AUEP70013YBA.a
S1: BOOSEY & HAWKES (logo) - LEEDS MUSIC
S2: TU-CON MUSIC - CASTLE MUSIC
Trks 1.1 and 2.1 - Title & Publ. on same line
S1: BOOSEY & HAWKES (logo) - LEEDS MUSIC
S2: TU-CON MUSIC - CASTLE MUSIC
Trks 1.1 and 2.1 - Title & Publ. on same line
AUEP70013YBA.b
S1: BOOSEY & HAWKES (logo) - LEEDS MUSIC
S2: TU-CON MUSIC - CASTLE MUSIC
As AUEP70013YBA.a except spacing variations, notably side numbers
S1: BOOSEY & HAWKES (logo) - LEEDS MUSIC
S2: TU-CON MUSIC - CASTLE MUSIC
As AUEP70013YBA.a except spacing variations, notably side numbers
YELLOW/BLACK - STYLE 'A' - ROYALTY STAMPS
YELLOW/BLACK - STYLE 'B' - NO ROYALTY STAMPS
AUEP70013YBB.a
AUEP70013YBB.b
Unique layouts (both labels)
Italicised tracklist (side 2)
Unique layouts (both labels)
Italicised tracklist (side 2)
AUEP70013YBB.c
Unique font for all non-template text (both labels)
Unique font for all non-template text (both labels)
AUEP70013YBA.c
S1: BOOSEY & HAWKES (logo) - LEEDS MUSIC
S2: TU-CON MUSIC - CASTLE MUSIC
Trks 1.1 and 2.1 - Title on own line
S1: BOOSEY & HAWKES (logo) - LEEDS MUSIC
S2: TU-CON MUSIC - CASTLE MUSIC
Trks 1.1 and 2.1 - Title on own line
AUEP70013YBA.d
S1: BOOSEY & HAWKES (logo) - LEEDS MUSIC
S2: TU-CON MUSIC - CASTLE MUSIC
As per AUEP70013YBA.c except spacing variations, notably side numbers
S1: BOOSEY & HAWKES (logo) - LEEDS MUSIC
S2: TU-CON MUSIC - CASTLE MUSIC
As per AUEP70013YBA.c except spacing variations, notably side numbers
AUEP70013YBA.e
S1: BOOSEY & HAWKES (logo) - NORTHERN SONGS
S2: CASTLE fac - TU-CON MUSIC
'Northern Songs' is publisher of trk 1.2
Unique font for all non-template text
S1: BOOSEY & HAWKES (logo) - NORTHERN SONGS
S2: CASTLE fac - TU-CON MUSIC
'Northern Songs' is publisher of trk 1.2
Unique font for all non-template text
AUEP70013YBB.d
Unique font for all non-template text (both labels)
No quotation marks around REQUESTS (both labels)
Music publ. credit for trk 1.1 is 'Penjane'
Music publ. credit for trk 1.2 is 'ATV Northern Songs'
Music publ. credit for trk 2.1 is 'United Artists'
Copies with this label variation also exist with a smaller pressing ring; the result of EMI (Australia) installing new Toshiba-EMI automatic presses in 1980 and changing the 7" mould the following year
Unique font for all non-template text (both labels)
No quotation marks around REQUESTS (both labels)
Music publ. credit for trk 1.1 is 'Penjane'
Music publ. credit for trk 1.2 is 'ATV Northern Songs'
Music publ. credit for trk 2.1 is 'United Artists'
Copies with this label variation also exist with a smaller pressing ring; the result of EMI (Australia) installing new Toshiba-EMI automatic presses in 1980 and changing the 7" mould the following year
GENERAL EP INFORMATION
Released in the midst of the Beatles' 1964 Australian tour, Requests marked EMI (Australia)'s move to exploit the EP market with locally-compiled releases, much as it had already been doing with singles.
It is often stated that the first two tracks were simply taken from the UK Long Tall Sally EP. That is only partly correct. EMI (Australia) certainly adopted the track sequence from side one of the British EP, but the company was unwilling to wait for a UK reference disc to arrive. Instead, with a copy of the US The Beatles' Second Album already on hand, it dubbed 'Long Tall Sally' and 'I Call Your Name' directly from the American vinyl. The front cover artwork was also adapted from that US album, with the reverse using photos from the November 1962 Astrid Kirchherr "chair session".
To complete the EP, EMI added 'Please, Mister Postman' from the With The Beatles LP and 'Boys' from the Please Please Me LP.
Thus Requests was born, and, remarkably, was released in Australia one day before the UK release of Long Tall Sally.
The timing could hardly have been better. With Beatlemania at fever pitch during the group's Australian visit, Requests reached the top of the singles charts in most capital cities, driven particularly by the popularity of 'Long Tall Sally' and 'Boys'.
By the time the follow-up, More Requests, was prepared, EMI (Australia) had received a copy of the UK Long Tall Sally EP. The company therefore took the opportunity to use its artwork and to include the two tracks from side two of the British EP.
Requests remained in print until December 1978. In June 1979, it, along with all unique-to-Australia 70000-series Beatles EPs, were recut and reissued with updated artwork. For the recut, EMI (Australia) went back to stereo tapes but mastered in mono, the reason being to 'maintain the feel of the original sound' (more accurately they had temporarily lost the original mono EP tape—PARLO 99—that contained all the EP tracks in glorious mono). Oddly though, for this EP, both 'Long Tall Sally' and 'I Call Your Name' play in stereo. This reissue first appeared in September 1979.
It is often stated that the first two tracks were simply taken from the UK Long Tall Sally EP. That is only partly correct. EMI (Australia) certainly adopted the track sequence from side one of the British EP, but the company was unwilling to wait for a UK reference disc to arrive. Instead, with a copy of the US The Beatles' Second Album already on hand, it dubbed 'Long Tall Sally' and 'I Call Your Name' directly from the American vinyl. The front cover artwork was also adapted from that US album, with the reverse using photos from the November 1962 Astrid Kirchherr "chair session".
To complete the EP, EMI added 'Please, Mister Postman' from the With The Beatles LP and 'Boys' from the Please Please Me LP.
Thus Requests was born, and, remarkably, was released in Australia one day before the UK release of Long Tall Sally.
The timing could hardly have been better. With Beatlemania at fever pitch during the group's Australian visit, Requests reached the top of the singles charts in most capital cities, driven particularly by the popularity of 'Long Tall Sally' and 'Boys'.
By the time the follow-up, More Requests, was prepared, EMI (Australia) had received a copy of the UK Long Tall Sally EP. The company therefore took the opportunity to use its artwork and to include the two tracks from side two of the British EP.
Requests remained in print until December 1978. In June 1979, it, along with all unique-to-Australia 70000-series Beatles EPs, were recut and reissued with updated artwork. For the recut, EMI (Australia) went back to stereo tapes but mastered in mono, the reason being to 'maintain the feel of the original sound' (more accurately they had temporarily lost the original mono EP tape—PARLO 99—that contained all the EP tracks in glorious mono). Oddly though, for this EP, both 'Long Tall Sally' and 'I Call Your Name' play in stereo. This reissue first appeared in September 1979.
CHART PERFORMANCE
BRISBANE |
SYDNEY |
MELBOURNE |
HOBART |
ADELAIDE (SA) |
PERTH (WA) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Chart Entry |
30-May-64 |
05-Jun-64* |
06-Jun-64 |
17-Apr-64 |
30-May-64** |
19-Jun-64 |
Highest Position |
1 |
1 |
7 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
Weeks In |
20 |
18 |
14 |
14 |
23 |
11 |
Listed as "Requests featuring Long Tall Sally" except * "Requests featuring Boys/Long Tall Sally", ** "Requests [EP]"
Chart Entry |
06-Jun-64 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Highest Position |
32 |
|
|
|
|
|
Weeks In |
5 |
|
|
|
|
|
Listed as "I Call Your Name"
Chart Entry |
20-Jun-64 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Highest Position |
29 |
|
|
|
|
|
Weeks In |
5 |
|
|
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Listed as "Please Mr Postman"