THE BEATLES - Please Please Me

Item Description

Vinyl, , CBS Pressing
LP Album Reissue Repress Stereo

Variation of the Orange "Side" Stereo label/pressing. Identical to [r11197188] except that this is a CBS Records Australia contract pressing. Identifiable by their 70mm diameter pressing ring (as opposed to an EMI pressing which has a 33mm diameter pressing ring).

In the wake of John Lennon's murder, EMI Australia could not cope with the surge in demand for Beatles' records and sought outside assistance in pressing albums. While most of the demand was met by EMI New Zealand, assistance was also sought from CBS Records (located in Sydney) and Astor Records (located in Melbourne). These two facilities pressed albums during the first six months of 1981, Pressings from these facilities are identifiable by their unique pressing rings - CBS 70mm and Astor Records 38mm with a 3mm wide indentation.

This release also features the locally recut album on both sides, identifiable by the -2 lacquer number in the dead-wax matrices.

On the label, Track 1.7 has been re-set to close gap between author and music publisher credits. A different font and style to the rest of the label typeset is used.

Note the incorrect spelling of Paul McCartney (McCratney) on track 1.7 author credit. This error remained on every subsequent Australian pressing of Please Please Me.

The cover is now a replica of the UK sleeve (black printing in lieu of blue).