Sgt. Pepper's / With a Little Help... // A Day In The Life
Parlophone A-12000
Released 28 August 1978
Original recommended retail price: $1.80
The final release in EMI (Australia)’s existing singles-number sequence, deliberately assigned the neat catalogue number A-12000.
Matrix Information
Side 1: (stereo) A12000A
Side 2: (stereo) A12000B

Overview
Renewed interest in the original album created by the release of the 1978 film of the same name (directed by Michael Schultz and featuring Peter Frampton and the Bee Gees) led Capitol US to release this single in mid-August 1978. EMI (Australia) followed suit, releasing the same coupling two weeks later (but sans picture sleeve).

At the mastering stage, EMI (Australia)'s singles numbering sequence had reached only 11780. Phil Israel, Parlophone's label manager and an avid Beatles fan, decided to assign the release the number 12000. He considered it an appropriately neat, round number and a fitting conclusion to the existing sequence, which would restart at 100 some 13 months later, in September 1979. Underestimating the insatiable curiosity of Beatles collectors, Israel told the webmaster in 2025: "I didn't think anyone would notice or be interested in that".

The film was the catalyst behind EMI UK repressing the original album as a picture disc, which EMI (Australia) subsequently added to its catalogue as an import.

The single did not chart locally.
Promo
AUSP12000PP.a
Silver/Black Style 'B'
AUSP12000SBB.a
Silver/Black Style 'C'
AUSP12000SBC.a

First appeared in October 1982 with the release of The Australian 20th Anniversary Singles Collection

Visit AB34 for more information or to see an image of the picture sleeve