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#02 4 By The Beatles (R-5365)
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#2-1 4-BY The Beatles (1st. Press "East Coast (Scranton) Press": R-5365)
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TITLE
 4-BY THE BEATLES
TRACK LISTING
SIDE 1
 Honey Don't  (Carl Perkins)
I'm A Loser  (John Lennon-Paul McCartney)
SIDE 2
 Mr. Moonlight (Johnson)
Everybody's Trying To Be My Baby (Carl Perkins)
RELEASE DATE
 1st. February. 1965/First Press
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4-by back 4-by label label label
FRONT COVER CLOSE UP
sleeve The upper portion of the jacket has a Capitol logo and "Produced by GEORGE MARTIN" in white.
LABEL CLOSE UP
sleeve souvenir_promo souvenir_promo "Recorded in England" was printed under the (R2-5365)--East Coast version.
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souvenir_promo sleeve sleeve
"MFD. BY CAPITOL RECORDS. INC. U.S.A." and Capitol logo were printed at the outer rim.
The East Coast pressings have orange and yellow swirl label with left justified song titles and songwriter's credits.
OTHER ITEM
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CATALOG NUMBER R-5365
RECORD LABEL
 Capitol: Yellow/Orange swirl label
MIX
 MONO
PRESS FACTORY Keystone Printed Specialities Co., Inc. of Scranton, Pennsylvania
MATRIX No.
 SIDE 1 R-1 - 5365 - F3       ("AIM" mark)
SIDE 2 R-2 - 5365 - G4      ("AIM" mark)
VINYL COLOR BLACK
RECORD COMPANY'S NAME
 MFD. BY CAPITOL RECORDS. INC., U.S.A.
CENTER Full size center hole
PUBLISHER'S NAME
 SIDE 1 Hi-Lo Music, Inc. / Maclen Music, Inc. BMI
SIDE 2 Lowery Music Company Incorporated / Knox Music, Inc. BMI
PRODUCER George Martin
COVER DESIGN/ PHOTO/ NOTES Photo: Bob Whitaker
COMMENTS
 4-By The Beatles was released on 1st. February  1965, and featured four songs from the previously released "Beatles '65" LP.
Capitol packaged the disk in a hard cardboard jacket, which features the umbrella photo from the Beatles '65 album cover.
The top of the cover contains "Produced by GEORGE MARTIN" and the Capitol logo appear in black and the song titles are in green.

The East Coast pressings: have the "4-BY" logo and song titles in olive green on the jacket, has  orange and yellow swirl label with left justified song titles and songwriter's credits.
The West Coast pressings: have the "4-BY" logo and song titles in dark green on the jacket, has orange and yellow swirl label with centered song titles and centered writer's credits.


#2-2 4-BY The Beatles (1st. Press "West Coast (L.A.) Press": R-5365)
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TITLE
 4-BY THE BEATLES
TRACK LISTING
SIDE 1
 Honey Don't  (Carl Perkins)
I'm A Loser  (John Lennon-Paul McCartney)
SIDE 2
 Mr. Moonlight (Johnson)
Everybody's Trying To Be My Baby (Carl Perkins)
RELEASE DATE
 1st. February. 1965/First Press
FRONT -->Click!
BACK -->Click!
SIDE 1 -->Click!
SIDE 2 -->Click!
 DISK -->Click!
4-by back 4-by label label label
FRONT COVER CLOSE UP
sleeve The West Coast pressings: have the "4-BY" logo and song titles in dark green on the jacket.
The upper portion of the jacket has a Capitol logo and "Produced by GEORGE MARTIN" in white.
LABEL CLOSE UP
sleeve souvenir_promo souvenir_promo "Recorded in England" was printed over the (R2-5365)--West Coast version.
LABEL CLOSE UP
souvenir_promo sleeve sleeve
"MFD. BY CAPITOL RECORDS. INC. U.S.A." and Capitol logo were printed at the outer rim.
The West Coast pressings: have orange and yellow swirl label with centered song titles and centered writer's credits.
OTHER ITEM
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CATALOG NUMBER R-5365
RECORD LABEL
 Capitol: Yellow/Orange swirl label
MIX
 MONO
PRESS FACTORY Bert-Co Enterprises of Los Angeles, California
MATRIX No.
 SIDE 1 R-1-5365-F-1'    (hand etched)    *  (machine stamped)
SIDE 2 R-2-5365-F-1'    (hand etched)    *  (machine stamped)
VINYL COLOR BLACK
RECORD COMPANY'S NAME
 MFD. BY CAPITOL RECORDS. INC., U.S.A.
CENTER Full size center hole
PUBLISHER'S NAME
 SIDE 1 Hi-Lo Music, Inc. / Maclen Music, Inc. BMI
SIDE 2 Lowery Music Company Incorporated / Knox Music, Inc. BMI
PRODUCER George Martin
COVER DESIGN/ PHOTO/ NOTES Photo: Bob Whitaker
COMMENTS
 4-By The Beatles was released on 1st. February  1965, and featured four songs from the previously released "Beatles '65" LP.
Capitol packaged the disk in a hard cardboard jacket, which features the umbrella photo from the Beatles '65 album cover.
The top of the cover contains "Produced by GEORGE MARTIN" and the Capitol logo appear in black and the song titles are in green.

The East Coast pressings: have the "4-BY" logo and song titles in olive green on the jacket, has  orange and yellow swirl label with left justified song titles and songwriter's credits.
The West Coast pressings: have the "4-BY" logo and song titles in dark green on the jacket, has orange and yellow swirl label with centered song titles and centered writer's credits.


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