Release end of 1964. One of the first Beatles LPs pressed up for export outside of the UK, and it went mostly to Sweden. This English version of “Something New” has the same track list as the American version. But the song “Komm, Gib Mir Deine Hand” (I Want To Hold Your Hand) officially published in England on the album “Rarities”, in 1978.
Garrod & Lofthouse Ltd. front laminated flipback sleeve, mid-sized “stereo†on front.


1. First pressing, end of 1964. Black & Yellow Parlophone label with “The Parlophone Co. Ltd.†perimeter print. Tracing-paper-lined “Use Emitex†die-cut inner sleeve. Matrix numbers: Side 1: YEEX 7-B12; Side 2: YEEX 8-B12.
Variation 1. The first copies of “Something New” has label error “Sold In UK …” and tax code “KT†by spin-hole. How many of these copies were made is not known.


Variation 2. The error was corrected very quickly.


2. Second pressing, 1965. Black & Yellow Parlophone label with “The Gramophone Co. Ltd.†perimeter print. Tracing-paper-lined “Use Emitex†die-cut inner sleeve. Matrix numbers: Side 1: YEEX 7-B12; Side 2: YEEX 8-B12.


3. Third pressing, November 1969 until 1970. Black label with one silver EMI logo and silver print. “The Gramophone Co Ltd…†printed at the start perimeter print and “Made In GT. Britain†lower text. Sepia, black & white LP advertising or white paper “Patent…” inner sleeves. Matrix numbers: Side 1: YEEX 7-B12; Side 2: YEEX 8-B12.

