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Capitol Label Released
(Update: 29th. October 2009)


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

#1 Meet The Beatles! (1st. Press "for Jukeboxes": SXA-2047)
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TITLE
MEET THE BEATLES! --for use in jukeboxes
TRACK LISTING
SIDE 1
It Won't Be Long (John Lennon-Paul McCartney)
This Boy (John Lennon-Paul McCartney)
All My Loving (John Lennon-Paul McCartney)
SIDE 2
Don't Bother Me (George Harrison)
All I've Got To Do (John Lennon-Paul McCartney)
I Wanna Be Your Man (John Lennon-Paul McCartney)
RELEASE DATE
20th. January 1964/First Press
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BACK -->Click!
SIDE 1 -->Click!
SIDE 2 -->Click!
DISK -->Click!
souvenir souvenir back label label label
SLEEVE COVER CLOSE UP LABEL CLOSE UP
sleeve souvenir_promo souvenir_promo label
"MFD BY CAPITOL RECORDS INC U. S. A."  and "T.M. MARCA REG  U.S. PAT. NO. 2,631,859" were printed at outer rim.
LABEL CLOSE UP
OTHER ITEM
COVER MINIATURE PAPER TITLE STRIP
label sleeve Packaged with three miniature paper covers.
(but, I have only one.)
card
The trail off areas contain the "AIM(?)" symbol mark. Five blue title strip  with a header strip and a footer strip.
(but, I don't have a header and footer strip.)
CATALOG NUMBER SXA-2047
RECORD LABEL
Capitol: black label with multicolor band
MIX
STEREO
MATRIX No. SIDE 1 SXA - 1 - 2047 - A1     ("AIM" mark)
SIDE 2 SXA - 2 - 2047 - A1     ("AIM" mark)
VINYL COLOR
BLACK
RECORD COMPANY'S NAME
MFD. BY CAPITOL RECORDS. INC. U.S.A.
CENTER
Solid center
PUBLISHER'S NAME
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PRODUCER George Martin
COVER DESIGN/PHOTO/NOTES Photo: Robert Freeman
COMMENTS
Capitol issued stereo comact 33 disks for jukebox play.
These 7 inch records had a small center hole (solid center) and played at 1/3 33 r.p.m. The disks were housed in a cardboard jacket, which had a miniature reproduction of the album cover on the front and a blank white back side.
The records were packaged with three miniature paper covers measuring 1 1/4  X 1 1/4 inches and five blue title strip (plastic sheet) with a header strip listing the Capitol record number and the Seeburg part number, "Capitol ST-2047---Seeburg Part No. 605", and a footer strip crediting the printing of the sheet to "STAR TITLE STRIP CO., INC."
These package came in a loosely fitting poly-bag.

All three Beatles' compact 33 series were manufactured by Capitol's Scranton factory.
The black label has an outer rim colorband and Capitol logo at the bottom.
The first Beatles compact 33 disk was issued for "MEET THE BEATLES!"
Stereo Only, has six tracks from the LP.



#2 The Beatles' Second Album (1st. Press "for Jukeboxes": SXA-2080)
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TITLE
MEET THE BEATLES! --for use in jukeboxes
TRACK LISTING
SIDE 1
Thank You Girl (John Lennon-Paul McCartney)
Devil In Her Heart (Drapkin)
Money (That's What I Want) (Berry-Gordy-Bradford)
SIDE 2
Long Tall Sally (Johnson-Penniman-Blackwell)
I Call Your Name (John Lennon-Paul McCartney)
Please Mister Postman (Holland)
RELEASE DATE
10th. April 1964/First Press
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BACK -->Click!
SIDE 1 -->Click!
SIDE 2 -->Click!
DISK -->Click!
souvenir sleeve label label label
SLEEVE COVER CLOSE UP LABEL CLOSE UP
sleeve sleeve sleeve label
"MFD BY CAPITOL RECORDS INC U. S. A."  and "T.M. MARCA REG  U.S. PAT. NO. 2,631,859" were printed at outer rim.
LABEL CLOSE UP
OTHER ITEM
COVER MINIATURE PAPER
TITLE STRIP
label sleeve Packaged with three miniature paper covers.
(but, I have only one.)
card
The trail off areas contain the "AIM(?)" symbol mark. Five blue title strip  with a header strip and a footer strip.
(but, I don't have a header and footer strip.)
CATALOG NUMBER SXA-2080
RECORD LABEL
Capitol: black label with multicolor band
MIX
STEREO
MATRIX No. SIDE 1 SXA - 1 - 2080 - A1     ("AIM" mark)
SIDE 2 SXA - 2 - 2080 - A1     ("AIM" mark)
VINYL COLOR
BLACK
RECORD COMPANY'S NAME
MFD. BY CAPITOL RECORDS. INC. U.S.A.
CENTER
Solid center
PUBLISHER'S NAME
-
PRODUCER George Martin
COVER DESIGN/PHOTO/NOTES Cover design: George Osaki / Photo: Joe Covello
COMMENTS
Capitol issued stereo comact 33 disks for jukebox play.
These 7 inch records had a small center hole (solid center) and played at 1/3 33 r.p.m. The disks were housed in a cardboard jacket, which had a miniature reproduction of the album cover on the front and a blank white back side.
The records were packaged with three miniature paper covers measuring 1 1/4  X 1 1/4 inches and five blue title strip (plastic sheet) with a header strip listing the Capitol record number and the Seeburg part number, "Capitol ST-2047---Seeburg Part No. 605", and a footer strip crediting the printing of the sheet to "STAR TITLE STRIP CO., INC."
These package came in a loosely fitting poly-bag.

All three Beatles' compact 33 series were manufactured by Capitol's Scranton factory.
The black label has an outer rim colorband and Capitol logo at the bottom.
The second Beatles compact 33 disk was issued for "THE BEATLES SECOND ALBUM"
Stereo Only, has six tracks from the LP.



#3 Four By The Beatles (1st. Press "East Coast type": EAP-1-2121)
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TITLE
FOUR BY THE BEATLES
TRACK LISTING
SIDE 1
Roll over Beethoven (Chuck Berry)
All my loving (John Lennon-Paul McCartney)
SIDE 2
This boy (John Lennon-Paul McCartney)
Please Mister Postman (Holland)
RELEASE DATE
11th May. 1964/First Press
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BACK -->Click!
SIDE 1 -->Click!
SIDE 2 -->Click!
DISK
four-by sleeve label label label
FRONT COVER CLOSE UP LABEL CLOSE UP
sleeve The upper portion of the jacket has a Capitol logo and "Produced by GEORGE MARTIN" in white. sleeve sleeve
the word "RECORDS" was not printed  below the Capitol logo. "MFD. BY CAPITOL RECORDS. INC. U.S.A." and Capitol logo were printed at the outer rim.
OTHER ITEM
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CATALOG NUMBER EAP 1-2121
RECORD LABEL
Capitol: Blue label
MIX
MONO
MATRIX No. SIDE 1 F1 - 2121 - F5      ("AIM" mark)
SIDE 2 F2 - 2121 - F3      ("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
-
PRODUCER George Martin
COVER DESIGN/PHOTO/NOTES Photo: Dezo Hoffman
COMMENTS
Capitol's first Beatles' EP was released on 11th May 1964. It was titled "Four By The Beatles" and featured the four songs.
The EP issued in a cardboard jacket, that features a light - orange - tinted Dezo Hoffman portrait of the group taken at the same April, 1963, photo session as the classic picture used on the sleeve for the "I Want To Hold Your Hand" single.
The upper portion of the jacket has a Capitol logo and "Produced by GEORGE MARTIN" in white.
Capitol did not use its familiar swirl label for the EP, but rather pressed the records with solid green or blue labels with all information in silver print.
The East Coast pressings: have blue labels with left justified song titles and songwriter's credits.
The West Coast pressings: have green labels with centered song titles and centered writer's credits. In addition, the word "RECORDS" appears below the Capitol logo.



#4 4-BY The Beatles (1st. 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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BACK -->Click!
SIDE 1 -->Click!
SIDE 2 -->Click!
DISK
4-by back 4-by label label label
FRONT COVER CLOSE UP LABEL CLOSE UP
sleeve sleeve souvenir_promo
The upper portion of the jacket has a Capitol logo and "Produced by GEORGE MARTIN" in white. "MFD. BY CAPITOL RECORDS. INC. U.S.A." and Capitol logo were printed at the outer rim. "Recorded in England" was printed under the (R2-5365)--East Coast version.
OTHER ITEM
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CATALOG NUMBER R-5365
RECORD LABEL
Capitol: Yellow/Orange swirl label
MIX
MONO
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.



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