HELP!
Parlophone PMCO 1255 / PCSO 3071
Released 30 September 1965
Original recommended retail price: 52/6
Released in Australia on 30 September 1965, Help! completed a three-album run mastered locally from British-supplied tapes before EMI (Australia) returned to imported UK metal parts.
Labels & Related Material
AULP1255YBM
September 1965
AULP3071BS
September 1965
AULP1255NZCB
AULP3071NZCB
1967/68
AULP3071OA
Q3 1969
AULP3071OB
October 1978
AULP3071NZCC
January-June 1981
AULP3071SBA
April 1982
AULP3071SBB
July 1987
Tracks
Same tracks as UK release
Pressing & Mastering

Format

First Issued

Side 1

Side 2

Parts

Mono

30-Sep-65

✎XEX 549 XAPAX 63

✎XEX 550 XAPAX 64

AU

Mono

65/6

✎XEX 549 YAPAX 63-2

✎XEX 550 XAPAX 64-2

AU

Stereo

30-Sep-65

✎YEX 168 YAPAX 1005

✎YEX 169 YAPAX 1006

AU

Stereo

28-Aug-78

✎YEX 168 ✦YAPAX 1005-2

✎YEX 169 ✦YAPAX 1006-2

AU

Stereo

28-Aug-78

YAPAX 1005-2

YAPAX 1006-2

AU

Stereo

15-Oct-82

✎YEX 168 ✦YAPAX 1005-2

✎YEX 169 YAPAX 1006-3 OR

AU

Stereo

~84

YAPAX 1005-2

✎YAPAX 1006-3 OR

AU

Mono

19-Dec-88

✎PCSO 3071D-A

PB EMIDISC DMM

✎PCSO 3071D-B

PB EMIDISC DMM

AU
Sleeve Information

Code

Circulated

Comments

AU1

Sep-65

Mono + stereo catalogue numbers; flipback sleeve

AU2

Dec-69

Stereo catalogue number only; non-flipback sleeve

AU3

Dec-88

"DIGITALLY REMASTERED" footer on rear cover
Overview
With Help!, EMI (Australia) continued the local mastering approach introduced for A Hard Day’s Night and retained for Beatles For Sale. British production master tapes supplied the recordings, from which the Australian discs were cut.

It proved to be the final album in this consecutive three-release sequence. The next LP, Rubber Soul, marked a return to manufacture from British-supplied metal parts.

The Production Master Tape page provides further information about the sources used for the Australian Help! release.