Released 19 November 1964 Original recommended retail price: 15/6
The final instalment in Australia’s “Requests” trilogy, presented in a locally designed sleeve commemorating The Beatles’ 1964 visit.
Tracks Side 1: She Loves You / I Want To Hold Your Hand Side 2: Roll Over Beethoven / Can't Buy Me Love
Matrix Information Side 1: (mono) 7AXPA790 Side 2: (mono) 7AXPA791
June 1979 Side 1: (stereo) 7AXPA790 Side 2: (stereo) 7AXPA791
Overview The last in the 'requests' trilogy, this EP arguably drew inspiration from the aborted 1964 UK Golden Discs EP (the EP would be released in the UK one year later with the new title Million Sellers).
The front cover features photos taken by Tony Merrick of the group onstage at the Sydney Stadium (from the same performance as the photos taken and used on the Australian Beatles For Sale LP sleeve). The reverse features a photograph of the group at EMI’s Castlereagh Street office with the seven gold discs presented to them on 18 June.
Initial copies had the Parlophone logo printed in blue on the lower left of the front cover. The logo was not reproduced on sleeves printed from 1968 (click sleeve image above to see example).
The EP did not trouble the chart compilers in any state; a sad decline given the success of the first Requests EP.
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. Oddly though, for this EP, 'I Want To Hold Your Hand' plays in stereo. This reissue first appeared in September 1979.
Yellow/Black Style 'A'
AUEP70015YBA.a
S1: LEEDS MUSIC S2: LEEDS MUSIC - JEWEL MUSIC
Italicised tracklist and matrix details
AUEP70015YBA.b
S1: LEEDS MUSIC S2: LEEDS MUSIC - JEWEL MUSIC
AUEP70015YBA.c
S1: LEEDS MUSIC S2: LEEDS MUSIC - JEWEL MUSIC
Non-italicised tracklist and matrix details Vertical spacing variations
AUEP70015YBA.d
S1: LEEDS MUSIC S2: LEEDS MUSIC - JEWEL MUSIC
Royalty stamp spacing variations
AUEP70015YBA.e
S1: Northern Songs S2: JEWEL MUSIC - Northern Songs
Vertical and horizontal spacing variations Font size variations
AUEP70015YBA.f
S1: Northern Songs S2: Northern Songs - JEWEL MUSIC
Font-family change (except tax-stamp characters)
AUEP70015YBA.g
S1: NORTHERN SONGS S2: NORTHERN SONGS - JEWEL MUSIC
Font-family change (all non-templated text elements)
Yellow/Black Style 'B'
AUEP70015YBB.a
AUEP70015YBB.b
As per AUEP70015YBB.a except: - different layout of tracks 1.1 and 1.2 - slight spacing variations on side 2 label (noticeable in particular between FURTHER and REQUESTS)
AUEP70015YBB.c
Different font for tracklists (both labels) Different vertical-spacing between lines of tracklist (side 2 label)
AUEP70015YBB.d
Italicised tracklist (both labels)
AUEP70015YBB.e
Font family change (all non-templated text elements)
AUEP70015YBB.f
No inverted commas around FURTHER REQUESTS Music publ. credit for tracks 1.1, 1.2 and 2.2 is 'ATV Northern Songs' Font-family change (all non-templated text elements)