is worse, which suggests subject to resale price conditions, see price lists".įor examples of what I mean, see. Re-pressings were also made in the 1970's, these do NOT have across the press-out centres the words,
"Recording First Published", but instead has a circled "P". Price lists", the rights start with "The Gramophone Co. Post 1965 pressings have across the press-out centres the words, "sold in U.K. The sleeve is a laminated flipback sleeve with curved edges.
#THE BEATLES TWIST AND SHOUT CODE#
The disc has a push-out centre with an embossed "KT" tax code visible on the side 1 record label. The date on the label is shown as "Recording First Published 1963". The typeface on more recent issues is both more modern and smaller than on the originals, while the actual catalogue numberĪround the edge of the label, the words stating the rights of the publishers started with "The Parlophone Co. In a taxi to a former bomb site at the rear of Euston Station.įinally, how do you spot original pressings ?. The Beatles arrived at their studio and Ms Adams took them When she was working for Picture Story Publications of Soho. The front cover picture was not taken by Dezo Hoffman as is widely reported, but was taken by Fiona Adams was released in a picture sleeve, and of course, they all were. All seven were produced by George Martin.īeatles own compositions on this release were credited to "McCartney - Lennon". Version of the title song was almost half the cost, being a normal single release, The Beatles held them off to No.4.ĭuring the first six months of 1963 there were 2.5 million records sold by Liverpool groups, and these were just seven in fact,īoth the press and public treated this 45rpm outing as a new single, and even though Brian Poole and The Tremeloes cover ever in the singles chart, where it actually reached No.2 !. "Twist And Shout" was also the highest placed E.P. in British pop history, it was (like most of the others) ONLY released in glorious Million copies) and third was the Dave Clark Five's Glad All Over selling almost a million. She Loves You (almost 1 and 1/2 million copies), I Want To Hold Your Hand (1 and 1/4
turned out to be the fourth biggest seller of 1963,īehind three singles. "Please Please Me".Īt the top of the charts for 10 weeks (TEN !), which makes it quite odd that this E.P. contained four tracks all taken from the first L.P. (although it's catalogue number is greater than the second release)
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