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27. Yesterday And Today (AP-80061)
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#27-1 Yesterday And Today (CBS SONY Contract Press "H ¥2,000 / Apple Gourd in white Obi": AP-80061)
Back to the top of the line
TITLE "YESTERDAY"... AND TODAY
CATALOG NUMBER AP-80061
RELEASE DATE 25th October.1970 / CBS SONY Contract Press
TRACK LISTING SIDE 1 SIDE 2
Drive My Car
And Your Bird Can Sing
I'm Only Sleeping
If I Needed Someone
Nowhere Man
We Can Work It Out
Dr. Robert
What Goes On?
Yesterday
Day Tripper
Act naturally
FRONT --> Click! BACK --> Click! SIDE 1 --> Click! SIDE 2 --> Click! DISK
sleeve sleeve label label label
INSIDE --> Click! INSIDE: CLOSE UP
sleeve Same Trunk cover as U.S. press but with gatefold jacket.
Thick cover.

label Liner notes: Hiroshi Tsukui.
Credited with liner notes on Japanese releases.
INNER SLEEVE LYRIC SHEET (Slip Sheet Type)
FRONT --> Click! BACK --> Click! FRONT --> Click! BACK --> Click! With Apple custom black inner sleeve.
The lyric sheet is slip sheet type.
sleeve sleeve sleeve sleeve
LYRIC SHEET CLOSE UP
label Apple logomark was printed at the upper left corner of the lyric sheet. label label
Catalog No. and the company name "Toshiba Musical Industries Ltd." were printed on the lyric sheet.
FRONT COVER CLOSE UP BACK COVER CLOSE UP
label Catalogue number and "STEREO" were printed at the upper right corner of the front cover. label label
Apple logomark was printed at the upper right corner of the back cover.
"Toshiba Musical Industries Ltd." and "H ¥2,000" were printed at the bottom of the back cover.
BACK COVER CLOSE UP
label Capitol executive Dave Dexter Jr. was tabulated the choice and running order of the songs contained on all of the previous make-shift American Beatles albums, however, the project was turned over to another Capitol employee, Bill Miller, who ended up being credited on the album jacket.
Apple Gourd in White OBI CLOSE UP
OBI: FRONT OBI: BACK
sleeve sleeve sleeve sleeve
Issued with a narrow Obi with a large round Apple logo at the top, has a white background. The word "STEREO" and Apple logo mark and catalog number "AP-80061" were printed on the front. 1st. pressing had a priced ¥2,000 on the obi strip. Has a order sheet on the back side of the Obi. Catalog No, price "¥2,000" and "Toshiba Musical Industries Ltd."were printed at the order sheet.
LABEL CLOSE UP
label label label The phrase "Apple Records - All Rights of the Manufacturer and of the Owner of the Recorded work Reserved." was printed at the perimeter. "AP-80061" and matrix number were printed at the right side of the center hole.
LABEL CLOSE UP
label label
The words "MFD. BY TOSHIBA MUSICAL INDUSTRIES LTD. JAPAN" was printed at thebottom of the label. Sometimes Toshiba had problems to press enough records to keep up with the demand. To increase production they turned to other companies (Gramophone, Sony etc.) to press up some copies of a particular release.
CBS Sony contract press:
There is a ridge approximately 31mm out from the centre hole.
Songs are from U.K. master tapes, different than USA pressings.
OTHER ITEM
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RECORD LABEL Dark Green Apple label Type-1
MIX STEREO
MATRIX No. SIDE 1 ST-X-1-2533      1S2     3
SIDE 2 ST-X-2-2533      1S      2
PRESS MARK F   S    9
VINYL COLOR BLACK (CBS SONY Contract Press)
RECORD COMPANY'S NAME SLEEVE Toshiba Ongaku kogyo Kabusikigaisha
LABEL MFD. BY TOSHIBA MUSICAL INDUSTRIES
LTD. JAPAN
SYMBOL/PRICE H  ¥2,000
LYRIC SHEET STYLE Slip Sheet Type
COVER FORM Gatefold Type. Thick cover.
INNER SLEEVE
Apple custom black sleeve
OBI
"Gourd" in white Obi (a narrow Obi with a large round Apple logo at the top) / with Order sheet
COVER DESIGN/ PHOTO/ NOTES Photo: Robert Whitaker
Liner notes: Hiroshi Tsukui.
COMMENTS
"Beatles Capitol Original Album (AP-800XX)" is a series that introduces American Capitol edited albums in the same format and songs as at the time.
Seven albums from "Meet The Beatles! (AP-80011)" to "Yesterday And Today (AP-80061)" were released in 1970.

Dark green Apple label Type-1with black print.
Same Trunk cover as USA but with gatefold jacket.
Songs are from U.K. master tapes, different than USA pressings.

Black vinyl disc.
Most if not all of the red vinyl OR and OP Odeon LPs were manufactured with an ingredient intended to prevent the buildup of static electricity on the disks. TOSHIBA's trademark for records manufactured with this ingredient is "Ever Clean", and special efforts were made to promote this feature.
Sometimes Toshiba had problems to press enough records to keep up with the demand. To increase production they turned to other companies (Gramophone, Sony etc.) to press up some copies of a particular release, however, the majority of copies were pressed by Toshiba themselves.

AP-80061 contract pressings: CBS SONY Contract Press
PM=none
There is a ridge approximately 31mm out from the centre hole (The diameter of the ridge is 69mm).

The obi: Apple "Gourd" in white Obi
1st. pressing issued with a narrow Obi with a large round Apple logo at the top, has a white background. The word "STEREO" and Apple logo mark and catalog number "AP-8940" were printed on the front. 1st. pressing had a priced ¥2,000 on rear sleeve and obi strip.
While most Japanese records feature local music, a lot of music fans there like foreign music, as well.  The language barrier in Japan presented a problem – should foreign album covers be changed for Japanese albums?  The solution was the obi, which means “belt” or “sash”.  The obi is a strip of paper, usually about two inches wide, that wraps vertically around the album cover, containing information about the artist and album in Japanese.  As these strips of paper were fragile and easily torn, they are often missing, especially since consumers in the 1950s and 1960s attached little significance to them.  Finding Japanese records made prior to 1970 that still have the obi intact can be quite difficult, and for some albums, nearly impossible.  The inclusion of the obi can dramatically affect the price of some Japanese records, sometimes increasing the price by a factor of ten.



#27-2 Yesterday And Today (2nd. Press: "H ¥2,000 / Apple Gourd in white Obi / Light Green Apple Label / Red Vinyl": AP-80061)
Back to the top of the line
TITLE "YESTERDAY"... AND TODAY
CATALOG NUMBER AP-80061
RELEASE DATE December 1971? / 2nd. Press
TRACK LISTING SIDE 1 SIDE 2
Drive My Car
And Your Bird Can Sing
I'm Only Sleeping
If I Needed Someone
Nowhere Man
We Can Work It Out
Dr. Robert
What Goes On?
Yesterday
Day Tripper
Act naturally
FRONT --> Click! BACK --> Click! SIDE 1 --> Click! SIDE 2 --> Click! DISK
sleeve sleeve label label label
INSIDE --> Click! INSIDE: CLOSE UP
sleeve Same Trunk cover as U.S. press but with gatefold jacket.
Thick cover.

label Liner notes: Hiroshi Tsukui.
Credited with liner notes on Japanese releases.
INSIDE CLOSE UP --> Click!
sleeve "Beatles Capitol Original Album (AP-800XX)" is a series that introduces American Capitol edited albums in the same format and songs as at the time.
Seven albums from "Meet The Beatles! (AP-80011)" to "Yesterday And Today (AP-80061)" were released in 1970.
INNER SLEEVE LYRIC SHEET (Slip Sheet Type)
FRONT --> Click! BACK --> Click! FRONT --> Click! BACK --> Click! With Apple custom black inner sleeve.
The lyric sheet is slip sheet type.
sleeve sleeve sleeve sleeve
LYRIC SHEET CLOSE UP
label Apple logomark was printed at the upper left corner of the lyric sheet. label label
Catalog No. and the company name "Toshiba Musical Industries Ltd." were printed on the lyric sheet.
FRONT COVER CLOSE UP BACK COVER CLOSE UP
label Catalogue number and "STEREO" were printed at the upper right corner of the front cover. label label
Apple logomark was printed at the upper right corner of the back cover.
"Toshiba Musical Industries Ltd." and "H ¥2,000" were printed at the bottom of the back cover.
BACK COVER CLOSE UP
label Capitol executive Dave Dexter Jr. was tabulated the choice and running order of the songs contained on all of the previous make-shift American Beatles albums, however, the project was turned over to another Capitol employee, Bill Miller, who ended up being credited on the album jacket.
Apple Gourd in White OBI CLOSE UP
Issued with a narrow Obi with a large round Apple logo at the top, has a white background.
The word "STEREO" and Apple logo mark and catalog number "AP-80061" were printed on the front.
1st. pressing had a priced ¥2,000 on the obi strip.
Has a order sheet on the back side of the Obi. Catalog No, price "¥2,000" and "Toshiba Musical Industries Ltd."were printed at the order sheet.
(Sorry, I don't have it)
LABEL CLOSE UP
label label label One of the primary manufacturing companies in Japan, Toshiba, pressed a lot of their records on red, “Everclean” vinyl from 1958 through 1974 (maybe).
LABEL CLOSE UP
label label The words "MFD. BY TOSHIBA MUSICAL INDUSTRIES LTD. JAPAN" was printed at thebottom of the label.
OTHER ITEM
-

RECORD LABEL Light Green Apple label Type-2-1
MIX STEREO
MATRIX No. SIDE 1 ST-X-1-2533      1S2     13
SIDE 2 ST-X-2-2533      1S2     4
PRESS MARK 1M
VINYL COLOR RED
RECORD COMPANY'S NAME SLEEVE Toshiba Ongaku kogyo Kabusikigaisha
LABEL MFD. BY TOSHIBA MUSICAL INDUSTRIES
LTD. JAPAN
SYMBOL/PRICE H  ¥2,000
LYRIC SHEET STYLE Slip Sheet Type
COVER FORM Gatefold Type. Thick cover.
INNER SLEEVE
Apple custom black sleeve
OBI
"Gourd" in white Obi (a narrow Obi with a large round Apple logo at the top) / with Order sheet
COVER DESIGN/ PHOTO/ NOTES Photo: Robert Whitaker
Liner notes: Hiroshi Tsukui.
COMMENTS
"Beatles Capitol Original Album (AP-800XX)" is a series that introduces American Capitol edited albums in the same format and songs as at the time.
Seven albums from "Meet The Beatles! (AP-80011)" to "Yesterday And Today (AP-80061)" were released in 1970.

Light green Apple label Type-2-1with black print.
Same Trunk cover as USA but with gatefold jacket.
Songs are from U.K. master tapes, different than USA pressings.
In Novemver 1968, that was the date when Apple Corp Ltd. of England and Toshiba came to an agreement on the manufacturing and distribution of the Beatles' records in Japan.
As part of that agreement, Toshiba had to reissue on the Apple label all the records previously issued on the Odeon label.The sleeves also had to be altered to desplay the Apple logo. Futher still, all the Odeon catalog number prefixes were changed to ones With Apple prefixes.In most cases, only the prefixes were changed and the catalog numbers were left intanct.Odeon singles, EPs, and LPs with the OR or OP prefixes were changed to Apple singles, EPs, and LPs with the AR or AP prefixes , respectively.
But Toshiba did not instantly implement all these changes and did not immediately withdraw all Odeon label records.In fact, the phasing out of the Odeon label products and the phasing in of the Apple label was a lengthy process taking several months at least.
And in the Apple label, there are two subtypes, TOSHIBA MUSIC and TOSHIBA EMI. Further more, the early copies of the APPLE-TOSHIBA MUSIC type have dark Apple on its label, though the late copies have light one.

Red vinyl:
Besides good sound and quality printing, Japanese records also offered some other things of interest to the collector.  One of the primary manufacturing companies in Japan, Toshiba, pressed a lot of their records on red, “Everclean” vinyl from 1958 through 1974 (maybe).  While not pressed as collectors’ items, these red vinyl pressings are more sought out by collectors than their black vinyl counterparts.  The Everclean vinyl was designed to be less prone to collecting static electricity and dust than the more common black vinyl.

The obi: Apple "Gourd" in white Obi
1st. pressing issued with a narrow Obi with a large round Apple logo at the top, has a white background. The word "STEREO" and Apple logo mark and catalog number "AP-8940" were printed on the front. early pressing had a priced ¥2,000 on rear sleeve and obi strip.
While most Japanese records feature local music, a lot of music fans there like foreign music, as well.  The language barrier in Japan presented a problem – should foreign album covers be changed for Japanese albums?  The solution was the obi, which means “belt” or “sash”.  The obi is a strip of paper, usually about two inches wide, that wraps vertically around the album cover, containing information about the artist and album in Japanese.  As these strips of paper were fragile and easily torn, they are often missing, especially since consumers in the 1950s and 1960s attached little significance to them.  Finding Japanese records made prior to 1970 that still have the obi intact can be quite difficult, and for some albums, nearly impossible.  The inclusion of the obi can dramatically affect the price of some Japanese records, sometimes increasing the price by a factor of ten.



#27-3 Yesterday And Today (3rd. Press "Toshiba-EMI / H ¥2,200 / Apple Gourd in white Obi / Light Green Apple Label": AP-80061)
Back to the top of the line
TITLE "YESTERDAY"... AND TODAY
CATALOG NUMBER AP-80061
RELEASE DATE January 1974? / 3rd. Press
TRACK LISTING SIDE 1 SIDE 2
Drive My Car
And Your Bird Can Sing
I'm Only Sleeping
If I Needed Someone
Nowhere Man
We Can Work It Out
Dr. Robert
What Goes On?
Yesterday
Day Tripper
Act naturally
FRONT --> Click! BACK --> Click! SIDE 1 --> Click! SIDE 2 --> Click! DISK
sleeve sleeve label label label
INSIDE --> Click! INSIDE: CLOSE UP
sleeve Same Trunk cover as U.S. press but with gatefold jacket.
Thick cover.

label Liner notes: Hiroshi Tsukui.
Credited with liner notes on Japanese releases.
INNER SLEEVE LYRIC SHEET (Slip Sheet Type)
FRONT --> Click! BACK --> Click! FRONT --> Click! BACK --> Click! With Apple custom black inner sleeve.
The lyric sheet is slip sheet type.
sleeve sleeve sleeve sleeve
LYRIC SHEET CLOSE UP
label Apple logomark was printed at the upper left corner of the lyric sheet. label label
Catalog No. and the company name "Toshiba EMI Ltd." were printed on the lyric sheet.
FRONT COVER CLOSE UP BACK COVER CLOSE UP
label Catalogue number and "STEREO" were printed at the upper right corner of the front cover. label label
Apple logomark was printed at the upper right corner of the back cover.
"Toshiba EMI  Ltd." and "H ¥2,000" were printed at the bottom of the back cover.
BACK COVER CLOSE UP
label Capitol executive Dave Dexter Jr. was tabulated the choice and running order of the songs contained on all of the previous make-shift American Beatles albums, however, the project was turned over to another Capitol employee, Bill Miller, who ended up being credited on the album jacket.
Apple Gourd in White OBI CLOSE UP
OBI: FRONT OBI: BACK
sleeve sleeve sleeve sleeve
Issued with a narrow Obi with a large round Apple logo at the top, has a white background. The word "STEREO" and Apple logo mark and catalog number "AP-80061" were printed on the front. 1st. pressing had a priced ¥2,200 on the obi strip. The order form was NOT printed on the obi.
LABEL CLOSE UP
label label label The phrase "Apple Records - All Rights of the Manufacturer and of the Owner of the Recorded work Reserved." was printed at the perimeter. "AP-80061" and matrix number were printed at the right side of the center hole.
LABEL CLOSE UP
label label The words "MFD. BY TOSHIBA MUSICAL INDUSTRIES LTD. JAPAN" was printed at thebottom of the label.
OTHER ITEM
-

RECORD LABEL Dark Green Apple label Type-2-1
MIX STEREO
MATRIX No. SIDE 1 ST-X-1-2533      1S2     10
SIDE 2 ST-X-2-2533      1S2     9
PRESS MARK 4-1W
VINYL COLOR BLACK
RECORD COMPANY'S NAME SLEEVE Toshiba EMI Kabusikigaisha
LABEL MFD. BY TOSHIBA MUSICAL INDUSTRIES
LTD. JAPAN
SYMBOL/PRICE H  ¥2,200
LYRIC SHEET STYLE Slip Sheet Type
COVER FORM Gatefold Type. Thick cover.
INNER SLEEVE
Apple custom black sleeve
OBI
"Gourd" in white Obi (a narrow Obi with a large round Apple logo at the top) / without Order sheet
COVER DESIGN/ PHOTO/ NOTES Photo: Robert Whitaker
Liner notes: Hiroshi Tsukui.
COMMENTS
"Beatles Capitol Original Album (AP-800XX)" is a series that introduces American Capitol edited albums in the same format and songs as at the time.
Seven albums from "Meet The Beatles! (AP-80011)" to "Yesterday And Today (AP-80061)" were released in 1970.

Light green Apple label Type-2-1with black print.
Same Trunk cover as USA but with gatefold jacket.
Songs are from U.K. master tapes, different than USA pressings.
In Novemver 1968, that was the date when Apple Corp Ltd. of England and Toshiba came to an agreement on the manufacturing and distribution of the Beatles' records in Japan.
As part of that agreement, Toshiba had to reissue on the Apple label all the records previously issued on the Odeon label.The sleeves also had to be altered to desplay the Apple logo. Futher still, all the Odeon catalog number prefixes were changed to ones With Apple prefixes.In most cases, only the prefixes were changed and the catalog numbers were left intanct.Odeon singles, EPs, and LPs with the OR or OP prefixes were changed to Apple singles, EPs, and LPs with the AR or AP prefixes , respectively.
But Toshiba did not instantly implement all these changes and did not immediately withdraw all Odeon label records.In fact, the phasing out of the Odeon label products and the phasing in of the Apple label was a lengthy process taking several months at least.
And in the Apple label, there are two subtypes, TOSHIBA MUSIC and TOSHIBA EMI. Further more, the early copies of the APPLE-TOSHIBA MUSIC type have dark Apple on its label, though the late copies have light one.

The obi: Apple "Gourd" in white Obi
1st. pressing issued with a narrow Obi with a large round Apple logo at the top, has a white background. The word "STEREO" and Apple logo mark and catalog number "AP-8940" were printed on the front. later pressing had a priced ¥2,200 on rear sleeve and obi strip.
While most Japanese records feature local music, a lot of music fans there like foreign music, as well.  The language barrier in Japan presented a problem – should foreign album covers be changed for Japanese albums?  The solution was the obi, which means “belt” or “sash”.  The obi is a strip of paper, usually about two inches wide, that wraps vertically around the album cover, containing information about the artist and album in Japanese.  As these strips of paper were fragile and easily torn, they are often missing, especially since consumers in the 1950s and 1960s attached little significance to them.  Finding Japanese records made prior to 1970 that still have the obi intact can be quite difficult, and for some albums, nearly impossible.  The inclusion of the obi can dramatically affect the price of some Japanese records, sometimes increasing the price by a factor of ten.



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