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: August 6, 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.549Label side A
XEX.550Label side B
XEX 549-2 AO L 4 3Runout side A, variation 1
XEX 550-2 AM M 3Runout side B, variation 1
XEX 549-2 GM M 4Runout side A, variation 2
XEX 550-2 GL O 4Runout side B, variation 2
XEX 549-2 GH T 4Runout side A, variation 3
XEX 550-2 RG O 1 8Runout side B, variation 3
XEX 549-2 GG 11Runout side A, variation 4
XEX 549-2 GG TRunout side B, variation 4

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