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TITLE
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20 GREATEST HITS |
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SV-12245 |
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RELEASE DATE
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15th October 1982 / First Press |
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SIDE
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SIDE
2 |
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| She Loves
You 2:19 |
Penny
Lane 2:57 |
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| Love Me Do 2:26 |
All You Need Is
Love 3:57 |
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| I Want To Hold Your
Hand 2:24 |
Hello, Goodbye
3:24 |
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| Can't Buy Me
Love 2:19 |
Hey Jude (Short
Version) 5:05 |
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| A Hard Day's
Night 2:28 |
Get Back 3:11 |
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| I Feel Fine
2:20 |
Come Together
4:15 |
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| Eight Days A
Week 2:43 |
Let It Be 3:50 |
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| Ticket To
Ride 3:02 |
The Long And Winding Road 3:40 | ||||
| Help!
2:16 |
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| Yesterday
1:04 |
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| We Can Work It
Out 2:10 |
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| Paperback Writer 2:25 | |||||
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The record was packaged in a color inner
sleeve featuring the same collage of pictures of the group
on both sides. |
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The inner sleeve includes credits for art
direction, collage, and color tinting. |
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This record has a promo stamp on the top
right corner of the cover. |
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The UPC bar code is in the upper right
corner. |
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This is #1, which has Side One/Two and the
publishing credits and recording dates on the back in light
blue print and bottom credit text in gray. |
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20 Greatest Hits was the last Beatles
album to be released with variations between the U.S. and UK
versions. |
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| Capitol Records logomark, credit, and EMI logomark
are printed at the bottom of the back sleeve. |
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In March 1978, Capitol switched to a purple label with a large dome logo at the top. The perimeter print contains the phrase "Mfd. By Capitol Records". | ||
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| "Rubber Soul
(ST-2442)" and "Revolver (ST-2576)" were switched to an SW
prefix durling the orange label run. |
In September,
1975, Capitol added a lengthy "All Rights Reserved" saying
to all their albums. The whole LP catalog was transferred to
the purple Capitol label with "All Rights Reserved." |
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SIDE 2 |
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For the US LP, catalogue number SV 12245,
a five-minute edited version of "Hey Jude" was used due to
time constraints. |
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The original issues of this
album accidentally indicates the running time of "Yesterday"
as being 1:04 in length. Later issues have the correct 2:04
running time. |
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| LABEL | Capitol
Purple label with Large Dome Logo |
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| MIX | STEREO |
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| VINYL COLOR | Black |
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| PRESS FACTORY |
SLEEVE | Jacksonville,
Illinois |
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| VINYL | Jacksonville
Press |
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| FACTORY CODE | No
Number |
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| MATRIX No. | SIDE 1 |
SV-1-12245 F-1 #1 (202) Wally (hand etched) MASTERED BY CAPITOL O (machine stamped) | |||
| SIDE 2 |
SV-2-12245 F-1 #1 (202) Wally (hand etched) MASTERED BY CAPITOL O (machine stamped) | ||||
| PUBLISHER'S NAME |
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"SUBSIDIARY" PRINT
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YES |
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| COVER FORM |
Single
type.
Jacket pressed on posterboard stock. |
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| INNER SLEEVE | Custom
Picture collage sleeve |
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| COVER DESIGN/ PHOTO/ NOTES | Art
Direction: Roy Kohara / Peter Shea, Collage: Chuck Ames,
Color Tinting: Larry DuPont. |
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| PRODUCER | Produced
by Geore Martin |
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COMMENTS
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20 Greatest Hits is a compilation
album featuring a selection of songs by The Beatles that
were number one singles in the UK and US. It was released on
15th October 1982 in the United States and 18 October in the
United Kingdom and marked the 20th anniversary of The
Beatles' first record release, "Love Me Do", in the UK in
October 1962. 20 Greatest Hits was the last Beatles album to be released with variations between the U.S. and UK versions. For the US LP, catalogue number SV-12245, a five-minute edited version of "Hey Jude" was used due to time constraints. 20 Greatest Hits featured the first US appearance of I Want To Hold Your Hand and I Feel Fine in true stereo. The original issues of this album accidentally indicates the running time of "Yesterday" as being 1:04 in length. Later issues have the correct 2:04 running time. In March 1978, Capitol switched to a purple label with a large dome logo at the top. The perimeter print contains the phrase "Mfd. By Capitol Records". In September, 1975, Capitol added a lengthy "All Rights Reserved" saying to all their albums. The whole Beatles' LP catalog was transferred to the purple Capitol label with "All Rights Reserved." Wally Traugott as "Wally" or "Wly" etched in the runout Real name: 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. (from Discogs: Capitol Mastering) |
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