The Beatles - Rarities LP Record PCM1001 Parlophone Mono Compilation 1979

• Title: The Beatles – Rarities

• Label: Parlophone / EMI (Black/Silver Parlophone label)

• Catalog Number: PCM 1001

• Country: UK

• Release Date: March 1979 (this issue was released in the UK to complement the blue and red Beatles Collection box sets; it was also issued individually)

• Vinyl Matrix Numbers:

• Side 1: YEX 991-1

• Side 2: YEX 992-2

These matrix numbers match early UK pressings of the 1979 Rarities.

Content

This LP was designed to collect tracks not previously available on UK albums:

• Rare singles and B-sides like “This Boy,” “Yes It Is,” “The Inner Light,” “Rain,” and “I’m Down.”

• German language versions: “Komm, Gib Mir Deine Hand” and “Sie Liebt Dich.”

• Oddities: “You Know My Name (Look Up the Number),” which had been hard to find before.

It was not a “rarities” album in the sense of unreleased songs — rather, it gathered tracks scattered across singles and foreign releases.

Pressing & Label Notes

• The black/silver Parlophone label with the two-box EMI logo is consistent with UK pressings from this late ’70s era.

• “Stereo † Mono” marking: several tracks are in true mono, but the album was cut as stereo-compatible.

• This copy is first UK issue, 1979, with the correct catalog number PCM 1001 and matrix pairing (991-1 / 992-2).

Sleeve & Artwork

• Dark navy-blue sleeve with gold embossed lettering.

• Back cover contains liner notes by Hugh Fielder (Sounds magazine).

• Manufactured and distributed by EMI Records Ltd.