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Paperback Writer by The Beatles, album cover

First-year pressing

Paperback Writer 1966 Netherlands Pressing (R 5452)

Paperback Writer by The Beatles

Mono
Artist
The Beatles
Title
Paperback Writer / Rain
Label
  • Parlophone R 5452
Country
Netherlands
Released
May 1966
Format
7", 45 RPM, Single, 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.

  • 7 XCE 18380Label side A
  • 7 XCE 18381Label side B
  • 7 XCE 183 80 Ha 006373-1Runout side A, variant 1
  • 7 XCE 18381 HH006374-1Runout side B, variant 1
  • 7 XCE 18380 HA006373-3Runout side A, variant 2
  • 7 XCE 18381 HH006374-1Runout side B, variant 2
  • 7 XCE 18380 I HH006374-2Runout side A, variant 3
  • 7 XCE 18381 I HP006374-2Runout side B, variant 3
  • 7 XCE 18380 II HA006373-3Runout side A, variant 4
  • 7 XCE 18381 I HH006374-2Runout side B, variant 4
  • 7 XCE 18380 II HA006373(1)-3Runout side A, variant 5 The 1 between brackets ( ) is in superscript.
  • 7 XCE 18381 I HH006374-3Runout side A, variant 5
All 133 pressings of Paperback Writer