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Capitol Records: 1988 Reissue
#21 Please Please Me (CLJ-46435)
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  Capitol 1988 Purple Label


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#21-1 Please Please Me (1st Press "Capitol New Purple Label Type-2 / SRC Press / with Digitally Remastered Sticker": CLJ-46435)
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TITLE
PLEASE PLEASE ME
CATALOG NUMBER CLJ-46435
RELEASE DATE
summer of 1988 / First Press
TRACK LISTING SIDE 1 SIDE 2
I Saw Her Standing There 2:51 BMI
Love Me Do 2:18 BMI
Misery 1:46 BMI
P.S. I Love You 2:02 BMI
Anna (Go To Him) 2:54 BMI
Baby It's You 2:54 ASCAP
Chains 2:22 BMI
Do You Want To Know A Secret 1:54 BMI
Boys 2:24 BMI
A Taste Of Honey 2:01ASCAP
Ask Me Why2:23 ASCAP
There's A Place 1:48 BMI
Please Please Me2:00 ASCAP
Twist And Shout 2:32 BMI
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sleeve label label Catalog number "CLJ-46435" was printed at the upper left cornerof the front cover. "(C)1963 EMI RECORDS LTD" was printed at the lower left corner.
FRONT COVER: with STICKER
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sleeve Came with a 2½" pinkish-red sticker stating "Digitally Remastered from the Original British Catalog" followed by the album title, catalog number and "Printed in U.S.A." label label The first four albums (from Please Please Me to Beatles for Sale) were released in mono. The word 'mono' on the top left of the front cover is in a large size, and the "Angus MacBean" credit is left-justified.
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In 1988, Capitol rereleased the UK-format albums. The new releases had a purple label instead of the rainbow label, but they kept the same catalog number and had a barcode. "EMI RECORDS LTD" credit and catalog number were printed on the back cover.
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Capitol Records logomark, credit, and EMI logomark are printed at the bottom of the back sleeve.
Printed in U.S.A.
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From Summer of 1988 onward, the "new purple" label has been in use by Capitol. Compared to the previous Purple label, the Capitol Dome logo is smaller. Purple Capitol label design with the Parlophone logo on the left side of label above the “1” and “2”.
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The rim print starts with "MANUFACTURED BY CAPITOL RECORDS. INC.,"
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SIDE 1 SIDE 2 The label includes the song title, length of the track, composer name, music publisher, and performing rights organization (PRO) name such as ASCAP or BMI.
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label Capitol 1988 purple label re-issue. The difference between this purple label and one one from the late 70s is the Capitol logo is much smaller, and new catalog number.
The rim print starts with "Manufactured by Capitol Records, Inc. A Subsidiary of Capitol Industries-EMI, Inc., U.S.A."
OTHER ITEM
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LABEL Capitol New Purple Label (Small Capitol Dome logo) Type-2 (with Parlophone logo)
MIX MONO
VINYL COLOR BLACK
PRESS
FACTORY
SLEEVE unknown
VINYL Specialty Records Corporation in Olyphant, Pennsylvania
(pressed at Allied Record Company)
FACTORY CODE
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MATRIX No. SIDE 1 CLJ-1-46435 F-1 ɑ B-27931-F1 △17015 Wally 1̶-̶2̶ SP Q-1 AL-SP  (hand etched)
MASTERED BY CAPITOL (machine stamped)
SIDE 2 CLJ-2-46435 F-2 ɑ B-27931-F2 △17015-X Wally SP 1-D AL-SP  (hand etched)
MASTERED BY CAPITOL (machine stamped)
RECORD COMPANY'S NAME Manufactured by Capitol Records, Inc.,
 PUBLISHER'S NAME
Yes
"SUBSIDIARY" CREDIT Yes
COVER FORM Single type. Jacket pressed on posterboard stock.
INNER SLEEVE Clear rice paper inner sleeve
COVER DESIGN/ PHOTO/ NOTES Photo: Angus McBean / Notes: Tony Barrow
PRODUCER George Martin
COMMENTS The Capitol New Purple Label records have a CLJ catalog number  and usually have numbers in the 40,000s. On the label, the Capitol logo is small, and the text around the edge starts with "MANUFACTURED BY CAPITOL RECORDS. INC.,"
1988-90 pressing of Capitol’s series of their earlier UK album catalog, first issued in 1987 for the first time in the US (outside the Mo-Fi limited editions), matching their CD counterparts (and using the same catalog numbers). Digital masters were used in these pressings.

Catalog number of CLJ-46435 (seen on spine, upper left front cover, lower left back cover and labels)
Purple Capitol label design with the Parlophone logo on the left side of label above the “1” and “2”.
Capitol oval and EMI rectangle logos along the bottom back cover.
UPC on the back is square in shape
Disc comes in a clear rice-paper sleeve.

Most copies came with a 2” round red sticker stating “DIGITALLY REMASTERED FROM THE ORIGINAL BRITISH CATALOG” with the album title, cat # and Printed in U.S.A.

Pressed at Specialty Records Corporation as identified by AL-SP plus the Allied 'ɑ' stamp and "B-#####"-type matrix number in the runouts, which means this was plated at Allied but the record itself was actually pressed at Specialty.

*) Specialty Records Corporation:
Defunct US manufacturer and pressing plant located in Olyphant, Pennsylvania.
Founded in 1946, Specialty Records Corporation (SRC) was at one point one of the biggest pressing plants in the world.
Usually on vinyl from late 1970s to 2000s, denoted by a machine-stamped "SRC" logo in the runout groove deadwax (S with R and C in loops).
Records that have the "SRC" logo along with an "SPAR" or "SP-AL" etching and a "B-#####"-type matrix number in the runout groove deadwax indicate that the plating (processing / metalwork) was done at Specialty Records Corporation but the record itself was pressed at Allied Record Company.

*) Allied Record
Record pressing plant / cassette and CD manufacturer in Los Angeles, California. Operating under this name from 1962 until the end of 1996.



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