The Beatles
at 78 RPM
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Credits
A large amount of the information on this site came from record collector G.McLagan who occasionaly has Beatles 78s for sale. If you wish to contact him, his e-mail address is: rocking78s@btopenworld.com
Some discography info courtesy Frank Daniels, who is authoring an International Beatles Price Guide. If you wish to contact him, his e-mail address is: EgwEimi@aol.com. Frank currently has detailed all the label variations at his site. Pay it a visit on http://members.aol.com/egweimi/btls1.htm.
Alternately you can email the site's editor, T. Pavick, on agp2176@verizon.net
Big thanks to Graeme and Frank for their assistance!
Introductory notes:
Per Graeme McLagan, it would appear that all Indian Beatles 78s appeared on the red Parlophone label. 45s, on the other hand appeared on a black label. It is not believed that any Indian 78s appeared on a black label. Even late 78s such as Michelle appeared on the red label, past the date that the 45s switched to a black label.
Some issues are unconfirmed and may be doubtful. These are shown in italics.
There are three label variations. Earlier, 1963 era releases have the simpler text "This copyright record must not be publicly performed with licence." at the top and "THE PARLOPHONE CO.,LTD." at the bottom. Later 1964 releases say "*Made in India by The Gramophone Co., Ltd. (Incorporated in England with Limited Liability) Regd. User*" around the top rim and "This copyright record must not be publicly performed with licence." around the bottom.
The earlier releases also simply note the Parlophone name and logo as "TRADE MARK" and have the notation "Made in India" in the body of he label. Later releases refer to the logo and name as "Reg'd Td. Mk. of The Palophone Co., Ltd.".
Finally, 1965 releases simplified the top of the rim text to say "Made in India by The Gramophone Co. of India (Private) Ltd. Permitted User"
| Label | Catalog Number | Title | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| Parlophone | R 4949 | Love Me Do | PS I Love You |
| Parlophone | R 4983 | Please Please Me | Ask Me Why |
| Parlophone | DPE 159 | I Saw Her Standing There | Hold Me Tight |
| Parlophone | DPE 164 | Long Tall Sally | I Call Your Name |
| Parlophone | R 5015 | From Me to You | Thank You Girl |
| Parlophone | R 5055 | She Loves You | I'll Get You |
| Parlophone | R 5084 | I Want to Hold Your Hand | This Boy |
| Parlophone | R 5114 | Can't Buy Me Love | You Can't Do That |
| Parlophone | R 5160 | A Hard Day's Night | Thing We Said Today |
| Parlophone | DPE 167 | If I Fell | And I Love Her |
| Parlophone | DPE 168 | I'm Happy Just to Dance With You | I Should Have Known Better |
| Parlophone | R 5200 | I Feel Fine | She's a Woman |
| Parlophone | DPE 172 | Tell Me Why | I'll Cry Instead |
| Parlophone | DPE 178 | I'm A Loser | Eight Days a Week |
| Parlophone | DPE 179 | Rock and Roll Music | No Reply |
| Parlophone | DPE 180 | I'll Follow the Sun | Words of Love |
| Parlophone | R 5265 | Ticket To Ride | Yes It Is |
| Parlophone | R 5305 | Help! | I'm Down |
| Parlophone | DPE 183 | Dizzy Miss Lizzy | The Night Before |
| Parlophone | DPE 184 | Yesterday | Act Naturally |
| Parlophone | DPE 185 | You Like Me Too Much | Tell Me What You See |
| Parlophone | DPE 186 | Norwegian wood | Drive My Car |
| Parlophone | R 5389 | We Can Work it Out | Day Tripper |
| Parlophone | DPE 187 | Michelle | You Won't See Me |
| Parlophone | DPE 188 | Girl | -unknown- |
| Parlophone | R 5452 | Paperback Writer | Rain |
| Parlophone | DPE 189 | Here There and Everywhere | Good Day Sunshine |
| Parlophone | DPE 190 | Hey Jude | Revolution |
| Parlophone | DPE 192 | Ob-la-di Ob-la-da | -unknown- |
| Release of these last 6 (italicised) entries on 78 is suspect and not documented at this time. | |||
