The Beatles In Italy

First Italian issue BIEM on label Old-Style red Parlophon label Without Mecolico logo Gatefold sleeve Dischi Parlophone logo on cover Machine stamped matrix numbers: XX 9009 I 13.7.65 XX 9010 I 13.7.65 This is the real original first issue and is exactly the same as the black label pressing but came out for the first few months with a red label that has exactly the same artwork etc. as the black label but was the 1st issue. There were very few copies with this red label compared to the next lot with black label.