Single Sleeve Gallery
As relevant to Beatles releases

The gallery below shows the first known sleeve style used for each Beatles single release. As with many Australian Beatles pressings, sleeve variations can occur due to later represses, resulting in copies appearing in updated or replacement company sleeves rather than the sleeve originally used at the time of first issue.


Adoption of updated sleeves appears to have varied between states. For example, New South Wales retailers seem to have received newer sleeve designs earlier than Victorian retailers in some cases, meaning the sleeve found with a particular single may depend not only on when it was pressed, but also where it was distributed.


For consistency, this section focuses on the earliest sleeve associated with each single, while acknowledging that later copies may differ.

Parlophone 1960-Oct 1963 (A8080-A8093)
Parlophone

1960-Oct 1963
(A8080-A8093)
Parlophone Oct 1963-Jul 1965 (A8103-A8153)
Parlophone

Oct 1963-Jul 1965
(A8103-A8153)

Rear similar to the below from 1965
Parlophone Jul 1965-1969 (A8163-A-8493)
Parlophone

Jul 1965-1969
(A8163-A-8493)

Both this style and the previous style appeared concurrently until during 1967
EMI 1969
EMI

1969
EMI
EMI

Dec 1969-Mar 1973
EMI
EMI

Mar 1973-1980
(A-11115-A-12000)

Text layout similar to the below from 1979
EMI
EMI

1980-1984
(A-689, A-980)

A variation to the front dating to 1980/81 exists with no cutout and a larger EMI logo in the centre
EMI
EMI

1984-1986
EMI
EMI

1986-1990

In various shades of red, blue, green, purple and yellow
Apple
Apple

Nov 1968-1969
(A-8693-A-9163)
Apple
Apple

1970-1973
Apple
Apple

1974-1976
Polydor
Polydor

1957-1963
Polydor
Polydor

1964-1969