Capitol Records STEREO Original Released
  09 Rubber Soul (ST-2442)
(Update: 5th. January 2023)

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Capitol 1st. Sleeve

INDEX #9-1 Rainbow Label without Group name / NO File Under on the cover #9-2 Rainbow Label Crossover press with/without Group name / L.A. Press #9-3 Rainbow Label with Group name / STEREO banner on white top / Scranton Press #9-4 Rainbow Label with Group name / with "File Under" cover / Scranton Press #9-5 Rainbow Label with Sabsidiary rim / with File Under cover / Columbia Press

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#9-1 Rubber Soul (1st. Press "Rainbow Label without Group name / NO File Under on the cover": ST-2442)
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#9-2 Rubber Soul (Crossover Press "Rainbow Label with/without Group name / L.A. Press": ST-2442)
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TITLE		RUBBER SOUL
CATALOG NUMBER		ST-2442
RELEASE DATE		middle 1965?  (First press / 6th December 1965)
TITLE LISTING		SIDE 1		SIDE 2
		I've Just Seen A Face (BMI-2:04)		It's Only Love (BMI-1:53)
		Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown) (BMI-2:00)		Girl (BMI-2:26)
		You Won't See Me (BMI-3:19)		I'm Looking Through You (BMI-2:20)
		Think For Yourself (BMI-2:16)		In My Life (BMI-2:23)
		The Word (BMI-2:42)		Wait (BMI-2:13)
		Michelle (BMI-2:42)		Run For Your Life (BMI-2:21)
FRONT--> Click!		BACK --> Click!	SIDE 1 --> Click!	SIDE 2 --> Click!	DISK
INNER SLEEVE			FRONT COVER CLOSE UP
FRONT --> Click		BACK --> Click!
				The Capitol logo in orange (like a brown) in the upper right corner of the photo.
FRONT COVER CLOSE UP
The first variation has the stereo logo in brown at the top of the front cover slick. Has the large split black dot and record number ST 2442, but does not have the usual file under information.
		British illustrator Charles Front designed the album’s title logo, which appears in the upper left corner in brown (like a gold).		In the original photo taken for the cover, there is a loose thread on right shoulder of John's jacket. This was airbrushed out on most covers in the U.K. Some countries did not alter the photo (ex. Mexico)
BACK COVER CLOSE UP
					The Capitol/EMI logo box is in the upper left corner. The FDS logo and "Also available in regular monophonic" in uppercase letters in the upper right corner with the record number.
			The lower right quadrant of the album’s back cover has 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. (6=L.A.)
LABEL CLOSE UP
			The original issue Capitol albums were manufactured with black label backdrops with an outer rim colorband. The front cover of Rubber Soul was not the only component of the album missing the Beatles name. The first pressings of the record were manufactured with labels that list the names of the Beatles, but not the group’s name. The initial stereo records have the names of the band members below the title, but do not identify the Beatles as the artist.
LABEL CLOSE UP
				First pressings of stereo records are missing the band’s name on the label. The text on the stereo West Coast (L.A.) variation has the text shifted to the left and “STEREO” tightly spaced. "STEREO" indicator on the label has a slender printing type.
				Later stereo pressings from the West Coast have the band’s name as well as the names of the individual members.
LABEL CLOSE UP
SIDE 1 --> Click!			SIDE 2 --> Click!		The stereo records have the usual East Coast and West Coast label variations. Labels have full "John Lennon-Paul McCartney" credits.
LABEL CLOSE UP
				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.
OTHER ITEM
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LABEL		Capitol Black label with color band type-1
MIX		STEREO
VINYL COLOR		Black
PRESS FACTORY	SLEEVE	West Coast: Bert-Co Enterprise of Los Angeles
	VINYL	Los Angeles, California
FACTORY CODE		6
MATRIX No.	SIDE 1	ST-1-2442- A13'   (hand etched)   2  *      (machine stamped)
	SIDE 2	ST-2-2442- A11'   (hand etched)   2  *      (machine stamped)
PUBLISHER'S NAME		-
"SUBSIDIARY" PRINT		-
COVER FORM		Single type. Housed in a cardboard jacket. Has the stereo logo in brown at the top of the front cover slick.
INNER SLEEVE		Capitol Company Sleeve Type-4: Olive green sleeve
COVER DESIGN/ PHOTO/ NOTES		Photo: Robert Freeman
PRODUCER		Produced by George Martin
COMMENTS		"Rubber Soul" is the Beatles' 9th. Capitol Records release in the United States. The LP was released in both mono and stereo versions. In programming its version of Rubber Soul, Capitol was faced with the luxury of having two tracks from the British Help! album that had yet to be released in America, namely I’ve Just Seen A Face and It’s Only Love. These songs had been issued in England four months earlier and Capitol decided it was time to put them out. The overall quality of the Rubber Soul songs gave Capitol the confidence to program the record without a hit single. Thus, Yesterday and Act Naturally were not included on the album. And, for the first time since Meet The Beatles!, Capitol prepared a regular Beatles LP with 12 selections instead of the usual 11. The back of the stereo cover has the usual stereo information box running across the top of the slick. There are three variations of the stereo cover resulting from two different back liners and two different trimmings of the front cover slick. 1) The first variation has the stereo logo in brown at the top of the front cover slick. The portion of the back liner that wraps around to the top of the front cover has the large split black dot and record number ST 2442, but does not have the usual file under information. 2) Apparently Capitol realized that the brown stereo logo on the dark green background of the front slick was difficult to read. Later stereo jackets were prepared with revised back liners that have the Stereo logo on the portion that wraps around to the front cover. Capitol also added “File Under: The Beatles” to the revised liners. Because jackets with the new back liners have the stereo designation in the portion of the liner that wrapped around to the top of the cover, the front slicks paired with these liners are usually trimmed at the same place as mono slicks to remove the stereo designation. 3) Some jackets were manufactured with the revised backs liners and stereo trimmed slicks. These covers have the Stereo logo on both the front cover slick and the white band above the slick. Some of the later stereo back liners with “File Under: The Beatles” do not have the stereo logo on the wraparound part of the liner. Due to the popularity of Michelle, some later pressings of the album were packaged with stickers affixed to the shrink wrap. 3" x 4" white sticker with “The Beatles latest album ‘Rubber Soul’ featuring Michelle” and “Capitol T 2442” in capital green letters. 3" x 1½" yellow sticker with “Hear Paul sing ‘Michelle’” and “Original Beatles’ Version” either in black or dark brown print. These stickers are relatively rare as most of the albums were issued without stickers. When "Rubber Soul" was originally issued, Capitol had factories in 1) Scranton, Pensylvania 2) Los Angeles, California The back liner contains 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 Rubber Soul (S)T-2442 Cover Number Known With Beatles LP’s from Factory Mono or Stereo 2 Scranton M/S 3 Scranton, Decca M/S 4 Jacksonville, Decca M/S 5 Los Angeles, RCA M/S 6 Los Angeles M/S 7 Columbia S 8 Decca M/S 9 Jacksonville, MCA Pinckneyville S 12 Winchester S 16 Longines S 17 Jacksonville S 18 Los Angeles S 21 Scranton, Winchester S (*) All LP’s except Revolver, a black-and-white back slick that does not show any cover number indicates that Capitol or RCA printed some covers in-house for that LP (maybe). 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) First "West Coast" Pressings have "STEREO" tightly spaced. First pressings of stereo records are missing the band’s name on the label. There are East Coast and West Coast variations without the group’s name. Later stereo pressings from the East Coast and the West Coast have the band’s name as well as the names of the individual members. The labels used by Capitol’s Jacksonville plant were printed by Keystone in Scranton.

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#9-3 Rubber Soul (2nd. Press "Rainbow Label with Group name / STEREO banner on white top / Scranton Press": ST-2442)
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TITLE		RUBBER SOUL
CATALOG NUMBER		ST-2442
RELEASE DATE		Late 1965? / Second Press
TITLE LISTING		SIDE 1		SIDE 2
		I've Just Seen A Face (BMI-2:04)		It's Only Love (BMI-1:53)
		Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown) (BMI-2:00)		Girl (BMI-2:26)
		You Won't See Me (BMI-3:19)		I'm Looking Through You (BMI-2:20)
		Think For Yourself (BMI-2:16)		In My Life (BMI-2:23)
		The Word (BMI-2:42)		Wait (BMI-2:13)
		Michelle (BMI-2:42)		Run For Your Life (BMI-2:21)
FRONT--> Click!		BACK --> Click!	SIDE 1 --> Click!	SIDE 2 --> Click!	DISK
INNER SLEEVE			FRONT COVER CLOSE UP
FRONT --> Click		BACK --> Click!
				The Capitol logo in orange (like a brown) in the upper right corner of the photo.
FRONT COVER CLOSE UP
Apparently Capitol realized that the brown stereo logo on the dark green background of the front slick was difficult to read. Later stereo jackets were prepared with revised back liners that have the Stereo logo on the portion that wraps around to the front cover. Capitol also added “File Under: The Beatles” to the revised liners.
		British illustrator Charles Front designed the album’s title logo, which appears in the upper left corner in brown (like a gold).		In the original photo taken for the cover, there is a loose thread on right shoulder of John's jacket. This was airbrushed out on most covers in the U.K. Some countries did not alter the photo (ex. Mexico)
BACK COVER CLOSE UP
					The Capitol/EMI logo box is in the upper left corner. The FDS logo and "Also available in regular monophonic" in uppercase letters in the upper right corner with the record number.
			The lower right quadrant of the album’s back cover has 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. (NONE=Capitol or RCA printed covers in-house for that LP)
LABEL CLOSE UP
			The original issue Capitol albums were manufactured with black label backdrops with an outer rim colorband. There are East Coast and West Coast variations without the group’s name. Later stereo pressings from the East Coast and the West Coast have the band’s name as well as the names of the individual members.
LABEL CLOSE UP
					East Coast label: "STEREO" indicator on the label has a chubby printing type. Later stereo pressings from the East Coast have the band’s name.
LABEL CLOSE UP
SIDE 1 --> Click!			SIDE 2 --> Click!		The stereo records have the usual East Coast and West Coast label variations. Labels have full "John Lennon-Paul McCartney" credits.
LABEL CLOSE UP
				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.
OTHER ITEM
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LABEL		Capitol Black label with color band type-1
MIX		STEREO
VINYL COLOR		Black
PRESS FACTORY	SLEEVE	East Coast: Queens Litho in New York
	VINYL	Scranton, Pennsylvania / LABEL: Keystone Printed Specialties, Inc. in Scranton, Pensylvania.
FACTORY CODE		None
MATRIX No.	SIDE 1	ST 1-2442- B8 #2    IAM mark  (machine stamped)
	SIDE 2	ST 2-2442- A1        IAM mark  (machine stamped)
PUBLISHER'S NAME		-
"SUBSIDIARY" PRINT		-
COVER FORM		Single type. Housed in a cardboard jacket. Stereo logo on the portion that wraps around to the front cover. added “File Under: The Beatles” to the revised liners.
INNER SLEEVE		Capitol Company Sleeve Type-4: Olive green sleeve
COVER DESIGN/ PHOTO/ NOTES		Photo: Robert Freeman
PRODUCER		Produced by George Martin
COMMENTS		"Rubber Soul" is the Beatles' 9th. Capitol Records release in the United States. The LP was released in both mono and stereo versions. In programming its version of Rubber Soul, Capitol was faced with the luxury of having two tracks from the British Help! album that had yet to be released in America, namely I’ve Just Seen A Face and It’s Only Love. These songs had been issued in England four months earlier and Capitol decided it was time to put them out. The overall quality of the Rubber Soul songs gave Capitol the confidence to program the record without a hit single. Thus, Yesterday and Act Naturally were not included on the album. And, for the first time since Meet The Beatles!, Capitol prepared a regular Beatles LP with 12 selections instead of the usual 11. The back of the stereo cover has the usual stereo information box running across the top of the slick. There are three variations of the stereo cover resulting from two different back liners and two different trimmings of the front cover slick. 1) The first variation has the stereo logo in brown at the top of the front cover slick. The portion of the back liner that wraps around to the top of the front cover has the large split black dot and record number ST 2442, but does not have the usual file under information. 2) Apparently Capitol realized that the brown stereo logo on the dark green background of the front slick was difficult to read. Later stereo jackets were prepared with revised back liners that have the Stereo logo on the portion that wraps around to the front cover. Capitol also added “File Under: The Beatles” to the revised liners. Because jackets with the new back liners have the stereo designation in the portion of the liner that wrapped around to the top of the cover, the front slicks paired with these liners are usually trimmed at the same place as mono slicks to remove the stereo designation. 3) Some jackets were manufactured with the revised backs liners and stereo trimmed slicks. These covers have the Stereo logo on both the front cover slick and the white band above the slick. Some of the later stereo back liners with “File Under: The Beatles” do not have the stereo logo on the wraparound part of the liner. Due to the popularity of Michelle, some later pressings of the album were packaged with stickers affixed to the shrink wrap. 3" x 4" white sticker with “The Beatles latest album ‘Rubber Soul’ featuring Michelle” and “Capitol T 2442” in capital green letters. 3" x 1½" yellow sticker with “Hear Paul sing ‘Michelle’” and “Original Beatles’ Version” either in black or dark brown print. These stickers are relatively rare as most of the albums were issued without stickers. When "Rubber Soul" was originally issued, Capitol had factories in 1) Scranton, Pensylvania 2) Los Angeles, California The back liner contains 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 Rubber Soul (S)T-2442 Cover Number Known With Beatles LP’s from Factory Mono or Stereo 2 Scranton M/S 3 Scranton, Decca M/S 4 Jacksonville, Decca M/S 5 Los Angeles, RCA M/S 6 Los Angeles M/S 7 Columbia S 8 Decca M/S 9 Jacksonville, MCA Pinckneyville S 12 Winchester S 16 Longines S 17 Jacksonville S 18 Los Angeles S 21 Scranton, Winchester S (*) All LP’s except Revolver, a black-and-white back slick that does not show any cover number indicates that Capitol or RCA printed some covers in-house for that LP (maybe). 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) First "West Coast" Pressings have "STEREO" tightly spaced. First pressings of stereo records are missing the band’s name on the label. There are East Coast and West Coast variations without the group’s name. Later stereo pressings from the East Coast and the West Coast have the band’s name as well as the names of the individual members. The labels used by Capitol’s Jacksonville plant were printed by Keystone in Scranton.

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#9-4 Rubber Soul (3rd. Press? "Rainbow Label with Group name / with "File Under" cover / Scranton Press": ST-2442)
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TITLE		RUBBER SOUL
CATALOG NUMBER		ST-2442
RELEASE DATE		1966? / Third Press?
TITLE LISTING		SIDE 1		SIDE 2
		I've Just Seen A Face (BMI-2:04)		It's Only Love (BMI-1:53)
		Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown) (BMI-2:00)		Girl (BMI-2:26)
		You Won't See Me (BMI-3:19)		I'm Looking Through You (BMI-2:20)
		Think For Yourself (BMI-2:16)		In My Life (BMI-2:23)
		The Word (BMI-2:42)		Wait (BMI-2:13)
		Michelle (BMI-2:42)		Run For Your Life (BMI-2:21)
FRONT--> Click!		BACK --> Click!	SIDE 1 --> Click!	SIDE 2 --> Click!	DISK
INNER SLEEVE			FRONT COVER CLOSE UP
FRONT --> Click		BACK --> Click!
				The Capitol logo in orange (like a brown) in the upper right corner of the photo.
FRONT COVER CLOSE UP
Some jackets were manufactured with the revised backs liners and stereo trimmed slicks. These covers have the Stereo logo on both the front cover slick and the white band above the slick. Some of the later stereo back liners with “File Under: The Beatles” do not have the stereo logo on the wraparound part of the liner.
		British illustrator Charles Front designed the album’s title logo, which appears in the upper left corner in brown (like a gold).		In the original photo taken for the cover, there is a loose thread on right shoulder of John's jacket. This was airbrushed out on most covers in the U.K. Some countries did not alter the photo (ex. Mexico)
BACK COVER CLOSE UP
					The Capitol/EMI logo box is in the upper left corner. The FDS logo and "Also available in regular monophonic" in uppercase letters in the upper right corner with the record number.
			The lower right quadrant of the album’s back cover has 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. (21=Scranton)
LABEL CLOSE UP
			The original issue Capitol albums were manufactured with black label backdrops with an outer rim colorband. There are East Coast and West Coast variations without the group’s name. Later stereo pressings from the East Coast and the West Coast have the band’s name as well as the names of the individual members.
LABEL CLOSE UP
					East Coast label: "STEREO" indicator on the label has a chubby printing type. Later stereo pressings from the East Coast have the band’s name.
LABEL CLOSE UP
SIDE 1 --> Click!			SIDE 2 --> Click!		The stereo records have the usual East Coast and West Coast label variations. Labels have full "John Lennon-Paul McCartney" credits.
LABEL CLOSE UP
				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.
OTHER ITEM
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LABEL		Capitol Black label with color band type-1
MIX		STEREO
VINYL COLOR		Black
PRESS FACTORY	SLEEVE	East Coast: Queens Litho in New York
	VINYL	Scranton, Pennsylvania / LABEL: Keystone Printed Specialties, Inc. in Scranton, Pensylvania.
FACTORY CODE		21
MATRIX No.	SIDE 1	ST 1-2442- B4 #3    IAM mark  (machine stamped)
	SIDE 2	ST 2-2442- A1        IAM mark  (machine stamped)
PUBLISHER'S NAME		-
"SUBSIDIARY" PRINT		-
COVER FORM		Single type. Housed in a cardboard jacket. Later stereo back liners with “File Under: The Beatles” do not have the stereo logo on the wraparound part of the liner.
INNER SLEEVE		Capitol Company Sleeve Type-7: The tan sleeve. The final Capitol sleeve with Beatles albums was prepared in 1966.
COVER DESIGN/ PHOTO/ NOTES		Photo: Robert Freeman
PRODUCER		Produced by George Martin
COMMENTS		"Rubber Soul" is the Beatles' 9th. Capitol Records release in the United States. The LP was released in both mono and stereo versions. In programming its version of Rubber Soul, Capitol was faced with the luxury of having two tracks from the British Help! album that had yet to be released in America, namely I’ve Just Seen A Face and It’s Only Love. These songs had been issued in England four months earlier and Capitol decided it was time to put them out. The overall quality of the Rubber Soul songs gave Capitol the confidence to program the record without a hit single. Thus, Yesterday and Act Naturally were not included on the album. And, for the first time since Meet The Beatles!, Capitol prepared a regular Beatles LP with 12 selections instead of the usual 11. The back of the stereo cover has the usual stereo information box running across the top of the slick. There are three variations of the stereo cover resulting from two different back liners and two different trimmings of the front cover slick. 1) The first variation has the stereo logo in brown at the top of the front cover slick. The portion of the back liner that wraps around to the top of the front cover has the large split black dot and record number ST 2442, but does not have the usual file under information. 2) Apparently Capitol realized that the brown stereo logo on the dark green background of the front slick was difficult to read. Later stereo jackets were prepared with revised back liners that have the Stereo logo on the portion that wraps around to the front cover. Capitol also added “File Under: The Beatles” to the revised liners. Because jackets with the new back liners have the stereo designation in the portion of the liner that wrapped around to the top of the cover, the front slicks paired with these liners are usually trimmed at the same place as mono slicks to remove the stereo designation. 3) Some jackets were manufactured with the revised backs liners and stereo trimmed slicks. These covers have the Stereo logo on both the front cover slick and the white band above the slick. Some of the later stereo back liners with “File Under: The Beatles” do not have the stereo logo on the wraparound part of the liner. Due to the popularity of Michelle, some later pressings of the album were packaged with stickers affixed to the shrink wrap. 3" x 4" white sticker with “The Beatles latest album ‘Rubber Soul’ featuring Michelle” and “Capitol T 2442” in capital green letters. 3" x 1½" yellow sticker with “Hear Paul sing ‘Michelle’” and “Original Beatles’ Version” either in black or dark brown print. These stickers are relatively rare as most of the albums were issued without stickers. When "Rubber Soul" was originally issued, Capitol had factories in 1) Scranton, Pensylvania 2) Los Angeles, California The back liner contains 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 Rubber Soul (S)T-2442 Cover Number Known With Beatles LP’s from Factory Mono or Stereo 2 Scranton M/S 3 Scranton, Decca M/S 4 Jacksonville, Decca M/S 5 Los Angeles, RCA M/S 6 Los Angeles M/S 7 Columbia S 8 Decca M/S 9 Jacksonville, MCA Pinckneyville S 12 Winchester S 16 Longines S 17 Jacksonville S 18 Los Angeles S 21 Scranton, Winchester S (*) All LP’s except Revolver, a black-and-white back slick that does not show any cover number indicates that Capitol or RCA printed some covers in-house for that LP (maybe). 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) First "West Coast" Pressings have "STEREO" tightly spaced. First pressings of stereo records are missing the band’s name on the label. There are East Coast and West Coast variations without the group’s name. Later stereo pressings from the East Coast and the West Coast have the band’s name as well as the names of the individual members. The labels used by Capitol’s Jacksonville plant were printed by Keystone in Scranton.

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#9-5 Rubber Soul (Rainbow Label with Subsidiary rim / with "File Under" cover / Columbia Press": ST-2442)
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TITLE		RUBBER SOUL
CATALOG NUMBER		ST-2442
RELEASE DATE		1968
TITLE LISTING		SIDE 1		SIDE 2
		I've Just Seen A Face (BMI-2:04)		It's Only Love (BMI-1:53)
		Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown) (BMI-2:00)		Girl (BMI-2:26)
		You Won't See Me (BMI-3:19)		I'm Looking Through You (BMI-2:20)
		Think For Yourself (BMI-2:16)		In My Life (BMI-2:23)
		The Word (BMI-2:42)		Wait (BMI-2:13)
		Michelle (BMI-2:42)		Run For Your Life (BMI-2:21)
FRONT--> Click!		BACK --> Click!	SIDE 1 --> Click!	SIDE 2 --> Click!	DISK
INNER SLEEVE			FRONT COVER CLOSE UP
FRONT		BACK
Sorry, I don't have it.		Sorry, I don't have it.		The Capitol logo in orange (like a brown) in the upper right corner of the photo.
FRONT COVER CLOSE UP
Some of the later stereo back liners with “File Under: The Beatles” do not have the stereo logo on the wraparound part of the liner.
		British illustrator Charles Front designed the album’s title logo, which appears in the upper left corner in brown (like a gold).		In the original photo taken for the cover, there is a loose thread on right shoulder of John's jacket. This was airbrushed out on most covers in the U.K. Some countries did not alter the photo (ex. Mexico)
BACK COVER CLOSE UP
					The Capitol/EMI logo box is in the upper left corner. The FDS logo and "Also available in regular monophonic" in uppercase letters in the upper right corner with the record number.
			The lower right quadrant of the album’s back cover has 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. (7=Columbia)
LABEL CLOSE UP
			Capitol Records, Inc. became a wholly owned subsidiary of Capitol Industries, Inc. in 1968. The perimeter print on the company’s labels was modified to reflect the new ownership structure. All Capitol Beatles albums from Meet The Beatles! through Magical Mystery Tour were pressed with subsidiary rainbow labels.
LABEL CLOSE UP
					Keystone labels (large and tightly spaced “STEREO”) have the same typesetting as its non-subsidiary label.
LABEL CLOSE UP
SIDE 1 --> Click!			SIDE 2 --> Click!		Labels have full "John Lennon-Paul McCartney" credits.
LABEL CLOSE UP
				Capitol Records, Inc. became a wholly owned subsidiary of Capitol Industries, Inc. in 1968. The perimeter print on the company’s labels was modified to reflect the new ownership structure. On album labels, Capitol added the phrase “A SUBSIDIARY OF CAPITOL INDUSTRIES, INC.” after “MFD. BY CAPITOL RECORDS, INC.” The remainder of the perimeter print remained the same.
OTHER ITEM
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LABEL		Capitol Black label with color band with subsidiary rim
MIX		STEREO
VINYL COLOR		Black
PRESS FACTORY	LABEL	Keystone Printed Specialties, Inc. in Scranton, Pensylvania.
	VINYL	Columbia, in Terre Haute
FACTORY CODE		7
MATRIX No.	SIDE 1	p  ST-1-2442    W10   54   (hand etched)  AC  (machine stamped)
	SIDE 2	p  ST-2-2442    X17      1     (hand etched)  C2   (machine stamped)
PUBLISHER'S NAME		-
"SUBSIDIARY" PRINT		Yes
COVER FORM		Single type. Housed in a cardboard jacket. Back liners with “File Under: The Beatles” do not have the stereo logo on the wraparound part of the liner.
INNER SLEEVE		Unknown
COVER DESIGN/ PHOTO/ NOTES		Photo: Robert Freeman
PRODUCER		Produced by George Martin
COMMENTS		Capitol Records, Inc. became a wholly owned subsidiary of Capitol Industries, Inc. in 1968. The perimeter print on the company’s labels was modified to reflect the new ownership structure. On album labels, Capitol added the phrase “A SUBSIDIARY OF CAPITOL INDUSTRIES, INC.” after “MFD. BY CAPITOL RECORDS, INC.” 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. Searching for a more modern look, Capitol abandoned its classic dome logo that had served as the company’s trademark since inception. The new logo was a thick, circular “C” (for Capitol) surrounding a thick circle with a white center hole (representing a record). On the lime labels, the “C” is purple and the circle representing the record is black. The back of the stereo cover has the usual stereo information box running across the top of the slick. There are three variations of the stereo cover resulting from two different back liners and two different trimmings of the front cover slick. 1) The first variation has the stereo logo in brown at the top of the front cover slick. The portion of the back liner that wraps around to the top of the front cover has the large split black dot and record number ST 2442, but does not have the usual file under information. 2) Apparently Capitol realized that the brown stereo logo on the dark green background of the front slick was difficult to read. Later stereo jackets were prepared with revised back liners that have the Stereo logo on the portion that wraps around to the front cover. Capitol also added “File Under: The Beatles” to the revised liners. Because jackets with the new back liners have the stereo designation in the portion of the liner that wrapped around to the top of the cover, the front slicks paired with these liners are usually trimmed at the same place as mono slicks to remove the stereo designation. 3) Some jackets were manufactured with the revised backs liners and stereo trimmed slicks. These covers have the Stereo logo on both the front cover slick and the white band above the slick. Some of the later stereo back liners with “File Under: The Beatles” do not have the stereo logo on the wraparound part of the liner. The back liner contains 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. In order to meet the huge demand for Beatles records, Capitol subcontracted with other companies to press its albums. The three companies most frequently used by Capitol were the former Big Three — Columbia, Decca and RCA. Columbia manufactured albums for Capitol at its factories in Pitman, New Jersey, Terre Haute, Indiana, and Santa Maria, California. Columbia LPs have a 2 11/16"-diameter ring located 1 3/16" from the center hole. The trail off areas have hand etched matrix and lacquer numbers. Columbia discs pressed in California have Bert- Co labels while those manufactured in Pitman and Terre Haute have Keystone labels. Pitman pressings have a machine stamped “P” in their trail off areas. Columbia LPs with “54” hand etched in their trail off areas were probably pressed in Terre Haute. The following tables detail the cover numbers that are known to exist: Compiled by Frank Daniels in 2012 Rubber Soul (S)T-2442 Cover Number Known With Beatles LP’s from Factory Mono or Stereo 2 Scranton M/S 3 Scranton, Decca M/S 4 Jacksonville, Decca M/S 5 Los Angeles, RCA M/S 6 Los Angeles M/S 7 Columbia S 8 Decca M/S 9 Jacksonville, MCA Pinckneyville S 12 Winchester S 16 Longines S 17 Jacksonville S 18 Los Angeles S 21 Scranton, Winchester S (*) All LP’s except Revolver, a black-and-white back slick that does not show any cover number indicates that Capitol or RCA printed some covers in-house for that LP (maybe). 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 “STEREO”) have the same typesetting as its non-subsidiary label (2) Bert-Co labels (large and loosely spaced “STEREO”) have the same typesetting as its non-subsidiary label (3) Jacksonville small print in-house labels (small and tightly spaced “STEREO”) have the same typesetting as its non-subsidiary label (4) Scranton/L.A. labels (small and loosely spaced “STEREO”) list the performance rights organization and the time of each song without parentheses.

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