NOT ONLY SUPERB EXAMPLE OF A HIGHLY SOUGHT AFTER HIGH QUALITY PATHE MARCONI 2 BOX EMI SAMPLE STICKERED CONTRACT PRESSING BUT ALSO IN AN EXTREMELY RARE " GHOST " MONO SLEEVE WERE YOU CAN JUST DETECT THE HINT OF A GHOST OUTLINE OF A LARGE MONO IN THE TOP RIGHT CORNER !!

THIS SLEEVE IS A BIT OF A MYSTERY, IT SEEMS TO APPEAR WHEN JUST AFTER FLIPBACK SLEEVES END BUT BEFORE THE " LARGE " STEREO DESIGNATION WAS RE-INTRODUCTED DURING 1973

EMI BEGAN TO CEASE USING FRONT MONO/STEREO INDICATORS IN THE LATE 60'S BUT IT WAS NOT A CONSISTANT CHANGE ACROSS ALL TITLES OR ALL ARTISTS. FOR PLEASE PLEASE ME & WITH THE BEATLES  THE FRONT INDICATOR SEQENCE GENERALLY GOES LIKE THIS :-

1963-4 : LARGE STEREO ON THE FRONT

1964-5 : MID-SIZED STEREO ON THE FRONT

1965-70 : SMALL STEREO ON THE FRONT

1969-73 : NO STEREO ON THE FRONT ( COVERING TRI-FLIP, TWIN FLIP & NO FLIP SLEEVES )

1973 ONWARDS :  LARGE STEREO ON THE FRONT RESTORED

ONE CAN ONLY ASSUME THAT THIS WAS AN ARTWORK ISSUE AT GARROD & LOFTHOUSE & THIS ERROR CAME ABOUT EITHER STRAIGHT AFTER THE CHANGE FROM TWINFLIP TO NO FLIP SLEEVES IN 1972 OR IT CAME ABOUT AS THE STEREO DESIGNATION WAS ABOUT TO BE RESTORED

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 DUE TO CAPACITY ISSUES AT HAYES EMI OUT SOURCED SOME OF VINYL OF THEIR BACK CATALOUGE, INCLUDING THE BEATLES, DEEP PURPLE PINK FLOYD & SOME OTHERS, FROM DIVERSE PLACES SUCH GERMANY & EVEN THE U.S.A TO BE MARRIED UP AT HAYES WITH UK SLEEVES FOR SALE IN UK STORES. THE BEATLES BACK CAT WENT TO PATHE MARCONI IN FRANCE FROM 1973-4 & THESE ARE FAMED FOR THEIR REPRODUCTION QUALITIES AT A TIME WHEN U.K. VINYL QUALITY WAS SUFFEREING BADLY INITIALLY AS A RESULT OF THE OIL CRISIS, FROM WHICH IT WOULD NEVER FULLY RECOVER. AS TO WHY THE FRENCH WERE DID NOT HAVE THE SAME QUALITY ISSUES AS THE U.K. HAS YET TO BE FULLY EXPLAINED TO MY KNOWLEDGE