 Capitol 1st. Sleeve |
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TITLE
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HELP! |
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| CATALOG
NUMBER |
SMAS-8-2386 |
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RELEASE DATE
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early 1969 / First Press |
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| TITLE LISTING |
SIDE
1 |
SIDE
2 |
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| Help! (BMI-2:35) |
Another Girl
(BMI-2:02) |
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| The Night Before
(BMI-2:33) |
Another Hard
Day's Night (BMI-2:28) |
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| From Me To You
Fantasy (BMI-2:03) |
Ticket To Ride
(BMI-3:03) |
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| You've Got To
Hide Your Love Away (BMI-2:08) |
The Bitter End
(BMI-2:20) You Can't Do That (BMI) |
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| I Need You
(BMI-2:28) |
You're Going To
Lose That Girl (BMI-2:18) |
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| In The Tyrol (BMI-2:21) | The Chase (BMI-2:24) | ||||||||
| FRONT--> Click! | BACK --> Click! | SIDE 1 --> Click! | SIDE 2 --> Click! | DISK --> Click! | |||||
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| INSIDE--> Click! | INNER SLEEVE | ||||||||
| FRONT --> Click | BACK --> Click! | Plain white inner
sleeve, |
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The customary “File Under,” black dot and
record number information is missing. On the stereo album cover the outside slick is positioned to show the New Improved Full Dimensional Stereo logo at the top. |
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| The High Fidelity Recording logo, "Also available in stereo" in uppercase letters, and Capitol / EMI logo mark were NOT printed. | RIAA (Record Industry Association of America" logo and factory code number were NOT printed. | Catalog number "2386" was
printed at the upper right corner on the inside of the album
cover. |
Album cover has the mono
number (SMAS 2386) at the top of the spine. |
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"Produced in the U.S.A. by Dave Dexter, Jr."
was printed on the back cover. |
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The original issue was manufactured with
black label backdrops with an outer rim colorband. "STEREO"
indicator on the label has a chubby printing type. |
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Capitol-label releases that
were pressed by Decca for Longines and distributed by
Longines were first made available in early 1969. Longines
altered the record number of the LPs by adding the number
"8" to the prefix. The expanded record numbers appear on the
record covers and labels and in the trail off areas. |
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| Track B5 is listed as "You're
Going To Lose That Girl" on the label, "You're Gonna Lose
That Girl" on the jacket. "Ken Thorne" is credited incorrectly as "Ken Thome" |
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The text of the perimeter
print in black on the club issue discs states "Manufactured
under license from Capitol Records, Inc., Hollywood and Vine
Streets, Hollywood, California" in lowercase. |
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OTHER ITEM
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| MIX | STEREO |
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| VINYL COLOR | Black |
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| PRESS FACTORY |
SLEEVE | - |
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| VINYL | Longines |
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| FACTORY CODE | - |
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| MATRIX No. | SIDE 1 |
SMAS-1-82386-A1
2 (hand etched) |
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| SIDE 2 |
SMAS-2-82386-A1
2 (hand etched) |
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| PUBLISHER'S NAME |
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"SUBSIDIARY" PRINT
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- |
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| COVER FORM |
Gatefold
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
in
England by George Martin and in the U.S.A. by Dave Dexter,
Jr. |
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COMMENTS
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This album is the 12-track
soundtrack consisting of songs recorded by The Beatles and
instrumentals by Ken Thorne And His Orchestra, compiled by
Capitol in the US. As 1968 ended, Capitol found it no longer profitable to manufacture records for their own record club. As announced in the December 14, 1968, issue of Billboard, Capitol sold the rights to distribute "record club" versions of their own (Capitol) product to the Longines-Wittnauer Company, whose Longines Symphonette Society boxed sets were quite popular. The odd fact is that Capitol continued to manufacture records at their Jacksonville plant for the club, although from this point on they only pressed records that bore NON-Capitol labels (UA, MGM, Polydor, Sun, etc.) in the 90000 series! By this time also, Capitol had stopped releasing records in both mono and stereo, now preferring stereo. Copies of non-gatefold Capitol albums that were released through the record club from 1969 through 1972 have three "hash marks" at the upper left hand corner of the cover. These are visible from the front (see above) and distinguish the albums from Capitol's regularly issued LP's. Capitol-label releases that were pressed by Decca for Longines and distributed by Longines were first made available in early 1969. The black label, shown above, continued until about July of that year, just after the regular Capitol releases changed to the new green label. The print at the rim of the label states that the records were "Manufactured under license from Capitol..." rather than "Mfd. by Capitol." Longines altered the record number of the LPs by adding the number "8" to the prefix. The expanded record numbers appear on the record covers and labels and in the trail off areas. Longines began pressing Capitol Beatles albums in 1969, mono discs had been phased out. Thus, there are no mono Longines pressings of Beatles albums. The listing of the album’s songs is in orange print, with the titles to the Beatles songs in uppercase letters. At the time the back cover was designed, the instrumental selections had not been named. Thus, all five of the non-Beatles performances are identified as “(instrumental)” in the track listing. The album covers do not have the usual information regarding factories. Nor do they have the RIAA or High Fidelity or FDS logos. The customary “File Under,” black dot and record number information is also missing. Track B5 is listed as "You're Going To Lose That Girl" on the label, "You're Gonna Lose That Girl" on the jacket. "Ken Thorne" is credited incorrectly as "Ken Thome" The club issue album labels have full "John Lennon-Paul McCartney" credits. (*) The Longines Symphonette Society: The Longines Symphonette Society was a direct marketing company working out of Larchmont and, later, New Rochelle, New York. These addresses were also printed on the labels of their releases. The company operated from the late-1960s until 1974, headed by Alan Cartoun, president, and son of Longines Watch Company Chairman, Fred Cartoun. The Longines Symphonette Society was a pioneer of using personalized computer-generated letters to promote LP records, 8-track tapes, electronics, books, and collectors' medallions. But their main business was mail-order LP box sets of classical and easy listening music, as well as releasing LPs of "old time radio" (OTR) programs. It purchased the record club edition rights to the catalog of Capitol Records from the label for its Capitol Record Club in 1968 and continued to press Capitol LPs for the club until 1975, when it was shut down. (from Discog) |
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TITLE
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HELP! |
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| CATALOG
NUMBER |
SMAS-8-2386 |
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RELEASE DATE
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1971? / Third Press |
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| TITLE LISTING |
SIDE
1 |
SIDE
2 |
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| Help! (BMI-2:35) |
Another Girl
(BMI-2:02) |
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| The Night Before
(BMI-2:33) |
Another Hard
Day's Night (BMI-2:28) |
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| From Me To You
Fantasy (BMI-2:03) |
Ticket To Ride
(BMI-3:03) |
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| You've Got To
Hide Your Love Away (BMI-2:08) |
The Bitter End
(BMI-2:20) You Can't Do That (BMI) |
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| I Need You
(BMI-2:28) |
You're Going To
Lose That Girl (BMI-2:18) |
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| In The Tyrol (BMI-2:21) | The Chase (BMI-2:24) | ||||
| FRONT--> Click! | BACK --> Click! | SIDE 1 --> Click! | SIDE 2 --> Click! | DISK --> Click! | |
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| INSIDE--> Click! | INNER SLEEVE | ||||
| FRONT --> Click | BACK --> Click! | Plain white inner
sleeve, |
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| FRONT COVER CLOSE UP | |||||
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The customary “File Under,” black dot and
record number information is missing. On the stereo album cover the outside slick is positioned to show the New Improved Full Dimensional Stereo logo at the top. |
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| BACK COVER CLOSE UP | INSIDE CLOSE UP | SPINE CLOSE UP | |||
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| The High Fidelity Recording logo, "Also available in stereo" in uppercase letters, and Capitol / EMI logo mark were NOT printed. | RIAA (Record Industry Association of America" logo and factory code number were NOT printed. | Catalog number "2386" was
printed at the upper right corner on the inside of the album
cover. |
Album cover has the mono
number (SMAS 2386) at the top of the spine. |
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| BACK COVER CLOSE UP | |||||
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"Produced in the U.S.A. by Dave Dexter, Jr."
was printed on the back cover. |
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| Capitol's green
label was first issued in July, 1969 (to April 1971). It
sports a new Capitol logo: a “C” surrounding a record.
So did the record club; the change likely came in October.
On this new label, the licensing statement still indicates
that the records were made for Capitol Records. On early
copies, the word "STEREO" appears in the same type face that
had been used on the black-label issue – with "round"
letters like the ones that were being used on regular-issue
Capitol albums. The trademark registration can be found in one of two configurations: either as TM to the right of the word "Capitol" or as (R) underneath the l in "Capitol." Early 1969 wiith the "TM" next to "Capitol", later, in 1971, the "TM" was replaced with the more traditional "R" in a circle. |
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Longines altered the record
number of the LPs by adding the number "8" to the prefix.
The expanded record numbers appear on the record covers and
labels and in the trail off areas. Longines began pressing
Capitol Beatles albums in 1969, mono discs had been phased
out. Thus, there are no mono Longines pressings of Beatles
albums. |
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| SIDE 1 --> Click! | SIDE 2 --> Click! | ||||
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| Track B5 is listed as "You're
Going To Lose That Girl" on the label, "You're Gonna Lose
That Girl" on the jacket. "Ken Thorne" is credited incorrectly as "Ken Thome" |
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| LABEL CLOSE UP | |||||
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There are two pressings of
Help! on the green label with round STEREO. Based on matrix
information, the earlier of the two has less vertical
space between the first song title and the side number
to the right. |
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The text of the perimeter
print in black on the club issue discs states "Manufactured
under license from Capitol Records, Inc., Hollywood and Vine
Streets, Hollywood, California" in lowercase. |
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OTHER ITEM
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| LABEL | Capitol
Green Target ® Label type-1 with Round STEREO |
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| MIX | STEREO |
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| VINYL COLOR | Black |
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| PRESS FACTORY |
SLEEVE | - |
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| VINYL | Longines |
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| FACTORY CODE | - |
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| MATRIX No. | SIDE 1 |
SMAS-1-82386-A1
2 (hand etched) |
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| SIDE 2 |
SMAS-2-82386-A1
2 (hand etched) |
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| PUBLISHER'S NAME |
- |
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"SUBSIDIARY" PRINT
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- |
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| COVER FORM |
Gatefold
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
in England by George Martin and in the U.S.A. by Dave
Dexter, Jr. |
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COMMENTS
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This album is the 12-track
soundtrack consisting of songs recorded by The Beatles and
instrumentals by Ken Thorne And His Orchestra, compiled by
Capitol in the US. Capitol Record Club Issue with lime green labels pressed at Decca, Pinckneyville, identified by smaller pressing ring and a "2" etched in the runouts. Issued in the same gatefold jacket as the standard stereo issue. There are no record club markings/identifiers on the jacket. Labels have the ® under the "l" in Capitol. Track B5 is listed as "You're Going To Lose That Girl" on the label, "You're Gonna Lose That Girl" on the jacket. Almost green-label copies of the Help! album came with stock covers. Some copies have the number “82386” on the spine and the “Manufactured under license” statement on the back cover. There are two pressings of Help! on the green label with round STEREO. Based on matrix information, the earlier of the two has less vertical space between the first song title and the side number to the right. The front cover has “Original Motion Picture Soundtrack” in dark blue uppercase letters at the top. Moving downward, “THE” is centered above a larger “BEATLES” in large orange block letters. This is followed by pictures of each band member taken from the front cover of the British LP. The group appears to be standing on top of the orange, yellow and black HELP! logo from the film. Paul’s left arm points towards a black Capitol logo. The text at the bottom of the cover lists the titles to the Beatles songs on the album in dark blue uppercase letters. This is followed by the phrase “And Exclusive Instrumental Music From the Picture’s Soundtrack,” which is also in dark blue print. Although the Beatles are in color on the Parlophone cover, they appear in black and white on the Capitol cover. They are also in a different order than on the British jacket. The photograph for the Parlophone album was taken by Robert Freeman at Twickenham Film Studios on a specially constructed platform. The Beatles dressed in the black hats, coats and capes worn during the film’s ski sequence. The back cover features a cropped version of the color photograph of the Beatles used for the picture sleeve for Capitol’s Help! single. This photo was taken in the Bahamas by Robert Freeman during the filming of the movie. Information regarding the film and album appears above the picture in orange, green, brown and black print. The listing of the album’s songs is in orange print, with the titles to the Beatles songs in uppercase letters. At the time the back cover was designed, the instrumental selections had not been named. Thus, all five of the non-Beatles performances are identified as “(instrumental)” in the track listing. The album covers do not have the usual information regarding factories. Nor do they have the RIAA or High Fidelity or FDS logos. The customary “File Under,” black dot and record number information is also missing. Label: Capitol Green Target label with R" in a circle. Capitol's green label was first issued in July, 1969 (to April 1971). It sports a new Capitol logo: a “C” surrounding a record. So did the record club; the change likely came in October. On this new label, the licensing statement still indicates that the records were made for Capitol Records. On early copies, the word "STEREO" appears in the same type face that had been used on the black-label issue – with "round" letters like the ones that were being used on regular-issue Capitol albums. On the label, The text of the perimeter print in blue on the club issue discs states "Manufactured under license from Capitol Records, Inc., Hollywood and Vine Streets, Hollywood, Calif." in lowercase. The club issue album labels have full "John Lennon-Paul McCartney" credits. (*) The Longines Symphonette Society: The Longines Symphonette Society was a direct marketing company working out of Larchmont and, later, New Rochelle, New York. These addresses were also printed on the labels of their releases. The company operated from the late-1960s until 1974, headed by Alan Cartoun, president, and son of Longines Watch Company Chairman, Fred Cartoun. The Longines Symphonette Society was a pioneer of using personalized computer-generated letters to promote LP records, 8-track tapes, electronics, books, and collectors' medallions. But their main business was mail-order LP box sets of classical and easy listening music, as well as releasing LPs of "old time radio" (OTR) programs. It purchased the record club edition rights to the catalog of Capitol Records from the label for its Capitol Record Club in 1968 and continued to press Capitol LPs for the club until 1975, when it was shut down. (from Discog) |
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TITLE
|
HELP! |
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| CATALOG
NUMBER |
SMAS-8-2386 |
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RELEASE DATE
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1972? / 4th. Press |
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| TITLE LISTING |
SIDE
1 |
SIDE
2 |
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| Help! (BMI-2:35) |
Another Girl
(BMI-2:02) |
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| The Night Before
(BMI-2:33) |
Another Hard
Day's Night (BMI-2:28) |
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| From Me To You
Fantasy (BMI-2:03) |
Ticket To Ride
(BMI-3:03) |
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| You've Got To
Hide Your Love Away (BMI-2:08) |
The Bitter End
(BMI-2:20) You Can't Do That (BMI) |
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| I Need You
(BMI-2:28) |
You're Going To
Lose That Girl (BMI-2:18) |
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| In The Tyrol (BMI-2:21) | The Chase (BMI-2:24) | ||||
| FRONT--> Click! | BACK --> Click! | SIDE 1 --> Click! | SIDE 2 --> Click! | DISK --> Click! | |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
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| INSIDE--> Click! | INNER SLEEVE | ||||
| FRONT --> Click | BACK --> Click! | Plain white inner
sleeve, |
|||
 |
 |
 |
|||
| FRONT COVER CLOSE UP | |||||
 |
 |
The customary “File Under,” black dot and
record number information is missing. On the stereo album cover the outside slick is positioned to show the New Improved Full Dimensional Stereo logo at the top. |
|||
| BACK COVER CLOSE UP | INSIDE CLOSE UP | SPINE CLOSE UP | |||
 |
 |
 |
 |
||
| The High Fidelity Recording logo, "Also available in stereo" in uppercase letters, and Capitol / EMI logo mark were NOT printed. | RIAA (Record Industry Association of America" logo and factory code number were NOT printed. | Catalog number "2386" was
printed at the upper right corner on the inside of the album
cover. |
Album cover has the mono
number (SMAS 2386) at the top of the spine. |
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| BACK COVER CLOSE UP | |||||
 |
"Produced in the U.S.A. by Dave Dexter, Jr."
was printed on the back cover. |
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| LABEL CLOSE UP | |||||
 |
 |
 |
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| Capitol's
record club never did adopt the red label style of 1971,
continuing to use the green label during that transitional
period. At some point later in the run – most likely in
early 1972, Decca/Longines stopped printing labels with the
same typeface as had been employed on the black-label copies
and on the earlier green-label copies. From this point on,
the word "STEREO" appears in narrow print. These
copies are considerably more difficult to find than the
earlier ones, although there is usually no value difference. |
|||||
 |
 |
 |
Longines altered the record
number of the LPs by adding the number "8" to the prefix.
The expanded record numbers appear on the record covers and
labels and in the trail off areas. Longines began pressing
Capitol Beatles albums in 1969, mono discs had been phased
out. Thus, there are no mono Longines pressings of Beatles
albums. |
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| LABEL CLOSE UP | |||||
| SIDE 1 --> Click! | SIDE 2 --> Click! | ||||
 |
 |
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| Track B5 is listed as "You're
Going To Lose That Girl" on the label, "You're Gonna Lose
That Girl" on the jacket. "Ken Thorne" credit has been corrected. |
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| LABEL CLOSE UP | |||||
 |
The text of the perimeter
print in black on the club issue discs states "Manufactured
under license from Capitol Records, Inc., Hollywood and Vine
Streets, Hollywood, California" in lowercase. |
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OTHER ITEM
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| - | |||||
| LABEL | Capitol
Green Target ® Label type-2 with Thin STEREO |
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| MIX | STEREO |
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| VINYL COLOR | Black |
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| PRESS FACTORY |
SLEEVE | - |
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| VINYL | Longines |
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| FACTORY CODE | - |
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| MATRIX No. | SIDE 1 |
SMAS-1-82386-A1
2 (hand etched) |
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| SIDE 2 |
SMAS-2-82386-A1
2 (hand etched) |
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| PUBLISHER'S NAME |
- |
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"SUBSIDIARY" PRINT
|
- |
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| COVER FORM |
Gatefold
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
in
England by George Martin and in the U.S.A. by Dave Dexter,
Jr. |
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|
COMMENTS
|
This album is the 12-track
soundtrack consisting of songs recorded by The Beatles and
instrumentals by Ken Thorne And His Orchestra, compiled by
Capitol in the US. Capitol Record Club Issue with lime green labels pressed at Decca, Pinckneyville, identified by smaller pressing ring and a "2" etched in the runouts. Issued in the same gatefold jacket as the standard stereo issue. There are no record club markings/identifiers on the jacket. Labels have the ® under the "l" in Capitol. Track B5 is listed as "You're Going To Lose That Girl" on the label, "You're Gonna Lose That Girl" on the jacket. Capitol's record club never did adopt the red label style of 1971, continuing to use the green label during that transitional period. At some point later in the run – most likely in early 1972, Decca/Longines stopped printing labels with the same typeface as had been employed on the black-label copies and on the earlier green-label copies. From this point on, the word "STEREO" appears in narrow print. These copies are considerably more difficult to find than the earlier ones, although there is usually no value difference. Almost green-label copies of the Help! album came with stock covers. Some copies have the number “82386” on the spine and the “Manufactured under license” statement on the back cover. The front cover has “Original Motion Picture Soundtrack” in dark blue uppercase letters at the top. Moving downward, “THE” is centered above a larger “BEATLES” in large orange block letters. This is followed by pictures of each band member taken from the front cover of the British LP. The group appears to be standing on top of the orange, yellow and black HELP! logo from the film. Paul’s left arm points towards a black Capitol logo. The text at the bottom of the cover lists the titles to the Beatles songs on the album in dark blue uppercase letters. This is followed by the phrase “And Exclusive Instrumental Music From the Picture’s Soundtrack,” which is also in dark blue print. Although the Beatles are in color on the Parlophone cover, they appear in black and white on the Capitol cover. They are also in a different order than on the British jacket. The photograph for the Parlophone album was taken by Robert Freeman at Twickenham Film Studios on a specially constructed platform. The Beatles dressed in the black hats, coats and capes worn during the film’s ski sequence. The back cover features a cropped version of the color photograph of the Beatles used for the picture sleeve for Capitol’s Help! single. This photo was taken in the Bahamas by Robert Freeman during the filming of the movie. Information regarding the film and album appears above the picture in orange, green, brown and black print. The listing of the album’s songs is in orange print, with the titles to the Beatles songs in uppercase letters. At the time the back cover was designed, the instrumental selections had not been named. Thus, all five of the non-Beatles performances are identified as “(instrumental)” in the track listing. The album covers do not have the usual information regarding factories. Nor do they have the RIAA or High Fidelity or FDS logos. The customary “File Under,” black dot and record number information is also missing. Label: Capitol Green Target label with R" in a circle. Capitol's green label was first issued in July, 1969 (to April 1971). It sports a new Capitol logo: a “C” surrounding a record. So did the record club; the change likely came in October. On this new label, the licensing statement still indicates that the records were made for Capitol Records. On early copies, the word "STEREO" appears in the same type face that had been used on the black-label issue – with "round" letters like the ones that were being used on regular-issue Capitol albums. On the label, The text of the perimeter print in blue on the club issue discs states "Manufactured under license from Capitol Records, Inc., Hollywood and Vine Streets, Hollywood, Calif." in lowercase. The club issue album labels have full "John Lennon-Paul McCartney" credits. (*) The Longines Symphonette Society: The Longines Symphonette Society was a direct marketing company working out of Larchmont and, later, New Rochelle, New York. These addresses were also printed on the labels of their releases. The company operated from the late-1960s until 1974, headed by Alan Cartoun, president, and son of Longines Watch Company Chairman, Fred Cartoun. The Longines Symphonette Society was a pioneer of using personalized computer-generated letters to promote LP records, 8-track tapes, electronics, books, and collectors' medallions. But their main business was mail-order LP box sets of classical and easy listening music, as well as releasing LPs of "old time radio" (OTR) programs. It purchased the record club edition rights to the catalog of Capitol Records from the label for its Capitol Record Club in 1968 and continued to press Capitol LPs for the club until 1975, when it was shut down. (from Discog) |
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