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#17-1 Hey Jude (The Beatles Again) (1st. Press / Light Green Apple Label with "MFD. BY APPLE" perimeter / Scranton Press / with Large Sticker: SO-385)
Back to the top of the line
TITLE
 HEY JUDE (THE BEATLES AGAIN)
CATALOG NUMBER SO-385
RELEASE DATE
 26th February.1970 / First Press
TRACK LISTING SIDE 1 SIDE 2
Can't Buy Me Love
 Hey Jude
I Should Have Known Better
 Old Brown Shoe
Paperback Writer
 Don't Let Me Down
Rain
 The Ballad Of John And Yoko
Lady Madonna
Revolution
FRONT --> Click! BACK --> Click! SIDE 1 --> Click! SIDE 2 --> Click! DISK
sleeve label label label label
INNER SLEEVE INNER SLEEVE
 FRONT COVER CLOSE UP
FRONT --> Click! BACK --> Click!
sleeve sleeve Plain white inner sleeve.
 label Store price sticker was pasted on the front cover.
FRONT COVER CLOSE UP
sleeve Some of the covers came with a white background sticker with either red or purple ink to identify the album's title and highlight the inclusion to the Beatles mega-hit Hey Jude. 10" x 2" sticker.
The stickers were affixed either directly to the cover or on the shrink wrap, normally towards the top of the cover.
BACK COVER CLOSE UP
label label "Printed in U.S.A." logomark was printed at the left coner of the bottom of the sleeve.
"Apple Records" was printed. 		label
Catalog no. "SW-385" was printed at the upper light corner of the back cover.
label
"Manufactured by APPLE RECORDS INC. •1700 Broadway, New York, N.Y. 10019." in upper case letters was printed at the bottom of the back cover.
LABEL CLOSE UP
label label "THE BEATLES AGAIN" and the group's name centered at the top of the label.
L.A. Label has the album's opening track, Can't Buy Me Love, above the spindle hole on side-1.
label label The album title (2 lines) and group's name in the upper left part of the apple, "Produced by George Mar-tin" in the lower left part and "Recorded in England" in the lower right part on side-2.
LABEL CLOSE UP
label label label The initial labels printed for the album have both the album's original title, The Beatles Again, and the album's original number, SO-385.

Press: Scranton, Pennsylvania
Deadwax: BellSound  sf  IAM mark  (machine stamped)
LABEL CLOSE UP
SIDE 1 --> Click! SIDE 2 --> Click! Have the song titles, songwriters credits, BMI and running times below the center hole.
sleeve sleeve
  LABEL CLOSE UP
SIDE 1 SIDE 2 The initial labels printed for the album have both the album's original title, The Beatles Again, and the album's original number, SO-385.
There are three confirmed variations, all of which have "THE BEATLES AGAIN" and the group's name centered at the top of the apple on side-1 and Apple perimeter print on side-2.
label label
OTHER ITEM
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LABEL Light Green Apple label with "MFD. BY APPLE" perimeter on side-2
MIX STEREO
VINYL COLOR BLACK
PRESS
FACTORY
 SLEEVE West Coast: Bert-Co Enterprise of Los Angeles
VINYL Scranton, Pennsylvania (Label: Los Angeles, California)
FACTORY CODE
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MATRIX No. SIDE 1 SO-1-385 Z-1 #3(hand etched)       BellSound  sf  IAM mark   (machine stamped)
SIDE 2 SO-2-385 Z-7     (hand etched)       BellSound  sf  IAM mark  (machine stamped)
RECORD COMPANY'S NAME MFD. BY APPLE RECORDS, INC. / Recorded in England
 PUBLISHER'S NAME
 -
"SUBSIDIARY" CREDIT Yes
COVER FORM Single type. Housed in a cardboard jacket.
INNER SLEEVE Plain white inner sleeve
COVER DESIGN/ PHOTO/ NOTES Photo: Ethan Russell and Monte Fresco
PRODUCER George Martin
COMMENTS The "Hey Jude" album was conceived by Allen Klein and Apple Records. Klein had negotiated a more lucrative contract for the Beatles with Capitol Records in 1969 which required one compilation album per year.[5] He directed Allan Steckler of ABKCO/Apple to work on one. Steckler chose songs that had not appeared on a Capitol album in the United States and that spanned the group's career.
Originally, the album was to be called The Beatles Again. Shortly before the record was released, however, the title was changed to Hey Jude in order to promote the inclusion of the top-selling song that led off side two. The title change occurred after the record labels were printed, and an untold number of copies of the LP were sold with labels with the title The Beatles Again.
Earliest US pressings of this LP the catalog number is SW-385 on spine and back, SO-385 on labels.

The slicks were printed by Queens Litho and Bert-Co. The covers were manufactured by Imperial and Modern Album.

Neither the group's name nor the album's title appear on the front of the jacket. Some of the covers came with a white background sticker with either red or purple ink to identify the album's title and highlight the inclusion to the Beatles mega-hit Hey Jude. The stickers were affixed either directly to the cover or on the shrink wrap, normally towards the top of the cover.
All of the sticker variations have HEY JUDE surrounded by quote marks. There are three confirmed 5" x 2" stickers.
  • Type-1 has curved quote marks and is printed in red ink.
  • Type-2  has straight quote marks and is printed in red ink.
  • Type-3 has straight quote marks and is similar to type-2, but has higher-placed quote marks and is printed in purple ink.
There is also at least one variation of a 10" x 2" sticker.
  • Type-4 has straight quote marks and is printed in red ink.


The initial labels printed for the album have both the album's original title, The Beatles Again, and the album's original number, SO-385.
There are three confirmed variations, all of which have "THE BEATLES AGAIN" and the group's name centered at the top of the apple on side-1 and Apple perimeter print on side-2.

  • L.A. label has the album's opening track, Can't Buy Me Love, above the spindle hole on side-1.
    The album title and group's name in the upper left part of the apple, "Produced by George Mar-tin" in the lower left part and "Recorded in England" in the lower right part on side-2.
    This label has been confirmed on Winchester, Scranton and Los Angeles pressings.
  • Jacksonville label has the album's opening track, Can't Buy Me Love, above the spindle hole on side-1.
    The album title and group's name centered at the top of the apple and "Produced by George Martin" and "Re-corded in England" centered at the bottom of the apple on side-2.
    This variation also has "Manufactured by Apple Records, Inc." between the production credit and recording location on both sides. These labels were pressed with Jacksonville discs.
  • Scranton label has all the song titles below the spindle hole on side-1.
    The album title and group's name in the upper left part of the apple, "Produced by George Martin" in the lower left part and "Recorded in England" in the lower right part on side-2.
    These labels were used for Scranton and some of the Winchester pressings.

After supplies of labels with the album's original title were exhausted, new labels were prepared with the corrected record number, SW-385, and the album's new title, Hey Jude.


#17-2 Hey Jude (The Beatles Again) (1st. Press / Light Green Apple Label with "MFD. BY APPLE" perimeter / Winchester Press / with Small Sticker: SO-385)
Back to the top of the line
TITLE
 HEY JUDE (THE BEATLES AGAIN)
CATALOG NUMBER SO-385
RELEASE DATE
 26th February.1970 / First Press
TRACK LISTING SIDE 1 SIDE 2
Can't Buy Me Love
 Hey Jude
I Should Have Known Better
 Old Brown Shoe
Paperback Writer
 Don't Let Me Down
Rain
 The Ballad Of John And Yoko
Lady Madonna
Revolution
FRONT --> Click! BACK --> Click! SIDE 1 --> Click! SIDE 2 --> Click! DISK
sleeve label label label label
INNER SLEEVE FRONT COVER CLOSE UP
FRONT --> Click! BACK --> Click!
sleeve sleeve sleeve
Plain white inner sleeve. Some of the covers came with a white background sticker with either red or purple ink to identify the album's title and highlight the inclusion to the Beatles mega-hit Hey Jude.
5" x 2" stickers straight quote marks and is printed in red ink.
FRONT COVER CLOSE UP


BACK COVER CLOSE UP
label label "Printed in U.S.A." logomark was printed at the left coner of the bottom of the sleeve.
"Apple Records" was printed. 		label
Catalog no. "SW-385" was printed at the upper light corner of the back cover.
label
"Manufactured by APPLE RECORDS INC. •1700 Broadway, New York, N.Y. 10019." in upper case letters was printed at the bottom of the back cover.
LABEL CLOSE UP
label label "THE BEATLES AGAIN" and the group's name centered at the top of the label.
L.A. label has the album's opening track, Can't Buy Me Love, above the spindle hole on side-1.
label label The album title (2 lines) and group's name in the upper left part of the apple, "Produced by George Mar-tin" in the lower left part and "Recorded in England" in the lower right part on side-2.
LABEL CLOSE UP
label label label The initial labels printed for the album have both the album's original title, The Beatles Again, and the album's original number, SO-385.
Winchester Pressing.
Deadwax:
BellSound  sf  -<   (machine stamped)
LABEL CLOSE UP
SIDE 1 --> Click! SIDE 2 --> Click! Have the song titles, songwriters credits, BMI and running times below the center hole.
sleeve sleeve
  LABEL CLOSE UP
SIDE 1 SIDE 2 The initial labels printed for the album have both the album's original title, The Beatles Again, and the album's original number, SO-385.
There are three confirmed variations, all of which have "THE BEATLES AGAIN" and the group's name centered at the top of the apple on side-1 and Apple perimeter print on side-2.
label label
OTHER ITEM
-

LABEL Light Green Apple label with "MFD. BY APPLE" perimeter on side-2
MIX STEREO
VINYL COLOR BLACK
PRESS
FACTORY
 SLEEVE West Coast: Bert-Co Enterprise of Los Angeles
VINYL Winchester Pressing (Label: Los Angeles, California)
FACTORY CODE
 -
MATRIX No. SIDE 1 SO-1-385 Z33 #2  (hand etched)      BellSound  sf  -<   (machine stamped)
SIDE 2 SO2-385 Z31"       (hand etched)      BellSound  sf  -<   (machine stamped)
RECORD COMPANY'S NAME MFD. BY APPLE RECORDS, INC. / Recorded in England
 PUBLISHER'S NAME
 -
"SUBSIDIARY" CREDIT Yes
COVER FORM Single type. Housed in a cardboard jacket.
INNER SLEEVE Plain white inner sleeve
COVER DESIGN/ PHOTO/ NOTES Photo: Ethan Russell and Monte Fresco
PRODUCER George Martin
COMMENTS The "Hey Jude" album was conceived by Allen Klein and Apple Records. Klein had negotiated a more lucrative contract for the Beatles with Capitol Records in 1969 which required one compilation album per year.[5] He directed Allan Steckler of ABKCO/Apple to work on one. Steckler chose songs that had not appeared on a Capitol album in the United States and that spanned the group's career.
Originally, the album was to be called The Beatles Again. Shortly before the record was released, however, the title was changed to Hey Jude in order to promote the inclusion of the top-selling song that led off side two. The title change occurred after the record labels were printed, and an untold number of copies of the LP were sold with labels with the title The Beatles Again.
Earliest US pressings of this LP the catalog number is SW-385 on spine and back, SO-385 on labels.

The slicks were printed by Queens Litho and Bert-Co. The covers were manufactured by Imperial and Modern Album.

Neither the group's name nor the album's title appear on the front of the jacket. Some of the covers came with a white background sticker with either red or purple ink to identify the album's title and highlight the inclusion to the Beatles mega-hit Hey Jude. The stickers were affixed either directly to the cover or on the shrink wrap, normally towards the top of the cover.
All of the sticker variations have HEY JUDE surrounded by quote marks. There are three confirmed 5" x 2" stickers.
  • Type-1 has curved quote marks and is printed in red ink.
  • Type-2  has straight quote marks and is printed in red ink.
  • Type-3 has straight quote marks and is similar to type-2, but has higher-placed quote marks and is printed in purple ink.
There is also at least one variation of a 10" x 2" sticker.
  • Type-4 has straight quote marks and is printed in red ink.


The initial labels printed for the album have both the album's original title, The Beatles Again, and the album's original number, SO-385.
There are three confirmed variations, all of which have "THE BEATLES AGAIN" and the group's name centered at the top of the apple on side-1 and Apple perimeter print on side-2.

  • L.A. label has the album's opening track, Can't Buy Me Love, above the spindle hole on side-1.
    The album title and group's name in the upper left part of the apple, "Produced by George Mar-tin" in the lower left part and "Recorded in England" in the lower right part on side-2.
    This label has been confirmed on Winchester, Scranton and Los Angeles pressings.
  • Jacksonville label has the album's opening track, Can't Buy Me Love, above the spindle hole on side-1.
    The album title and group's name centered at the top of the apple and "Produced by George Martin" and "Re-corded in England" centered at the bottom of the apple on side-2.
    This variation also has "Manufactured by Apple Records, Inc." between the production credit and recording location on both sides. These labels were pressed with Jacksonville discs.
  • Scranton label has all the song titles below the spindle hole on side-1.
    The album title and group's name in the upper left part of the apple, "Produced by George Martin" in the lower left part and "Recorded in England" in the lower right part on side-2.
    These labels were used for Scranton and some of the Winchester pressings.

After supplies of labels with the album's original title were exhausted, new labels were prepared with the corrected record number, SW-385, and the album's new title, Hey Jude.


#17-3 Hey Jude (The Beatles Again) (1st. Press / Light Green Apple Label with "MFD. BY APPLE" perimeter / Winchester Press: SO-385)
Back to the top of the line
TITLE
 HEY JUDE (THE BEATLES AGAIN)
CATALOG NUMBER SO-385
RELEASE DATE
 26th February.1970 / First Press
TRACK LISTING SIDE 1 SIDE 2
Can't Buy Me Love
 Hey Jude
I Should Have Known Better
 Old Brown Shoe
Paperback Writer
 Don't Let Me Down
Rain
 The Ballad Of John And Yoko
Lady Madonna
Revolution
FRONT --> Click! BACK --> Click! SIDE 1 --> Click! SIDE 2 --> Click! DISK
sleeve label label label label
INNER SLEEVE BACK COVER CLOSE UP
FRONT --> Click! BACK --> Click!
sleeve sleeve label label "Printed in U.S.A." logomark was printed at the left coner of the bottom of the sleeve.
"Apple Records" was printed.
BACK COVER CLOSE UP
label Catalog no. "SW-385" was printed at the upper light corner of the back cover.
label
"Manufactured by APPLE RECORDS INC. •1700 Broadway, New York, N.Y. 10019." in upper case letters was printed at the bottom of the back cover.
LABEL CLOSE UP
label label "THE BEATLES AGAIN" and the group's name centered at the top of the label.
Scranton label has all the song titles below the spindle hole on side-1.
label label Scranton label has all the song titles below the spindle hole on side-1.
The album title (One line) and group's name in the upper left part of the apple,
LABEL CLOSE UP
label label label The initial labels printed for the album have both the album's original title, The Beatles Again, and the album's original number, SO-385.
Winchester press
Deadwax: BellSound    sf     -<   (machine stamped)
LABEL CLOSE UP
SIDE 1 --> Click! SIDE 2 --> Click! Have the song titles, songwriters credits, BMI and running times below the center hole.
sleeve sleeve
  LABEL CLOSE UP
SIDE 1 SIDE 2 The initial labels printed for the album have both the album's original title, The Beatles Again, and the album's original number, SO-385.
There are three confirmed variations, all of which have "THE BEATLES AGAIN" and the group's name centered at the top of the apple on side-1 and Apple perimeter print on side-2.
label label
OTHER ITEM
-

LABEL Light Green Apple label with "MFD. BY APPLE" perimeter on side-2
MIX STEREO
VINYL COLOR BLACK
PRESS
FACTORY
 SLEEVE West Coast: Bert-Co Enterprise of Los Angeles
VINYL Winchester Pressing (Label: Scranton, Pennsylvania)
FACTORY CODE
 -
MATRIX No. SIDE 1 SO-1-385 Z35 (hand etched)        BellSound    sf     -<   (machine stamped)
SIDE 2 SO-2-385 Z36(hand etched)         BellSound    sf     -<    (machine stamped)
RECORD COMPANY'S NAME MFD. BY APPLE RECORDS, INC. / Recorded in England
 PUBLISHER'S NAME
 -
"SUBSIDIARY" CREDIT Yes
COVER FORM Single type. Housed in a cardboard jacket.
INNER SLEEVE Plain white inner sleeve
COVER DESIGN/ PHOTO/ NOTES Photo: Ethan Russell and Monte Fresco
PRODUCER George Martin
COMMENTS The "Hey Jude" album was conceived by Allen Klein and Apple Records. Klein had negotiated a more lucrative contract for the Beatles with Capitol Records in 1969 which required one compilation album per year.[5] He directed Allan Steckler of ABKCO/Apple to work on one. Steckler chose songs that had not appeared on a Capitol album in the United States and that spanned the group's career.
Originally, the album was to be called The Beatles Again. Shortly before the record was released, however, the title was changed to Hey Jude in order to promote the inclusion of the top-selling song that led off side two. The title change occurred after the record labels were printed, and an untold number of copies of the LP were sold with labels with the title The Beatles Again.
Earliest US pressings of this LP the catalog number is SW-385 on spine and back, SO-385 on labels.

The slicks were printed by Queens Litho and Bert-Co. The covers were manufactured by Imperial and Modern Album.

Neither the group's name nor the album's title appear on the front of the jacket. Some of the covers came with a white background sticker with either red or purple ink to identify the album's title and highlight the inclusion to the Beatles mega-hit Hey Jude. The stickers were affixed either directly to the cover or on the shrink wrap, normally towards the top of the cover.
All of the sticker variations have HEY JUDE surrounded by quote marks. There are three confirmed 5" x 2" stickers.
  • Type-1 has curved quote marks and is printed in red ink.
  • Type-2  has straight quote marks and is printed in red ink.
  • Type-3 has straight quote marks and is similar to type-2, but has higher-placed quote marks and is printed in purple ink.
There is also at least one variation of a 10" x 2" sticker.
  • Type-4 has straight quote marks and is printed in red ink.


The initial labels printed for the album have both the album's original title, The Beatles Again, and the album's original number, SO-385.
There are three confirmed variations, all of which have "THE BEATLES AGAIN" and the group's name centered at the top of the apple on side-1 and Apple perimeter print on side-2.

  • L.A. label has the album's opening track, Can't Buy Me Love, above the spindle hole on side-1.
    The album title and group's name in the upper left part of the apple, "Produced by George Mar-tin" in the lower left part and "Recorded in England" in the lower right part on side-2.
    This label has been confirmed on Winchester, Scranton and Los Angeles pressings.
  • Jacksonville label has the album's opening track, Can't Buy Me Love, above the spindle hole on side-1.
    The album title and group's name centered at the top of the apple and "Produced by George Martin" and "Re-corded in England" centered at the bottom of the apple on side-2.
    This variation also has "Manufactured by Apple Records, Inc." between the production credit and recording location on both sides. These labels were pressed with Jacksonville discs.
  • Scranton label has all the song titles below the spindle hole on side-1.
    The album title and group's name in the upper left part of the apple, "Produced by George Martin" in the lower left part and "Recorded in England" in the lower right part on side-2.
    These labels were used for Scranton and some of the Winchester pressings.

After supplies of labels with the album's original title were exhausted, new labels were prepared with the corrected record number, SW-385, and the album's new title, Hey Jude.


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