 Capitol 1st. Sleeve |
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TITLE
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The Early BEATLES |
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| CATALOG
NUMBER |
T-2309 |
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RELEASE DATE
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22th March.1965 / First Press |
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| TITLE LISTING |
SIDE
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SIDE
2 |
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| Love Me Do
(BMI-2:19) (sim.stereo) |
Please Please Me
(ASCAP-2:00) |
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| Twist And Shout
(BMI-2:32) |
P.S. I Love You
(BMI-2:02) (sim.stereo) |
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| Anna (Go To
Him) (BMI-2:56) |
Baby It's You
(ASCAP-2:36) |
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| Chains (BMI-2:21) |
A Taste Of Honey
(ASCAP-2:02) |
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| Boys
(BMI-2:24) |
Do You Want To Know A Secret (BMI-1:55) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ask Me Why (ASCAP-2:24) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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! |
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The front cover slicks has the Capitol Full Demensional Stereo arrow logo at the top. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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" as well as a large black dot and the catalogue number. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The High Fidelity Recording logo and "Also
available in stereo" in uppercase letters in the upper right
corner. Capitol / EMI logo mark was printed at the upper
left of the back cover. |
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Produced by George Martin"
credit was printed under the song track on the back sleeve. 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) |
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| The upper 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. |
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| The original issue Capitol albums were manufactured with black label backdrops with an outer rim colorband. The album title and group name were printed above the spindle hole. | Catalog No. "T-2309" 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 ofclock on the side one labels. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| SIDE 1 --> Click! |
SIDE 2 --> Click! |
The monoral records have
the usual East Coast and West Coast label variations. The initial album labels have full gJohn Lennon - Paul McCartneyh songwriters credits. |
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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. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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OTHER ITEM
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| LABEL | Capitol
Black
label with color band |
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| MIX | MONO |
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| VINYL COLOR | Black |
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| PRESS FACTORY |
SLEEVE | East
Coast: Queens Litho in New York |
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| VINYL | Scranton,
Pennsylvania
/ LABEL: Keystone Printed Specialties, Inc. in Scranton,
Pensylvania. |
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| FACTORY CODE | 3 |
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| MATRIX No. | SIDE 1 |
T1-2309-G2
{{ (machine stamped) |
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| SIDE 2 |
T2-2309-G2
#2 {{ (machine stamped) |
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| PUBLISHER'S NAME |
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"SUBSIDIARY" PRINT
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| COVER FORM |
Single
type.
Housed in a cardboard jacket. |
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| INNER SLEEVE | Capitol
Company
Sleeve Type-4: Olive green sleeve |
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| COVER DESIGN/ PHOTO/ NOTES | Photo:
Robert Freeman |
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| PRODUCER | Produced
by
George Martin |
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COMMENTS
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"The Early Beatles" is the
Beatles' 6th. Capitol Records release in the United States.
The LP was released in both mono and stereo versions. The front cover to The Early Beatles features the color Robert Freeman photograph that serves as the back cover to the Parlophone album Beatles For Sale. The picture was taken in Hyde Park, London, during an autumn afternoon photo session. On the front cover, the slick is positioned to reveal the stereo logo in black. The back cover slick contains the album title, liner notes and song titles, times and publishing information. The Capitol/EMI logo box is in the upper right corner, with the record number printed below. The stereo cover has the Full Dimensional Stereo circle logo below the record number in the upper right corner. When "The Early Beatles" was originally issued, Capitol had factories in 1) Scranton, Pensylvania 2) Los Angeles, California 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. (3=Scranton) The following tables detail the cover numbers that are known to exist: Compiled by Frank Daniels in 2012 The Early Beatles (S)T-2309
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 label copy above the spindle hole lists the album title and the names of the band members. The mono records have the usual East Coast, and West Coast label variations. The labels can be differentiated by the font of the number "one" at nine ofclock on the side one labels. |
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