Help! by The Beatles, album cover

First-year pressing

Help! 1965 UK Pressing (PMC 1255)

Help! by The Beatles

Mono

Artist: The Beatles
Title: Help!
Label: Parlophone PMC 1255
Country: UK
Released: September 1965
Format: LP, Album, Mono

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.

XEX.549Side A, stamped
XEX.550Side B, stamped
XEX 549-2 MD A 5A-side runout, stamped, variant 1
XEX 550-2 A LL 5B-side runout, stamped, variant 1
XEX 549-2 MD P 9A-side runout, stamped, variant 2
XEX 550-2 AT D 16B-side runout, stamped, variant 2

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