THE BEATLES AT THE HOLLYWOOD BOWL
Parlophone PCSO 7577
Axis AX 701423 (reissue)
Released 5 May 1977
Original recommended retail price: $6.99
Released in Australia on 5 May 1977, The Beatles at the Hollywood Bowl reached No. 12 on the charts, and was later reissued on EMI’s budget Axis label in January 1990.
Labels & Related Material
AULP7577C
May 1977
AULP701423AYB
January 1990
Tracks
Same tracks as UK release
Pressing & Mastering

First Issued

Side 1

Side 2

Parts

5-May-77

YEX 969

YEX 970

AU

22-Jan-90

✎AX 701423A

✎AX 701423B

AU
Sleeve Information

Code

Circulated

Comments

AU1

May-77

Gatefold sleeve; supplied with album insert

AU2

Jan-90

Axis label reissue; single pocket sleeve
Overview
The Beatles at the Hollywood Bowl brought a live Beatles album into the Australian EMI catalogue in 1977. Its local production followed what had become a familiar arrangement: EMI (Australia) received tapes from both Britain and the United States, then selected one set for mastering. In this case it used the EMI UK tapes, although both sets were stored under the same library numbers, PARLO 454–455.

The Australian edition retained the gatefold presentation and picture labels similar to those used in Europe. It also included a locally adapted, double-sided single-sheet insert promoting The Beatles’ LP catalogue, replacing the printed inner sleeve supplied with the British edition. Click the sleeve image above to view the inner gatefold, and visit the Insert page for the accompanying catalogue sheet.

The album spent twelve weeks on the charts, reaching No. 12. Its next significant local incarnation arrived in January 1990, when EMI (Australia) reissued it on LP and cassette through its budget Axis Records label. The paperwork had been originated approximately eighteen months earlier, but no documented explanation for the delay has emerged. Anecdotal evidence suggests that EMI (Australia) had considered a CD release and had been refused permission.

For the Axis edition, the album was recut and the gatefold replaced by a single sleeve. The original design was largely shifted down to accommodate a grey Axis banner, and the printing had a slightly cooler hue. The Axis label page illustrates the revised sleeve.

A small naming peculiarity links the original release and its budget successor. Local copy text omitted “the” before “Hollywood Bowl”, producing The Beatles at Hollywood Bowl. That wording appears on the original LP’s spine, on all cassette editions and on the Axis reissue labels.