With The Beatles (1st UK Edition Mono) MT Tax Code- The Beatles

$130.00

Artist : The Beatles - Record Label : Parlaphone - Release Title : With The Beatles - Case Type : Cardboard Sleeve - Edition : First Edition - Record Grading : Very Good Plus (VG+) - Release Year : 1963 - Sleeve Grading : Good Plus (G+) - Country of Origin
: United Kingdom

LP plays perfectly with almost none background noice - none in the songs. The LP has a lot of small hairlines but no skipping. The sleeve is lamented and still glossy. Please listen to my audio file which comes later today. You can see the actual MT taxcode on the pictures.

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The main differentiator of this early pressing, compared to later versions, is the black & yellow Parlophone label with perimeter rim copyright text beginning, 'THE PARLOPHONE CO LTD...', and the text 'RECORDING FIRST PUBLISHED 1963' above the side indicator numeral.

There are a number of other differentiators present on both the labels and the cover.

Label:
1- The title of B3 is given as 'You Really Got A [instead of: 'Gotta'] Hold On Me'.
2 - The line beginning 'Your Man' on side B ends with 'Northern'. A similar version has the line ending with 'Songs'.
3 - The publishing credit for B7 'Money' is given as 'Dominion.Belinda (Ldn.) Ltd.'. Earlier
pressings credit 'Jobete Mus. NCB'.
4 - The MT purchase tax code embossing on either side of the spindle hole.

Cover:
1 - Front laminated, tri-flipback and printed by Ernest J. Day & Co. Ltd., with a large 'MONO' indicator on the front, top, right hand corner. A similar variant is printed by Garrod & Lofthouse Ltd.
2 - The title of track B3 as 'You Really Got A [instead of: 'Gotta'] Hold On Me'.

Publishers and Rights Societies:
A1, A2, A3, A5, B2, B4, B6: Northern Songs.
A4: Jaep Mus.
A6: Frank Mus. Chappell. Mecolico. BIEM. NCB.
A7, B3: Dominion Mus. NCB
B1: Jewel Mus. Mecolico. BIEM. NCB.
B5: Leeds Mus.
B7: Dominion. Belinda (Ldn.) Ltd.

Cover and inner sleeve details:

Recording first published 1963

E. M. I. Records Limited
(Controlled by Electric & Musical Industries Ltd.)
Hayes • Middlesex • England