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Different writing stereo/mono prints on Parlophone LP sleeves:

1. Large size print, used from 1963 until spring 1964 (“Please Please Me”, “With The Beatles”). This design was restored in 1976.

2. Mide-size print, used from spring 1964 until autumn 1965.

3. Outline print, used from December 1964 until 1966 (“Help!” and “Beatles For Sale”). This design was restored in 1976. A very limited number of covers were printed with the medium “stereo” designation in outlined letters, 1965 (“A Hard Day’s Nigth”).

4. Solid black small size, used from autumn1965 until 1973 (All albums except “Beatles For Sale”). Some copies of the third pressing “Help!” (stereo only), 1966. The albums with these covers were exported to U.S. military bases for sale.

5. Without print, used from 1970 until 1973.

Print date on the covers.

The small print “6509” represents the print year and month of the cover. EMI printed this information on the covers from July/August 1964 and onwards. Unfortunately, EMI did not change the date when the covers were printed again and the date is only usefull in order to see when a record was first released.

Parlophone used two types of flipback sleeves between 1971 and 1973. With the traditional three sleeves with three flaps Garrod & Lofthouse Ltd. manufactured outer sleeves with two flaps.

During the sixties, EMI used two companies to manufacture its abum covers. Approximately 90% of EMI’s covers were made and printed by Garrod & Lofthouse Ltd., which had factories in London, Manchester, Catherham, Crawley and Redhill. The remaining 10% were manufactured by Ernest J. Day & Co. Ltd. Although the initial covers for the Beatles first album, “Please Please Me”, were made by Ernest J. Day, the bulk of future printed was handled by Garrod & Lofthouse. While six of the first eight album covers were printed by both companies, the other covers were made exclusively by Garrod & Lofthouse, including the gatefold cover of “Beatles For Sale” and gatefold cover for “The White Album”. Garrod & Lofthouse also printed the inserts for “Sgt. Pepper” and “The White Album”, as well as the “Let It Be” deluxe book and box.

The inner sleeves housing EMI albums were printed by Harrison and Sons Ltd. The first design used with Beatles albums had a center die-cut and a clear inner lining.

1. Polythene-lined “Use Emitex” die-cut inner sleeve. Used 1963.

2. Tracing-rice-paper-lined “Use Emitex” die-cut inner sleeve. Used between 1964-1965.

3. Plain white paper “patent…” inner sleeve with “PATENTS APPLIED FOR” on the bottom left side. Used between 1966-1968. Including first pressing “Revolver” and “A Collection Of Beatles Oldies”.

4. Black & white “LP advertising” inner sleeves. Used between 1966-1967. Including first pressing “Revolver” and “A Collection Of Beatles Oldies”.

5. Psychedelic red & white inner sleeve for first pressing “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band” only, 1967.

6. Sepia color EMI “LP advertising” inner sleeve. Used between 1968-1969.

7. Sepia color EMI “LP advertising” inner sleeve 1970-1971.

EMI has released four albums of The Beatles on the colored vinyl in 1978. These editions are produced for export to the USA only. This is a limited and rare editions. The cause of these editions is not known. Possible it was dedicated to the 10th Anniversary of Apple Records. Was made only four albums: “Magical Mystery Tour”, “The Beatles” (“The White Album”), “Abbey Road” and “Let It Be”. Laqueur for these limited editions made by Harry T. Moss – EMI studio cutting engineer who has prepared a soundtrack to “write” on the matrix of the first and second side plates. Usually from someone who does this job depends mainly on how this issue will be heard. Harry T. Moss initials (HTM) hand etched on the trail off areas of the records except the “White Album”. Harry T. Moss did matrices for almost all the Beatles albums but his initials began to appear in 1973.