STRAWBERRY FIELDS FOREVER / PENNY LANE
Parlophone A8243
Released: 16 March 1967
Parlophone A8243
Released: 16 March 1967
ORANGE
SILVER/BLACK - STYLE 'A' - ROYALTY STAMPS
SILVER/BLACK - STYLE 'B' - NO ROYALTY STAMPS
AU8243orange.a
AU8243SBB.a
AU8243SBA.a
Italicised royalty-stamp, matrix, and composer text (both labels)
Italicised royalty-stamp, matrix, and composer text (both labels)
AU8243SBA.b
Non-italicised royalty-stamp, matrix, and composer text (both labels)
Track-duration printed beneath matrix details (both labels)
Minor spacing variations in 'composer' and 'performer' text (both labels)
Non-italicised royalty-stamp, matrix, and composer text (both labels)
Track-duration printed beneath matrix details (both labels)
Minor spacing variations in 'composer' and 'performer' text (both labels)
The single was released here in a paper picture sleeve similar to the UK release. While EMI (Australia) was now in close lockstep with EMI UK insofar as release dates, they delayed the release of this single so as not to clash with the February release of the Greatest Hits Volume 2 LP. Indeed, the Australasian Performing Rights Association, on behalf of publisher Leeds Music, had placed a performance restriction on the two tracks until the release date.
Initial copies of this single had matrices 7XCE 18415 7XAPA 1274 / 7XCE 18416 7XAPA 1275. At some point after release, EMI (Australia) recut both sides independently, with pressings from that point adding '.2' to the end.
The single remained available until the late 1980s.
Initial copies of this single had matrices 7XCE 18415 7XAPA 1274 / 7XCE 18416 7XAPA 1275. At some point after release, EMI (Australia) recut both sides independently, with pressings from that point adding '.2' to the end.
The single remained available until the late 1980s.
SILVER/BLACK - STYLE 'C'
AUAB3420A8243
First appeared in Oct 1982 with the release of the Australian 20th Anniversary Singles Collection
Visit the "AB34" page for more information or to see an image of the picture sleeve
First appeared in Oct 1982 with the release of the Australian 20th Anniversary Singles Collection
Visit the "AB34" page for more information or to see an image of the picture sleeve
BRISBANE |
SYDNEY |
MELBOURNE |
HOBART |
ADELAIDE (SA) |
PERTH (WA) |
GO-SET (AUS) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Chart Entry |
11-Mar-67 |
24-Mar-67 |
25-Mar-67 |
22-Mar-67 |
18-Mar-67 |
17-Mar-67 |
29-Mar-67* |
Highest Position |
1 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
Weeks In |
16 |
15 |
17 |
12 |
14 |
15 |
14 |
Listed as "Strawberry Fields Forever/Penny Lane" except * "Penny Lane/Strawberry Fields Forever"
CHART PERFORMANCE