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Capitol Records: 1995 Reissue
#01 Please Please Me (C1 0777 7 46435 1 1)
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  Capitol 1995 New Purple Label


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#1-1 Please Please Me (1st Press "Capitol New Purple Label Type-3 / SRC Press / with Limited Edition sticker": C1 0777 7 46435 1 1)
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TITLE
PLEASE PLEASE ME
CATALOG NUMBER C1 0777 7 46435 1 1
RELEASE DATE
21st November 1995 / 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 2:34 ASCAP
Chains 2:22 BMI
Do You Want To Know A Secret 1:57 BMI
Boys 2:24 BMI
A Taste Of Honey 2:01 ASCAP
Ask Me Why 2:23 BMI
There's A Place 1:48 BMI
Please Please Me 2:00 BMI Twist And Shout 2:32 BMI
FRONT --> Click! BACK --> Click! SIDE 1 --> Click! SIDE 2 --> Click! DISC --> Click!
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sleeve label Part of Capitol's Limited Edition re-issue series of the UK catalog , issued late 1995. They are mastered from the same digital source tapes as the CD's. 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
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"Photo: Angus McBean" credit is printed on the right corner of the front cover.
Most pressings came with black “Limited Edition” hype sticker on the shrink-wrap with a corresponding catalog number. Parlophone logo is printed on the back cover.
With Barcord
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label "EMI RECORDS LTD" credit and catalog number were printed on the back cover.
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Catalog number revised to C1 0777 7 46435 1 1, seen on spine, bottom lower back by the Apple logo, and on labels. Capitol oval and Apple logos along the bottom back.
 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” and Apple logo on the right.
label label Catalog number revised to C1 0777 7 46435 1 1, seen on spine, bottom lower back by the Apple logo, and on labels.
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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-3 (with Parlophone & Apple 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 AL-SP   CLJ-1-46435  F-1   ɑ B-27931-F1 △17015  Wally  1-2   SP   O-1   (hand etched)
MASTERED BY CAPITOL (machine stamped)
SIDE 2 AL-SP   CLJ -2-46435  F-2  ɑ B-27932-F2  △17015-X  Wally  SP   O-1   (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: Robert Freeman / Notes: Tony Barrow
PRODUCER George Martin
COMMENTS The first U.K. seven albums were first issued on vinyl in America on 21 July, 1987, on the NEW rainbow label. They were switched to the purple label in 1988. The next six albums were first remastered in 1988, by which time Capitol was using the purple label.
All albums, except "Past Masters", were reissued in 1995. "The Beatles", "Yellow Submarine", "Abbey Road" and "Let It Be" were pressed with Apple labels. The other 1995 reissues have purple labels.
The albums had a small sticker stating "LIMITED EDITION" adhead to the shrinkwrap.

Part of Capitol's Limited Edition re-issue series of the UK catalog , issued late 1995, using the same  They are mastered from the same digital source tapes as the CD's.

All albums in this series up to "Magical Mystery Tour" have the purple Capitol label. The remaining titles are on Apple.
Each copy has a black "Limited Edition" sticker on the shrink-wrap.

Catalog number revised to C1 0777 7 46435 1 1, seen on spine, bottom lower back by the Apple logo, and on labels.

Purple Capitol label design with the Parlophone logo on the left side of label above the “1” and “2” and Apple logo on the right.
Capitol oval and Apple logos along the bottom back cover.
UPC on the back is more rectangular shape.
Most pressings came with black “Limited Edition” hype sticker on the shrink-wrap with a corresponding catalog number.
Disc comes in a clear rice-paper sleeve.

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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