The Beatles first LP, ‘Please Please Me’ PMC 1202 and PCS 3042 was available for a few short weeks featuring the fabulous black and gold Parlophone label. Read about how these labels were manufactured and why print minders working on them qualified for free milk!!! We look at all aspects of production including the labels, (…)

Currently working on She Loves You. I have identified three different versions with the earliest resembling what I have termed the house style. Has anyone got an unusual variant of this, I don’t mean contract pressings, just unusual typographic variations? If you have, I’d love to hear from you and will credit any used submissions. (…)

The Beatles second release from 1963 and the single that confirmed them as Britain’s newest Chart Toppers! ‘From Me To You’ b/w ‘Thank You Girl’ (R 5015) sold double the quantity that Please Please Me achieved and yet there are only three black label versions. We look at each in detail in our 12 page (…)

The Beatles first No. 1 (depending on which chart you subscribe to), ‘Please Please Me’ b/w ‘Ask Me Why’ can be found in two red label Parlophone versions (45-R 4983) and four black label versions (45-R 4983 & R 4983). Our article looks at each version in detail and offers high quality photographs taken from (…)

The Beatles debut single originally released in 1962 has no fewer than 5 variations of label. There are two red versions (45-R 4949) and three black versions (R 4949) of ‘Love Me Do’ b/w ‘P.S. I Love You’, all depicted from the best sources available and shown in stunning detail. The 15 printed page article (…)