The album's first release on CD. On the day of its release UK record shop chain HMV produced a special limited edition 12" numbered CD Boxed Set including:
A badge stating "It was twenty years ago today".
Notes in a booklet.
A poster.
This set had a catalogue number of BEA CD 25/6, and was limited to 8, 000 copies.
The CD was also included in the 15 CD Boxed Set The Beatles Box.
The "EMI SWINDON" on the inner ring most likely refers to the glass mastering, so made in Italy from a UK master. No different to a few of my Aussie-pressed 45s or LPs made from UK or US masters (e.g. STRAWBERRY or STERLING stamped in the deadwax).
True, Magic. But it always has been like this. In the 60s, the Beatles' LPs for Denmark had sleeve and inners printed in England and the records pressed in Denmark. The Stones also had a similar set-up, where alot of their records were pressed in the UK and exported to other territories. All very confusing, or fascinating, for the collector.
Yeah, the more I enter CDs, the more you realise the deep effect the opening up of the European Union had on production, and markets...
The CDs, and their various components progressively get made and assembled from all over the place, and sold in multiple markets in Europe (occasionally elsewhere)... so the more recent the CD, the more likely it is to need to be entered as "Europe", rather than a particular country within it.
The image you mention has the S.I.A E stamp on it too, so it was for the ITalian market, as well as being produced there, but the "Made in swindon" is on the inner ring matrix, so the content is from there, but was stamped on the disc in Italy, it would seem.
When I see things like "EMI Swindon" & "Made in Italy" (image 746020) on the same disc
its no wonder people would find it hard to know where an item was commercially released.