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#3-1 Something New (1st. Press "Nicholas Credit / Scranton Press": T-2108)
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#3-2 Something New (1st. Press "Nicolas Credit Type-1(Label Copy shift right) / L.A. Press": T-2108)
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TITLE
 SOMETHING NEW
CATALOG NUMBER
 T-2108
RELEASE DATE
 20th. July 1964 / First Press
TITLE LISTING
 SIDE 1
 SIDE 2
I'll Cry Instead (BMI-2:04)
 Tell Me Why (BMI-2:06)
Things We Said Today (BMI-2:35) And I Love Her (BMI-2:28)
Any Time At All (BMI-2:10) I'm Happy Just To Dance With You  (BMI-1:56)
When I Get Home (BMI-2:14) If I Fell (BMI-2:19)
Slow Down (BMI-2:54) Komm, Gib Mir Deine Hand (BMI-2:24)
(Lennon-McCartney-Nicolas-Hellmer)
Matchbox (BMI-1:37)
FRONT--> Click! BACK --> Click! SIDE 1 --> Click! SIDE 2 --> Click! DISK --> Click!
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INNER SLEEVE FRONT COVER CLOSE UP
FRONT --> Click
 BACK --> Click!
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The exposed portion of the back liner that wrapped around to the top of the jacket has the phrase "File Under: The Beatles • (erased the words: Pop Rock, ) Vocal Group" as well as a large black dot and the catalogue number.
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meetback The Capitol logo and the phrase "HIGH FIDELITY" appear in white in the upper right corner of the photo. meetback Back liner has the catalogue number "T 2108", the "Capitol Records High Fidelity Recording" logo and "Also Available In Stereo" in uppercase letters in the upper right corner.
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meetback Dexter's sole contribution to the album was the selection and sequencing of the songs.
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The lower portion of the back liner contains "MADE IN U.S.A. • FACTORIES: SCRANTON, PA. - LOS ANGELES, CALIF." and the RIAA (Record Industry Association of America" logo.
Most of 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.
(Back liners were sometimes printed without any identification number.)
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The original issue Capitol albums were manufactured with black label backdrops with an outer rim colorband. Catalogue number "T-2108" was printed at the right side of the center hole. The labels for records manufactured on the East Coast were printed by Keystone Printed Specialties, Inc. in Scranton, Pennsylvania. The labels for the West Coast were printed by Bert-Co Enterprises in Los Angeles, California. The labels can be differentiated by the font of the number "one" at nine o’clock on the side one labels.
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SIDE 1 --> Click!
 SIDE 2 --> Click!
 The first pressings of West Coast Discs have a narrow typeface and the label copy shifted to the right, while subsequent pressings have a rounded typeface and the label copy is centered.
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label The text of the perimeter print in blue on the original issue discs states "MFD. BY CAPITOL RECORDS. INC. U.S.A. T.M." to the left of a small Capitol logo, with "• MARCA REG. • U.S. PAT. NO. 2, 631,859" to the right. On some labels, the perimeter print is in white.
OTHER ITEM
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LABEL Capitol Black label with color band Type-1
MIX MONO
VINYL COLOR Black
PRESS FACTORY
 SLEEVE West Coast: Bert-Co Enterprise of Los Angeles
VINYL Los Angeles, California
FACTORY CODE -
MATRIX No. SIDE 1
 T-1-2108-F9'     (hand etched)   3    *   (machine stamped)
SIDE 2
 T-2-2108-G10'  (hand etched)   2    *   (machine stamped)
PUBLISHER'S NAME
 -
"SUBSIDIARY" PRINT
 -
COVER FORM
 Single type. Housed in a cardboard jacket.
INNER SLEEVE Capitol Company Sleeve Type-5: "Capitol Records Inc" sleeve
With “CAPITOL RECORDS INC.” printed several times two rows inside the outer edges of both sides of the sleeve.
COVER DESIGN/ PHOTO/ NOTES photograph taken by Ken Veeder of the group's 9th. February 1964, Ed Sullivan Show debut
PRODUCER Produced in England by George Martin and in the U.S.A. with the assistance of Dave Dexter, Jr.
COMMENTS
 "Something New" is The Beatles third Capitol LP release and fifth American album overall, following the United Artists release of A Hard Day's Night. The album includes eight songs from the original British release of A Hard Day's Night, as well as the tracks "Slow Down" and "Matchbox" from the Long Tall Sally EP and the German-language version of "I Want to Hold Your Hand".
The album was released in both mono and stereo versions. All mono mixes of the five songs duplicated from the United Artists soundtrack album are identical on both releases. Something New was the only early Capitol Beatles album to contain all tracks in true stereo.
The mono release contains alternative versions of:
> "I'll Cry Instead" (with the "missing" third verse)
> "Any Time At All" (a different mix during the instrumental bridge)
> "When I Get Home" (the line "Till I walk out that door again" during the song's bridge has a different vocal passage from the UK mono mix)
> "And I Love Her" (McCartney's non-double-tracked vocal)
> "If I Fell" (Lennon's non-double-tracked introductory vocal)

The front cover of the album features a color photograph taken by Ken Veeder of the group's 9th. February 1964, Ed Sullivan Show debut.

The black liner has the title graphics centered at the top above THE BEATLES. The song titles and running times appear below the group's name on the right side.
The liner notes are followed by the first of what would become a series of dubious production credits. Dexter's sole contribution to the album was the selection and sequencing of the songs.
The lower portion of the back liner features images of the covers of the first two Capitol Beatles albums and "The Beatles Song Book by the Hollyridge Strings". The first three Capitol singles are also plugged.
The usual factory information is centered at the bottom and the RIAA logo is in the lower right corner.

The minor color variation among covers is due to the front slicks being prepared by differeint printers. Front slicks were printed on:
1-1) East Coast: Queens Litho in New York
1-2) East Coast: Ivy Hill Lithograph Co. in New York
2) West Coast: Bert-Co Enterprise of Los Angeles.

When "Something New" was originally issued, Capitol had factories in
1) Scranton, Pensylvania
2) Los Angeles, California
3) In mid. 1965, added a pressing plant in Jacksonville, Illinois. (Stereo Only)

The lower portion of the back liner contains "MADE IN U.S.A. • FACTORIES: SCRANTON, PA. - LOS ANGELES, CALIF." and the RIAA (Record Industry Association of America" logo.
Most of 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.
Capitol did not fabricate its own album covers. Capitol required the cover manufacturer to place a factory identification number on the back liners. The fabricators added a small number, usually in the lower right corner.

The following tables detail the cover numbers that are known to exist:
Compiled by Frank Daniels in 2012
Something New (S)T-2108
Cover Number
 Known With Beatles LP’s from Factory
 Mono or Stereo
2
 Scranton, RCA
 M/S
3
 Scranton, Columbia
 M/S
4
 Jacksonville
 S
5
 Los Angeles
 M/S
6
 Los Angeles, Columbia
 M/S
7
 Columbia?
 S
9
 Jacksonville
 S
12
 Scranton, Winchester
 S
16
 Jacksonville, Longines
 S
17
 Jacksonville
 S
18
 Los Angeles, Columbia
 S
(*) All LP’s except Revolver, a black-and-white back slick that does not show any cover number indicates that Capitol or RCA printed some covers in-house for that LP (maybe).


The original issue Capitol albums were manufactured with black label backdrops with an outer rim colorband. Label copy information specific to each album appears in silver print.
The labels for records manufactured on:
1) The East Coast were printed by Keystone Printed Specialties, Inc. in Scranton, Pensylvania.
2) The West Coast were printed by Bert-Co Enterprises in Los Angeles, California.

The East Coast and West Coast mono label variations:
1-1) First pressings of the East Coast label misspell one of the German translator's name as "Nicholas" rather than "Nicolas" in the writer's credit to "Komm, Gib Mir Deine Hand".
1-2) First ''West Coast'' pressings have this "Nicolas" credit correctly. The tracklisting on the label tends to the right hand side and aligns with the ''M'' of ''Something'' from the title
2-1) Second "East Coast" Pressings correct the error with "Nicoras".
2-2) Second ''West Coast'' pressings have the credit correctly too. The tracklisting on the label is moved to the middle of the label.


#3-4 Something New (2nd. Press "Nicolas Credit / Scranton Press": T-2108)
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TITLE
 SOMETHING NEW
CATALOG NUMBER
 T-2108
RELEASE DATE
 Late 1964? / Second Press (First Press: 20th. July 1964)
TITLE LISTING
 SIDE 1
 SIDE 2
I'll Cry Instead (BMI-2:04)
 Tell Me Why (BMI-2:06)
Things We Said Today (BMI-2:35) And I Love Her (BMI-2:28)
Any Time At All (BMI-2:10) I'm Happy Just To Dance With You  (BMI-1:56)
When I Get Home (BMI-2:14) If I Fell (BMI-2:19)
Slow Down (BMI-2:54) Komm, Gib Mir Deine Hand (BMI-2:24)
(Lennon-McCartney-Nicolas-Hellmer)
Matchbox (BMI-1:37)
FRONT--> Click! BACK --> Click! SIDE 1 --> Click! SIDE 2 --> Click! DISK
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INNER SLEEVE FRONT COVER CLOSE UP
FRONT --> Click
 BACK --> Click!
meet meet sleeve
The exposed portion of the back liner that wrapped around to the top of the jacket has the phrase "File Under: The Beatles • (erased the words: Pop Rock, ) Vocal Group" as well as a large black dot and the catalogue number.
FRONT COVER CLOSE UP BACK COVER CLOSE UP
meetback The Capitol logo and the phrase "HIGH FIDELITY" appear in white in the upper right corner of the photo. meetback Back liner has the catalogue number "T 2108", the "Capitol Records High Fidelity Recording" logo and "Also Available In Stereo" in uppercase letters in the upper right corner.
BACK COVER CLOSE UP
meetback Dexter's sole contribution to the album was the selection and sequencing of the songs.
BACK COVER CLOSE UP
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The lower portion of the back liner contains "MADE IN U.S.A. • FACTORIES: SCRANTON, PA. - LOS ANGELES, CALIF." and the RIAA (Record Industry Association of America" logo.
Most of 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.
(3=Scranton factory)
LABEL CLOSE UP
label The original issue Capitol albums were manufactured with black label backdrops with an outer rim colorband.
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Catalogue number "T-2080" was printed at the right side of the center hole.
LABEL CLOSE UP
SIDE 1 --> Click!
 SIDE 2 --> Click!
 First pressings of the East Coast label misspell one of the German translator's name as "Nicholas" rather than "Nicolas". Second "East Coast" Pressings correct the error with "Nicoras".
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LABEL CLOSE UP
label The text of the perimeter print in blue on the original issue discs states "MFD. BY CAPITOL RECORDS. INC. U.S.A. T.M." to the left of a small Capitol logo, with "• MARCA REG. • U.S. PAT. NO. 2, 631,859" to the right. On some labels, the perimeter print is in white.
OTHER ITEM
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LABEL Capitol Black label with color band Type-1
MIX MONO
VINYL COLOR Black
PRESS FACTORY
 SLEEVE East Coast: Queens Litho in New York
VINYL Scranton, Pennsylvania / LABEL: Keystone Printed Specialties, Inc. in Scranton, Pensylvania.
FACTORY CODE 3
MATRIX No. SIDE 1
 T1-2108-F3 ''         IAM mark  (machine stamped)
SIDE 2
 T2-2108-G6 '' #4   IAM mark  (machine stamped)
PUBLISHER'S NAME
 -
"SUBSIDIARY" PRINT
 -
COVER FORM
 Single type. Housed in a cardboard jacket.
INNER SLEEVE Capitol Company Sleeve Type-2: Light Blue sleeve
COVER DESIGN/ PHOTO/ NOTES photograph taken by Ken Veeder of the group's 9th. February 1964, Ed Sullivan Show debut
PRODUCER Produced in England by George Martin and in the U.S.A. with the assistance of Dave Dexter, Jr.
COMMENTS
 "Something New" is The Beatles third Capitol LP release and fifth American album overall, following the United Artists release of A Hard Day's Night. The album includes eight songs from the original British release of A Hard Day's Night, as well as the tracks "Slow Down" and "Matchbox" from the Long Tall Sally EP and the German-language version of "I Want to Hold Your Hand".
The album was released in both mono and stereo versions. All mono mixes of the five songs duplicated from the United Artists soundtrack album are identical on both releases. Something New was the only early Capitol Beatles album to contain all tracks in true stereo.
The mono release contains alternative versions of:
> "I'll Cry Instead" (with the "missing" third verse)
> "Any Time At All" (a different mix during the instrumental bridge)
> "When I Get Home" (the line "Till I walk out that door again" during the song's bridge has a different vocal passage from the UK mono mix)
> "And I Love Her" (McCartney's non-double-tracked vocal)
> "If I Fell" (Lennon's non-double-tracked introductory vocal)

The front cover of the album features a color photograph taken by Ken Veeder of the group's 9th. February 1964, Ed Sullivan Show debut.

The black liner has the title graphics centered at the top above THE BEATLES. The song titles and running times appear below the group's name on the right side.
The liner notes are followed by the first of what would become a series of dubious production credits. Dexter's sole contribution to the album was the selection and sequencing of the songs.
The lower portion of the back liner features images of the covers of the first two Capitol Beatles albums and "The Beatles Song Book by the Hollyridge Strings". The first three Capitol singles are also plugged.
The usual factory information is centered at the bottom and the RIAA logo is in the lower right corner.

The minor color variation among covers is due to the front slicks being prepared by differeint printers. Front slicks were printed on:
1-1) East Coast: Queens Litho in New York
1-2) East Coast: Ivy Hill Lithograph Co. in New York
2) West Coast: Bert-Co Enterprise of Los Angeles.

When "Something New" was originally issued, Capitol had factories in
1) Scranton, Pensylvania
2) Los Angeles, California
3) In mid. 1965, added a pressing plant in Jacksonville, Illinois. (Stereo Only)

The lower portion of the back liner contains "MADE IN U.S.A. • FACTORIES: SCRANTON, PA. - LOS ANGELES, CALIF." and the RIAA (Record Industry Association of America" logo.
Most of 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.
Capitol did not fabricate its own album covers. Capitol required the cover manufacturer to place a factory identification number on the back liners. The fabricators added a small number, usually in the lower right corner.

The following tables detail the cover numbers that are known to exist:
Compiled by Frank Daniels in 2012
Something New (S)T-2108
Cover Number
 Known With Beatles LP’s from Factory
 Mono or Stereo
2
 Scranton, RCA
 M/S
3
 Scranton, Columbia
 M/S
4
 Jacksonville
 S
5
 Los Angeles
 M/S
6
 Los Angeles, Columbia
 M/S
7
 Columbia?
 S
9
 Jacksonville
 S
12
 Scranton, Winchester
 S
16
 Jacksonville, Longines
 S
17
 Jacksonville
 S
18
 Los Angeles, Columbia
 S
(*) All LP’s except Revolver, a black-and-white back slick that does not show any cover number indicates that Capitol or RCA printed some covers in-house for that LP (maybe).


The original issue Capitol albums were manufactured with black label backdrops with an outer rim colorband. Label copy information specific to each album appears in silver print.
The labels for records manufactured on:
1) The East Coast were printed by Keystone Printed Specialties, Inc. in Scranton, Pensylvania.
2) The West Coast were printed by Bert-Co Enterprises in Los Angeles, California.

The East Coast and West Coast mono label variations:
1-1) First pressings of the East Coast label misspell one of the German translator's name as "Nicholas" rather than "Nicolas" in the writer's credit to "Komm, Gib Mir Deine Hand".
1-2) First ''West Coast'' pressings have this credit correctly. The tracklisting on the label tends to the right hand side and aligns with the ''M'' of ''Something'' from the title
2-1) Second "East Coast" Pressings correct the error with "Nicoras".
2-2) Second ''West Coast'' pressings have the credit correctly too. The tracklisting on the label is moved to the middle of the label.


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