Hey, Jude!

Apple PCSO 7560

Released 23 April 1970
Original recommended retail price: $5.50

Released in Australia on 23 April 1970, Hey, Jude! was a US-conceived compilation uniquely added to EMI (Australia)’s catalogue and pressed from the same UK-export metalwork used for the British export edition.

Pressing & Mastering

First Issued	Side 1	Side 2	Parts
23-Apr-70	YEEX 150-1	YEEX 151-1	UK
82	✎YEEX 150/ 2PX 750-2 749-2 AP	✎YEEX 151/ 2PX 750-2 AP	AU

Sleeve Information

Code	Circulated	Comments
AU1	Apr-70	Non-flipback sleeve. Initial sleeves were front AND back laminated

Overview
In April 1970, EMI (Australia) added the American-conceived Hey, Jude! compilation to its catalogue. Because it was outside the core British LP sequence, the Australian release received a local 7500-series number, PCSO 7560.

Its manufacture nevertheless had a British connection. Australian records used UK-export mothers, as did Britain’s CPCS-106 edition, making this the only UK-export album title issued locally by EMI (Australia). The shared origin is not mentioned on the sleeve and is consequently less widely recognised than it might be.

Early Australian copies were pressed from the same UK-export mothers as the British edition, making them an attractive alternative for collectors seeking that mastering. Australian pressings can often be obtained for considerably less than their British counterparts.

Original copies can, however, be difficult to distinguish from later Apple-label pressings. As with Abbey Road and Let It Be, the sleeve and vinyl provide useful clues. Early Hey, Jude! sleeves were laminated on both the front and rear, giving them a glossy finish, while later sleeves were matt. Original records were also pressed on thicker, heavier vinyl than the thinner pressings introduced during the 1970s.

The World Record Club offered the album to members in mid-1983 under catalogue number (R) 91931. An example is illustrated below.