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| TITLE | THE BEATLES
RARITIES |
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| CATALOG NUMBER | SPRO-8969 |
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| RELEASE DATE | 13th November 1978 / included the
Limited Box Set (BC-13) |
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| TRACK LISTING | SIDE 1 | SIDE 2 | |||
| Across
The Universe *Stereo |
Rain |
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| Yes It Is | She's A Woman | ||||
| This
Boy |
Matchbox | ||||
| The Inner Light |
I Call Your Name |
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| I'll Get You |
Bad Boy *Stereo |
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| Thank You Girl |
Slow Down | ||||
| I Want To Hold Your Hand
*duophonic remix of UK mono single |
I'm Down | ||||
| You Know My Name (Look Up The
Number) |
Long Tall Sally | ||||
| She
Loves You *duophonic remix of UK mono single |
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| FRONT --> Click! | BACK --> Click! | SIDE 1 --> Click! | SIDE 2 --> Click! | DISK --> Click! | |
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Polythene Inner Sleeve. |
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It was packaged in a dark blue paper
sleeve with the number "SPRO-8969" above the Capitol Records
logo. "Printed in U.S.A." was printed at the lower left
corner of the front sleeve |
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The
Capitol Rarities disc was manufactured with purple labels
featuring the classic Capitol dome logo. |
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The album was compiled in Los Angeles and pressed in Winchester. | ||
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| Promotional Catalogue number
"SPRO-8969" is printed at the right side of the center hole. "A Subsidiary of Capitol" credit was printed at the perimeter. |
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MASTERD BY CAPITOL (machine stamped) was embossed at the run off area on both sides. | ||||
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| SIDE 1 --> Click! | SIDE 2 --> Click! | For some unknown
reason, “Sie Liebt Dich” and “Komm, Gib Mir Deine Hand” were
replaced with the not-too-rare English versions of “She
Loves You” and “I Want To Hold Your Hand.” |
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The credit "Produced by George
Martin or Phil Spector" and "℗1978 EMI Records Limited" were
printed at the bottom of the label. |
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OTHER ITEM
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| LABEL | Capitol Purple label in silver print |
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| MIX | MONO *excepted as noted. |
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| VINYL COLOR | BLACK |
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| PRESS FACTORY |
Winchester, Virginia | ||||
| MATRIX No. | SIDE 1 |
SPRO-1-8969 F-1 ─◁
wally (hand etched) MASTERD BY CAPITOL (machine
stamped) |
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| SIDE 2 | SPRO-2-8969 F-1 ─◁ wally (hand etched) MASTERD BY CAPITOL (machine stamped) | ||||
| RECORD COMPANY'S NAME | Capitol Records, Inc. |
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| RECORDING PUBLISHED CREDIT | ℗1978 EMI Records Limited | ||||
| COVER FORM | Single type. Packaged in a thin paper
sleeve / Sleeve form is open-top style. |
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| INNER SLEEVE | Polythene Inner Sleeve |
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| COVER DESIGN/ PHOTO/ NOTES | - |
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| PRODUCER | Produced by George Martin |
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COMMENTS
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The “Rarities” album
was designed to complement the Beatles’ original twelve
albums by pulling together many of their single releases not
available on British LPs. Unlike Capitol Records in America,
British Parlophone rarely duplicated songs issued as singles
on later albums. The British “Rarities” (EMI/Parlophone PSLP
261), consists of seventeen tracks, including the first
British release of “Sie Liebt Dich” and “Komm, Gib Mir Deine
Hand” (“She Loves You” and “I Want To Hold Your Hand” sung
in German). The U.S. “Rarities” (Capitol SPRO 8969),
compiled in Los Angeles, contains two mistakes. For some
unknown reason, “Sie Liebt Dich” and “Komm, Gib Mir Deine
Hand” were replaced with the not-too-rare English versions
of “She Loves You” and “I Want To Hold Your Hand.” The album became a much sought-after collector’s item not only because just 3,000 copies were pressed, but also because it contained the first American release of the original version of “Across the Universe.” In addition to placing the album in the box set ("The Beatles Collection" Capitol BC-13: Only 3,000 copies / some sources say 3,300), Capitol pressed 2,000 copies of Rarities for promotional purposes. The Capitol Rarities disc was manufactured with purple labels featuring the classic Capitol dome logo. It was packaged in a dark blue paper sleeve with the number "SPRO-8969" above the Capitol Records logo. The front side has “The Beatles “Rarities” centered and the Capitol logo and SPRO-8969 in the lower right corner. The back side is solid blue. The album was later reassembled with a selection of fifteen tracks that were either 1) never released by Capitol Records before, 2) alternate takes and mixes never available in the United States before, or 3) tracks never issued on an American album until now. The official “Rarities (SHAL-12060)” album was finally released on March 24, 1980. *) Wally: Wallace Edward Traugott Mastering and lacquer-cutting engineer based in the United States. Wally or Wly is always credited in the runout grooves of the record, usually alongside the Mastered by Capitol stamp. |
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