Singles
Please Please Me
21 February 1963
Parlophone A 8080
21 February 1963
Parlophone A 8080
From Me To You
9 May 1963
Parlophone A 8083
9 May 1963
Parlophone A 8083
She Loves You
29 August 1963
Parlophone A 8093
29 August 1963
Parlophone A 8093
I Want To Hold Your Hand
12 December 1963
Parlophone A 8103
12 December 1963
Parlophone A 8103
Love Me Do
16 January 1964
Parlophone A 8105
16 January 1964
Parlophone A 8105
Roll Over Beethoven
5 March 1964
Parlophone A 8107
5 March 1964
Parlophone A 8107
Can’t Buy Me Love
30 April 1964
Parlophone A 8113
30 April 1964
Parlophone A 8113
Komm, Gib Mir Deine Hand
25 June 1964
Parlophone A 8117
25 June 1964
Parlophone A 8117
A Hard Day’s Night
10 July 1964
Parlophone A 8123
10 July 1964
Parlophone A 8123
I Should Have Known Better
20 August 1964
Parlophone A 8125
20 August 1964
Parlophone A 8125
I Feel Fine
27 November 1964
Parlophone A 8133
27 November 1964
Parlophone A 8133
Rock And Roll Music
11 March 1965
Parlophone A 8153
11 March 1965
Parlophone A 8153
Ticket To Ride
15 April 1965
Parlophone A 8133
15 April 1965
Parlophone A 8133
Help!
23 July 1965
Parlophone A 8163
23 July 1965
Parlophone A 8163
Yesterday
14 October 1965
Parlophone A 8173
14 October 1965
Parlophone A 8173
Day Tripper/We Can Work It Out
9 December 1965
Parlophone A 8183
9 December 1965
Parlophone A 8183
Nowhere Man
24 March 1966
Parlophone A 8193
24 March 1966
Parlophone A 8193
Paperback Writer
16 June 1966
Parlophone A 8203
16 June 1966
Parlophone A 8203
Yellow Submarine/Eleanor Rigby
25 August 1966
Parlophone A 8213
25 August 1966
Parlophone A 8213
Penny Lane/Strawberry Fields Forever
16 March 1967
Parlophone A 8243
16 March 1967
Parlophone A 8243
All You Need Is Love
13 July 1967
Parlophone A 8263
13 July 1967
Parlophone A 8263
Hello, Goodbye
7 December 1967
Parlophone A 8273
7 December 1967
Parlophone A 8273
Lady Madonna
29 March 1968
Parlophone A 8293
29 March 1968
Parlophone A 8293
Hey Jude
20 September 1968
Parlophone GEPO-70045
20 September 1968
Parlophone GEPO-70045
Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da
20 February 1969
Apple A 8693
20 February 1969
Apple A 8693
Get Back
9 May 1969
Apple A 8763
9 May 1969
Apple A 8763
The Ballad Of John And Yoko
19 June 1969
Apple A 8793
19 June 1969
Apple A 8793
Come Together/Something
17 October 1969
Apple A 8943
17 October 1969
Apple A 8943
Let It Be
13 March 1970
Apple A 9083
13 March 1970
Apple A 9083
The Long And Winding Road
11 June 1970
Apple A 9163
11 June 1970
Apple A 9163
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as a 14 year old I bought the ‘MMT and other splendid hits’ from the World Record Club..it even has graded circles (for treble and bass)on the back cover where you can mark in your own preferences.
I also bought the ‘Essential Beatles’ now in very poor condition…strange compilation (Honey Don’t and ‘Boys’?)
and ‘Hey Jude’..would’ve made more sense to have ‘Day Tripper’ and ‘We Can Work It Out’ instead of ‘Can’t Buy Me Love’ and ‘I Should’ve Known Better’
This was all about the American market. Remember, the “Hey Jude” LP wasn’t issued in the UK back then (although they eventually did issue it in the 1980’s). So it was ALL about the US market didn’t have. Both sides of the “Day Tripper” 45 were already issued on the US only “Yesterday and Today” LP, but both “Can’t Buy Me Love” and “I Should Have Known Better” had NOT been on any US Capitol LP. They were both on the soundtrack of “A Hard Day’s Night” which was issued on the “United Artists” label.
I am confused with the Australian release date of the “All My Loving” EP. The release is shown as 9 April 1964. However, “the original and authentic Top 40 chart” showed it as the release of the week on 16 March and it made its Top 40 debut on 20 March, peaking at #1 on 3 April.
How can this be? Should the release date be 9 MARCH and not APRIL? Also, the single “Roll Over Beethoven/Hold Me Tight” is not listed in the singles releases.
Any other “inaccuracies” in the discography?
There probably are – I’ve covered over 40 countries and I’m sure some errors will slip through. I’m grateful to people such as yourself for pointing them out.
I’ve added the ROB/HMT single – not sure how I missed that. However, I’m not sure of the precise release date of the AML EP. In the absence of anything more accurate, I’ll put it as 16 March.
Hi Joe,
Just to let you know about a few more “inaccuracies” & missing records. (Singles)
1: A 8943 Something / Come Together was issued on the 19th Oct 1969 not on the 17th Oct
2: A 8107 Roll Over Beethoven / Hold Me Tight was issued on the 5th March 1964 not on the 16th March
Records not listed are as follows,
1: A11115 Yesterday / I Should Have Known Better issued 31st May 1976
2: A11182 Got To Get You Into My Life / Helter Skelter issued July 1976
3: Sgt Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band – with A Little Help From My Friends / A Day In The Life
issued 28th Aug 1978
4: A689 Movie Medley / I’m Happy Just To Dance With You issued 8th April 1982
5: ED48 Love Me Do / P.S. I Love You / Love Me Do 12″ single issued July 1983
6: AB34 Box Set of 34 singles issued Oct 1983
Info taken from the Jeff Russell book “The Beatles Album File & Complete Discography”
Hope tis info is of use to you.
Regards,
George
also Hey Jude / Revolution was issued on the Parlophone label as A-8493 not GEPO 70045 as listed this is the cat no for the EP Penny Lane
AML EP issued April 1964, error on my part ignore ref to issue date of ROB/HMT you had the correct date, sorry.
Hi
I need help as I have very old Beatles records that have orange labels…can anyone help please as I’m not sure about these labels
Australian Parlophone LP labels were the orange colour from late 1969 to 1981, so any Parlophone Beatles album you have with that colour label would NOT be an original 1960s pressing.
Hi John, I was wondering if you or anybody else can help me find out a bit more about my “Let It Be’ Album (vinyl) . I have searched ‘Discogs’ and cannot find it on that forum. It has a black and silver ‘Parlophone’ label a , PCSO-7096 YEX 773(side 1) / YEX 774 (side 2) matrix , “An EMI Recording” on the opposite side to the matrix, run out etching is YEX 773-3U ( Side 1 ) YEX 774-2 P (it looks like a p ? ) . The only copies and research I can find have an APPLE logo label on the LP. The bottom of the label has EMI in black inside a silver rectangle . “MADE IN AUSTRALIA BY EMI (AUSTRALIA) LIMITED “written around the bottom of the label . ANY Help would be greatly appreciated.
Regards
Dean Perry
Australia.
What a bizarre tracklisting and sequence that “Essential Beatles” compilation has. :/
That may be so, but it was the first Beatles record I can remember listening to.
First time poster here.
Same for me as well, I remember my mother bought Essential for me as a Xmas or b’day gift. The selection was probably sedate enough for her!
I have an Australian pressing of The Beatles single Please Please Me/Ask Me Why. The label is lavender in colour and the Parlophone format is quite different to every other Beatles single in my collection. Would this be one of the first beatles records pressed in Australia. I have had the record since 1964.
That was the very first Beatles record to be released in Australia. ‘From Me To You / Thank You Girl’ and ‘She Loves You / I’ll Get You’ were also issued on that same coloured Parlophone label. In late 1963 the Australian Parlophone single label was changed to a black label with silver print and all subsequent Beatles Parlophone singles were pressed with that new label.
the Essental Beatles the best compilation album ever released in australia
Any idea of the value of the Australian releases of “With The Beatles” and “Beatles For Sale”, with the sleeves being different from the UK releases? I have an original copy of each.
If by original you mean a gold/black label version of “With The Beatles” then, it could go for a couple hundered AUD to $1000 AUD depending on condition etc… give or take. If it is the 2nd release on black/yellow parlophone labels then it would go for much less. Between 20-60 AUD depending on condition. I mentioned both as some people are under the false impression that the black/yellow label job is a 1st press.
The above is on the basis the copy you own is mono and not stereo.
There is a song missed in “The Essential Beatles”. Between «Honey Don’t» and «Baby You’re A Rich Man» there was the song «P.S. I Love You».
The correct song list in side 1 of the LP was:
1. «Love Me Do»
2. «Boys»
3. «Long Tall Sally»
4. «Honey Don’t»
5. «P.S. I Love You»
6. «Baby You’re A Rich Man»
7. «All My Loving»
8. «Yesterday»
9. «Penny Lane»
The same tracklisting must be on the New Zealand’s version of the LP.
Greetings.
The original tracklisting of the EP “Beatles for Sale” was:
Side 1:
1. «No Reply»
2. «I’m a Loser»
Side 2:
1. «Words of Love»
2. «Eight Days a Week»
The correct mono prefix of the cat# for the “Please Please Me” album is PMCO (sure is a mistake! :)), and the true stereo prefix for the “Beatles for Sale” and “Greatest Hits Volume 2” LP’s was PCSO (sure another mistake).
“Yellow Submarine” was released only on Apple Records, both in mono and stereo, not on Parlophone.
And “Magical Mystery Tour” was released with the cat# S-4574 through World Record Club. I think the spelling WRC is redundant, because it doesn’t form a unit with the cat#.
I have a copy of The Beatles Hits EP made in Australia, on a Blue/Green label can anyone give me some information on this please?
Many Thanks in advance
Richie
That is an original first pressing. In late 1963 EMI Australia changed the design of Parlophone LP, EP and single labels. The EP label changed from blue/green to black. Original 1963 pressings of the first three Australian Beatles EPs have the blue/green label.
I wonder who on earth compiled The Essential Beatles and what their reasoning was ? So mych Ringo, so little John. And the early photos of Ringo on the cover art are so un-Beatle-like and don’t even look like Ringo somehow!
Also I have just discovered that there was a single of Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da/While My Guitar Gently Weeps in Australia!
the australians were smart enough to release obla-di -obla -da as a single.they knew it would go to number 1.also it wasnt about the american market or australia would have released magical mystery tour in 67 like the american market did.
The Number Ones (EP)
1 – Love Me Do
2 – I Feel Fine
3 – Rock and Roll Music
The Number Ones (LP)
1 – I Want to Hold Your Hand
2 – I Saw Her Standing There
3 – Can’t Buy Me Love
4 – A Hard Day’s Night
5 – I Should Have Known Better
6 – Ticket to Ride
7 – Help!
8 – We Can Work it Out
9 – Nowhere Man
10 – Yellow Submarine
11 – Penny Lane
12 – All You Need is Love
13 – Hello Goodbye
14 – Lady Madonna
15 – Hey Jude
16 – Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da
17 – Get Back
18 – Ballad of John and Yoko
19 – Something
20 – Let It Be
Your release date for the Let It Be LP in Australia is incorrect. It was released on 8th May 1970. I was given a copy of this LP and its accompanying book on my 18th birthday, 31st May 1970.