THE BEATLES - Twist And Shout

Item Description

Vinyl, , First Issue, Second Pressing
7" 45 RPM EP Mono

Irish pressing with all silver Parlophone label in UK sleeve
- Common details in this 'release' are based on first UK release [r2231552]
- Unique Irish details marked with ***

First Issue Details - The Sleeve
1. Wrap-around cover. First run EP sleeves have front laminated rounded upper and lower rear flaps with no tab cut.
2. Printer name "Garrod (& Lofthouse Ltd.)" printed at the bottom of the back cover.
3. Original copy of the EP as it opens from the side as most early EP's do. Later reissues of the EP open from the top.
4. Push-out centre.

First Issue Details - Centre Label (second pressing)
1. The second press was changed the number for A-Side matrix suffixed with "2N"
2. Hollow silver Parlophone logo mark.***
3. There are no (UK) tax codes on label.***
4. The song titles and the publisher's name are printed title case in Times Roman.***
5. Record company, EP title and heading, catalogue no. and country of manufacture printed capitals in San Serif. ***
6. Capitalised "THE PARLOPHONE CO. LTD" on rim is larger font than UK version and 'over-prints' on ‘P’, 'published 1963' ***
7. The side-A Centre Label code has the letter "W" an an additional character inserted before the '722' part of the code.***
8. "Recording first published 1963" statement is printed in lower case.***