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Revolver, Parlophone, PCS 7009, August 5, 1966, stereo. Garrod & Lofthouse Ltd. or Ernest J.Day & Co. front laminated flipback cover with small “stereo” on the front and with “Dr. Robert” (early variation) or “Doctor Robert” song credit on the back side.

1.First pressing. August 5, 1966. Black label with yellow logo and silver print. “The Gramophone Co. Ltd” printed at the start perimeter print and “Sold in U.K.” text. Plain white or white & black “LP advertising” inner sleeve. With or without KT tax code on the label. Matrix numbers: Side 1: YEX 605-1; Side 2: YEX 606-1.

Variation A. This is how the labels first appeared on the shelves. Still using the sans serif Arial typeset. Also, these early labels misprint the side 2 track Doctor Robert as “Dr. Robert”. These early Sans-serif labels have each song title starting on a new line with the first line purely for “Taxman” and have “Eleanor Rigby” starting on the second line down. Also something to note on these original labels is that each song title was followed by song credits and then lead vocalist. Label with extra dot in “IN.U.K.” on the side 1.

Variation B. As variation A, but the “Dr. Robert” error on side 2 has been corrected, now correctly reading “Doctor Robert”. This probably occurred within a short time after the LP was first released.

2. Second pressing, 1967 until 1969. This variation incorporates the corrected “Doctor Robert” spelling to the Sans-serif label. This label exhibits a new layout design most notably with side one having both “Taxman” and “Eleanor Rigby” on the first line. The credits pattern of “Song (Composer)-Lead Singer” has also now switched to “Song-Lead Singer (Composer)”. Matrix numbers: Side 1: YEX 605-1; Side 2: YEX 606-1. This probably appeared in late 1967 or 1968. This version has a label with an misprint, an extra dot in “IN.U.K.” on the side 1.

3. Third pressing, summer 1969 until November 1969. Garrod & Lofthouse Ltd. front laminated cover, with small “stereo“ on front. Black label with yellow logo and silver print. “The Gramophone Co. Ltd” printed at the start perimeter print. Sepia “LP advertising“ inner sleeve. Without tax code. Matrix numbers: Side 1: YEX 605-1; Side 2: YEX 606-1.

4. Fourth pressing, November 1969 until 1970. Black label with one black-white EMI logo and silver print. “The Gramophone Co Ltd” printed at the start perimeter print and “Made In GT. Britain” lower text. Laminated flipback “Garrod & Lofthouse Ltd” sleeve. Sepia “LP advertising” inner sleeve. Matrix numbers: Side 1: YEX 605-1; Side 2: YEX 606-1. It should be added, that the labels for this edition have a misprint. On the Side 2, Instead of “Got To Get You Into My Life” was printed “I Got To Get You Into My Life”.

5. Fifth pressing, early 1971 until 1973. Black label with two white-black EMI logos and silver print. “The Gramophone Co Ltd” printed at the start perimeter print and “Made In GT. Britain” lower text. Laminated flipback “Garrod & Lofthouse Ltd” sleeve with or without small “stereo“ on the front side. Sepia color “LP advertising” inner sleeve. Matrix numbers: Side 1: YEX 605-1 (or 2); Side 2: YEX 606-2.

6. Sixth pressing, summer 1976 until October 1980. Black label with two white-black EMI logos and silver print. “EMI Records Ltd” printed at the start perimeter print and “Made In GT. Britain” printed at the end of the perimeter print. Laminated “Garrod & Lofthouse Ltd” sleeve small “stereo“ on the front side. White paper EMI custom inner sleeve. Matrix numbers: Side 1: YEX 605-3; Side 2: YEX 606-3 (or -4).

“Columbia” pressing. This pressing is found in two variations. The first variation has the Columbia logo on the side 1 and Parlophone logo on the side 2. The second variation has Parlophone logo on the side 1 and a Columbia logo on side 2. For some reason there is such design is not known. Most likely this printing error.

7. Seventh pressing, October 1980 until April 1984. Black label with two white-black EMI logos and silver print. “ALL RIGHTS OF THE PRODUCER” printed at the start perimeter print. Importantly, around the 11 o’clock position in the rimtext the wording is: “UNAUTHORISED PUBLIC PERFORMANCE, BROADCASTING, COPYING AND HIRING”. Instead, added “MANUFACTURED IN THE UK BY EMI RECORDS LIMITED” text at the end of the perimeter print. Unlaminated sleeve with small “stereo“ on the front side. White paper EMI standard inner sleeve. Matrix numbers: Side 1: YEX 605-3 (or -4); Side 2: YEX 606-4.

Mispressing. The Side 2 has the MONO matrix: XEX 606-3. Side 1 plays stereo, side 2 is mono.

8. Eighth pressing, end of spring 1984 until 1987. Black label with two white-black EMI logos and silver print. “ALL RIGHTS OF THE PRODUCER” printed at the start perimeter print. Importantly, around the 11 o’clock position in the rimtext the wording is: “UNAUTHORISED COPYIN, HIRING, RENTING, PUBLIC PERFORMANCE AND BROADCASTING”. “MANUFACTURED IN THE UK BY EMI RECORDS LIMITED” text at the end of the perimeter print. Unlaminated sleeve with small “stereo“ on the front side. White paper EMI standard inner sleeve. Matrix numbers: Side 1: YEX 605-5-1-2; Side 2: YEX 606-4.

9. Ninth pressing, 1987 – 1991. Black label with two silver EMI logos and silver print. “ALL RIGHTS OF THE PRODUCER” printed at the start perimeter print. Importantly, around the 11 o’clock position in the rimtext the wording is: “UNAUTHORISED COPYING, PUBLIC PERFORMANCE, BROADCASTING, HIRING AND RENTAL”. “MADE IN ENGLAND” text at the end of the perimeter print. Unlaminated outer sleeve with small “stereo“ on the front and with barcode on the back side. Sleeves early 90s have Apple logo on the back side. Matrix numbers: Side 1: YEX 605-6-1-; Side 2: YEX 606-7-1-.

10. Tenth pressing, Remastered, Parlophone 94638241713, released November 12, 2012. The album was reissued on 180g vinyl, prepared use the full 24-bit versions taken from the 2009 remasters. Album included in “The Beatles” stereo box, as well as sold separately. Cover is replicat from the original Garrod & Lofthouse Ltd. sleeve without flaps. Vinyl pressed by Optimal Media GmbH, Germany.

Matrix numbers:

Side 1: 94638241713 B983070-01 A2 M / Side 2: 94638241713 B983070-01 B3 N i…i

Side 1: 94638241713 B986070-01 A2 T H== / Side 2: 94638241713 B986070-01 B3 i…i N V=F i…i

Side 1: 94638241713 B983070-01 A2 T VIP / Side 2: 94638241713 B986070-01 B3 N +=< i…i

Side 1: 94638241713 B986070-01 A2 T x+4 / Side 2: 94638241713 B986070-01 B3 =∧F N i…i

Side 1: 94638241713 B986070-01 Aâ‚‚ T ^^ 4 / Side 2: 94638241713 B986070-01 B3 IV 7 N₁ i…i