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TITLE
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ABBEY ROAD | ||||
| CATALOG NUMBER | SO-383 |
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RELEASE DATE
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1st. October 1969 /First Press | ||||
| TRACK LISTING | SIDE 1 | SIDE 2 | |||
| Come Together |
Here Comes The Sun |
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| Something | Because |
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| Maxwell's Silver Hammer | You Never Give Me Your Money |
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| Oh! Daring | Sun King |
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| Octopus's Garden |
Mean Mr. Mustard |
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| I Want You (She's So Heavy) | Polythene Pam |
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| She Came In Through The Bathroom Window |
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| Golden Slumbers |
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| Carry That Weight |
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| The End |
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| (Her Majesty) *no credit | |||||
| FRONT --> Click! | BACK --> Click! | SIDE 1 --> Click! | SIDE 2 --> Click! | DISK | |
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| INNER SLEEVE | BACK COVER CLOSE UP |
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| FRONT --> Click! | BACK --> Click! | ||||
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Without a credit for the song title
"Her Majesty" on both back cover and label. |
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Catalog no. "APPLE SO-383"
was printed at the upper light corner of the back cover.
Printer credit was not printed on the back cover. |
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Light green apple
label. with a thin compressed font for the album title and
group's name. On Side-1, this information is on 2 lines
centered at the top of the apple. On Side-2, the album title
is on 2 lines in the upper left. |
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Side-1 has "Produced by
George Martin" and "Recorded in England" on 2 lines at the
bottom of the apple. Side-2 has this information in the lower right part of the apple. With Apple perimeter print on the sliced side |
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| LABEL CLOSE UP | |||||
| SIDE 1 --> Click! | SIDE 2 --> Click! | The initial labels prepared for Abbey
Road do not list "Her Majesty" on side-2. |
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| OTHER ITEM | |||||
| - |
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| LABEL | Light Green Apple label with MFD. BY APPLE
RECORDS, INC. perimeter (Type-1-3) |
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| MIX | STEREO | ||||
| VINYL COLOR | BLACK | ||||
| PRESS FACTORY |
SLEEVE | East
Coast: Shorewood's Farmingdale, Long Island, New York plant |
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| VINYL | Scranton,
Pennsylvania |
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| FACTORY
CODE |
- |
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| MATRIX No. | SIDE 1 | SO1-383-F7" #2 (hand etched)
IAM mark (machine stamped) |
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| SIDE 2 | SO2-383-H8 (hand
etched) IAM mark
(machine stamped) |
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| RECORD COMPANY'S NAME | MFD. BY APPLE RECORDS, INC. / Recorded in
England |
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| PUBLISHER'S NAME |
- |
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| "SUBSIDIARY" CREDIT | - |
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| COVER FORM | Single type. Housed in a cardboard jacket. | ||||
| INNER SLEEVE | Plain white inner sleeve | ||||
| COVER DESIGN/ PHOTO/ NOTES | Photo: Iain Macmillan | ||||
| PRODUCER | George Martin | ||||
| COMMENTS | The Abbey Road covers for the East Coast
were manufactured by Shorewood's Farmingdale, Long Island,
New York plant. The West Coast covers were made by Bert-Co under licence from Shorewood. The initial labels prepared for Abbey Road do not list "Her Majesty" on side-2. There are three layout variations of the first issue labels. All have the record and matrix numbers to the light of the spindle hole and "STEREO" to the left. Type-1-1: The most common label variation has the album title above the group's name (centered towards the top of the apple on Side-1 and in the upper left part of the apple on Side-2) and the side number to the right of the spindle hole. Side-1 has "Producued by George Martin" and "Recorded in England" on two lines at the bottom of the apple. Side-2 has the recording location in the lower left part of the apple and the production credit in the lower right part. All titles on Side-2 are below the spindle hole. The labels have light green apples and Apple perimeter print on the sliced side. They have been confirmed with Capitol Los Angeles pressings as well as Decca and RCA pressings. Type-1-2: A second variation has the album title and group's name on one line towards the top of the apple, the side number to the left of the spindle hole and "Produced by Geroge Martin", "Recorded in England", and "Manufactured by Apple Records, Inc." on three lines at the bottom of the apple. The first three song titles on Side-2 are above the hole. The labels, which have light green apples and Apple perimeter print on the sliced side, were probably printed in-house by Capitol's Jacksonville factory. Jacksonville and Scranton pressings have been confirmed. Type-1-3: The least common variation has labels with a thin compressed font for the album title and group's name. On Side-1, this information is on two lines centered at the top of the apple. On Side-2, the album title is on two lines in the upper left part of the apple and the group's name is in the upper right part. The side number is to the right of the spindle hole. Side-1 has "Produced by George Martin" and "Recorded in England" on two lines at the bottom of the apple. Side-2 has this information in the lower right part of the apple. All titles on Side-2 are below the spindle hole. These labels, which have light green apples, were probably printed in-house by Capitol's Scranton factory. They can be found with Apple perimeter print on the sliced side (Scranton and Non-Capitol pressings confirmed), and Capitol logo perimeter print on the sliced side (Winchester confirmed). The later labels add "Her Majesty" to Side-2 and shift "Produced by George Martin" from the lower right to the upper right part of the sliced apple. The third variation, has "All rights reserved" credit type. All with Apple perimeter print on the full apple. |
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TITLE
|
ABBEY ROAD | ||||
| CATALOG NUMBER | SO-383 |
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RELEASE DATE
|
1st. October 1969 /First Press | ||||
| TRACK LISTING | SIDE 1 | SIDE 2 | |||
| Come Together |
Here Comes The Sun |
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| Something | Because |
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| Maxwell's Silver Hammer | You Never Give Me Your Money |
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| Oh! Daring | Sun King |
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| Octopus's Garden |
Mean Mr. Mustard |
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| I Want You (She's So Heavy) | Polythene Pam |
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| She Came In Through The Bathroom Window |
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| Golden Slumbers |
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| Carry That Weight |
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| The End |
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| (Her Majesty) *no credit | |||||
| FRONT --> Click! | BACK --> Click! | SIDE 1 --> Click! | SIDE 2 --> Click! | DISK | |
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| INNER SLEEVE | BACK COVER CLOSE UP |
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| FRONT --> Click! | BACK --> Click! | ||||
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Without a credit for the song title
"Her Majesty" on both back cover and label. |
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| BACK COVER CLOSE UP | |||||
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Printer credit was not printed on the back cover. |  |
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| Catalog no. "APPLE SO-383" was printed at the upper light corner of the back cover. | |||||
| LABEL CLOSE UP | |||||
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Light green apple
label. with a thin compressed font for the album title and
group's name. On Side-1, this information is on 2 lines
centered at the top of the apple. On Side-2, the album title
is on 2 lines in the upper left. |
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| LABEL CLOSE UP | |||||
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Side-1 has
"Produced by George Martin" and "Recorded in England" on 2
lines at the bottom of the apple. Side-2 has this information in the lower right part of the apple. The initial labels prepared for Abbey Road do not list "Her Majesty" on side-2. With Capitol perimeter print on the sliced side |
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| SIDE 1 --> Click! | SIDE 2 --> Click! |
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| OTHER ITEM | |||||
| - |
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| LABEL | Light Green Apple label with MFD. BY
CAPITOL RECORDS, INC. perimeter (Type-1-3) |
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| MIX | STEREO | ||||
| VINYL COLOR | BLACK | ||||
| PRESS FACTORY |
SLEEVE | East
Coast: Shorewood's Farmingdale, Long Island, New York plant |
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| VINYL | Winchester
Pressing |
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| FACTORY
CODE |
- |
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| MATRIX No. | SIDE 1 | SO-1-383-B30 -< (hand etched) | |||
| SIDE 2 | SO-2-383-A27 -< (hand etched) | ||||
| RECORD COMPANY'S NAME | MFD. BY CAPITOL
RECORDS, INC. / Recorded in England |
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| PUBLISHER'S NAME |
- |
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| "SUBSIDIARY" CREDIT | - |
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| COVER FORM | Single type. Housed in a cardboard jacket. | ||||
| INNER SLEEVE | Plain white inner sleeve | ||||
| COVER DESIGN/ PHOTO/ NOTES | Photo: Iain Macmillan | ||||
| PRODUCER | George Martin | ||||
| COMMENTS | The Abbey Road covers for the East Coast
were manufactured by Shorewood's Farmingdale, Long Island,
New York plant. The West Coast covers were made by Bert-Co under licence from Shorewood. The initial labels prepared for Abbey Road do not list "Her Majesty" on side-2. There are three layout variations of the first issue labels. All have the record and matrix numbers to the light of the spindle hole and "STEREO" to the left. Type-1-1: The most common label variation has the album title above the group's name (centered towards the top of the apple on Side-1 and in the upper left part of the apple on Side-2) and the side number to the right of the spindle hole. Side-1 has "Producued by George Martin" and "Recorded in England" on two lines at the bottom of the apple. Side-2 has the recording location in the lower left part of the apple and the production credit in the lower right part. All titles on Side-2 are below the spindle hole. The labels have light green apples and Apple perimeter print on the sliced side. They have been confirmed with Capitol Los Angeles pressings as well as Decca and RCA pressings. Type-1-2: A second variation has the album title and group's name on one line towards the top of the apple, the side number to the left of the spindle hole and "Produced by Geroge Martin", "Recorded in England", and "Manufactured by Apple Records, Inc." on three lines at the bottom of the apple. The first three song titles on Side-2 are above the hole. The labels, which have light green apples and Apple perimeter print on the sliced side, were probably printed in-house by Capitol's Jacksonville factory. Jacksonville and Scranton pressings have been confirmed. Type-1-3: The least common variation has labels with a thin compressed font for the album title and group's name. On Side-1, this information is on two lines centered at the top of the apple. On Side-2, the album title is on two lines in the upper left part of the apple and the group's name is in the upper right part. The side number is to the right of the spindle hole. Side-1 has "Produced by George Martin" and "Recorded in England" on two lines at the bottom of the apple. Side-2 has this information in the lower right part of the apple. All titles on Side-2 are below the spindle hole. These labels, which have light green apples, were probably printed in-house by Capitol's Scranton factory. They can be found with Apple perimeter print on the sliced side (Scranton and Non-Capitol pressings confirmed), and Capitol logo perimeter print on the sliced side (Winchester confirmed). The later labels add "Her Majesty" to Side-2 and shift "Produced by George Martin" from the lower right to the upper right part of the sliced apple. The third variation, has "All rights reserved" credit type. All with Apple perimeter print on the full apple. |
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TITLE
|
ABBEY ROAD | ||||
| CATALOG NUMBER | SO-383 |
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|
RELEASE DATE
|
1969? /Crossover Press (RCA Contract Press?) | ||||
| TRACK LISTING | SIDE 1 | SIDE 2 | |||
| Come Together |
Here Comes The Sun |
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| Something | Because |
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| Maxwell's Silver Hammer | You Never Give Me Your Money |
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| Oh! Daring | Sun King |
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| Octopus's Garden |
Mean Mr. Mustard |
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| I Want You (She's So Heavy) | Polythene Pam |
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| She Came In Through The Bathroom Window |
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| Golden Slumbers |
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| Carry That Weight |
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| The End |
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| (Her Majesty) *no credit | |||||
| FRONT --> Click! | BACK --> Click! | SIDE 1 --> Click! | SIDE 2 --> Click! | DISK | |
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| INNER SLEEVE | BACK COVER CLOSE UP |
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| FRONT --> Click! | BACK --> Click! | ||||
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With a credit for the song title "Her Majesty"
on back cover. |
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| BACK COVER CLOSE UP | |||||
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Printer credit was not printed on the back cover. |  |
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| Catalog no. "APPLE SO-383" was printed at the upper light corner of the back cover. | |||||
| LABEL CLOSE UP | |||||
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Light green apple
label. with a thin compressed font for the album title and
group's name. On Side-1, this information is on 2 lines
centered at the top of the apple. On Side-2, the album title
is on 2 lines in the upper left. |
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| LABEL CLOSE UP | |||||
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Side-1 has "Produced by
George Martin" and "Recorded in England" on 2 lines at the
bottom of the apple. Side-2 has this information in the lower right part of the apple. With Apple perimeter print on the sliced side |
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| LABEL CLOSE UP | |||||
| SIDE 1 --> Click! | SIDE 2 --> Click! | The initial labels prepared for Abbey
Road do not list "Her Majesty" on side-2. |
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| OTHER ITEM | |||||
| - |
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| LABEL | Light Green Apple label with MFD. BY APPLE
RECORDS, INC. perimeter (Type-1-3) |
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| MIX | STEREO | ||||
| VINYL COLOR | BLACK | ||||
| PRESS FACTORY |
SLEEVE | East
Coast: Shorewood's Farmingdale, Long Island, New York plant |
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| VINYL | RCA
Contract Pressing? |
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| FACTORY
CODE |
- |
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| MATRIX No. | SIDE 1 | 1 - SO-21-383
K F-32 |
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| SIDE 2 | SO-2-383
K B-34 X - R |
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| RECORD COMPANY'S NAME | MFD. BY APPLE RECORDS, INC. / Recorded in
England |
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| PUBLISHER'S NAME |
- |
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| "SUBSIDIARY" CREDIT | - |
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| COVER FORM | Single type. Housed in a cardboard jacket. | ||||
| INNER SLEEVE | Plain white inner sleeve | ||||
| COVER DESIGN/ PHOTO/ NOTES | Photo: Iain Macmillan | ||||
| PRODUCER | George Martin | ||||
| COMMENTS | The Abbey Road covers for the East Coast
were manufactured by Shorewood's Farmingdale, Long Island,
New York plant. The West Coast covers were made by Bert-Co under licence from Shorewood. The initial labels prepared for Abbey Road do not list "Her Majesty" on side-2. There are three layout variations of the first issue labels. All have the record and matrix numbers to the light of the spindle hole and "STEREO" to the left. Type-1-1: The most common label variation has the album title above the group's name (centered towards the top of the apple on Side-1 and in the upper left part of the apple on Side-2) and the side number to the right of the spindle hole. Side-1 has "Producued by George Martin" and "Recorded in England" on two lines at the bottom of the apple. Side-2 has the recording location in the lower left part of the apple and the production credit in the lower right part. All titles on Side-2 are below the spindle hole. The labels have light green apples and Apple perimeter print on the sliced side. They have been confirmed with Capitol Los Angeles pressings as well as Decca and RCA pressings. Type-1-2: A second variation has the album title and group's name on one line towards the top of the apple, the side number to the left of the spindle hole and "Produced by Geroge Martin", "Recorded in England", and "Manufactured by Apple Records, Inc." on three lines at the bottom of the apple. The first three song titles on Side-2 are above the hole. The labels, which have light green apples and Apple perimeter print on the sliced side, were probably printed in-house by Capitol's Jacksonville factory. Jacksonville and Scranton pressings have been confirmed. Type-1-3: The least common variation has labels with a thin compressed font for the album title and group's name. On Side-1, this information is on two lines centered at the top of the apple. On Side-2, the album title is on two lines in the upper left part of the apple and the group's name is in the upper right part. The side number is to the right of the spindle hole. Side-1 has "Produced by George Martin" and "Recorded in England" on two lines at the bottom of the apple. Side-2 has this information in the lower right part of the apple. All titles on Side-2 are below the spindle hole. These labels, which have light green apples, were probably printed in-house by Capitol's Scranton factory. They can be found with Apple perimeter print on the sliced side (Scranton and Non-Capitol (ex. RCA, Columbia) pressings confirmed), and Capitol logo perimeter print on the sliced side (Winchester confirmed). The later labels add "Her Majesty" to Side-2 and shift "Produced by George Martin" from the lower right to the upper right part of the sliced apple. The third variation, has "All rights reserved" credit type. All with Apple perimeter print on the full apple. |
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|
TITLE
|
ABBEY ROAD | ||||
| CATALOG NUMBER | SO-383 |
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|
RELEASE DATE
|
1971 ? / Second Press | ||||
| TRACK LISTING | SIDE 1 | SIDE 2 | |||
| Come Together |
Here Comes The Sun |
||||
| Something | Because |
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| Maxwell's Silver Hammer | You Never Give Me Your Money |
||||
| Oh! Daring | Sun King |
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| Octopus's Garden |
Mean Mr. Mustard |
||||
| I Want You (She's So Heavy) | Polythene Pam |
||||
| She Came In Through The Bathroom Window |
|||||
| Golden Slumbers |
|||||
| Carry That Weight |
|||||
| The End |
|||||
| Her Majesty | |||||
| FRONT --> Click! | BACK --> Click! | SIDE 1 --> Click! | SIDE 2 --> Click! | DISK | |
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 |
 |
 |
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| INNER SLEEVE | BACK COVER CLOSE UP |
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Plain white inner sleeve (maybe) |
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With a credit for the song title "Her Majesty"
on both back cover and label. |
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| BACK COVER CLOSE UP | |||||
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Printer credit was not printed on the back cover. |  |
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| Catalog no. "APPLE SO-383" was printed at the upper light corner of the back cover. | |||||
| LABEL CLOSE UP | |||||
 |
 |
Light green apple
label. Has the album title above the group's name (centered
towards the top of the apple on Side-1 and in the upper left
part of the apple on Side-2). Shift "Produced by George Martin" from the lower right to the upper right part of the sliced apple. |
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| LABEL CLOSE UP | |||||
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Side-1 has "Produced by
George Martin" and "Recorded in England" on 2 lines at the
bottom of the apple. With Apple perimeter print on the sliced side |
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| LABEL CLOSE UP | |||||
| SIDE 1 --> Click! | SIDE 2 --> Click! |
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| The later labels add "Her
Majesty" to Side-2. Deadwax mark: Winchester Press |
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| OTHER ITEM | |||||
| - |
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| LABEL | Light Green Apple label with MFD. BY APPLE
RECORDS, INC. perimeter (Type-2-1) |
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| MIX | STEREO | ||||
| VINYL COLOR | BLACK | ||||
| PRESS FACTORY |
SLEEVE | East
Coast: Shorewood's Farmingdale, Long Island, New York plant |
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| VINYL | Winchester
Pressing |
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| FACTORY
CODE |
- |
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| MATRIX No. | SIDE 1 | SO-1-383-A27 #2 -< |
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| SIDE 2 | SO-2-383-F26 #2 -< |
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| RECORD COMPANY'S NAME | MFD. BY APPLE RECORDS, INC. / Recorded in
England |
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| PUBLISHER'S NAME |
- |
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| "SUBSIDIARY" CREDIT | - |
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| COVER FORM | Single type. Housed in a cardboard jacket. | ||||
| INNER SLEEVE | Plain white inner sleeve | ||||
| COVER DESIGN/ PHOTO/ NOTES | Photo: Iain Macmillan | ||||
| PRODUCER | George Martin | ||||
| COMMENTS | The Abbey Road covers for the East Coast
were manufactured by Shorewood's Farmingdale, Long Island,
New York plant. The West Coast covers were made by Bert-Co under licence from Shorewood. The initial labels prepared for Abbey Road do not list "Her Majesty" on side-2. There are three layout variations of the first issue labels. All have the record and matrix numbers to the light of the spindle hole and "STEREO" to the left. Type-1-1: The most common label variation has the album title above the group's name (centered towards the top of the apple on Side-1 and in the upper left part of the apple on Side-2) and the side number to the right of the spindle hole. Side-1 has "Producued by George Martin" and "Recorded in England" on two lines at the bottom of the apple. Side-2 has the recording location in the lower left part of the apple and the production credit in the lower right part. All titles on Side-2 are below the spindle hole. The labels have light green apples and Apple perimeter print on the sliced side. They have been confirmed with Capitol Los Angeles pressings as well as Decca and RCA pressings. Type-1-2: A second variation has the album title and group's name on one line towards the top of the apple, the side number to the left of the spindle hole and "Produced by Geroge Martin", "Recorded in England", and "Manufactured by Apple Records, Inc." on three lines at the bottom of the apple. The first three song titles on Side-2 are above the hole. The labels, which have light green apples and Apple perimeter print on the sliced side, were probably printed in-house by Capitol's Jacksonville factory. Jacksonville and Scranton pressings have been confirmed. Type-1-3: The least common variation has labels with a thin compressed font for the album title and group's name. On Side-1, this information is on two lines centered at the top of the apple. On Side-2, the album title is on two lines in the upper left part of the apple and the group's name is in the upper right part. The side number is to the right of the spindle hole. Side-1 has "Produced by George Martin" and "Recorded in England" on two lines at the bottom of the apple. Side-2 has this information in the lower right part of the apple. All titles on Side-2 are below the spindle hole. These labels, which have light green apples, were probably printed in-house by Capitol's Scranton factory. They can be found with Apple perimeter print on the sliced side (Scranton and Non-Capitol (ex. RCA, Columbia) pressings confirmed), and Capitol logo perimeter print on the sliced side (Winchester confirmed). The later labels add "Her Majesty" to Side-2 and shift "Produced by George Martin" from the lower right to the upper right part of the sliced apple. All confirmed labels with "Her Majesty" are similar to Type-1-1 label. Type-2-1: There are 3 variations 1) Capitol logo perimeter print (Light green apple: LA, and Jacksonville pressing) 2) Apple perimeter print on the sliced apple (Light green apple: Scranton, Jacksonville, and Winchester pressings) 3) Apple perimeter print on the full apple (Light green apple: LA, Dark green apple: Winchester) Typer-2-2: Has the production credit (Produced by..) shifted more to the feft. 1) Capitol logo perimeter print (Light Green apple: Scranton, Dark green apple: Scranton and Jacksonville pressings) 2) Appe perimeter print on the sliced apple (Light green apple: Scranton pressings) The third variation, has "All rights reserved" credit type. All with Apple perimeter print on the full apple. |
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|
TITLE
|
ABBEY ROAD | ||||
| CATALOG NUMBER | SO-383 |
||||
|
RELEASE DATE
|
1971? / Second Press | ||||
| TRACK LISTING | SIDE 1 | SIDE 2 | |||
| Come Together |
Here Comes The Sun |
||||
| Something | Because |
||||
| Maxwell's Silver Hammer | You Never Give Me Your Money |
||||
| Oh! Daring | Sun King |
||||
| Octopus's Garden |
Mean Mr. Mustard |
||||
| I Want You (She's So Heavy) | Polythene Pam |
||||
| She Came In Through The Bathroom Window |
|||||
| Golden Slumbers |
|||||
| Carry That Weight |
|||||
| The End |
|||||
| Her Majesty | |||||
| FRONT --> Click! | BACK --> Click! | SIDE 1 --> Click! | SIDE 2 --> Click! | DISK | |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
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| INNER SLEEVE | BACK COVER CLOSE UP |
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| FRONT --> Click! | BACK --> Click! | ||||
 |
 |
 |
With a credit for the song title "Her Majesty"
on both back cover and label. |
||
| BACK COVER CLOSE UP | |||||
 |
Printer credit was not printed on the back cover. |  |
|||
| Catalog no. "APPLE SO-383" was printed at the upper light corner of the back cover. | |||||
| LABEL CLOSE UP | |||||
 |
 |
Light green apple
label. Has the album title above the group's name (centered
towards the top of the apple on Side-1 and in the upper left
part of the apple on Side-2). Shift "Produced by George Martin" from the lower right to the upper right part of the sliced apple. |
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| LABEL CLOSE UP | |||||
 |
 |
 |
 |
Side-1 has "Produced by
George Martin" and "Recorded in England" on 2 lines at the
bottom of the apple. The later labels add "Her Majesty" to Side-2. |
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| LABEL CLOSE UP | |||||
| SIDE 1 --> Click! | SIDE 2 --> Click! |
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 |
 |
 |
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| With Capitol logo perimeter
print on the sliced side |
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| OTHER ITEM | |||||
| - |
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| LABEL | Light Green Apple label with MFD. BY
CAPITOL RECORDS, INC. perimeter (Type-2-1) |
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| MIX | STEREO | ||||
| VINYL COLOR | BLACK | ||||
| PRESS FACTORY |
SLEEVE | West
Coast: Bert-Co Enterprise of Los Angeles |
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| VINYL | Los
Angeles, California |
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| FACTORY
CODE |
- |
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| MATRIX No. | SIDE 1 | SO-1-383-F-1' (hand etched)
2 *
(machine stamped) |
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| SIDE 2 | 3 SO-2-383-F-1... (hand etched) 4 * (machine stamped) | ||||
| RECORD COMPANY'S NAME | MFD. BY CAPITOL
RECORDS, INC. / Recorded in England |
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| PUBLISHER'S NAME |
- |
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| "SUBSIDIARY" CREDIT | Yes |
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| COVER FORM | Single type. Housed in a cardboard jacket. | ||||
| INNER SLEEVE | Plain white inner sleeve | ||||
| COVER DESIGN/ PHOTO/ NOTES | Photo: Iain Macmillan | ||||
| PRODUCER | George Martin | ||||
| COMMENTS | The Abbey Road covers for the East Coast
were manufactured by Shorewood's Farmingdale, Long Island,
New York plant. The West Coast covers were made by Bert-Co under licence from Shorewood. The initial labels prepared for Abbey Road do not list "Her Majesty" on side-2. There are three layout variations of the first issue labels. All have the record and matrix numbers to the light of the spindle hole and "STEREO" to the left. Type-1-1: The most common label variation has the album title above the group's name (centered towards the top of the apple on Side-1 and in the upper left part of the apple on Side-2) and the side number to the right of the spindle hole. Side-1 has "Producued by George Martin" and "Recorded in England" on two lines at the bottom of the apple. Side-2 has the recording location in the lower left part of the apple and the production credit in the lower right part. All titles on Side-2 are below the spindle hole. The labels have light green apples and Apple perimeter print on the sliced side. They have been confirmed with Capitol Los Angeles pressings as well as Decca and RCA pressings. Type-1-2: A second variation has the album title and group's name on one line towards the top of the apple, the side number to the left of the spindle hole and "Produced by Geroge Martin", "Recorded in England", and "Manufactured by Apple Records, Inc." on three lines at the bottom of the apple. The first three song titles on Side-2 are above the hole. The labels, which have light green apples and Apple perimeter print on the sliced side, were probably printed in-house by Capitol's Jacksonville factory. Jacksonville and Scranton pressings have been confirmed. Type-1-3: The least common variation has labels with a thin compressed font for the album title and group's name. On Side-1, this information is on two lines centered at the top of the apple. On Side-2, the album title is on two lines in the upper left part of the apple and the group's name is in the upper right part. The side number is to the right of the spindle hole. Side-1 has "Produced by George Martin" and "Recorded in England" on two lines at the bottom of the apple. Side-2 has this information in the lower right part of the apple. All titles on Side-2 are below the spindle hole. These labels, which have light green apples, were probably printed in-house by Capitol's Scranton factory. They can be found with Apple perimeter print on the sliced side (Scranton and Non-Capitol (ex. RCA, Columbia) pressings confirmed), and Capitol logo perimeter print on the sliced side (Winchester confirmed). The later labels add "Her Majesty" to Side-2 and shift "Produced by George Martin" from the lower right to the upper right part of the sliced apple. All confirmed labels with "Her Majesty" are similar to Type-1-1 label. Type-2-1: There are 3 variations 1) Capitol logo perimeter print (Light green apple: LA, and Jacksonville pressing) 2) Apple perimeter print on the sliced apple (Light green apple: Scranton, Jacksonville, and Winchester pressings) 3) Apple perimeter print on the full apple (Light green apple: LA, Dark green apple: Winchester) Typer-2-2: Has the production credit (Produced by..) shifted more to the feft. 1) Capitol logo perimeter print (Light Green apple: Scranton, Dark green apple: Scranton and Jacksonville pressings) 2) Appe perimeter print on the sliced apple (Light green apple: Scranton pressings) The third variation, has "All rights reserved" credit type. All with Apple perimeter print on the full apple. |
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