HELP!
Parlophone GEPO 70043
Released 16 November 1967
Original recommended retail price: $1.55
The first of three locally compiled Beatles EPs prepared together by EMI (Australia) in late 1967 for staggered release.
Tracks
Side 1: Help! / She's A Woman
Side 2: Ticket To Ride / I Feel Fine

Matrix Information
Side 1: (mono) 7XAPA1391
Side 2: (mono) 7XAPA1392

June 1979
Side 1: (mono) 7XAPA1391
Side 2: (mono) 7XAPA1392

Overview
While released over a period of some eight months, the Help!, Norwegian Wood and Penny Lane EPs actually all originated on the same day, 22 September 1967. All three EPs were passed for press on 26 September, and all three were mastered from tape on 4 October. This practice of effectively 'loading up' future releases was not uncommon at EMI (Australia); indeed, the two Greatest Hits volumes were created in much the same fashion.

Why EMI (Australia) chose to dig two plus years into the group's back catalogue for this EP is anyone's guess, although it's quite possible that they wanted to leverage off the success of Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. We do know they had a copy of the US Help! LP, as the cover art was taken from the US gatefold sleeve. In any event, the public largely overlooked the release.

The EP remained in print until December 1978. In June 1979, EMI (Australia) recut this EP and the other Australian 70000-series Beatles EPs for reissue with revised artwork. For this EP, EMI (Australia) had found the original mono EP tape, meaning this is one of the few reissued EPs that play in true mono, rather than stereo, or folddown. This reissue first appeared in September 1979.
Yellow/Black Style 'A'
AUEP70043YBA.a

S1: Northern Songs
S2: Northern Songs
AUEP70043YBA.b

Royalty stamps same as AUEP70043YBA.a
Different font of all other non-templated text elements
AUEP70043YBA.c

S1: NORTHERN SONGS
S2: NORTHERN SONGS

Different font of all other non-templated text elements
Yellow/Black Style 'B'
AUEP70043YBB.a
AUEP70043YBB.b

Different font for matrix numbers and tracklists (both labels)
AUEP70043YBB.c

Italicised matrix numbers and tracklists (both labels)
AUEP70043YBB.d

Music publ. is 'ATV Northern Songs'
Different font of non-templated text elements
AUEP70043YBB.e

Music publ. is 'Northern Songs'
Different font for catalogue number
Silver/Black Style 'C'
AUEP70043SBC.a