MORE REQUESTS!
Parlophone GEPO 70014
Released 30 July 1964
Original recommended retail price: 15/6
The second locally compiled “Requests” EP, combining half of Britain’s Long Tall Sally with two selections from With The Beatles.
Tracks
Side 1: Slow Down / Matchbox
Side 2: Till There Was You / I Wanna Be Your Man

Matrix Information
Side 1: (mono) 7AXPA726
Side 2: (mono) 7AXPA727

June 1979
Side 1: (mono) 7AXPA726
Side 2: (mono) 7AXPA727

Overview
For the second release in the 'requests' trilogy, EMI (Australia) used the second side of the Long Tall Sally EP, which by then had arrived from Britain, and added two tracks from the With The Beatles LP.

The cover uses the same Robert Freeman photograph as the UK EP, but places it against a sandy-gradient background, with THE BEATLES printed in blue. For reasons unknown, the colour was changed to purple in 1968 (click sleeve image above to see example).

As Derek Taylor's original liner notes no longer suited the altered track listing, they were discarded in favour of four simple head shots of the group.

Although EMI (Australia) documentation records 20 August 1964 as the release date, contemporary media articles indicate that More Requests! was actually issued on 30 July. This is also consistent with its almost immediate appearance on Australian charts, including Sydney on 31 July and Brisbane and Adelaide on 1 August.

The EP remained in print until December 1978. In June 1979, EMI (Australia) recut this EP and the other Australian 70000-series Beatles EPs for reissue with revised artwork. For the recuts, EMI (Australia) went back to stereo tapes but mastered in mono, ostensibly to “maintain the feel of the original sound”. The more practical explanation was that EMI had temporarily misplaced PARLO 99, the original mono compilation tape containing the EP tracks. This reissue first appeared in September 1979.
Chart Performance

Brisbane

(QLD)

Sydney

(NSW)

Melbourne

(VIC)

Hobart

(TAS)

Adelaide

(SA)

Perth

(WA)

Chart Entry

01-Aug-64

31-Jul-64*

08-Aug-64**

07-Aug-64

01-Aug-64

-

Highest Position

9

11

7

21

4

 

Weeks In

13

11

13

5

15

 
Listed as "Till There Was You" except * "Matchbox", ** "Till There Was You/Slow Down"
Yellow/Black Style 'A'
AUEP70014YBA.a

S1: MCPS fac - ABERBACH fac
S2: CHAPPELLS fac - LEEDS MUSIC

MORE REQUESTS in inverted commas
AUEP70014YBA.b

S1: BELINDA fac - MCPS fac
S2: CHAPPELLS fac - LEEDS MUSIC

As per AUEP70014YBA.a except:
- Music publ. credit for track 1.2 is 'Belinda'
- Unique text layout spacing variations
AUEP70014YBA.c

S1: ALBERT fac - BELINDA fac
S2: Northern Songs - CHAPPELLS fac

Italicised tracklists
Music publ. credit for track 1.1 is 'Albert'
Music publ. credit for track 2.2 is 'Northern Songs'
AUEP70014YBA.d

S1: ALBERT fac - BELINDA fac
S2: Northern Songs - CHAPPELLS fac

Different font of non-templated text elements
AUEP70014YBA.e

S1: ALBERT fac - BELINDA fac
S2: NORTHERN SONGS - CHAPPELLS fac

Different font of non-templated text elements
Yellow/Black Style 'B'
AUEP70014YBB.a

Tracklist font on each label differs
AUEP70014YBB.b

As per AUEP70014YBB.a except:
- Side 1 tracklist in different font
- Title/side number/track/artist block printed slightly higher relative to catalogue number
- Side 2 labels are identical
AUEP70014YBB.c

Unique fonts for all non-template text (both labels)
Music publ. credit for track 1.1 is 'Penjane'
AUEP70014YBB.d

No inverted commas around MORE REQUESTS
Music publ. credit for track 2.2 is 'ATV Northern Songs'
Different fonts for catalogue number, title and artist lines
AUEP70014YBB.e

Inverted commas around MORE REQUESTS
Music publ. credit for track 1.1 reverts to 'Albert'
Music publ. credit for track 2.2 reverts to 'Northern Songs'
Unique text layout spacing variations
Silver/Black Style 'B'
AUEP70014SBB.a

Label layout identical to AUEP70014YBB.e