First-year pressing

Beatles For Sale 1964 UK Pressing (PCS 3062)

Runout and matrix codes

Etched or stamped in the dead wax between the last track and the label. If yours match, you have this pressing.

YEX 142-1Side A runout stamped
YEX 143-1Side B runout stamped
YEX 142-1 1 ASide A runout, stamped, 'YEX-142-1' at 6 o'clock, '1' mother at 9 o'clock, 'A' stamper at 3 o'clock, variant 2
YEX 143-1 4 RMSide B runout, stamped, 'YEX-142-1' at 6 o'clock, '4' mother at 9 o'clock, 'RM' stamper at 3 o'clock, variant 2
YEX.142Label A
YEX.143Label B