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THE BEATLES | ||||
| CATALOG NUMBER | PCS 7067–7068 | ||||
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RELEASE DATE
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22nd November 1968 / 1st Press | ||||
| TRACK LISTING | SIDE 1 | SIDE 2 | |||
| Back In The U.S.S.R. |
Martha My Dear |
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| Dear Prudence |
I'm So Tired |
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| Glass Onion |
Blackbird |
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| Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da |
Piggies |
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| Wild Honey Pie |
Rocky Raccoon |
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| The Continuing Story Of Bungalow Bill |
Don't Pass Me By |
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| While My Guitar Gently Weeps |
Why Don't We Do It In The Road? |
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| Happiness Is A Warm Gun | I Will |
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| Julia | |||||
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| Birthday |
Revolution 1 |
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| Yer Blues |
Honey Pie |
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| Mother Nature's Son |
Savoy Truffle |
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| Everybody’s Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey |
Cry Baby Cry |
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| Sexy Sadie |
(" Can You Take Me Back...") |
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| Helter Skelter |
Revolution 9 |
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| Long, Long, Long | Good Night | ||||
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| SIDE 1 --> Click! | SIDE 2 --> Click! | SIDE 3 --> Click! | SIDE 4 --> Click! | INNER SLEEVE | |
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The front cover has “The BEATLES” embossed in raised block letters. Each sleeve was sequentially numbered. | |||
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| "Printed and made in Great Britain by Garrod and Lofthouse International Ltd." was printed at the bottom of the cover. | |||||
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The sleeve opened at the top of both pockets. The internal flaps were visible along the left and right edges of the open gatefold. |
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Dark green labels with a whole apple on Sides 1 and 3 and a sliced apple on Sides 2 and 4. The rim text began with “Apple Records - All rights...”. |
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"Sold In U.K.
subject to resale price conditions, see price lists."
statement was printed at the center of the label. |
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The text “(An E.M.I. Recording)” was absent from the labels. The left side carried “33 1/3” and “Mfd. in U.K.” |
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The recording year was printed with a small phonogram copyright symbol ℗. |
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Have the credits
"Production by GEORGE MARTIN" and "Orchestrations by
GEORGE MARTIN" below the group's name. |
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| SIDE 1 | SIDE 2 | SIDE 3 | SIDE 4 | Matrix No. is Side-1: YEX 709 -1 Side-2: YEX 710 -1 Side-3: YEX 711 -1 Side-4: YEX 712 -1 |
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| PORTRAITS | POSTER | ||||
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FRONT --> Click! | BACK --> Click! | The sleeve design was by Richard Hamilton, who suggested the minimalistic approach and the consecutively numbered sleeves which would give a limited edition feel to it. Richard also came up with the montage idea for the large free poster, which included the lyrics on its reverse. | ||
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| Each double LP was issued with an 85.8 × 57.2 cm poster and four 28.8 × 20 cm glossy portraits taken by John Kelly, one of each Beatle. Early copies were issued with a separator sheet placed on the top of each photo. |
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FLYER
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Original
promotional flyer which was used to advertise the 1968 album
"The Beatles". The album was dubbed "The White Album" due to
the sleeve’s plain white design. The flyer has a picture of
the group at the top and also full album title, price, mono
and stereo catalog numbers, release date and track listings.
The flyer measures 14 × 21.5 cm (5.5 × 8.5 inches). |
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| LABEL | Dark Green Apple label Type-1 |
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| MIX | STEREO | ||||
| MATRIX No. | SIDE 1 | YEX 709 -1 | |||
| SIDE 2 | YEX 710 -1 | ||||
| SIDE 3 | YEX 711 -1 | ||||
| SIDE 4 | YEX 712 -1 | ||||
| VINYL COLOR | BLACK | ||||
| SERIAL NO. | No. 0428931 | ||||
| RECORD COMPANY'S NAME | LABEL |
Label:Apple Records / without "An E.M.I.
Recording" credit |
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| SLEEVE | EMI Records (The Gramophone Co. Ltd.) Hayes, Middlesex, England | ||||
| CENTRAL REMARK "SOLD IN U.K." |
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| RECORDING PUBLISHED CREDIT | ℗ 1968 (small
℗) |
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| COVER FORM | Top-opening gatefold sleeve. | ||||
| PRINTER CREDIT | Printed and made in Great Britain by Garrod and Lofthouse International Ltd. | ||||
| COVER DESIGN/ PHOTO/ NOTES | Art Design: Richard Hamilton,Gordon House
and Jeremy Banks Photo: John Kelly |
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| INNER SLEEVE | Black inner sleeve with a die-cut circular
opening on one side |
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| PRODUCER | George Martin | ||||
| COMMENTS | Initial numbered edition with top opening
G & L gatefold sleeve, black inners, poster & 4
color portraits, dark green Apple labels with "Sold
In The UK...." text. Early labels omitted the text “An E.M.I. Recording”; the credit was added on later labels. Eric Clapton uncredited on A7 for contractual reasons. 1st Press: Dark green labels with a whole apple on Sides 1 and 3 and a sliced apple on Sides 2 and 4. First label variation have "33 1/3" text at the top line of the left side and "Sold In U.K. subject to resale price conditions, see price lists" text. The recording year was printed with a small phonogram copyright symbol ℗. "An E.M.I. Recording" text was not printed on the label. Matrix numbers: Side 1: YEX 709-1; Side 2: YEX 710-1; Side 3:YEX 711-1; Side 4: YEX 712-1. Misprint: This variation has an error on Side 4 with track REVOLUTION 9 erroneously printed "ReVOLUTION 9". The fully laminated white gatefold sleeve had visible internal flaps along the left and right edges and openings at the top. The front of the cover has "The BEATLES" embossed in raised block letters. The seven-digit number was stamped in gray at a slight downward angle near the lower right corner. This copy has no "Stereo" marking on the back cover. Some early stereo copies were supplied in sleeves without this marking. The right panel of the open gatefold has the four John Kelly black and white portraits running left to right (John, Paul, George and Ringo). The left panel has the titles to the album’s songs in gray in 12 rows. The records were housed in black inner sleeves with a die-cut circular opening on one side to expose the Apple label. These sleeves were most likely manufactured by Harrison & Sons. The four 28.8 × 20 cm glossy color portraits by John Kelly were normally inserted into the left pocket, sometimes with light-colored separator sheets. The 85.8 × 57.2 cm Richard Hamilton collage poster, with lyrics on the reverse, was normally inserted into the right pocket. |
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TITLE
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THE BEATLES | |
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RELEASE DATE
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22nd November 1968/1st Press | |
| FRONT | BACK | LABEL --> Click! |
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| INSIDE | INNER SLEEVE | |
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 Album title was embossed |
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Usual Beatles' Apple records have a credit saying "An E.M.I. Recording" at the left upper portion of the label. But the early label has not. |
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This Apple label used a wide sans-serif typeface. The music publisher's name for George's and Ringo's songs was printed "Apple Publishing Ltd." cf. ..See "The Beatles/mono version (reissued in 1981)" |
| OTHER ITEM | ||
| PORTRAITS | POSTER | |
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| TRACK LISTING | CATALOG NUMBER | |
| SIDE 1 | SIDE 2 | PCS 7067–7068 |
| 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 |
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| APPLE | ||
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| BLACK | ||
| SIDE 3 | SIDE 4 | SERIAL NO. |
| Birthday Yer Blues Mother Nature's Son Everybody’s 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 |
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RECORD COMPANY'S
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Label:Apple Records + An EMI
Recording Album Cover: EMI Records (The Gramophone Co. Ltd.) Hayes, Middlesex, England |
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CENTRAL REMARK
"SOLD IN U.K..." |
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COVER FORM
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Top-opening gatefold sleeve. | |
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PRINTER CREDIT
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Printed and made in Great Britain by Garrod and Lofthouse International Ltd. | |
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COMMENTS
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Double LP with gatefold cover. Early sleeves opened at the top of both pockets. The internal flaps were visible along the left and right edges of the open gatefold. Each double LP was issued with a large poster and four glossy portraits, one of each Beatle. Early copies were issued with a protector sheet placed on the top of each photo and have custom black inner sleeve. Each sleeve was sequentially numbered at the lower right of the front cover. The music publisher's name for George's and Ringo's songs was printed "Apple Publishing Ltd." Afterward, "Harrisongs Ltd." and "Startling Mus." |
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