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  #09 Rubber Soul (T-2442)
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#9-1 Rubber Soul (1st. Press "Capitol Rainbow Label without Group name / Scranton Press": T-2442)
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TITLE
 RUBBER SOUL
CATALOG NUMBER
 T-2442
RELEASE DATE
 6th December 1965 / First 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 --> Click!
meet meetback label label label
INNER SLEEVE FRONT COVER CLOSE UP
FRONT --> Click
 BACK --> Click!
meet meet meetback 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 catalog number.
FRONT COVER CLOSE UP
meetback British illustrator Charles Front designed the album’s title logo, which appears in the upper left corner in brown (like a gold).
 meet In the original photo taken for the cover, there is a loose thread on right shoulder of John's jacket. This was airbrushed out on most covers in the U.K. Some countries did not alter the photo (ex. Mexico)
BACK COVER CLOSE UP
meetback meetback 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.
meetback The lower right quadrant of the album’s back cover has 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)
meetback The lower portion of the back liner contains "MADE IN U.S.A. • FACTORIES: SCRANTON, PA. - LOS ANGELES, CALIF. - JACKSONVILLE, ILL."
LABEL CLOSE UP
label The original issue Capitol albums were manufactured with black label backdrops with an outer rim colorband.
The front cover of Rubber Soul was not the only component of the album missing the Beatles name. The first pressings of the record were manufactured with labels that list the names of the Beatles, but not the group’s name.
LABEL CLOSE UP
label label The initial mono records have the names of the band members below the title, but do not identify the Beatles as the artist.
LABEL CLOSE UP
SIDE 1 --> Click!
 SIDE 2 --> Click!
 The mono records have the usual East Coast and West Coast label variations.
Labels have full "John Lennon-Paul McCartney" credits.
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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
 ST-1-2442- A1'   (machine stamped)  X
SIDE 2
 T-2-2442-F17   (machine stamped)     4
PUBLISHER'S NAME
 -
"SUBSIDIARY" PRINT
 -
COVER FORM
 Single type. Housed in a cardboard jacket.
INNER SLEEVE Capitol Company Sleeve Type-4: Olive green sleeve
COVER DESIGN/ PHOTO/ NOTES Photo: Robert Freeman
PRODUCER Produced by George Martin
COMMENTS
 "Rubber Soul" is the Beatles' 9th. Capitol Records release in the United States. The LP was released in both mono and stereo versions.

In programming its version of Rubber Soul, Capitol was faced with the luxury of having two tracks from the British Help! album that had yet to be released in America, namely I’ve Just Seen A Face and It’s Only Love. These songs had been issued in England four months earlier and Capitol decided it was time to put them out. The overall quality of the Rubber Soul songs gave Capitol the confidence to program the record without a hit single. Thus, Yesterday and Act Naturally were not included on the album. And, for the first time since Meet The Beatles!, Capitol prepared a regular Beatles LP with 12 selections instead of the usual 11.

Due to the popularity of Michelle, some later pressings of the album were packaged with stickers affixed to the shrink wrap.
3" x 4" white sticker with “The Beatles latest album ‘Rubber Soul’ featuring Michelle” and “Capitol T 2442” in capital green letters.
3" x 1½" yellow sticker with “Hear Paul sing ‘Michelle’” and “Original Beatles’ Version” either in black or dark brown print.
These stickers are relatively rare as most of the albums were issued without stickers.


When "Rubber Soul" was originally issued, Capitol had factories in
1) Scranton, Pensylvania
 2) Los Angeles, California

The back of the mono cover has the Capitol/EMI box logo, record number T 2442 and the HIGH FIDELITY logo in the upper right corner. The usual monophonic and factory information is at the bottom of the back cover. The portion of the back liner that wraps around to the front cover has the usual file under, black dot and record number designations.

The following tables detail the cover numbers that are known to exist:
Compiled by Frank Daniels in 2012
Rubber Soul (S)T-2442
Cover Number
 Known With Beatles LP’s from Factory
 Mono or Stereo
2
 Scranton
 M/S
3
 Scranton, Decca
 M/S
4
 Jacksonville, Decca
 M/S
5
 Los Angeles, RCA
 M/S
6
 Los Angeles
 M/S
7
 Columbia
 S
8
 Decca
 M/S
9
 Jacksonville, MCA Pinckneyville
 S
12
 Winchester
 S
16
 Longines
 S
17
 Jacksonville
 S
18
 Los Angeles
 S
21
 Scranton, Winchester
 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 initial mono records have the names of the band members below the title, but do not identify the Beatles as the artist. There are East Coast and West Coast variations without the group’s name. Later mono pressings have the band’s name as well as the names of the individual members.
There are East Coast and West Coast variations with the Beatles on the label.


#9-4 Rubber Soul (2nd. Press "Capitol Rainbow Label without Group name / with Yellow Sticker / L.A. Press": T-2442)
Back to the top of the line
TITLE
 RUBBER SOUL
CATALOG NUMBER
 T-2442
RELEASE DATE
 6th December 1965 / First 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 --> Click!
meet meetback label label label
INNER SLEEVE FRONT COVER CLOSE UP
FRONT --> Click
 BACK --> Click!
meet meet meetback 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 catalog number.
FRONT COVER CLOSE UP
meetback British illustrator Charles Front designed the album’s title logo, which appears in the upper left corner in brown (like a gold).
 meet In the original photo taken for the cover, there is a loose thread on right shoulder of John's jacket. This was airbrushed out on most covers in the U.K. Some countries did not alter the photo (ex. Mexico)
FRONT COVER: Yellow Sticker--> Click!
meet Due to the popularity of Michelle, some later pressings of the album were packaged with stickers (shown on the following page) affixed to the shrink wrap. One is a 3" x 4" white sticker with “The Beatles latest album ‘Rubber Soul’ featuring Michelle” and “Capitol T 2442” in capital green letters. The other is an attractive 3" x 1½" yellow sticker with “Hear Paul sing ‘Michelle’” and “Original Beatles’ Version” either in black or dark brown print. These stickers are relatively rare as most of the albums were issued without stickers.
BACK COVER CLOSE UP
meetback meetback 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.
meetback The lower right quadrant of the album’s back cover has 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.
(5=L.A.)
meetback The lower portion of the back liner contains "MADE IN U.S.A. • FACTORIES: SCRANTON, PA. - LOS ANGELES, CALIF. - JACKSONVILLE, ILL."
LABEL CLOSE UP
label The original issue Capitol albums were manufactured with black label backdrops with an outer rim colorband.
The front cover of Rubber Soul was not the only component of the album missing the Beatles name. The first pressings of the record were manufactured with labels that list the names of the Beatles, but not the group’s name.
Later mono pressings have the band’s name as well as the names of the individual members.
LABEL CLOSE UP
label label 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.
LABEL CLOSE UP
SIDE 1 --> Click!
 SIDE 2 --> Click!
 The mono records have the usual East Coast and West Coast label variations.
Labels have full "John Lennon-Paul McCartney" credits.
meet
 meet
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 West Coast: Bert-Co Enterprise of Los Angeles
VINYL Los Angeles, California
FACTORY CODE 5
MATRIX No. SIDE 1
 T-1-2442- F13'   (hand etched)     *      (machine stamped)
SIDE 2
 T-2-2442- F1'    (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-4: Olive green sleeve
COVER DESIGN/ PHOTO/ NOTES Photo: Robert Freeman
PRODUCER Produced by George Martin
COMMENTS
 "Rubber Soul" is the Beatles' 9th. Capitol Records release in the United States. The LP was released in both mono and stereo versions.

In programming its version of Rubber Soul, Capitol was faced with the luxury of having two tracks from the British Help! album that had yet to be released in America, namely I’ve Just Seen A Face and It’s Only Love. These songs had been issued in England four months earlier and Capitol decided it was time to put them out. The overall quality of the Rubber Soul songs gave Capitol the confidence to program the record without a hit single. Thus, Yesterday and Act Naturally were not included on the album. And, for the first time since Meet The Beatles!, Capitol prepared a regular Beatles LP with 12 selections instead of the usual 11.

Due to the popularity of Michelle, some later pressings of the album were packaged with stickers affixed to the shrink wrap.
3" x 4" white sticker with “The Beatles latest album ‘Rubber Soul’ featuring Michelle” and “Capitol T 2442” in capital green letters.
3" x 1½" yellow sticker with “Hear Paul sing ‘Michelle’” and “Original Beatles’ Version” either in black or dark brown print.
These stickers are relatively rare as most of the albums were issued without stickers.


When "Rubber Soul" was originally issued, Capitol had factories in
1) Scranton, Pensylvania
 2) Los Angeles, California

The back of the mono cover has the Capitol/EMI box logo, record number T 2442 and the HIGH FIDELITY logo in the upper right corner. The usual monophonic and factory information is at the bottom of the back cover. The portion of the back liner that wraps around to the front cover has the usual file under, black dot and record number designations.

The following tables detail the cover numbers that are known to exist:
Compiled by Frank Daniels in 2012
Rubber Soul (S)T-2442
Cover Number
 Known With Beatles LP’s from Factory
 Mono or Stereo
2
 Scranton
 M/S
3
 Scranton, Decca
 M/S
4
 Jacksonville, Decca
 M/S
5
 Los Angeles, RCA
 M/S
6
 Los Angeles
 M/S
7
 Columbia
 S
8
 Decca
 M/S
9
 Jacksonville, MCA Pinckneyville
 S
12
 Winchester
 S
16
 Longines
 S
17
 Jacksonville
 S
18
 Los Angeles
 S
21
 Scranton, Winchester
 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 initial mono records have the names of the band members below the title, but do not identify the Beatles as the artist. There are East Coast and West Coast variations without the group’s name. Later mono pressings have the band’s name as well as the names of the individual members.
There are East Coast and West Coast variations with the Beatles on the label.


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