Numbered sleeve register
This page aims to catalogue as many Australian numbered copies of The Beatles (aka The White Album) that have survived the 50+ years since original pressing. For myriad reasons it is a given that a complete list of extant numbered sleeves can never be achieved. That said, it is still a valuable 'collector' exercise to log as many numbers as possible, because only by indexing the various numbers can production patterns (such as 'mono' runs and 'exported sleeves') be accurately identified and mapped.
Early Australian sleeves had a unique five digit number stamped on the front cover prefixed with a capital 'A' in a different font.
It is important to know that there is no linear relationship between the number of a sleeve and the order in which the LP was produced; in other words, the first LP off the press was not housed in the 'A 00001' sleeve. That is not how warehousing worked. The patterns formed in the below table bear that out.
The only thing that can be stated with certainty is that the numbers of the earliest sleeves were prefixed with an 'A' while the numbers of later sleeves were prefixed with 'No'. Even then, the 'No' series overlaps the 'A' series, meaning there is potentially duplicate numbers with both 'A' and 'No' prefix between roughly 61000 and 63000.
Other emerging patterns show that while there are pockets of numbers with predominantly mono discs, there was no set range allocated for each, with allocation no doubt randomly chosen by the ladies inserting the discs into the sleeves as each came off the piles in front of them (please visit the "Made in Australia" page to see a photo of this in action).
It is also apparent that HMV NZ first requested sleeves around 1972, just prior to the name change to EMI. Thus not all numbered sleeves were distributed in Australia.
The print colour used on numbered sleeves varies with no seemingly obvious pattern; some sleeves have grey print, some green, and with various shades in between. However, starting from the 70000's and into the unnumbered period, all sleeve printing is green. Likewise, while earlier sleeves have the number slanted downwards, later numbered sleeves have it slanted upward.
Evidence indicates that numbered sleeves were available as late as 1977.
The significance of 'A 34197' (the number printed on the inside of all The Beatles songbook covers) and 'No 80390' (the number printed on all cassette J cards) is unknown. The numbers may have been completely random or they may have been roughly the next numbers in the LP sleeve sequence at the time the songbook and cassettes were respectively compiled by EMI (Australia). I sense we'll never know...
All numbers on this list have been submitted by the Beatles community or sourced from online sales. If you have a numbered sleeve not listed here then please contact admin (through Help|Contact admin), providing the details as listed in the table below.
Table currently contains 345 numbers.
| NUMBER |
FORMAT |
RS* |
NZ^ |
NOTES |
| A DISPLAY |
STEREO |
YES |
|
SMALL NUMBER PROVIDED TO RETAILERS FOR DISPLAY PURPOSES |
| A 00004 |
STEREO |
YES |
|
|
| A 00008 |
STEREO |
YES |
|
SIDES 1/3 HAVE SAMPLE STICKERS |
| A 00041 |
STEREO |
YES |
|
|
| A 00059 |
STEREO |
YES |
|
|
| A 00065 |
STEREO |
YES |
|
SIDES 1/3 HAVE SAMPLE STICKERS |
| A 00087 |
STEREO |
YES |
|
|
| A 00091 |
STEREO |
YES |
|
|
| A 00210 |
STEREO |
YES |
|
|
| A 00231 |
STEREO |
YES |
|
|
| A 00269 |
STEREO |
YES |
|
|
| A 00364 |
STEREO |
YES |
|
|
| A 00367 |
STEREO |
YES |
|
|
| A 00498 |
STEREO |
|
|
VINYL MAY BE SWAPPED |
| A 00506 |
STEREO |
YES |
|
|
| A 00630 |
STEREO |
YES |
|
|
| A 00897 |
STEREO |
YES |
|
|
| A 01078 |
MONO |
YES |
|
|
| A 01144 |
MONO |
YES |
|
|
| A 01351 |
STEREO |
YES |
|
|
| A 01484 |
STEREO |
YES |
|
|
| A 01564 |
STEREO |
YES |
|
|
| A 01702 |
STEREO |
YES |
|
|
| A 02017 |
STEREO |
YES |
|
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| A 02178 |
STEREO |
YES |
|
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| A 02319 |
STEREO |
YES |
|
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| A 02526 |
STEREO |
YES |
|
|
| A 02583 |
STEREO |
YES |
|
|
| A 03160 |
STEREO |
YES |
|
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| A 03401 |
STEREO |
YES |
|
|
| A 03648 |
STEREO |
YES |
|
|
| A 03828 |
STEREO |
YES |
|
|
| A 04018 |
STEREO |
YES |
|
|
| A 04062 |
STEREO |
YES |
|
|
| A 04849 |
STEREO |
YES |
|
|
| A 05230 |
STEREO |
YES |
|
|
| A 05353 |
STEREO |
|
|
VINYL MAY BE SWAPPED |
| A 05445 |
STEREO |
YES |
|
|
| A 05526 |
STEREO |
YES |
|
|
| A 05705 |
STEREO |
YES |
|
|
| A 06225 |
STEREO |
YES |
|
|
| A 06511 |
STEREO |
YES |
|
|
| A 06532 |
STEREO |
YES |
|
|
| A 06993 |
STEREO |
YES |
|
|
| A 07333 |
STEREO |
YES |
|
|
| A 07897 |
STEREO |
|
|
VINYL MAY BE SWAPPED |
| A 08848 |
STEREO |
YES |
|
|
| A 08877 |
STEREO |
YES |
|
|
| A 09535 |
STEREO |
YES |
|
|
| A 10010 |
STEREO |
YES |
|
|
| A 10023 |
STEREO |
YES |
|
|
| A 10059 |
STEREO |
YES |
|
|
| A 10665 |
STEREO |
YES |
|
|
| A 11416 |
STEREO |
YES |
|
|
| A 11778 |
STEREO |
YES |
|
|
| A 11980 |
STEREO |
YES |
|
|
| A 12062 |
STEREO |
YES |
|
|
| A 12457 |
STEREO |
YES |
|
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| A 12466 |
STEREO |
YES |
|
|
| A 12500 |
STEREO |
YES |
|
|
| A 12669 |
STEREO |
YES |
|
|
| A 12965 |
STEREO |
YES |
|
|
| A 14489 |
STEREO |
YES |
|
|
| A 15455 |
STEREO |
YES |
|
|
| A 15790 |
STEREO |
YES |
|
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| A 15932 |
STEREO |
YES |
|
|
| A 16067 |
STEREO |
YES |
|
|
| A 16108 |
STEREO |
YES |
|
|
| A 16283 |
STEREO |
YES |
|
|
| A 16856 |
STEREO |
YES |
|
|
| A 18271 |
STEREO |
YES |
|
|
| A 18661 |
STEREO |
YES |
|
|
| A 19435 |
STEREO |
YES |
|
|
| A 19656 |
STEREO |
YES |
|
|
| A 20004 |
STEREO |
YES |
|
|
| A 20243 |
STEREO |
YES |
|
|
| A 20532 |
STEREO |
YES |
|
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| A 20596 |
STEREO |
YES |
|
|
| A 21022 |
STEREO |
YES |
|
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| A 21332 |
STEREO |
YES |
|
|
| A 21677 |
STEREO |
YES |
|
|
| A 22115 |
STEREO |
YES |
|
|
| A 22335 |
STEREO |
YES |
|
|
| A 22342 |
STEREO |
YES |
|
|
| A 22369 |
STEREO |
YES |
|
|
| A 22737 |
STEREO |
YES |
|
|
| A 22813 |
STEREO |
YES |
|
|
| A 23023 |
STEREO |
YES |
|
|
| A 23157 |
STEREO |
YES |
|
|
| A 24974 |
STEREO |
YES |
|
|
| A 26242 |
STEREO |
YES |
|
|
| A 26543 |
STEREO |
YES |
|
|
| A 26672 |
STEREO |
YES |
|
|
| A 26889 |
STEREO |
YES |
|
|
| A 27188 |
STEREO |
YES |
|
|
| A 27529 |
STEREO |
YES |
|
|
| A 27876 |
STEREO |
YES |
|
|
| A 27965 |
STEREO |
YES |
|
|
| A 28109 |
STEREO |
YES |
|
|
| A 28586 |
STEREO |
YES |
|
|
| A 28737 |
STEREO |
YES |
|
|
| A 28896 |
STEREO |
YES |
|
|
| A 29290 |
STEREO |
YES |
|
|
| A 29370 |
STEREO |
YES |
|
|
| A 29769 |
STEREO |
YES |
|
|
| A 30095 |
STEREO |
YES |
|
|
| A 30427 |
MONO |
YES |
|
NO MONO STICKER |
| A 30581 |
MONO |
YES |
|
|
| A 30996 |
MONO |
YES |
|
|
| A 31094 |
MONO |
YES |
|
|
| A 31242 |
STEREO |
YES |
|
|
| A 31753 |
STEREO |
YES |
|
|
| A 32114 |
MONO |
YES |
|
|
| A 32726 |
MONO |
YES |
|
EMI CANCELLED STAMP ON REAR |
| A 32781 |
MONO |
YES |
|
|
| A 32823 |
STEREO |
YES |
|
|
| A 32847 |
STEREO |
YES |
|
|
| A 33125 |
MONO |
YES |
|
EMI CANCELLED STAMP ON REAR |
| A 33256 |
STEREO |
YES |
|
|
| A 33267 |
STEREO |
YES |
|
|
| A 33340 |
MONO |
YES |
|
|
| A 33598 |
MONO |
YES |
|
|
| A 33791 |
MONO |
YES |
|
|
| A 34197 |
|
|
|
NUMBER PRINTED ON SONGBOOK COVERS |
| A 34245 |
MONO |
YES |
|
|
| A 34290 |
STEREO |
YES |
|
|
| A 34361 |
MONO |
YES |
|
|
| A 34596 |
STEREO |
YES |
|
|
| A 34830 |
STEREO |
YES |
|
|
| A 35442 |
STEREO |
YES |
|
SIDE 1/2 LABELS SWAPPED |
| A 35447 |
STEREO |
YES |
|
SIDE 1/2 LABELS SWAPPED |
| A 36441 |
MONO |
YES |
|
|
| A 36488 |
STEREO |
YES |
|
|
| A 35670 |
STEREO |
YES |
|
|
| A 36824 |
MONO |
YES |
|
|
| A 36917 |
STEREO |
YES |
|
|
| A 36932 |
STEREO |
YES |
|
|
| A 37256 |
STEREO |
YES |
|
|
| A 37270 |
STEREO |
YES |
|
|
| A 37405 |
MONO |
YES |
|
|
| A 37850 |
STEREO |
YES |
|
|
| A 38101 |
STEREO |
YES |
|
|
| A 38194 |
STEREO |
YES |
|
|
| A 38242 |
STEREO |
YES |
|
|
| A 38301 |
STEREO |
YES |
|
|
| A 38565 |
MONO |
YES |
|
|
| A 38609 |
STEREO |
YES |
|
|
| A 38640 |
STEREO |
YES |
|
|
| A 38894 |
STEREO |
YES |
|
|
| A 39116 |
MONO |
YES |
|
|
| A 39236 |
MONO |
YES |
|
NO MONO STICKER |
| A 39478 |
MONO |
YES |
|
|
| A 39702 |
STEREO |
YES |
|
|
| A 40302 |
MONO |
YES |
|
|
| A 40720 |
MONO |
YES |
|
|
| A 40972 |
MONO |
YES |
|
SIDE 1 HAS STEREO LABEL |
| A 41176 |
MONO |
YES |
|
|
| A 41438 |
MONO |
YES |
|
|
| A 41454 |
STEREO |
YES |
|
SIDES 1/3 HAVE SAMPLE STICKERS |
| A 41464 |
MONO |
YES |
|
|
| A 41497 |
MONO |
YES |
|
|
| A 41555 |
STEREO |
YES |
|
|
| A 41684 |
MONO |
YES |
|
|
| A 41750 |
MONO |
YES |
|
|
| A 41921 |
STEREO |
YES |
|
|
| A 42329 |
STEREO |
YES |
|
|
| A 42737 |
MONO |
YES |
|
|
| A 42970 |
STEREO |
YES |
|
|
| A 43470 |
STEREO |
YES |
|
|
| A 43540 |
STEREO |
YES |
|
|
| A 43700 |
STEREO |
YES |
|
|
| A 44142 |
STEREO |
YES |
|
|
| A 44606 |
STEREO |
YES |
|
|
| A 44749 |
STEREO |
YES |
|
|
| A 44752 |
STEREO |
YES |
|
|
| A 44822 |
STEREO |
YES |
|
|
| A 45258 |
STEREO |
YES |
|
|
| A 45322 |
MONO |
YES |
|
|
| A 45545 |
MONO |
YES |
|
|
| A 45615 |
STEREO |
YES |
|
|
| A 45653 |
STEREO |
YES |
|
|
| A 45844 |
MONO |
YES |
|
|
| A 45870 |
STEREO |
YES |
|
|
| A 45982 |
MONO |
YES |
|
|
| A 46052 |
MONO |
YES |
|
|
| A 46076 |
MONO |
YES |
|
|
| A 46103 |
MONO |
YES |
|
|
| A 46153 |
MONO |
YES |
|
|
| A 46600 |
STEREO |
YES |
|
|
| A 46909 |
STEREO |
YES |
|
|
| A 47015 |
MONO |
YES |
|
|
| A 47296 |
MONO |
YES |
|
|
| A 47426 |
MONO |
YES |
|
|
| A 47505 |
MONO |
YES |
|
|
| A 47687 |
MONO |
YES |
|
|
| A 47874 |
STEREO |
YES |
|
|
| A 47900 |
STEREO |
YES |
|
SIDES 1/3 HAVE SAMPLE STICKERS |
| A 47958 |
MONO |
YES |
|
|
| A 47988 |
MONO |
YES |
|
|
| A 48000 |
MONO |
YES |
|
|
| A 48267 |
STEREO |
YES |
|
|
| A 48587 |
MONO |
YES |
|
|
| A 49223 |
STEREO |
YES |
|
|
| A 49755 |
MONO |
YES |
|
|
| A 50075 |
MONO |
YES |
|
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| A 50102 |
MONO |
YES |
|
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| A 50125 |
MONO |
YES |
|
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| A 50253 |
MONO |
YES |
|
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| A 50255 |
MONO |
YES |
|
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| A 50285 |
MONO |
YES |
|
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| A 50534 |
STEREO |
YES |
|
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| A 50719 |
MONO |
YES |
|
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| A 50727 |
MONO |
YES |
|
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| A 50956 |
MONO |
YES |
|
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| A 51009 |
MONO |
YES |
|
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| A 51470 |
MONO |
YES |
|
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| A 51478 |
STEREO |
YES |
|
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| A 51820 |
MONO |
YES |
|
|
| A 52677 |
STEREO |
YES |
|
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| A 53064 |
STEREO |
YES |
|
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| A 53430 |
STEREO |
YES |
|
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| A 53470 |
STEREO |
YES |
|
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| A 53545 |
STEREO |
YES |
|
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| A 53657 |
STEREO |
YES |
|
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| A 54032 |
STEREO |
YES |
|
|
| A 54819 |
STEREO |
YES |
|
ROYALTY STAMPS ON S1/2 ONLY |
| A 55291 |
STEREO |
YES |
|
ROYALTY STAMPS ON S1/2/3 ONLY |
| A 55292 |
STEREO |
YES |
|
|
| A 55527 |
STEREO |
YES |
|
ROYALTY STAMPS ON S1/2/3 ONLY |
| A 56347 |
MONO |
YES |
|
|
| A 58018 |
STEREO |
|
|
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| A 58775 |
STEREO |
|
|
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| A 58958 |
STEREO |
|
|
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| A 59123 |
STEREO |
YES |
|
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| A 59155 |
STEREO |
YES |
|
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| A 59281 |
STEREO |
|
|
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| A 59309 |
STEREO |
|
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| A 59964 |
STEREO |
|
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| A 60142 |
STEREO |
|
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| No 61038 |
STEREO |
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| No 61042 |
STEREO |
|
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| No 61066 |
STEREO |
|
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| No 61127 |
STEREO |
|
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| No 61155 |
STEREO |
|
YES |
EMI (NZ) RIM PRINT |
| No 61392 |
STEREO |
|
|
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| No 61492 |
STEREO |
|
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| No 61581 |
STEREO |
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| A 61653 |
STEREO |
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| No 61763 |
STEREO |
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| No 61836 |
STEREO |
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| A 61923 |
STEREO |
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| No 61974 |
STEREO |
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| A 62441 |
STEREO |
|
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| A 62519 |
STEREO |
|
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| A 62557 |
STEREO |
|
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| No 62698 |
STEREO |
YES |
|
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| A 62714 |
STEREO |
|
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| No 62762 |
STEREO |
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| No 63436 |
STEREO |
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| No 64485 |
STEREO |
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| No 64785 |
STEREO |
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| No 65757 |
STEREO |
|
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| No 66478 |
STEREO |
|
YES |
HMV (NZ) RIM PRINT |
| No 66910 |
STEREO |
|
|
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| No 67536 |
STEREO |
|
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| No 67588 |
STEREO |
YES |
|
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| No 67988 |
STEREO |
|
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| No 68037 |
STEREO |
|
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| No 68049 |
STEREO |
|
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| No 68681 |
STEREO |
YES |
|
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| No 68715 |
STEREO |
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| No 68878 |
STEREO |
|
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| No 68895 |
STEREO |
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| No 69639 |
STEREO |
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| No 70239 |
STEREO |
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YES |
EMI (NZ) RIM PRINT |
| No 70393 |
STEREO |
|
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| No 70934 |
STEREO |
|
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| No 71366 |
STEREO |
|
YES |
HMV (NZ) RIM PRINT |
| No 71898 |
STEREO |
|
|
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| No 71997 |
STEREO |
|
YES |
EMI (NZ) RIM PRINT |
| No 72116 |
STEREO |
|
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| No 72126 |
STEREO |
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| No 72210 |
STEREO |
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| No 73106 |
STEREO |
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| No 73157 |
STEREO |
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| No 73216 |
STEREO |
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| No 73392 |
STEREO |
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| No 73500 |
STEREO |
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| No 74802 |
STEREO |
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| No 74834 |
STEREO |
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| No 74989 |
STEREO |
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| No 75395 |
STEREO |
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| No 75865 |
STEREO |
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| No 76165 |
STEREO |
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| No 76175 |
STEREO |
|
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| No 76384 |
STEREO |
YES |
|
VINYL MAY BE SWAPPED |
| No 76462 |
STEREO |
|
YES |
EMI (NZ) RIM PRINT |
| No 76473 |
STEREO |
|
YES |
EMI (NZ) RIM PRINT |
| No 76617 |
STEREO |
|
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| No 77222 |
STEREO |
|
YES |
EMI (NZ) RIM PRINT |
| No 77278 |
STEREO |
|
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| No 77303 |
STEREO |
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| No 77699 |
STEREO |
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| No 77949 |
STEREO |
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| No 78166 |
STEREO |
|
YES |
EMI (NZ) RIM PRINT |
| No 78208 |
STEREO |
|
YES |
EMI (NZ) RIM PRINT |
| No 78256 |
STEREO |
|
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| No 78459 |
STEREO |
|
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| No 78922 |
STEREO |
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| No 78974 |
STEREO |
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| No 79521 |
STEREO |
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| No 79660 |
STEREO |
|
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| No 79791 |
STEREO |
|
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| No 80034 |
STEREO |
|
YES |
EMI (NZ) RIM PRINT |
| No 80063 |
STEREO |
|
|
SLEEVE GLUED UPSIDE DOWN |
| No 80131 |
STEREO |
|
|
|
| No 80278 |
MONO |
YES |
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MONO STICKER ON FRONT |
| No 80355 |
STEREO |
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| No 80390 |
STEREO |
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NUMBER PRINTED ON CASSETTE COVERS |
| No 80413 |
STEREO |
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| No 80523 |
STEREO |
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| No 81504 |
STEREO |
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| No 81569 |
STEREO |
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| No 82322 |
STEREO |
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| No 89799 |
STEREO |
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| No 89815 |
STEREO |
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| No 89952 |
STEREO |
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| No 90324 |
STEREO |
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| No 90436 |
STEREO |
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| No 90545 |
STEREO |
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| No 90582 |
STEREO |
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| No 91444 |
STEREO |
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| No 91235 |
STEREO |
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| No 93416 |
STEREO |
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| No 93451 |
STEREO |
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| No 93494 |
STEREO |
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| No 93503 |
STEREO |
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| No 93769 |
STEREO |
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| No 93796 |
STEREO |
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| No 93804 |
STEREO |
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| No 94074 |
STEREO |
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| No 94180 |
STEREO |
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| No 94394 |
STEREO |
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| No 94499 |
STEREO |
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| No 94930 |
STEREO |
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* = Royalty stamps printed on labels; ^ = Sleeve exported to NZ