| |
Beatles
For Sale - Mono
Released
on 6th December, 1964.
By
the time 'Beatles For Sale' came around the group were worn out
by the constant touring and manipulating. The very title 'Beatles
For Sale' reflects this in an irony. Even though the songs were
rushed, a number of covers were brought back out of the woodwork
to fill up the space they didn't have time to write for and is seen
by many to be arguably their weakest album. The content was still groundbreaking,
showing that the group had progressed from 'love you' beat to more
sophisticated lyrics and chord structures, so perhaps the standards which the Beatles had set for themselves was just too high!
The album stayed at the top of the charts for 7 weeks (returning
back in February for one more week) and stayed in the charts for
a total of 46 weeks!
If
you have a label or font variation - no matter how small - that
we haven't documented here, please contact us!
Credits:
Labels 1B courtesy of forum member Baard
| Mono
1st Label, Variation A |
These
1st labels came about in late '64, a few months before EMI
changed their labels so that all companies (HMV, Columbia
etc) had their rimtext starting with 'Gramophone'. The original
copies still had the rimtext starting with 'Parlophone'. |
| |
 |
|
 |
Side
1 |
..... |
Side
2 |
|
|
| Mono 1st Label, Variation B |
The minor alteration for this label is in the tracklist credits. On side 2, the song 'What You're Doing' now has a period *missing* after the "NCB" credit on that line. A minor change but one which stayed until the one box era on the stereo discs. |
| |
 |
|
 |
Side 1 |
..... |
Side 2 |
|
|
| Mono
2nd Label |
This
is the label variation that appeared in the Mono Boxset that
was issued in 1982. These differ from the 60's presses with
the 'MONO' format being noted at the top right and the rimtext
running underneath and starting with 'All Rights of the Producer...'
As a minor note, the period mark after the 'What You're Doing' song credit has by now returned. |
| |
 |
|
|
Side
1 |
..... |
Side
2 |
|
| Mono
3rd Label, Variation A |
In
the late 80's, with the release of the CDs's, Parlophone decided
to withdraw the stereo press of the album and make the mono
mix exclusive on all formats. However, when the printers were
modifying the stereo labels to mono, they changed the catalogue
number and format but forgot to change the matrix numbers on
the left side of the label. As a result, although the record
played in mono, it had the YEX stereo matrix number printed
on the label.
Also note the final track of side 1, "Kansas City" has been split into a medley of two songs now incorporating "Hey, Hey, Hey, Hey". |
| |
 |
|
 |
Side
1 |
..... |
Side
2 |
| Mono
3rd Label, Variation B |
| Indentical
to above, but now the YEX error has been corrected. |
| |
|
|
|
Side
1 |
..... |
Side
2 |
|
|
...
|
|
