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Capitol Records 1978 Reissue
#17 Hey Jude (SW-385)
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#17-1 Hey Jude (1st. Press "Capitol Purple Label with Large Dome Logo / L.A. Press": SW-385)
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TITLE
HEY JUDE
CATALOG NUMBER
SW-385
RELEASE DATE
Late 1978? / First Press
TITLE LISTING
SIDE 1
SIDE 2
Can't Buy Me Love
Hey Jude
I Should Have Known Better
Old Brown Shoe
Paperback Writer
Don't Let Me Down
Rain
The Ballad Of John And Yoko
Lady Madonna
 
Revolution
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INNER SLEEVE
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Catalog no. "SW-385" is printed on the right side of the label.
In September, 1975, Capitol added a lengthy "All Rights Reserved" saying to all their albums. The whole LP catalog was transferred to the purple Capitol label with "All Rights Reserved."
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LABEL Capitol Purple label with Large Dome Logo
MIX STEREO
VINYL COLOR Black
PRESS FACTORY
SLEEVE West Coast: Bert-Co Enterprise of Los Angeles
VINYL Los Angeles, California
FACTORY CODE No Number
MATRIX No. SIDE 1
#64   SO-1-385    G14    Ⓧ   (hand etched)   4   nR  MASTERED BY CAPITOL ✲  (machine stamped)
SIDE 2
SO-2-385-F-5   #64    nR     (hand etched)  2   ✲   MASTERED BY CAPITOL     O  (machine stamped)
PUBLISHER'S NAME
-
"SUBSIDIARY" PRINT
YES
COVER FORM
Single type. Jacket pressed on posterboard stock.
INNER SLEEVE Polythene Inner bag
COVER DESIGN/ PHOTO/ NOTES Photo: Ethan Russell and Monte Fresco
PRODUCER Produced  by Geore Martin
COMMENTS
In March 1978, Capitol switched to a purple label with a large dome logo at the top. The perimeter print contains the phrase "Mfd. By Capitol Records".
In September, 1975, Capitol added a lengthy "All Rights Reserved" saying to all their albums. 
The whole Beatles' LP catalog was transferred to the purple Capitol label with "All Rights Reserved."

Capitol's album catalog prefixes incorporated a price code as the second letter. "S" indicated stereo, while the second letter indicated the applicable price category. For the 1970 release of Hey Jude, SO-385 represented the $6.98 price category, while SW-385 represented the reduced $5.98 price category.
The trail off areas to the records generated from the original Bell Sound lacquers have the "SO" prefix. Some of the Winchester pressings have a "W" written over the "O" in the "SO" prefix.

Album Title Catalog No. Approx. Period Description
THE BEATLES AGAIN SO-385 Immediately after release, February 1970 Early pressing using the original SO-385 catalog number.
THE BEATLES AGAIN SW-385 Early 1970 he catalog number was changed from SO-385 to SW-385, while the label title remained THE BEATLES AGAIN.
HEY JUDE SW-385 1970 onward The label title was changed from THE BEATLES AGAIN to HEY JUDE, while the catalog number remained SW-385.
HEY JUDE SW-385 1970 onward Later Apple label variations, retaining the SW-385




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