LABEL STYLES - ALBUMS
GOLD
GOLD
The first pressings of both Please Please Me and With The Beatles featured a gold-text on black label similar to that which graced the earliest UK mono pressings of Please Please Me. Despite being withdrawn in the UK almost a year earlier, the gold/black style continued in Australia until March 1964. Original labels used on Please Please Me had "MADE IN AUSTRALIA FOR THE PARLOPHONE CO. LTD. SYDNEY, NSW" printed in the perimeter. In January 1964, the text was replaced with "MADE IN AUSTRALIA BY E.M.I. (AUST.) LIMITED" and moved to the centre of the label, running horizontally each side of the centre hole. Somewhat "busier" than the UK original, the Australian gold label still possesses a certain antique charm.
Only one label pair per title is displayed on this page. Label variations for a given record can be found on its corresponding LP page (accessible via the main 'LPs' menu, above).
Only one label pair per title is displayed on this page. Label variations for a given record can be found on its corresponding LP page (accessible via the main 'LPs' menu, above).
GOLD A - Manufacture credit at bottom of label, inner rimtext
GOLD B - Manufacture credit on horizontal line, middle of label
