title
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us LPs
Capitol Records
Promotional issues


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TITLE
The Beatles "Rarities"
RELEASE DATE
November.1978
FRONT --> Click! BACK --> Click! LABEL --> Click! DISK
rarities rarities back label label
FRONT COVER CLOSE UP LABEL CLOSE UP OTHER ITEM
label label
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TRACK LISTING CATALOG NUMBER
SIDE 1 SIDE 2 SPRO-8969
Across The Universe (stereo)
Yes It Is
This Boy
The Inner Light
I'll Get You
Thank You Girl
I Want To Hold Your Hand
You Know My Name (Look Up The Number)
She Loves You
Rain
She's A Woman
Matchbox
I Call Your Name
Bad Boy (stereo)
Slow Down
I'm Down
Long Tall Sally
LABEL
Capitol Purple Label
MIX
MONO except as noted
VINYL COLOR
BLACK
COMMENTS
Issued as a bonus in the box set "THE BEATLES COLLECTION (Capitol/EMI BC-13)".
Cover (sleeve) form is open-top style.
Selections are same as the U.K. release, but "I want to hold your hand" and "She loves you" were sung in English, not in German.



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TITLE
REEL MUSIC
RELEASE DATE
1982/Promotional Use Only
FRONT --> Click! BACK --> Click! LABEL DISK
reel reelback Issued on yellow vinyl with custom label,
but I cannot confirm because this album is still factory-shield in the protective plastic wrapping.
OTHER ITEM
SEQUENTIALLY NUMBERED STICKER --> Click!
number sticker with a square sticker with "Includes 14 SONGS from their movie and special 12-PAGE COLOR SOUVENIR PROGRAM" was adhered to shrink-wrap.
Photo liner sleeve and 12-page color souvenir program
TRACK LISTING CATALOG NUMBER
SIDE 1 SIDE 2 SV-12199
A hard day's night
I should have known better
Can't buy me love
And I love her
Help!
You've got to hide you love away
Ticket to ride
Magical mystery tour
I am the walrus
Yellow submarine
All you need is love
Let it be
Get back
The long and winding road
LABEL
Capitol custom label
MIX
STEREO
VINYL COLOR
YELLOW
COMMENTS
"For sale" press: 24th March 1963.
Promotional copy. Issued on yellow vinyl and custom label.
Contains selections from The Beatles five movies.
Top right of back cover is sequentially numbered.
Reportedly, pressings were limited to 12,000 copies.
Some yellow disks were issued in plain white covers.
Back of LP cover reads " Not for sale".



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TITLE
THE BEATLES 20 GREATEST HITS
RELEASE DATE
15th October.1982/Promotional Use Only
FRONT --> Click! BACK --> Click! LABEL --> Click! DISK
greatest greatestback label label
FRONT COVER CLOSE UP BACK COVER CLOSE UP LABEL CLOSE UP INNER SLEEVE
greatest greatest greatest lyric
Back cover features gray, black and blue print. Later issue is printed gray and black.
Running time of "Yesterday" is incorrectly printed at 1:04.
OTHER ITEM
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TRACK LISTING CATALOG NUMBER
SIDE 1 SIDE 2 SV-12245
She loves you (sim.stereo)
Love me do (sim stereo)
I want to hold your hand
Can't buy me love
A hard day's night
I feel fine
Eight days a week
Ticket to ride
Help!
Yesterday
We can work it out
Paperback writer
Penny Lane
All you need is love
Hello goodbye
Hey Jude (Short edit)
Get back
Come together
Let it be
The long and winding road
LABEL
Capitol Purple Label
MIX
STEREO except as noted
VINYL COLOR
BLACK
COMMENTS
Purple label with "MFD...." perimeter print.
Back cover features gray, black and blue print. Later issue is printed gray and black.
A round red sticker with white print stating that all 20 hits charted at #1 (according to Billboard) was adhered to shrink-wrap.
Running time of "Yesterday" is incorrectly printed at 1:04.
Has with photo inner sleeve.



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