The Beatles ‎– Help!
Label:
Parlophone ‎– PMC 1255
Format:
Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono
Country:
UK
Released:
06 Aug 1965
Genre:
Rock, Stage & Screen
Style:
Beat, Soundtrack
 
Tracklist
Position    Title/Credits    Duration
A1    Help!    
A2    The Night Before    
A3    You've Got To Hide Your Love Away    
A4    I Need You
Written-By – Harrison*
A5    Another Girl    
A6    You're Going To Lose That Girl    
A7    Ticket To Ride    
B1    Act Naturally
Written-By – Russell*, Morrison*
B2    It's Only Love    
B3    You Like Me Too Much
Written-By – Harrison*
B4    Tell Me What You See    
B5    I've Just Seen A Face    
B6    Yesterday    
B7    Dizzy Miss Lizzy
Written-By – Williams*
 
Record Company – The Gramophone Co. Ltd.
Printed By – Garrod & Lofthouse Ltd.
Published By – Northern Songs
Published By – Lark Music
Published By – Essex Music
Photography By – Robert Freeman (4)
Producer – George Martin
Written-By – Lennon-McCartney (tracks: A1 to A3, A5 to A7, B2, B4 to B6)
1. First pressing. August 6, 1965. Black label with yellow logo and silver print. “The Gramophone Co. Ltd.” printed at the start perimeter print and “Sold in U.K. subject…” text. Capitol print. Tracing-paper-lined “Use Emitex” die-cut inner sleeve. With or without KT tax code on the label.
Variation A. (This one) The original 1st labels used a Sans-Serif font and the * credit indicator for “I Need You” was placed to the right of the song title with a space between: I Need You *.
Variation B. Other of the original labels used a thick font and the same * credit indicator for “I Need You” was placed to the right of the song title with a space between: I Need You *. In addition, the laqueur numbers (XEX.549 & XEX.550) shifted relative to date on the both sides.
Variation C. Side 1 is practically the same as in variation 1A but the titles of “Girl” on track 5 and 6 are now aligned directly above each other. Side 2 has a few more differences in the tracklist layout. Most noticeably, the second line now begins with BIEM instead of NCB; and “Yesterday” now no longer begins on its own line. The layout in general is neater with the space being used a little more efficiently.
Front laminated sleeve with curved corner flipbacks.
Tracing paper lined Emitex inner.
Copies of this first edition are known to exist which have mal-aligned ink colouring to the sleeve front, resulting in each of the four subjects having a lilac hue to the top of side. In some cases, this factory error also forces the printed title to touch the boxed company logos.
Publishers:
Northern Music: A1 to A7, B2 to B6
Lark Mus.: B1
Essex Music: B7
Rights Society: BIEM/NCB/Mecolico
Other (Embossed tax code label side A): K T
Matrix / Runout (Side A variant 1 stamped): XEX 549-2
Matrix / Runout (Side B variant 1 stamped): XEX 550-2
Matrix / Runout (Side A variant 2 stamped, ADO crossed thru): XEX 549-2 AG O 4 ADO
Matrix / Runout (Side B variant 2 stamped): XEX 550-2 AM R 4
Matrix / Runout (Side A variant 3 stamped): XEX 549-2 RO 3
Matrix / Runout (Side B variant 3 stamped): XEX 550-2 PA 5
Matrix / Runout (Side A variant 4 stamped): XEX 549-2 OH 4
Matrix / Runout (Side B variant 4 stamped): XEX 550-2 GG 1