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Beatles For Sale (No 2), Parlophone GEP 8938, June 4, 1965. The Garrod & Lofthouse sleeves have rounded or diagonal-cut flaps at the top and bottom and a side tab.

The Ernest J. Day sleeves have angle-cut flaps at the top and bottom and a side tab.

Later sleeves from the seventies are not laminated.

1. First pressing, April 6, 1965. Black label with yellow logo and silver print. “The Parlophone Co. Ltd” printed at the start perimeter print and the publishing year printed as “(p) 1964” and with “SOLD IN U.K.” Push-out center. Tax codes WKT, KT and KJT. Matrix numbers: Side 1: 7TCE 874-1, Side 2: 7TCE 875-1.

First variation with WKT code:

Second variation with KT code:

2. Second pressing, summer 1965 – summer 1969. Black label with yellow logo and silver print. “The Gramophone Co. Ltd” printed at the start perimeter print and the publishing year printed as “(p) 1964” and with “SOLD IN U.K.” Push-out or solid center. Tax codes KT or KJT. Matrix numbers: Side 1: 7TCE 874-1, Side 2: 7TCE 875-1.

3. Third pressing, summer 1969 – 1973. Black label with yellow logo and silver print. “The Gramophone Co. Ltd” printed at the start perimeter print and the publishing year printed as “(p) 1964”. Push-out or solid center. With or without tax code.  Matrix numbers: Side 1: 7TCE 874-1, Side 2: 7TCE 875-1.

4. Fourth pressing, 1978 – 1981. Black label with yellow logo and silver print. “THE EMI RECORDS LTD” printed at the start perimeter print and “MADE IN GT. BRITAIN” text at the end of the perimeter print. Matrix numbers: Side 1: 7TCE 874-2, Side 2: 7TCE 875-2.