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  #06 Rubber Soul (ST-8-2442)
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#6-1 Rubber Soul (1st. Press "Rainbow Label / "New Improved Full Dimensional Stereo" in Black / Longines Press": ST-8-2442)
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#6-2 Rubber Soul (2nd. Press "Rainbow Label / "New Improved Full Dimensional Stereo" in Color / Longines Press": ST-8-2442)
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TITLE
 RUBBER SOUL
CATALOG NUMBER
 ST-8-2442
RELEASE DATE
 late 1969? / 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)
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Plain white sleeve.
 The Capitol logo appears at upper right side of the front cover.
None of the original record-club covers have the gFile Underh dot.
The first copy of Rubber Soul has the number "ST 8-2442" at upper right corner of the front cover.
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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 and distinguish the albums from Capitol's regularly issued LP's.
Has the stereo banner in color on the front cover slick.
The first cover to Rubber Soul, appearing only on black-label copies, has the gNew Improved Full Dimensional Stereoh banner in black on the back cover – wrapped around to the front. Later black-label copies and all green-label copies have the stereo banner on the front cover slick.
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meet meet Have three "hash marks" at the upper right hand corner of the front cover.
Back liner has the catalog number "ST 8- 2442".
With "Full Dimentional Stereo" logo, WITH"Also Available In Regular Monophonic"  letters under the FDS logo.
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meet "Printed in U.S.A." in a circular pattern. meet 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.
(16 = Longines)
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After Longines took over the record club in 1969, Capitol quit supplying albums to the club. Instead, Longines arranged for the manufacture of Capitol albums using cover artwork and label backdrops supplied by Capitol. Most of the back liners for the album jackets prepared for Longines contain the legend "Manufactured under license from Capitol Records, Inc., Hollywood and Vine Streets, Hollywood, Calif." in uppercase letters.
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label label The original issue was manufactured with black label backdrops with an outer rim colorband. "STEREO" indicator on the label has a chubby printing type.
meetback meetback meetback 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
 SIDE 2
 The club issue album labels have full "John Lennon-Paul McCartney" credits.
(excepted #4 on side-1)
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meet 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, California" in uppercase.
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LABEL Capitol Black label with color band (Record Club Edition)
MIX STEREO
VINYL COLOR Black
PRESS FACTORY Longines
FACTORY CODE 16
MATRIX No. SIDE 1
 ST-1-82442-A1     2  111  (hand etched)
SIDE 2
 ST-2-82442-A1     2  11    (hand etched)
PUBLISHER'S NAME
 -
"SUBSIDIARY" PRINT
 -
COVER FORM
 Single type. Housed in a cardboard jacket. Front cover: with gloss varnish
INNER SLEEVE Plain white inner sleeve
COVER DESIGN/ PHOTO/ NOTES Photo: Robert Freeman
PRODUCER George Martin
COMMENTS
 When the Capitol Record Club began operations in 1958, it entered a mail-order market dominated by two clubs owned by other labels - Columbia and RCA. the Capitol Records record club enticed people to join by offering half-dozen or so "free" records in exchange for the new member buying one record and agreeing to club membership rules. Capitol's only hope of catching the competition was to exploit the strength of its talent roster.
Then in December 1968, Capitol had agreed to sell its direct marketing corporation, which included the Capitol record club to the Longines (Longines-Wittnauer) company. prior to Longines' purchase of the record club, The Beatles albums issued to club members were the same as the records shipped by Capitol to distributors and stores.
After Longines took over the club in 1969, Capitol quit supplying albums to the club, instead Longines arranged for the manufacture of Capitol albums using cover artwork and label backdrops supplied by Capitol. The LP back covers have three angled black bars in the upper right hand corner which wrap around to the front cover in the upper left hand corner, and do not have the "File Under" information.

Longines also altered the record number of the LPs by adding the number "8" to the prefix. By the time Longines began pressing Capitol Beatles albums in 1968, mono discs have been phased out. Thus, there are no mono Longines pressings of Beatles albums. These Longines Beatles albums are less common than the standard Capitol albums, which sold in the millions.

"Rubber Soul (Capitol ST 2442)" is designated ST-8-442. The expanded record numbers appear on the record covers and labels and in the trail off areas.
None of the original record-club covers have the gFile Underh dot.

The first records pressed for Longines have the Capitol rainbow label backdrops, while later issues have either green Capitol labels.
The Capitol logo appears at upper right side of the front cover.
None of the original record-club covers have the gFile Underh dot.
The first copy of Rubber Soul has the number "ST 8-2442" at upper right corner of the front cover.
The first cover to Rubber Soul, appearing only on black-label copies, has the gNew Improved Full Dimensional Stereoh banner in black on the back cover – wrapped around to the front. Later black-label copies and all green-label copies have the stereo banner in color on the front cover slick.

Back liner has the catalog number "ST 8- 2442". With "Full Dimentional Stereo" logo, WITH "Also Available In Regular Monophonic"  letters under the FDS logo.

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. (16 = Longines)

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 uppercase.
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)


#6-3 Rubber Soul (3rd. Press "Green Target ® Label type-1 with Round STEREO/ Longines Press": ST-8-2442)
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TITLE
 RUBBER SOUL
CATALOG NUMBER
 ST-8-2442
RELEASE DATE
 1971? / 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
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INNER SLEEVE FRONT COVER CLOSE UP
RONT BACK
Plain White sleeve
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 Plain White sleeve
(Sorry, I don't have it.)		 meetback The Capitol logo and the phrase "HIGH FIDELITY" appear in black at the right side of the front cover.
FRONT COVER CLOSE UP
meetback meetback
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 and distinguish the albums from Capitol's regularly issued LP's.
The first cover to Rubber Soul, appearing only on black-label copies, has the gNew Improved Full Dimensional Stereoh banner in black on the back cover – wrapped around to the front. Later black-label copies and all green-label copies have the stereo banner in color on the front cover slick.
None of the original record-club covers have the gFile Underh dot.
BACK COVER CLOSE UP --> Click!
meet meet Have three "hash marks" at the upper right hand corner of the front cover.
Back liner has the catalog number "ST 8- 2442".
With "Full Dimentional Stereo" logo, WITHOUT "Also Available In Regular Monophonic"  letters under the FDS logo.
BACK COVER CLOSE UP
meet "Printed in U.S.A." in a circular pattern. meet 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.
(16 = Longines)
BACK COVER CLOSE UP
meetback
After Longines took over the record club in 1969, Capitol quit supplying albums to the club. Instead, Longines arranged for the manufacture of Capitol albums using cover artwork and label backdrops supplied by Capitol. Most of the back liners for the album jackets prepared for Longines contain the legend "Manufactured under license from Capitol Records, Inc., Hollywood and Vine Streets, Hollywood, Calif." in uppercase letters.
LABEL CLOSE UP
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Capitol's green label was first issued in July, 1969 (to April 1971). It sports a new Capitol logo:  a gCh 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.
meetback meetback meetback 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.
LABEL CLOSE UP
SIDE 1
 SIDE 2
 The club issue album labels have full "John Lennon-Paul McCartney" credits.
(excepted #4 on side-1)
meet
 meet
LABEL CLOSE UP
meet 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.
OTHER ITEM
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LABEL Capitol Green Target ® Label type-1 with Round STEREO
MIX STEREO
VINYL COLOR Black
PRESS FACTORY Longines
FACTORY CODE 16
MATRIX No. SIDE 1
 ST-1-82442-A1     2  111  (hand etched)
SIDE 2
 ST-2-82442-A1     2  11    (hand etched)
PUBLISHER'S NAME
 -
"SUBSIDIARY" PRINT
 -
COVER FORM
 Single type. Housed in a cardboard jacket. Front cover: with gloss varnish
INNER SLEEVE Plain white inner sleeve
COVER DESIGN/ PHOTO/ NOTES Photo: Robert Freeman
PRODUCER George Martin
COMMENTS
 When the Capitol Record Club began operations in 1958, it entered a mail-order market dominated by two clubs owned by other labels - Columbia and RCA. the Capitol Records record club enticed people to join by offering half-dozen or so "free" records in exchange for the new member buying one record and agreeing to club membership rules. Capitol's only hope of catching the competition was to exploit the strength of its talent roster.
Then in December 1968, Capitol had agreed to sell its direct marketing corporation, which included the Capitol record club to the Longines (Longines-Wittnauer) company. prior to Longines' purchase of the record club, The Beatles albums issued to club members were the same as the records shipped by Capitol to distributors and stores.
After Longines took over the club in 1969, Capitol quit supplying albums to the club, instead Longines arranged for the manufacture of Capitol albums using cover artwork and label backdrops supplied by Capitol. The LP back covers have three angled black bars in the upper right hand corner which wrap around to the front cover in the upper left hand corner, and do not have the "File Under" information.

Longines also altered the record number of the LPs by adding the number "8" to the prefix. By the time Longines began pressing Capitol Beatles albums in 1968, mono discs have been phased out. Thus, there are no mono Longines pressings of Beatles albums. These Longines Beatles albums are less common than the standard Capitol albums, which sold in the millions.

"Rubber Soul (Capitol ST 2442)" is designated ST-8-442. The expanded record numbers appear on the record covers and labels and in the trail off areas.
None of the original record-club covers have the gFile Underh dot.

The first records pressed for Longines have the Capitol rainbow label backdrops, while later issues have either green Capitol labels.
The first cover to Rubber Soul, appearing only on black-label copies, has the gNew Improved Full Dimensional Stereoh banner in black on the back cover – wrapped around to the front. Later black-label copies and all green-label copies have the stereo banner in color on the front cover slick.

Back liner has the catalog number "ST 8- 2442". With "Full Dimentional Stereo" logo, WITHOUT "Also Available In Regular Monophonic"  letters under the FDS logo.

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. (16 = Longines)

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 gCh 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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