THE BEATLES 1967-1970
Apple PCSO 7181-2
MATRIX INFORMATION

Machine Stamped - Hand Written
RELEASE DATE RECORD ONE
SIDE 1 / 2
RECORD TWO
SIDE 3 / 4
PARTS
5 Jul 1973 YEX 909-1
YEX 910-2
YEX 911-2
YEX 912-1
UK
1979 YEX 909-1
YEX 910-2
YEX 911-3
YEX 912-2
UK/AU
SLEEVE INFORMATION
GENERAL ALBUM INFORMATION
EMI (Australia) received both mothers and tapes (filed as PARLO 287-290) for this release. It, along with The Beatles 1962-1966, were the last new Beatles albums to be pressed from UK metal parts, with EMI (Australia) preferring to master future releases from tape.

The Australian release is essentially a clone of the UK release, albeit with localised catalogue number and label details. Mouseover the above sleeve image to see the inner gatefold.

The album spent 10 weeks on the charts, reaching #11. It re-entered the charts again in June 1976, reaching #97 across two weeks.

Anecdotal evidence suggests that in September 1988, Leon Zervis transferred the analogue tapes to digital and remastered both this album and The Beatles 1962-1966 direct to copper, similar to the process that Allan Parsons undertook the previous year with The Beatles and Yellow Submarine (please visit "The Beatles" production master tape page for more information). To date, no evidence of this remaster has been identified on commercial pressings, although EMI (Australia) did reissue both albums on cassette format on 24 October 1988. The webmaster welcomes contact from anyone who believes they have one of these seemingly very elusive pressings!

Unlike some overseas countries including the UK and USA, EMI (Australia) never released this album on coloured vinyl.
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ORIGIN CODE CIRCULATED SLEEVE DETAILS
AUST A1 Jul 1973 Front and rear laminated
BLACK 1-BOX A
AU7181S2A
Apr 1982
APPLE B
AU7181S1B
Late 1979
APPLE A
AU7181S1A
5 Jul 1973
BLACK 1-BOX B
AU7181S2B
Jul 1987
NZ CONTRACT
AU7181S3
1981