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Capitol Picture Sleeves
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#16 Back to the top of the line
TRACK LISTING
SIDE 1
 Strawberry Fields Forever
SIDE 2
 Penny Lane
RELEASE DATE
 13th February 1967 / First Press
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eight eight_back label label
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A circlar "PRINTED IN U.S.A." appears in the upper right corner of the photo album side.
 Yellow and Orange Swirl label without "subsidiary" print.
"Penny Lane" song time erroneously listed as "3:00", Second Press was corrected to "2:57".
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RECORD LABEL
 Capitol--Yellow/Orange swirl label type 1-B
CATALOG NUMBER
 Capitol 5810
VINYL COLOR
 BLACK
SLEEVE TYPE
 tub cut top (West Coast version)
MIX
 MONO
PUBLISHER'S NAME
SIDE 1
 Maclen Music, Inc. BMI
SIDE 2
 Maclen Music, Inc. BMI
COMMENTS
 First Press: Orange and yellow swirl label without "subsidary" print.
The picture sleeve, Capitol used the same pictures, graphics and layout of the British sleeve. One side of the sleeve features a color photo of the group taken by Henry Grossman. The other side of the sleeve is designed to look like a page from a photo album, complete with mounting corners and childhood pictures of the Beatles.
A circlar "PRINTED IN U.S.A." appears in the upper right corner of the photo album side.
Initial pressings of the record incorrectly list the running time of "Penny Lane" at 3:00. The later issue was corrected 2:57 time.

There are East Coast and West Coast version.
East Coast version (type 1-A): picture sleeve issued in straight cut top.
West Coast version (type 1-B): picture sleeve issued tub cut.


#17 Back to the top of the line
TRACK LISTING
SIDE 1
 All You Need Is Love
SIDE 2
 Baby, You're A Rich Man
RELEASE DATE
 17th July 1967 / First Press
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West Coast version has a tub cut top.
 Yellow and Orange Swirl label without "subsidiary" print.
Side-1 title on East Coast copies is on 2 lines and on West Coast copies on 1 line.
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RECORD LABEL
 Capitol--Yellow/Orange swirl label type 1-B
CATALOG NUMBER
 Capitol 5964
VINYL COLOR
 BLACK
SLEEVE TYPE
 tub cut top (West Coast version)
MIX
 MONO
PUBLISHER'S NAME
SIDE 1
 Maclen Music, Inc. BMI
SIDE 2
 Maclen Music, Inc. BMI
COMMENTS
 First Press: Orange and yellow swirl label without "subsidary" print.
For the single's picture sleeve, Capitol pulled four cropped images, one of each of the Beatles, from the inside gatefold cover of the Sgt. Peppers album.
A circled "PRINTED IN U.S.A." appears in black in the lower left corner of the both sides of the sleeve.

There are East Coast and West Coast version.
East Coast version (type 1-A): picture sleeve issued in straight cut top.
The label, Side-1 title on East Coast copies is on 2 lines. The initial East Coast pressing do not have a comma in the title "Baby You're A Rich Man", later disks list the song as "Baby, You're A Rich Man.
West Coast version (type 1-B): picture sleeve issued tub cut.


#18 Back to the top of the line
TRACK LISTING
SIDE 1
 Hello Goodbye
SIDE 2
 I Am The Walrus
RELEASE DATE
 27th November 1967 / First Press
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A circled "PRINTED IN U.S.A." appears in the lower right corner of the "I Am The Walrus" side.
 Yellow and Orange Swirl label without "subsidiary" print.
The First Pressing of the single have labels on both sides listing "Maclen Music, Inc." as the publisher.
OTHER ITEM
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RECORD LABEL
 Capitol--Yellow/Orange swirl label type 1-A
CATALOG NUMBER
 Capitol 2056
VINYL COLOR
 BLACK
SLEEVE TYPE
 straight cut top (East Coast version)
MIX
 MONO
PUBLISHER'S NAME
SIDE 1
 Maclen Music, Inc. BMI
SIDE 2
 Maclen Music, Inc. BMI
COMMENTS
 First Press: Orange and yellow swirl label without "subsidary" print.
The picture sleeve for the single contains a Henry Grossman color portrait of the Beatles. A circled "PRINTED IN U.S.A." appears in the lower right corner of the "I Am The Walrus" side of the sleeve.

The First Pressing of the single have labels on both sides listing "Maclen Music, Inc." as the publisher.
There are East Coast, West Coast, and RCA custom label version.
East Coast version (type 1-A): picture sleeve issued in straight cut top.
West Coast version (type 1-B): picture sleeve issued tub cut.
RCA Custom label version (type 1-E): with thin, tall letters.

After Capitol learned that the publishing for the "Magical Mystery Tour" songs, including "I Am The Walrus", had been assigned to Comet Music Corporation, labels were revised to reflect the proper publisher.


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TRACK LISTING
SIDE 1
 Lady Madonna
SIDE 2
 The Inner Light
RELEASE DATE
 18th March 1968 / Second Press
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eight eight_back label label
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DISK
iwant iwant label disk
A circled "PRINTED IN U.S.A." appears in the lower left corner of the "Lady Madonna" side.
 Yellow and Orange Swirl label without "subsidiary" print.
Some of the First Pressing of the single were issued with labels without the running time of the songs.
OTHER ITEM
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 The singles were also packaged with a folded flyer, promoting membership in the Official Beatles Fun Club.
RECORD LABEL
 Capitol--Yellow/Orange swirl label type 2-A
CATALOG NUMBER
 Capitol 2138
VINYL COLOR
 BLACK
SLEEVE TYPE
 straight cut top (East Coast version)
MIX
 MONO
PUBLISHER'S NAME
SIDE 1
 Maclen Music, Inc. BMI
SIDE 2
 Maclen Music, Inc. BMI
COMMENTS
 Second Press: Orange and yellow swirl label without "subsidary" print.
Some of the First Pressing of the single were issued with labels without the running time of the songs. Although only East Coast.
Most of the singles have labels with running times (second press).
There are the usual East Coast Keystone (type 2-A), and West Coast Bert-Co label (type 2-B) variations. In addition, some of the later West Coast disks were pressed with L.A. (type 2-C) wide font labels.

The picture sleeve, a circled "PRINTED IN U.S.A." appears in the lower left corner of the "Lady Madonna" side of the sleeve.
The East Coast version (type 1-A) of the sleeve has its larger side as the "Lady Madonna" side and the Beatles' faces have a reddish tint. The West Coast version (type 1-B) of the sleeve has its larger side as the "Inner Light" side and the Beatles' faces have a greenish tint.


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