The transition between the Dick James and the Northern Songs copies did not run smoothly and some labels were mismatched. Some side 1 labels had Dick James credits whilst the side 2 labels had Northern Songs, and vice versa. These aren't variations as such, moreso labelling errors so they're not included here but will be in the musuem galleries of error presses and mislabellings.

The change for this label was the removal of the small 33 1/3 logo text above the matrix number toward the left hand side of the label. The reason for this text appearing on the Black and Gold copies was, obviously, to denote the speed at which the disc should be played. But on the new Yellow and Black label design, a much larger 33 1/3 logo appears above the "PARL" of the "Parlophone" text logo. As such, the smaller logo was deemed unnecessary and removed from this 3rd label onwards. This didn't seem to have stayed in use for long before the 4th label appeared so it is relatively rare.

There is argument over whether this 3rd label is actually a "label" in our sense of the word, as it could be a variant of the 2nd label. For now it will remain as the 3rd as this will keep it in line with the Record Collectors' Price Guide listings (even though there are slight differences to ours) and also to not confuse common knowledge.

This variation has not yet been seen in mono and so its existence is unconfirmed. This variant appears on the stereo discs and is characterised by "Sold In UK" text and "The Parlophone Co." rimtext. Also the fontface would be thinner and the tracklist layout would be a little different. It would have appeared in 1964 as the style is common on first press copies of "Beatles For Sale" and "Hard Day's Night" but for some reason it never seemed to appear on "Please Please Me" (or "With The Beatles" in mono for that matter.)

The theory that is most likely is that such huge numbers of "Please Please Me" had been pressed up in 1963 there were enough to continue sales through 1964. This could be true as sales of this album would have dropped as other new Beatles albums were released. But, the "Sold In UK" text was a legal requirement at the time so it is odd that EMI could still sell the non-SIUK 4th labels throughout this period but it is the only real theory that explains the 5th label problem.

See the 5th variations in the Stereo section of "Please Please Me" for examples.

A Times New Roman font is now used on the record labels. Another minor difference is the increased spacing between the 1963 symbol and XEX 421 / XEX 422.