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Color Vinyl Records for export to the U.S.A.
(Update: 13th. September 2019)

EMI has released four albums of The Beatles on the colored vinyl in 1978. These editions are produced for export to the USA only. This is a limited and rare editions.
There are only four albums: "Magical Mystery Tour", "The Beatles" (White Album), "Abbey Road" and "Let It Be".



Notice* Click the label of each album, so you can see the large picture image.

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TITLE
THE BEATLES
RELEASE DATE
29th September.1978/Limited Edition
FRONT BACK LABEL DISK
white whiteback I cannot confirm these items because this album is still factory-shield in the protective plastic wrapping. whiteinside
INSIDE STICKER �@
whiteinside whiteinside sticker �@
Some copies were issued with a price sticker (U.S LIST PRICE: $34.98) adhered to shrink-wrap.
OTHER ITEM
PORTRAITS POSTER
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poster posterback



TRACK LISTING CATALOG NUMBER
SIDE 1 SIDE 2 PCS 7067-8
Back in the U.S.S.R.
Dear Prudence
Glass Onion
Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Da
Wild honey pie
The continuing story of Bungalow Bill
While my guitar gently weeps
Happiness is a warm gun
Martha my dear
I'm so tired
Blackbird
Piggies
Rocky Raccoon
Don't pass me by
Why don't we do it in the road?
I will
Julia

LABEL
APPLE

MIX
STEREO

VINYL COLOR
WHITE

SIDE 3 SIDE 4 SERIAL NO.
Birthday
Yer blues
Mother nature's son
Everybody got something to hide except me and my monkey
Sexy Sadie
Helter Skelter
Long, long, long
Revolution 1
Honey pie
Savoy Truffle
Cry baby cry
(" Can you take me back...")
Revolution 9
Good night
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PRODUCER
George Martin

COVER DESIGN/PHOTO/NOTES
Art Design: Richard Hamilton,
Gordon House and
Jeremy Banks
Photo: John Kelly
RECORD COMPANY'S NAME
Label:Apple Records + An E.M.I. Recording (maybe)
Album Cover: EMI Records (The Gramophone Co. Ltd.) Hays, Middlesex, England (maybe)
CENTRAL REMARK
"SOLD IN U.K..."
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COVER FORM
Gatefold type. "Open Side" cover.
PRINTER CREDIT
Printed and made in Great Britain by Garrod and Lofthouse International Ltd. (maybe)
COMMENTS
Double LP with gatefold cover which was laminated both in and out, and the pockets for the records opened at the side.
Limited Edition:White vinyl record.
Some copies were issued with a price sticker (U.S LIST PRICE: $34.98) adhered to shrink-wrap.
Each LP was issued with large poster and four glossy photos of each Beatle.
Without sequentially numbered on lower right of front cover.



#4 Let It Be (1st. Press "White Vinyl / Limited Edition": PCS 7096)
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TITLE
LET IT BE
CATALOG NUMBER PCS 7096
RELEASE DATE
8th May 1979 (Limited Edition)
TRACK LISTING SIDE 1 SIDE 2
Two Of Us
I've Got A Feeling
Dig A Pony One After 909
Across The Universe The Long And Winding Road
I Me Mine For You Blue
Dig It
Get Back
Let It Be
Maggie Mae
FRONT --> Click! BACK --> Click! SIDE 1 --> Click! SIDE 2 --> Click! DISK
sleeve label label label label
INNER SLEEVE FRONT COVER CLOSE UP
Plain plastic bag type
(Maybe)
sleeve sleeve There is a rainbow colored sticker attached to the front cover that says “Coloured Vinyl INCL. EXTRA CHARGE £1.”
Some copies were issued with a gold sticker adhered to shrink-wrap.
BACK COVER CLOSE UP
label The back cover also a black background.
The text "reproduced for disc by Phil Spector", along with the song titles, appears in white above photos of each Beatle.
BACK COVER CLOSE UP
label
label
Album have full laminated cover without flaps on the back side. Cover was printed by Garrod & Lofthouse.
Sleeve with green and brown Apple logo on the back side.
LABEL CLOSE UP
label label label Light green label with an image of an apple on side 1 and sliced apple on side 2. "Apple Records - All rights..." printed at the start perimeter print.
"Sold In U.K." statement was removed at the center of the label.
LABEL CLOSE UP
SIDE 1 SIDE 1 Label have "("An E.M.I. Recording")" text on two lines.The left hand side of the label have "33 1/3", and "Mfd. in U.K."
Publishing year printed with small copyright symbol (p).
label label label label
OTHER ITEM
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LABEL Apple label Type-5: Light Green Apple
MIX STEREO
MATRIX No. SIDE 1 YEX 773  PCS 7096 SIDE 1      HTM     (hand etched)
SIDE 2 YEX 774-PCS 7096 SIDE 2      (hand etched)
VINYL COLOR WHITE
RECORD COMPANY'S NAME Apple Records / An E.M.I. Recording
CENTRAL REMARK
"SOLD IN U.K."
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RECORDING  PUBLISHED CREDIT (P) 1970
COVER FORM Single type. Full laminated cover
PRINTER CREDIT Printed and made in Great Britain by Garrod & Lofthouse Ltd.
COVER DESIGN/ PHOTO/ NOTES Design by John Kosh
Photographs by Ethan Russell
INNER SLEEVE Black inner sleeve with a die-cut circular opening on one side
PRODUCER George Martin
COMMENTS Stereo only. Limited edition.
U.K. pressing. White vinyl.
EMI has released four albums of The Beatles on the colored vinyl in 1978. These editions are produced for export to the USA only. This is a limited and rare editions. The cause of these editions is not known. Possible it was dedicated to the 10th Anniversary of Apple Records. Was made ​​only four albums: “Magical Mystery Tour”, “The Beatles” (“The White Album”), “Abbey Road” and “Let It Be”. Laqueur for these limited editions made ​​Harry T. Moss – EMI studio cutting engineer who has prepared a soundtrack to “write” on the matrix of the first and second side plates. Usually from someone who does this job depends mainly on how this issue will be heard. Harry T. Moss initials (HTM) hand etched on the trail off areas of the records except the “White Album”. Harry T. Moss did matrices for almost all the Beatles albums but his initials began to appear in 1973.
(from "the beatles collection")

Full laminated Garrod & Lofthouse Ltd. sleeve with green and brown Apple logo on the back side. There is a rainbow colored sticker attached to the front cover that says "Coloured Vinyl INCL. EXTRA CHARGE £1." Some copies were issued with a gold sticker adhered to shrink-wrap.
The photographs are by Ethan A. Russell. Jacket was designed by John Kosh.
The inner flap was made from the back cover and glued with paste to the front cover.

Textur light green apple label.
"Apple Records - All rights..." printed at the start perimeter print.
Label have "("An E.M.I. Recording")" text on two lines.The left hand side of the label have "33 1/3", and "Mfd. in U.K."
Publishing year printed with small copyright symbol (p).
"Sold In U.K." statement was removed at the center of the label.
The trail off areas have the hand etched matrix number YEX 773 PCS 7096 SIDE 1  and initials “HTM” on the side 1 and matrix number YEX 774-PCS 7096 SIDE 2 on the side 2.



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