TICKET TO RIDE / YES IT IS
Parlophone A8153
Released 15 April 1965
Original recommended retail price: 10/-
The first Beatles single of 1965 and an early preview of the music from their forthcoming second film, Help!.
Matrix Information
Side 1: (mono) 7XCE18254 7AXPA892.2
Side 2: (mono) 7XCE18255 7AXPA893.2

June 1976
Side 1: (stereo) 7XCE 18254
Side 2: (fake stereo) 7XCE 18255

Overview
Deleted by 1968, the single was recut in June 1976 ('Ticket To Ride' in stereo and 'Yes It Is' in fake stereo) and reissued in July, where it remained available until the late 1980s.
Chart Performance

Brisbane

(QLD)

Sydney

(NSW)

Melbourne

(VIC)

Hobart

(TAS)

Adelaide

(SA)

Perth

(WA)

Chart Entry

17-Apr-65

23-Apr-65

24-Apr-65*

23-Apr-65*

17-Apr-65*

23-Apr-65

Highest Position

1

1

1

1

1

1

Weeks In

15

14

17

10

18

14
Listed as "Ticket To Ride/Yes It Is" except * "Ticket To Ride"
Silver/Black Style 'A'
AUSP8153SBA.a
AUSP8153SBA.b

Variation coming soon!
AUSP8153SBA.c

No gap between composer names
Silver/Black Style 'B'
AUSP8153SBB.a

Copies with this label variation also exist with a smaller pressing ring; the result of EMI (Australia) installing new Toshiba-EMI automatic presses in 1980 and changing the 7" mould
Silver/Black Style 'C'
AUSP8153SBC.a

First appeared in October 1982 with the release of The Australian 20th Anniversary Singles Collection

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