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TITLE
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The Early BEATLES |
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CATALOG
NUMBER |
ST-2309 |
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RELEASE DATE
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22th March.1965 / First Press |
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TITLE LISTING |
SIDE
1 |
SIDE
2 |
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Love Me Do
(BMI-2:19) (sim.stereo) |
Please Please Me
(ASCAP-2:00) |
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Twist And Shout
(BMI-2:32) |
P.S. I Love You
(BMI-2:02) (sim.stereo) |
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Anna (Go To
Him) (BMI-2:56) |
Baby It's You
(ASCAP-2:36) |
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Chains (BMI-2:21) |
A Taste Of Honey
(ASCAP-2:02) |
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Boys
(BMI-2:24) |
Do You Want To Know A Secret (BMI-1:55) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ask Me Why (ASCAP-2:24) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
FRONT--> Click! | BACK --> Click! | SIDE 1 --> Click! | SIDE 2 --> Click! | DISK | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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INNER SLEEVE | FRONT COVER CLOSE UP | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
FRONT --> Click |
BACK --> Click! |
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The front cover slicks has the Capitol Full Demensional Stereo arrow logo at the top. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The exposed portion of the back liner that wrapped around to the top of the jacket has the phrase "File Under: The Beatles" as well as a large black dot and the catalogue number. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Capitol/EMI
logo box is in the upper right corner, with the record number printed below. The FDS logo and "Also available in regular monophonic" in uppercase letters in the upper right corner. |
Produced by George Martin" credit was printed
under the song track on the back sleeve. |
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The
upper portion of the back liner contains "MADE IN U.S.A. •
FACTORIES: SCRANTON, PA. - LOS ANGELES, CALIF." and the RIAA
(Record Industry Association of America" logo. Most of the back liners have a small numeral located near the lower right or left corner. These numbers were used by Capitol to identify where the album cover was manufactured. (3=Scranton) |
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The original issue Capitol albums
were manufactured with black label backdrops with an outer
rim colorband. The label copy above the spindle hole lists the album title and the names of the band members. "STEREO" indicator on the label has a chubby printing type. |
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Catalog No. "ST-2309" was printed at the right side of the center hole. The labels for records manufactured on the East Coast were printed by Keystone Printed Specialties, Inc. in Scranton, Pennsylvania. The labels for the West Coast were printed by Bert-Co Enterprises in Los Angeles, California. The labels can be differentiated by the font of the number "one" at nine ofclock on the side one labels. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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SIDE 1 --> Click! |
SIDE 2 --> Click! |
The stereo records have
the usual East Coast and West Coast label variations. |
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The text of the perimeter print in blue on the original issue discs states "MFD. BY CAPITOL RECORDS. INC. U.S.A. T.M." to the left of a small Capitol logo, with "• MARCA REG. • U.S. PAT. NO. 2, 631,859" to the right. On some labels, the perimeter print is in white. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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LABEL | Capitol
Black
label with color band |
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MIX | STEREO
except
as noted |
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VINYL COLOR | Black |
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PRESS FACTORY |
SLEEVE | East
Coast: Queens Litho in New York |
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VINYL | Scranton,
Pennsylvania
/ LABEL: Keystone Printed Specialties, Inc. in Scranton,
Pensylvania. |
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FACTORY CODE | 3 |
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MATRIX No. | SIDE 1 |
ST-1-2309
A1
the anvil symbol &
(machine stamped) |
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SIDE 2 |
ST
2-2309-B2 the anvil symbol &
(machine stamped) |
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PUBLISHER'S NAME |
- |
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"SUBSIDIARY" PRINT
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- |
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COVER FORM |
Single
type.
Housed in a cardboard jacket. |
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INNER SLEEVE | Capitol
Company
Sleeve Type-4: Olive green sleeve |
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COVER DESIGN/ PHOTO/ NOTES | Photo:
Robert Freeman |
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PRODUCER | Produced
by
George Martin |
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COMMENTS
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"The Early Beatles" is the
Beatles' 6th. Capitol Records release in the United States.
The LP was released in both mono and stereo versions. The front cover to The Early Beatles features the color Robert Freeman photograph that serves as the back cover to the Parlophone album Beatles For Sale. The picture was taken in Hyde Park, London, during an autumn afternoon photo session. On the front cover, the slick is positioned to reveal the stereo logo in black. The back cover slick contains the album title, liner notes and song titles, times and publishing information. The Capitol/EMI logo box is in the upper right corner, with the record number printed below. The stereo cover has the Full Dimensional Stereo circle logo below the record number in the upper right corner. When "The Early Beatles" was originally issued, Capitol had factories in 1) Scranton, Pensylvania 2) Los Angeles, California The back liner contains "MADE IN U.S.A. • FACTORIES: SCRANTON, PA. - LOS ANGELES, CALIF." and the RIAA (Record Industry Association of America" logo. Most of the back liners have a small numeral located near the lower right or left corner. These numbers were used by Capitol to identify where the album cover was manufactured. Capitol did not fabricate its own album covers. Capitol required the cover manufacturer to place a factory identification number on the back liners. The fabricators added a small number, usually in the lower right corner. The following tables detail the cover numbers that are known to exist: Compiled by Frank Daniels in 2012 The Early Beatles (S)T-2309
The original issue Capitol albums were manufactured with black label backdrops with an outer rim colorband. Label copy information specific to each album appears in silver print. The labels for records manufactured on: 1) The East Coast were printed by Keystone Printed Specialties, Inc. in Scranton, Pensylvania. 2) The West Coast were printed by Bert-Co Enterprises in Los Angeles, California. The East Coast and West Coast stereo label variations: 1) First pressings of the East Coast label has "STEREO" indicator on the label has a chubby printing type. 2-1) First "West Coast" Pressings have "STEREO" tightly spaced. 2-2) Later ''West Coast'' pressings feature a loosely spaced "STEREO". Some of the labels have wide gaps between the lines listing the album title and the names of members of the group on one or both of the sides. |
TITLE
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The Early BEATLES |
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CATALOG
NUMBER |
ST-2309 |
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RELEASE DATE
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22th March.1965 / Second Press / Columbia
Contract Press |
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TITLE LISTING |
SIDE
1 |
SIDE
2 |
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Love Me Do
(BMI-2:19) (sim.stereo) |
Please Please Me
(ASCAP-2:00) |
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Twist And Shout
(BMI-2:32) |
P.S. I Love You
(BMI-2:02) (sim.stereo) |
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Anna (Go To
Him) (BMI-2:56) |
Baby It's You
(ASCAP-2:36) |
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Chains (BMI-2:21) |
A Taste Of Honey
(ASCAP-2:02) |
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Boys
(BMI-2:24) |
Do You Want To Know A Secret (BMI-1:55) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ask Me Why (ASCAP-2:24) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
FRONT--> Click! | BACK --> Click! | SIDE 1 --> Click! | SIDE 2 --> Click! | DISK --> Click! | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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FRONT |
BACK |
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Plaine white
sleeve (maybe) |
Plaine white sleeve (maybe) |
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The front cover slicks has the Capitol Full Demensional Stereo arrow logo at the top. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The exposed portion of the back liner that wrapped around to the top of the jacket has the phrase "File Under: The Beatles" as well as a large black dot and the catalogue number. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Capitol/EMI
logo box is in the upper right corner, with the record number printed below. The FDS logo and "Also available in regular monophonic" in uppercase letters in the upper right corner. |
Produced by George Martin" credit was printed
under the song track on the back sleeve. |
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The upper portion of the back
liner contains "MADE IN U.S.A. • FACTORIES: SCRANTON, PA. -
LOS ANGELES, CALIF." and the RIAA (Record Industry
Association of America" logo. Most of the back liners have a small numeral located near the lower right or left corner. These numbers were used by Capitol to identify where the album cover was manufactured. (19=L.A., Columbia) |
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The original issue Capitol albums
were manufactured with black label backdrops with an outer
rim colorband. The label copy above the spindle hole lists the album title and the names of the band members. "STEREO" indicator on the label has a slender printing type. |
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The labels for the West Coast were printed by Bert-Co Enterprises in Los Angeles, California. The labels can be differentiated by the font of the number "one" at nine ofclock on the side one labels. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
LABEL CLOSE UP | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
SIDE 1 --> Click! |
SIDE 2 --> Click! |
The stereo records have
the usual East Coast and West Coast label variations. |
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Capitol Records, Inc. became a wholly
owned subsidiary of Capitol Industries, Inc. in
1968. The rim print on the companyfs labels was modified to
reflect the new ownership structure. |
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OTHER ITEM
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LABEL | Capitol
Black label with color band with subsidiary rim |
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MIX | STEREO
except
as
noted |
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VINYL COLOR | Black |
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PRESS FACTORY |
SLEEVE | West
Coast: Bert-Co Enterprise of Los Angeles |
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VINYL | Columbia
Records, in Santa Maria, California (Label: Bert-Co
Enterprise of Los Angeles) |
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FACTORY CODE | 19 |
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MATRIX No. | SIDE 1 |
ST-1-2309-B8
() 74
A1 (Hand etched) |
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SIDE 2 |
ST
2-2309-A7 () 74
A2 (Hand etched) |
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PUBLISHER'S NAME |
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"SUBSIDIARY" PRINT
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YES |
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COVER FORM |
Single
type.
Housed
in a cardboard jacket. |
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INNER SLEEVE | Plain
white sleeve (maybe) |
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COVER DESIGN/ PHOTO/ NOTES | Photo:
Robert
Freeman |
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PRODUCER | Produced
by
George
Martin |
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COMMENTS
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"The Early Beatles" is the
Beatles' 6th. Capitol Records release in the United States.
The LP was released in both mono and stereo versions. The front cover to The Early Beatles features the color Robert Freeman photograph that serves as the back cover to the Parlophone album Beatles For Sale. The picture was taken in Hyde Park, London, during an autumn afternoon photo session. On the front cover, the slick is positioned to reveal the stereo logo in black. The back cover slick contains the album title, liner notes and song titles, times and publishing information. The Capitol/EMI logo box is in the upper right corner, with the record number printed below. The stereo cover has the Full Dimensional Stereo circle logo below the record number in the upper right corner. When "The Early Beatles" was originally issued, Capitol had factories in 1) Scranton, Pensylvania 2) Los Angeles, California The back liner contains "MADE IN U.S.A. • FACTORIES: SCRANTON, PA. - LOS ANGELES, CALIF." and the RIAA (Record Industry Association of America" logo. Most of the back liners have a small numeral located near the lower right or left corner. These numbers were used by Capitol to identify where the album cover was manufactured. Capitol did not fabricate its own album covers. Capitol required the cover manufacturer to place a factory identification number on the back liners. The fabricators added a small number, usually in the lower right corner. Capitol Records, Inc. became a wholly owned subsidiary of Capitol Industries, Inc. in 1968. The perimeter print on the companyfs labels was modified to reflect the new ownership structure. On album labels, Capitol added the phrase gA SUBSIDIARY OF CAPITOL INDUSTRIES, INC.h after gMFD. BY CAPITOL RECORDS, INC.h The remainder of the perimeter print remained the same. The subsidiary rainbow label first appeared in the fall 1968, only to be replaced less than a year later in the summer of 1969 by a new solid lime-colored label. All Capitol Beatles albums from Meet The Beatles! through Magical Mystery Tour were pressed with subsidiary rainbow labels. There are four basic typesetting variations of subsidiary rainbow labels: (1) Keystone labels (large and tightly spaced gSTEREOh) have the same typesetting as its non-subsidiary label (2) Bert-Co labels (large and loosely spaced gSTEREOh) have the same typesetting as its non-subsidiary label (3) Jacksonville small print in-house labels (small and tightly spaced gSTEREOh) have the same typesetting as its non-subsidiary label (4) Scranton/L.A. labels (small and loosely spaced gSTEREOh) list the performance rights organization and the time of each song without parentheses. Columbia Records vinyl record pressing plant in Santa Maria, California, United States. Columbia Records announced plans in 1962 for the construction of a $3 million pressing plant and warehouse in Santa Maria, California. The facility would also be used as the shipping center for the Columbia Record Club. The plant opened in late 1963 (sometime after September, 1963) and was fully operational by summer, 1964. Capitol Records contract pressings from the 1960s can be identified by the number "74" in the runouts.
The following tables detail the cover numbers that are known to exist: Compiled by Frank Daniels in 2012 The Early Beatles (S)T-2309
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TITLE
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The Early BEATLES |
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CATALOG
NUMBER |
ST-2309 |
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RELEASE DATE
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late 1969 / 3rd. Press |
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TITLE LISTING |
SIDE
1 |
SIDE
2 |
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Love Me Do
(BMI-2:19) (sim.stereo) |
Please Please Me
(ASCAP-2:00) |
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Twist And Shout
(BMI-2:32) |
P.S. I Love You
(BMI-2:02) (sim.stereo) |
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Anna (Go To
Him) (BMI-2:56) |
Baby It's You
(ASCAP-2:36) |
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Chains (BMI-2:21) |
A Taste Of Honey
(ASCAP-2:02) |
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Boys
(BMI-2:24) |
Do You Want To Know A Secret (BMI-1:55) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ask Me Why (ASCAP-2:24) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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BACK --> Click! |
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The exposed portion of the back liner that wrapped around to the top of the jacket has the phrase "File Under: The Beatles" as well as a large black dot and the catalogue number. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Capitol/EMI
logo box is in the upper right corner, with the record number printed below. The FDS logo and "Also available in regular monophonic" in uppercase letters in the upper right corner. |
Produced by George Martin" credit was printed
under the song track on the back sleeve. |
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The
upper portion of the back liner contains "MADE IN U.S.A. •
FACTORIES: SCRANTON, PA. - LOS ANGELES, CALIF." and the RIAA
(Record Industry Association of America" logo. Most of the back liners have a small numeral located near the lower right or left corner. These numbers were used by Capitol to identify where the album cover was manufactured. (12=Scranton or Winchester) |
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In July 1969,
Capitol switched to a limecolored label featuring its new
circle logo at the top. The outer "C" is purple and the
circle representing the record is black. |
The initial
lime labels have a TM designation following the word
Capitol. After the trade mark for the logo was secured, the
TM marking was switched to the (R) symbol, which appears
below the "I" in Capitol. |
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Catalog No. "ST-2309" was
printed at the right side of the center hole. |
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SIDE 1 --> Click! |
SIDE 2 --> Click! |
The song titles,
songwriters credits, BMI/ASCAP and running times below the
center hole. |
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The text of the perimeter print in blue on the original issue discs states "Mfd. by Capitol Records. Inc. A Subsidialy of Capitol Industries, Inc. U.S.A." to the left of a small Capitol logo, with "• Marca Reg. • U.S. Pat. No. 2, 631,859" to the right. On some labels, the perimeter print is in white. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
OTHER ITEM
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LABEL | Capitol
Lime Green Target label with TM mark |
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MIX | STEREO
except as noted |
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VINYL COLOR | Black |
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PRESS FACTORY |
SLEEVE | East
Coast: Queens Litho in New York |
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VINYL | Winchester
pressing |
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FACTORY CODE | 12 |
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MATRIX No. | SIDE 1 |
ST-1-2309-X10
-< (hand etched) |
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SIDE 2 |
ST
2-2309-W9 -< (hand etched) |
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PUBLISHER'S NAME |
- |
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"SUBSIDIARY" PRINT
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YES |
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COVER FORM |
Single
type.
Housed
in a cardboard jacket. |
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INNER SLEEVE | Plain
white inner sleeve |
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COVER DESIGN/ PHOTO/ NOTES | Photo:
Robert
Freeman |
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PRODUCER | Produced
by
George
Martin |
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COMMENTS
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In July 1969, Capitol switched to
a limecolored label featuring its new circle logo at the
top. The outer "C" is purple and the circle representing the
record is black. The initial lime labels have a TM designation following the word Capitol. After the trade mark for the logo was secured, the TM marking was switched to the (R) symbol, which appears below the "I" in Capitol. The lime-background circle logo label was used for Capitol Beatles albums until late spring, 1971. At about the time when the green label was discontinued, (May, 1971), the Beatles catalog was switched onto the Apple label. In May, 1971, Capitol redesigned their mainline label to use a more striking red background. The purple gCh logo remained at the top of the label. The registered trademark symbol appears to the right of the word "Capitol." This label appeared on Capitol records numbered from about 682 (May 1971) to about 838 (October 1971). Since the Beatles' catalog switched to Apple that same month, only a few rare specimens survive with this label style: some copies of Revolver and at least two copies of Yesterday...And Today. The following tables detail the cover numbers that are known to exist: Compiled by Frank Daniels in 2012 The Early Beatles (S)T-2309
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