It's a good thing my wife and daughter were out of the house when I watched this. I was commenting out loud as you opened each record for inspection. I don't think either of them would understand me saying; "SOMETHING NEW...with no ring wear on the front cover? Cool!"
Love your videos. As a long time Beatles fan who’s obsessed about different pressings, mixes etc, you are the luckiest guy to get to handle and listen to these records
It's popular to debate the merits of the Capitol albums and the comments section here is no exception. While I agree the UK albums are superior in every respect, I think one should still enjoy their Capitol albums if they own them. It's best to just relax and not get too fussed. On the occasions I play them, I find that I quickly stop worrying about the altered sound and just enjoy the music for what it is. The Beatles created songs that transcend whatever format you listen on. The Capitol albums are a good slice of nostalgia and represent the way that millions of teenagers fell in love with the Beatles. They are a nice snapshot of history. I'm also a big fan of the Capitol singles with their picture sleeves. Whenever I spin the orange/yellow swirl label 45s, I'm nine years old again.
"The Early Beatles" record is a Scranton pressing with just a different (later) symbol (anvil). This replaced the I AM triangle. Looks like some mismatching as far as inner sleeve, record, and jacket with some of the first albums you showed... Jacksonville cover, Scranton record, etc. The hole in "Beatles VI" is most likely an after-release promo copy. That is a basic retail copy that was made into promo with a simple hole punch. (U.S. pre-release promos, usually had label identifiers, stamps, white labels, etc.) I just have to say, too, that this channel is quickly becoming one of my top 5. The presentation and content are remarkable. Keep up the great work!
I don't believe there were any white label promo copies of US Beatles albums ever made, just hole punches in the covers. That very well maybe an original promo copy of Beatles VI
@@projectpat006 There weren't any Capitol ones as far as I know. That's why I mentioned Capitol's practice of taking basic retail copies and punching a hole in the cover to make them promo. (Sometimes they would also use a engraving stamp in an upper corner.)
And of course the number stamped on dead wax looks like it sorta dates back to the 1940’s when Capitol singles were on 78 like Nat King Cole, Jo Stafford, Johnny Mercer, Art Russell, Peggy Lee, Stan Kenton, and other artists came to the label. For the children’s product, Mel Blanc, the voice of the “Looney Tunes” was on the label as well.
@@Musicradio77Network I noticed that too. It looked similar to some Sinatra and Nat Cole Capitol albums I have from the 50s. Interesting to see this marking on a Beatles album. Highly unusual.
They used the anvil stamp til late '63,then switched to the triangle-they figured for a basically an oldies album,which Early Beatles was,to use the old script stamp once again for just this title.And the Something New is indeed,a "waxy"groove copy,indicative of the July/early August'64 first pressings.However,The Early Beatles shown is a second press,as the first labels used were glossy side printed,then switched to the flat matte side,not long after.
My big sis had “Introducing” and I used to sneak into her room for a listen. I was nine or ten at the time. This was 65-ish. But I remember just how great the sound quality was on it compared to “Meet.” Obviously I had no technical expertise at that young age but I remember feeling it. I found an original lately in very nice shape and my observation still stands! Great job, VeeJay! You may have been crooks but you knew how to master a record!
My mother has Introducing The Beatles second pressing in US where the VJ label is matte black with silver writing. It is authentic, George's shadow is in picture, the runout is less than an inch to label each side. What is interesting is on I Saw Her Standing There, the count in is only the number 4.
I always avoided the US pressings like the plague. Didn't regard them as being official canon, so to speak, and many were a pale shadow of their UK counterpart. However, since getting more into collecting Beatles vinyl, I found I couldn't ignore the Capitol releases any longer. And actually, some are rather good, especially Meet the Beatles, Rubber Soul and, of course, Magical Mystery Tour. So much so that my most recent video was all about the US Capitol albums! I guess I finally saw the light...or joined the dark side, depending which way you look at it.
@ It's well documented that the Beatles themselves disliked the Capitol releases for precisely that same reason. Also, you apparently missed the part where I was speaking in the past tense. Try to keep up next time.
@ How is my view "elitist" when it's the view the Beatles themselves held? Convenient that you failed to address that point. Furthermore, any arrogance has come from you with your petty insults simply because I stated an opinion. This is a public forum so don't feign outrage just because somebody else has an opinion that differs to your own. Good day to you.
I understand the sentiment, but especially with the early albums being more “collections of songs not good enough to be singles” have always been decent assortments of the early songs. Especially since they were more likely to have a couple of singles on the discs. It’s really Rubber Soul on for me where it’s no question the UK albums have the “proper” track listing imo. I certainly don’t go out of my way to listen to anything but the uk monos (and analog stereo Abbey Road), but I never disliked listening to any early capitol record (aside from missing I Saw Her Standing There on the early capitol slate). All speaking from a track listing perspective as opposed to audio quality.. My favorite record is probably Revolver and the Capitol version legitimately upsets me. It takes the most interesting experimentation out and with Paul’s more standard pop fare of the time dominates instead of balances.. all amazing songs but such a “small” exclusion of a couple tracks really changes the dynamics of a piece of art. Respect to anyone else’s opinions this is just what I thought about based on your comment about opening up to the US catalog. Ultimately, seeing the growth of the Beatles and their statements through their art as they worked through the years are “best” observed with the now standardized “cannon”. But, it’s all in good fun in the end.
5 & 6 covers are Los Angeles pressings. Brown is first pressing cover. Someone switch labels . Meet the Beatles third variation 3 BMI the rest ASCAP . Sgt Pepper cutout is a xerox copy. Green cover is third variation with 3 BMI rest ASCAP. Blue inner is correct .
My Beatles Rubber Soul Canadian press has a white and red Pathe sleeve featuring a Capitol records recommendation of the DuoTone stereo needle.I don’t know if it the original but I do remember seeing numerous Pathe Capitol sleeves on many Beatles LPs in my childhood.
The first red printers didn't have the Caution info,I believe that was added in early '65.The 3 6000's had the 3 label affiliates listed,Capitol,Pathe'and Angel.
Another fantastic video. I really enjoy these unboxing videos. They were what got me interested in your channel to being with...your early unboxing of the UK collection and the 45's. Hope you are well and I look forward to your next video.
Love seeing those U.S. LP's. That's what I grew up with, the Canadian versions though. Your U.S. Sgt. Pepper has the label error which has the "With" missing from With a Little... Take care.
What a great and boxing video of all the Beatles stuff from America it is great to see and to hear you opening the box and that those albums are in good condition when I buy LPs and series I always like to make sure that mine are in great condition I don’t like anything scratched up.
The White Album Y on back cover - should have a T stamp if 1968 pressing - is a mid seventies SMO on black vinyl. This is why you have to look for the numbered covers,top opening ,and BIEM publishing on all labels . SACEM are all 1970s or later French pressings .
Hi Andrew,Really excellent news we are getting a new video each week from now on.Look forward to the next unboxing one too.Think some of the U.S.albums you showed here ,considering their age,were in exceptionally good condition overall (vinyl,covers and inner sleeves).As you say,they don't come around very often.Cheers Ian
Wow ! I never noticed the little triangle before ! Something New was the 1st Beatles album I received from my Aunt for my 7th birthday in 1967 ! Funny, I didn’t much care for it. I was a bigger Monkees fan then! It would take a couple more years before I got into the Beatles!
The pressing plant mark in question is Scranton. The anvil was used from 1946 to 1973, after that the IAM pressing mark was used to reflect the union label, till the plant closed in 1973.
Man, was I excited to see the US pressings...maybe the one you were asking about where it was pressed ...Illinois, maybe? But I must say seeing the French pressings was great! I hadn’t seen the blue sky label before. Very nice. Now we know why the box was broken...too many LP’s in it!😅 Well done again. Be back tomorrow!
I always thought the hole punch or a notch cut in the spine was a "closeout/sale" sort of thing so you wouldn't be able to return it later. That way it is "all sales final"
The hole punch can mean it's a closeout or it can mean it's a promo. Either way, the idea is to keep them from being returned to stores for attempted refunds. In this case, I lean towards this record being a promo, simply because very few core catalog Beatles records ended up in the closeout bin. (The Tony Sheridan stuff could be seen in the closeout bin, once fans caught on to those recordings.) The core catalog sold good enough over the years that no distributors or stores were stuck with their copies for very long. Capitol and EMI were regularly re-pressing the Beatles albums over the decades to keep up with the demand. And while the demand dipped a bit from time-to-time, it never went away.
In regards to The Early Beatles dead wax stamp, that’s the Scranton PA Anvil which was in use from 1949-1963 so I’m really not sure how it ended up on that pressing from 1965. A very interesting oddity! Edit: I just pulled out my first pressing stereo and mono copies and they both have the anvil as well! Very interesting that the old plant stamper appears here, I wonder why!
I always found that there was something lacking in the US capitol sleeves. They just seem dull when compared to the UK sleeves. But that didn't stop me from getting them. Since I'm from Canada I always jumped on getting Beatles LPs. I did stumble on a Meet the Beatles LP in the early 90s in Victoria, British Columbia with a hole in the top corner (it had a Purple capitol label). The sleeve itself was crisp and in good condition. So I played it and it sounded the way it sounded, but then I got to George Harrison's Don't Bother Me Track. And I noticed that he sings an extra "don't" right before he sings "don't come around, leave me alone, don't bother me". I thought the album skipped so I played it again to make sure and sure enough he sings an extra "don't" before he sings the rest of the lyrics. I never discovered why this happened. The US Meet the Beatles doesn't have this extra "don't".
Thanks for the nice video. I only have one French Beatles record, a contract pressing of White Album they did for Electrola in 1981. Interestingly, by 1978, the French WA seems to have switched to UK outer sleeves (with the dual mono/stereo number on spine), whereas in 1968, they used German ones (with the SMO number which France shared with Germany back then).
In regards to the "Beatles VI" album: the hole punch meant it was indeed a promo. This was one of the ways Capitol marked its promo LP's. Also, on the "Early Beatles" LP: the pressing mark was called an "anvil", which was used at the Scranton, PA factory in the 1950's, uniti it was phased out in favor of the "IAM" in the triangle, the IAM being the union that represented Scranton plant employees.
All of the originals had promo markings,which were corner dot punched "Promo"word copies,or what has been referred to as Promo word notch copies. I've had a few.Something New and Revolver Monos.And a "Free"word notcher for MMT,as well.
Do you have a source for that? Jacksonville pressings are usually identified by a O in the dead wax. The anvil seen here was from Scranton’s plant but was the stamp used prior to the triangle IAM
In respect to Capitol cover RIAA numbers . 2 Scranton - 3 Scranton - 4Jacksonville - 5 Los Angeles - 6 Los Angeles and Winchester - 8 Columbia - 9Jacksonville - 10 Scranton - Those are the only 1960s Capitol covers I'm aware of.
I heard that you can tell if a copy of Introducing...The Beatles is a counterfeit if you look closely there is a shadow where George is standing there's some counterfeit ones that George does not have a shadow but still I think even the counterfeit copies are extremely rare as well
In the mid ‘80’s I managed to pick up a very nice mono copy of VeeJay’s “Song, Pictures And Stories…”, which, of course was a repackage of “Introducing…” with the rainbow/brackets label. Pretty shocking when you hear “ISHST” for the very first time on VeeJay.
I live in the US and recently bought a Rubber Soul imported from France. It has the British 2box EMI label with 1965 on the left side of the album. Sounds fantastic compared to my US Apple copy! Am confused though by the dead wax numbers. M6 on both sides followed with like 5 numbers. Was wondering too about the blue label French albums that have Stereo on the top of the label and Mono on the bottom? As usual, great listening to my favorite Beatles expert!
The copy of Pepper is likely a very early pressing, it's easy to miss but on Side A the 2nd tune is titled "A Little Help From My Friends", this was corrected pretty quickly but there were a certain number of LPs that went out with that label. Not sure if it was both mono & stereo...I do have a mono copy like this.
The “ TELL “ on French sixties albums is the publishing credits on labels. BIEM are all tube cuts up to around 1972-3. After that it changed to SACEM ( rather funny - sack em ) . I love sixties French albums . The SMO on the French White was original , but reintroduced years later with the SMO catalog which I’ve noticed people trying to sell as first pressing . Always look for BIEM for French early - first pressings …
Thank you again for another great Beatles vinyl porn showing! Always good fun!!! A complement to an American pressing, always nice to hear, even if it is just about the cover. Actually Rubber Soul is a completely different vibe than the UK with the shake up of various songs from other albums and in stereo with the false start to "I'm Looking Through You", it creates a mellow, if slightly anemic, vibe that the UK album doesn't have.
Nice score on that Help! US cover. I have never seen a mono version that clean out of the shrink. The white background on the front and back cover tends to show more flaws, but yours doesn't.
I have a 1969 French Abbey Road (the one I grew up with) The start of Come Together is slightly fading in. I wonder if the 1978 one does the same. French cutters had omitted the Taxman count in on the original mono and the 78 reissue.
Hello Andrew If you should find yourself a nice condition trove of Canadian pressings, I hope you will focus on the first 3 Capitol of Canada releases, as they differ from the early U.S. pressings. After that, skip ahead to the Canadian Capitol purple label and slightly later retro rainbow label editions of the entire catalogue. Some of them sound spectacular and many were not in legitimate Stereo until the last 5 or 6 years of the all Analogue era.
It ALSO has to have the correct track listing on the back cover, and the label with the album title and Beatles credit above the spindle hole.... there are some counterfeits with the correct front cover - Georges' shadow - out there, but the rear cover text and label text are still wrong! ;-)
Some counterfeits do have the shadow, but in order to tell if the cover is legitimate, observe the texture of the cover. If the cover is flat and doesn’t seem like a paste over, it’s a fake. If the cover has a bit of a texture and the back shows those flip backs underneath the cover paste on, it’s legitimate
There is a boot with the Allentown text font,same setup,with "The Beatles"ABOVE the play hole.Telltale signs it's a boot:flat matte label,not glossy,and loud yellow and deep purple,but no greenish tint in colorband.Plays as lousy,with the dropout,as the others do.
Do you ever come across an collect any of the preety things uk pressings?, a much over looked excellient british band,of course those of us that know the preetys were recording( S F. sorrow) in one studio, beatles in an other..the Floyd were recording there First one as well I have yet to see any one do complete overview of the preety things albums...(get the picture?)
All Beatles french albums I got had the most powerful bass I've ever heard, but I'm not a trimming fan which is present in Revolver (no count-in on Taxman) and Abbey Road (first "shoot" on Come Together is absent). Some US unique mixes are quite interesting.
@@michaelmcclelland2896Rubber Soul is the album with most of the US unique mixes. The Word in stereo has John's vocals double tracked and Michelle in mono fades out later than every other release.
@@fbt25 I wish someone would make a visual diagram of us/uk albums with all the oddities, such as that , able to be seen and heard as well. That would be cool.
About American discography,in this time you bought records with any defects and very used by other guy.Ready France collection seen be best my guess,but have your mistreatment by owner pass and you shoulder have pay much money by all this.The cheap sometimes becomes expensive.Uchino of Japan.Thank you Andrew and I see you in next time.
The original inner sleeves for Meet the Beatles were dark blue. I think they changed over pretty quickly. On that topic, it’s not uncommon to see the Pepper inners with MMT albums. They must have been using up old stock or it was an error at one plant.
Andrew, I have the French boxed set in dark green. Has Beatles in Gold lettering along the entire one side. Has a different lp configuration than yours: No. 1, 4 Garcons Dans La Event (Hard Day's Night), Help!, Rubber Soul, Revolver, Sgt Pepper, Magical Mystery Tour, Back in the USSR (White Album), Yellow Submarine, Beatles Again (Hey Jude), Abbey Road and Let It Be. Is this a later version?
Is it too annoying for you to help me to find the year of my early copy of MMT by the Beatles? Is an old USA pressing and I'm not sure of the year. Let me know what you think, greetings from Chile ! 🇨🇱
On the US Rubber Soul, the label has "John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr" under the band name. Was this the same on all the US Rubber Soul pressings, or just the first? Out of interest, I looked at the reproduction of the label on the Rubber Soul CD in the "US Albums" set. It just says "The Beatles." A detail they overlooked? As always, fascinating stuff, Andrew. Looking forward to the next one!
The earliest US copies of Rubber Soul accidentally left out the John, Paul, George, Ringo names; which were quickly added! I have a lovely stereo US Rubber Soul that doesn't have the individual names - it still has 'most' of it's original shrink-wrap even! I picked it up several years ago off Ebay - I'm a UK collector, and when I saw it, I knew I needed to have it!! I think back then - 10 years ago-ish, I only paid around £20, maybe £30 for it! I hate that early stereo mix, but I love the record itself, with it's different 'Capitol' mixes on a few songs... :-)
@@stevesstuff1450 Another variant in early copies is having their names on the label, but no "The Beatles". That's actually one of the releases I own! Crazy how many variations there were at the time.
Certainly did enjoy that Andrew, thank you. Love watching you unbox this stuff. I want one of those better covers of the Beatles for sale album that came with the French version. Because the UK cover is so terrible , such a crappy design.
Growing up with these "collections ", I have collected them all, but would never play them now, after getting my real Beatle albums from the UK in 1970. Terrible sound and absurd track listings. Bruce Spizer's fine books are the definitive source for info on U.S. Beatles records
The US mono albums of Meet The Beatles (with the exception of "I Want To Hold Your Hand and This Boy" which are true mono), The Early Beatles and Help! (exception "Ticket To Ride" true mono) are all fold downs of the stereo mixes. These are not the true mono mixes.
That’s why Capitol was using Duophonic as reprocessed stereo. You don’t see Duophonic name on any Beatles US releases like “Meet the Beatles”, “Second Album”, “Something New”, “Beatles ‘65”, “Beatles VI”, and “Magical Mystery Tour”.
@@Musicradio77Network The reason you don’t see Duophonic on The Beatles Capitol stereo albums is because most of the tracks were in true stereo. Capitol only used reprocessed stereo on 17 tracks throughout their catalogue. (2 Meet The Beatles, 3 The Beatles' Second Album, 2 Beatles '65, 2 The Early Beatles, 1 Beatles VI, 1 Help!, 3 Yesterday and Today and 3 on Magical Mystery Tour. Something New was the 1st Capitol album where all the tracks were in true stereo.
Those heavy plastic PVC clear outer jacket sleeves are known to outgas and transfer a 'fog' to the vinyl, best not to keep the vinyl near those. You can google search the problem with them.
Yes, do brush up. There is no state of Columbia in the US. Scranton is in Pennsylvania. I heard you say it correctly later, but you have a graphic title that says Scranton, Columbia.
I saw that on the screen and KNEW someone would make such a comment. I had top scroll all the way down, but I found it. lol (I guess it wasn't noticed that the "state" of Los Angeles or Jacksonville wasn't mentioned)
@@Parlogram I saw that, did the double-take, but then realized you must be referring to the company contracted to do the pressing since there IS a Columbia records. I've seen you refer in previous videos to instances where other record companies were often contracted to help press Beatles records due to the high volume (e.g., Decca in the UK). Some of us are paying attention... 😉
Hello I Don't know if you are awhere of how hard you handle you're LP,s your thumb pressure is very bad and you need to use your box cutter at an 90 Degree angle so not to possibility cut into a LP. I know you are trying to film fast ,but man when l see a perfect 45 year insert piece of paper bent it just hurts to see. I don't mean to be a hater. I have just seen so many razer cuts on items at stores. Thank you very much for your show it is Great.
On Introducing the Beatles always look for George’s shadow. Most bootlegs don’t have the shadow, the other issue with Vee Jay is the color band on labels. Bootlegs color on labels look terrible, not much smooth color gratings … I’m a Yank . Every Capitol pressing with the exception of Meet The Beatles sound terrible . Capitol translated in any other language means “ greed “ …
Yes, I grew up listening to Capitol pressings. It was a shock when I picked up the BC13 and could hear the clarity of the recordings for the first time. I then picked up a German copy of MMT - it was like what Dorothy felt when she stepped into technicolor in Wizard of Oz - I was totally blown away. What a waste of time it is to collect Capital releases...
I could watch these videos for hours
It's a good thing my wife and daughter were out of the house when I watched this. I was commenting out loud as you opened each record for inspection. I don't think either of them would understand me saying; "SOMETHING NEW...with no ring wear on the front cover? Cool!"
Glad you enjoyed it, Mark!
Brazillian title for A Hard Day's Night is: Os Reis Do Ié, Ié, Ié ! (Eng.: The Kings Of Yeah, Yeah, Yeah!)......
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Just listen to the first seconds of songs like "She loves you", "It won't be long" and "I'll get you", and you'll totally understand why 😂
@@SleekhookSleekhook it's a little worse i am Brazillian...hahaha....
Love your videos. As a long time Beatles fan who’s obsessed about different pressings, mixes etc, you are the luckiest guy to get to handle and listen to these records
It's popular to debate the merits of the Capitol albums and the comments section here is no exception. While I agree the UK albums are superior in every respect, I think one should still enjoy their Capitol albums if they own them. It's best to just relax and not get too fussed. On the occasions I play them, I find that I quickly stop worrying about the altered sound and just enjoy the music for what it is. The Beatles created songs that transcend whatever format you listen on. The Capitol albums are a good slice of nostalgia and represent the way that millions of teenagers fell in love with the Beatles. They are a nice snapshot of history. I'm also a big fan of the Capitol singles with their picture sleeves. Whenever I spin the orange/yellow swirl label 45s, I'm nine years old again.
The "anvil" stamp in The Early Beatles also indicates Scranton!
Unusual the disc would have an anvil stamp in 1965...but it's Scranton!
"The Early Beatles" record is a Scranton pressing with just a different (later) symbol (anvil). This replaced the I AM triangle. Looks like some mismatching as far as inner sleeve, record, and jacket with some of the first albums you showed... Jacksonville cover, Scranton record, etc. The hole in "Beatles VI" is most likely an after-release promo copy. That is a basic retail copy that was made into promo with a simple hole punch. (U.S. pre-release promos, usually had label identifiers, stamps, white labels, etc.) I just have to say, too, that this channel is quickly becoming one of my top 5. The presentation and content are remarkable. Keep up the great work!
Thanks for the information, Robert. Much appreciated!
@@Parlogram That's why we subscribe to your channel Andrew - every day's a school day...right?
I don't believe there were any white label promo copies of US Beatles albums ever made, just hole punches in the covers. That very well maybe an original promo copy of Beatles VI
@@projectpat006 there were two,actually,Greg-The Ua AHDN had a White label promo,and the even scarcer VJ Hear the Beatles blue logo white label!!
@@projectpat006 There weren't any Capitol ones as far as I know. That's why I mentioned Capitol's practice of taking basic retail copies and punching a hole in the cover to make them promo. (Sometimes they would also use a engraving stamp in an upper corner.)
Nice records mate .I really like the Capital HELP lp, i really prefer the Bond style beginning of Help .
Very enjoyable as always Andrew. 👍 A good unboxing is always quite satisfying. Looking forward to the reviews on the albums.
Another informative and enjoyable presentation! Thank you, Andrew.
Looking forward to every weekend now.
Many thanks, Roger!
The runout groove stamping at 19:38 is from Scranton. They used that symbol from 1949 to about 65 then they replaced it with the triangle I AM symbol.
And of course the number stamped on dead wax looks like it sorta dates back to the 1940’s when Capitol singles were on 78 like Nat King Cole, Jo Stafford, Johnny Mercer, Art Russell, Peggy Lee, Stan Kenton, and other artists came to the label. For the children’s product, Mel Blanc, the voice of the “Looney Tunes” was on the label as well.
@@Musicradio77Network I noticed that too. It looked similar to some Sinatra and Nat Cole Capitol albums I have from the 50s. Interesting to see this marking on a Beatles album. Highly unusual.
@@johnnytheg they must still have had an older machine they were using. I have a handful of those.
They used the anvil stamp til late '63,then switched to the triangle-they figured for a basically an oldies album,which Early Beatles was,to use the old script stamp once again for just this title.And the Something New is indeed,a "waxy"groove copy,indicative of the July/early August'64 first pressings.However,The Early Beatles shown is a second press,as the first labels used were glossy side printed,then switched to the flat matte side,not long after.
My big sis had “Introducing” and I used to sneak into her room for a listen. I was nine or ten at the time. This was 65-ish. But I remember just how great the sound quality was on it compared to “Meet.” Obviously I had no technical expertise at that young age but I remember feeling it. I found an original lately in very nice shape and my observation still stands! Great job, VeeJay! You may have been crooks but you knew how to master a record!
My mother has Introducing The Beatles second pressing in US where the VJ label is matte black with silver writing. It is authentic, George's shadow is in picture, the runout is less than an inch to label each side. What is interesting is on I Saw Her Standing There, the count in is only the number 4.
The 1st editions of "Pepper" labeled Side 1, track 2 as "A Little Help From My Friends," omitting the word "With."
I love these unboxing videos! Especially seeing these cool covers! Thanks Andrew!👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Glad you like them!
Thanks for lot of info👍🙂
My pleasure, Dan!
I always avoided the US pressings like the plague. Didn't regard them as being official canon, so to speak, and many were a pale shadow of their UK counterpart. However, since getting more into collecting Beatles vinyl, I found I couldn't ignore the Capitol releases any longer. And actually, some are rather good, especially Meet the Beatles, Rubber Soul and, of course, Magical Mystery Tour. So much so that my most recent video was all about the US Capitol albums! I guess I finally saw the light...or joined the dark side, depending which way you look at it.
@ It's well documented that the Beatles themselves disliked the Capitol releases for precisely that same reason. Also, you apparently missed the part where I was speaking in the past tense. Try to keep up next time.
@ How is my view "elitist" when it's the view the Beatles themselves held? Convenient that you failed to address that point.
Furthermore, any arrogance has come from you with your petty insults simply because I stated an opinion. This is a public forum so don't feign outrage just because somebody else has an opinion that differs to your own. Good day to you.
@ It's all good, sounds like we simply had a misunderstanding. I mean no ill will and always appreciate a good discussion.
I understand the sentiment, but especially with the early albums being more “collections of songs not good enough to be singles” have always been decent assortments of the early songs. Especially since they were more likely to have a couple of singles on the discs. It’s really Rubber Soul on for me where it’s no question the UK albums have the “proper” track listing imo. I certainly don’t go out of my way to listen to anything but the uk monos (and analog stereo Abbey Road), but I never disliked listening to any early capitol record (aside from missing I Saw Her Standing There on the early capitol slate). All speaking from a track listing perspective as opposed to audio quality..
My favorite record is probably Revolver and the Capitol version legitimately upsets me. It takes the most interesting experimentation out and with Paul’s more standard pop fare of the time dominates instead of balances.. all amazing songs but such a “small” exclusion of a couple tracks really changes the dynamics of a piece of art.
Respect to anyone else’s opinions this is just what I thought about based on your comment about opening up to the US catalog. Ultimately, seeing the growth of the Beatles and their statements through their art as they worked through the years are “best” observed with the now standardized “cannon”. But, it’s all in good fun in the end.
There are some unique US mixes that are very interesting.
5 & 6 covers are Los Angeles pressings. Brown is first pressing cover. Someone switch labels . Meet the Beatles third variation 3 BMI the rest ASCAP . Sgt Pepper cutout is a xerox copy. Green cover is third variation with 3 BMI rest ASCAP. Blue inner is correct .
My Beatles Rubber Soul Canadian press has a white and red Pathe sleeve featuring a Capitol records recommendation of the DuoTone stereo needle.I don’t know if it the original but I do remember seeing numerous Pathe Capitol sleeves on many Beatles LPs in my childhood.
The first red printers didn't have the Caution info,I believe that was added in early '65.The 3 6000's had the 3 label affiliates listed,Capitol,Pathe'and Angel.
Another fantastic video. I really enjoy these unboxing videos. They were what got me interested in your channel to being with...your early unboxing of the UK collection and the 45's.
Hope you are well and I look forward to your next video.
Love seeing those U.S. LP's. That's what I grew up with, the Canadian versions though. Your U.S. Sgt. Pepper has the label error which has the "With" missing from With a Little... Take care.
What a great and boxing video of all the Beatles stuff from America it is great to see and to hear you opening the box and that those albums are in good condition when I buy LPs and series I always like to make sure that mine are in great condition I don’t like anything scratched up.
Every weekend? Excellent!
The White Album Y on back cover - should have a T stamp if 1968 pressing - is a mid seventies SMO on black vinyl. This is why you have to look for the numbered covers,top opening ,and BIEM publishing on all labels . SACEM are all 1970s or later French pressings .
So goot to know a new videon from you is going to come out every weekend now, Andrew. Cheers, Nelio.
So excited for your Beatles '65 Video with sound quality!
So exited about more videos! Love them! And, very nice LPs too!
Glad you like them, Olav. More to come!
Very good. Enjoyed this one too.
Great video! Nice bonus you got in the blue box!!
Hi Andrew,Really excellent news we are getting a new video each week from now on.Look forward to the next unboxing one too.Think some of the U.S.albums you showed here ,considering their age,were in exceptionally good condition overall (vinyl,covers and inner sleeves).As you say,they don't come around very often.Cheers Ian
Wow ! I never noticed the little triangle before ! Something New was the 1st Beatles album I received from my Aunt for my 7th birthday in 1967 ! Funny, I didn’t much care for it. I was a bigger Monkees fan then! It would take a couple more years before I got into the Beatles!
The main thing is that our beatles' collection is never complete. Great purchase! Great video.
Thanks for watching, Carlos.
The pressing plant mark in question is Scranton. The anvil was used from 1946 to 1973, after that the IAM pressing mark was used to reflect the union label, till the plant closed in 1973.
fun to watch - as always
Man, was I excited to see the US pressings...maybe the one you were asking about where it was pressed ...Illinois, maybe?
But I must say seeing the French pressings was great! I hadn’t seen the blue sky label before. Very nice. Now we know why the box was broken...too many LP’s in it!😅 Well done again. Be back tomorrow!
I always thought the hole punch or a notch cut in the spine was a "closeout/sale" sort of thing so you wouldn't be able to return it later. That way it is "all sales final"
The hole punch can mean it's a closeout or it can mean it's a promo. Either way, the idea is to keep them from being returned to stores for attempted refunds. In this case, I lean towards this record being a promo, simply because very few core catalog Beatles records ended up in the closeout bin. (The Tony Sheridan stuff could be seen in the closeout bin, once fans caught on to those recordings.) The core catalog sold good enough over the years that no distributors or stores were stuck with their copies for very long. Capitol and EMI were regularly re-pressing the Beatles albums over the decades to keep up with the demand. And while the demand dipped a bit from time-to-time, it never went away.
In regards to The Early Beatles dead wax stamp, that’s the Scranton PA Anvil which was in use from 1949-1963 so I’m really not sure how it ended up on that pressing from 1965. A very interesting oddity!
Edit: I just pulled out my first pressing stereo and mono copies and they both have the anvil as well! Very interesting that the old plant stamper appears here, I wonder why!
Thanks, Luke!
Oh! So that's what it is! I have that mark on a few later US Beatles albums too, but never knew what it was!
Thanks! :-)
It was Capitol's one-time tip of the hat to an "oldies"based Beatle lp!!Old songs,old stamper markings to match!!
Superb stuff 👌
One small thing, ASCAP is pronounced ASS-CAP. Some of my PRS assignations are with them, the rest are with BMI for the USA .
Just found a US mono of Pepper. Great sound although the low end can get really intense. Especially on Fixing A Hole
Waiter: "What would you like on your Beatles salad, sir?"
Me: "Just a little French pressing please."
I always found that there was something lacking in the US capitol sleeves. They just seem dull when compared to the UK sleeves. But that didn't stop me from getting them. Since I'm from Canada I always jumped on getting Beatles LPs. I did stumble on a Meet the Beatles LP in the early 90s in Victoria, British Columbia with a hole in the top corner (it had a Purple capitol label). The sleeve itself was crisp and in good condition. So I played it and it sounded the way it sounded, but then I got to George Harrison's Don't Bother Me Track. And I noticed that he sings an extra "don't" right before he sings "don't come around, leave me alone, don't bother me". I thought the album skipped so I played it again to make sure and sure enough he sings an extra "don't" before he sings the rest of the lyrics. I never discovered why this happened. The US Meet the Beatles doesn't have this extra "don't".
Thanks for the nice video. I only have one French Beatles record, a contract pressing of White Album they did for Electrola in 1981.
Interestingly, by 1978, the French WA seems to have switched to UK outer sleeves (with the dual mono/stereo number on spine), whereas in 1968, they used German ones (with the SMO number which France shared with Germany back then).
In regards to the "Beatles VI" album: the hole punch meant it was indeed a promo. This was one of the ways Capitol marked its promo LP's. Also, on the "Early Beatles" LP: the pressing mark was called an "anvil", which was used at the Scranton, PA factory in the 1950's, uniti it was phased out in favor of the "IAM" in the triangle, the IAM being the union that represented Scranton plant employees.
Many thanks, Patrick!
All of the originals had promo markings,which were corner dot punched "Promo"word copies,or what has been referred to as Promo word notch copies. I've had a few.Something New and Revolver Monos.And a "Free"word notcher for MMT,as well.
The Early Beatles is a Jacksonville Il pressing.This is a first press as this plant started operations at this time in history.
Do you have a source for that? Jacksonville pressings are usually identified by a O in the dead wax. The anvil seen here was from Scranton’s plant but was the stamp used prior to the triangle IAM
@@lukeiovenitti4124 I believe I'm blind. I first watched this on my phone! Terra Haute was my second go to response here.
In respect to Capitol cover RIAA numbers .
2 Scranton -
3 Scranton -
4Jacksonville -
5 Los Angeles -
6 Los Angeles and Winchester -
8 Columbia -
9Jacksonville -
10 Scranton -
Those are the only 1960s Capitol covers I'm aware of.
I heard that you can tell if a copy of Introducing...The Beatles is a counterfeit if you look closely there is a shadow where George is standing there's some counterfeit ones that George does not have a shadow but still I think even the counterfeit copies are extremely rare as well
In the mid ‘80’s I managed to pick up a very nice mono copy of VeeJay’s “Song, Pictures And Stories…”, which, of course was a repackage of “Introducing…” with the rainbow/brackets label. Pretty shocking when you hear “ISHST” for the very first time on VeeJay.
I live in the US and recently bought a Rubber Soul imported from France. It has the British 2box EMI label with 1965 on the left side of the album. Sounds fantastic compared to my US Apple copy! Am confused though by the dead wax numbers. M6 on both sides followed with like 5 numbers. Was wondering too about the blue label French albums that have Stereo on the top of the label and Mono on the bottom? As usual, great listening to my favorite Beatles expert!
Interesting that the Let It Be album cover has the red apple on the back of the cover but green apple on the label.
The copy of Pepper is likely a very early pressing, it's easy to miss but on Side A the 2nd tune is titled "A Little Help From My Friends", this was corrected pretty quickly but there were a certain number of LPs that went out with that label. Not sure if it was both mono & stereo...I do have a mono copy like this.
The “ TELL “ on French sixties albums is the publishing credits on labels.
BIEM are all tube cuts up to around 1972-3. After that it changed to SACEM ( rather funny - sack em ) .
I love sixties French albums . The SMO on the French White was original , but reintroduced years later with the SMO catalog which I’ve noticed people trying to sell as first pressing . Always look for BIEM for French early - first pressings …
I never realized until a year ago that my country got different Beatles albums than the original ones from England
Thank you again for another great Beatles vinyl porn showing! Always good fun!!! A complement to an American pressing, always nice to hear, even if it is just about the cover. Actually Rubber Soul is a completely different vibe than the UK with the shake up of various songs from other albums and in stereo with the false start to "I'm Looking Through You", it creates a mellow, if slightly anemic, vibe that the UK album doesn't have.
It will say “subsidiary” on rim text if later pressing. I assume you’re aware of Spizer over here in the USA .
Nice score on that Help! US cover. I have never seen a mono version that clean out of the shrink. The white background on the front and back cover tends to show more flaws, but yours doesn't.
The inner sleeves for rubber soul and revolver were swapped..they accidentally put one in the wrong set..
I have a 1969 French Abbey Road (the one I grew up with) The start of Come Together is slightly fading in. I wonder if the 1978 one does the same. French cutters had omitted the Taxman count in on the original mono and the 78 reissue.
Well, the Dutch actually did a fadeout on I Want You (She's So Heavy). What a sacrilege!
Hello Andrew
If you should find yourself a nice condition trove of Canadian pressings, I hope you will focus on the first 3 Capitol of Canada releases, as they differ from the early U.S. pressings. After that, skip ahead to the Canadian Capitol purple label and slightly later
retro rainbow label editions of the entire catalogue. Some of them sound spectacular and many were not in legitimate Stereo
until the last 5 or 6 years of the all Analogue era.
They are on my list but not easy to find here in Europe.
I wonder how the French BC13 stacks up compared to the UK and German versions.
I got one,stereophoic(introducing the beatles)England by veejay record,SR 1062,is this still has value😊US made
I can't wait your FR review :) ... but the blue box is not the french box. The 1978 French box is green :) but I'm pretty sure you already knew that.
Looked like the generic box used in UK and Netherlands, probably re-purposed. Too bad the video doesn't show the catalog number on the side.
If Capitol says " Subsidiary " on labels rainbow they are not first pressings .
That French rarities album looked to have a typo on the label track list 'Bad Boys' instead of 'Bad Boy'? Cool set of records!
Andrew,check out Javier Parisi's videos when you can.Its like John reappeared.Its freaky!!
My belief is that the inner sleeves for Rubber Soul and Revolver got juxtaposed by the previous owner or in packing.
With the VeeJay album, if it has George's shadow on the cover, it's legitimate. And being that one does have his shadow....
Not necessarily. The shadow is the most obvious giveaway but some bootlegs had the shadow too. Need to check the record to be sure.
It ALSO has to have the correct track listing on the back cover, and the label with the album title and Beatles credit above the spindle hole.... there are some counterfeits with the correct front cover - Georges' shadow - out there, but the rear cover text and label text are still wrong! ;-)
Some counterfeits do have the shadow, but in order to tell if the cover is legitimate, observe the texture of the cover. If the cover is flat and doesn’t seem like a paste over, it’s a fake. If the cover has a bit of a texture and the back shows those flip backs underneath the cover paste on, it’s legitimate
There is a boot with the Allentown text font,same setup,with "The Beatles"ABOVE the play hole.Telltale signs it's a boot:flat matte label,not glossy,and loud yellow and deep purple,but no greenish tint in colorband.Plays as lousy,with the dropout,as the others do.
Do you ever come across an collect any of the preety things uk pressings?, a much over looked excellient british band,of course those of us that know the preetys were recording( S F. sorrow) in one studio, beatles in an other..the Floyd were recording there First one as well I have yet to see any one do complete overview of the preety things albums...(get the picture?)
All Beatles french albums I got had the most powerful bass I've ever heard, but I'm not a trimming fan which is present in Revolver (no count-in on Taxman) and Abbey Road (first "shoot" on Come Together is absent). Some US unique mixes are quite interesting.
Reminds me of “”I’m looking through you” with the false start. I just thought that was how it was.
@@michaelmcclelland2896Rubber Soul is the album with most of the US unique mixes. The Word in stereo has John's vocals double tracked and Michelle in mono fades out later than every other release.
@@fbt25 I wish someone would make a visual diagram of us/uk albums with all the oddities, such as that , able to be seen and heard as well. That would be cool.
How come the 1978 Let It Be has a red Apple logo?
You should do a video on Beatles '65!
About American discography,in this time you bought records with any defects and very used by other guy.Ready France collection seen be best my guess,but have your mistreatment by owner pass and you shoulder have pay much money by all this.The cheap sometimes becomes expensive.Uchino of Japan.Thank you Andrew and I see you in next time.
The original inner sleeves for Meet the Beatles were dark blue. I think they changed over pretty quickly.
On that topic, it’s not uncommon to see the Pepper inners with MMT albums. They must have been using up old stock or it was an error at one plant.
I got a "pepper" inner in my 1967 stereo copy of MM Tour also!(0Scranton) Got it for xmas 1967.
Does having the shrink wrap on the cover actually help the value?
Yes it does, Steve.
Andrew, I have the French boxed set in dark green. Has Beatles in Gold lettering along the entire one side. Has a different lp configuration than yours: No. 1, 4 Garcons Dans La Event (Hard Day's Night), Help!, Rubber Soul, Revolver, Sgt Pepper, Magical Mystery Tour, Back in the USSR (White Album), Yellow Submarine, Beatles Again (Hey Jude), Abbey Road and Let It Be. Is this a later version?
The green box came first.
Is it too annoying for you to help me to find the year of my early copy of MMT by the Beatles? Is an old USA pressing and I'm not sure of the year. Let me know what you think, greetings from Chile ! 🇨🇱
I DONT HAVE 1 original your so lucky
On the US Rubber Soul, the label has "John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr" under the band name. Was this the same on all the US Rubber Soul pressings, or just the first? Out of interest, I looked at the reproduction of the label on the Rubber Soul CD in the "US Albums" set. It just says "The Beatles." A detail they overlooked? As always, fascinating stuff, Andrew. Looking forward to the next one!
The earliest US copies of Rubber Soul accidentally left out the John, Paul, George, Ringo names; which were quickly added! I have a lovely stereo US Rubber Soul that doesn't have the individual names - it still has 'most' of it's original shrink-wrap even!
I picked it up several years ago off Ebay - I'm a UK collector, and when I saw it, I knew I needed to have it!! I think back then - 10 years ago-ish, I only paid around £20, maybe £30 for it!
I hate that early stereo mix, but I love the record itself, with it's different 'Capitol' mixes on a few songs... :-)
@@stevesstuff1450 Another variant in early copies is having their names on the label, but no "The Beatles". That's actually one of the releases I own! Crazy how many variations there were at the time.
Certainly did enjoy that Andrew, thank you. Love watching you unbox this stuff. I want one of those better covers of the Beatles for sale album that came with the French version. Because the UK cover is so terrible , such a crappy design.
I'm surprised that you're not wearing goves
Growing up with these "collections ", I have collected them all, but would never play them now, after getting my real Beatle albums from the UK in 1970. Terrible sound and absurd track listings. Bruce Spizer's fine books are the definitive source for info on U.S. Beatles records
The US mono albums of Meet The Beatles (with the exception of "I Want To Hold Your Hand and This Boy" which are true mono), The Early Beatles and Help! (exception "Ticket To Ride" true mono) are all fold downs of the stereo mixes. These are not the true mono mixes.
That’s why Capitol was using Duophonic as reprocessed stereo. You don’t see Duophonic name on any Beatles US releases like “Meet the Beatles”, “Second Album”, “Something New”, “Beatles ‘65”, “Beatles VI”, and “Magical Mystery Tour”.
@@Musicradio77Network The reason you don’t see Duophonic on The Beatles Capitol stereo albums is because most of the tracks were in true stereo. Capitol only used reprocessed stereo on 17 tracks throughout their catalogue. (2 Meet The Beatles, 3 The Beatles' Second Album, 2 Beatles '65, 2 The Early Beatles, 1 Beatles VI, 1 Help!, 3 Yesterday and Today and 3 on Magical Mystery Tour. Something New was the 1st Capitol album where all the tracks were in true stereo.
What no butcher cover in stereo?
I wish, Mike!
Those heavy plastic PVC clear outer jacket sleeves are known to outgas and transfer a 'fog' to the vinyl, best not to keep the vinyl near those. You can google search the problem with them.
It's called plastic migration.
Yes, do brush up. There is no state of Columbia in the US. Scranton is in Pennsylvania. I heard you say it correctly later, but you have a graphic title that says Scranton, Columbia.
Columbia is capitol city of South Carolina. And true no "Columbia," state.
Columbia refers to the record company to which pressings were contracted out to.
I saw that on the screen and KNEW someone would make such a comment. I had top scroll all the way down, but I found it. lol (I guess it wasn't noticed that the "state" of Los Angeles or Jacksonville wasn't mentioned)
@@Parlogram I saw that, did the double-take, but then realized you must be referring to the company contracted to do the pressing since there IS a Columbia records. I've seen you refer in previous videos to instances where other record companies were often contracted to help press Beatles records due to the high volume (e.g., Decca in the UK). Some of us are paying attention... 😉
"Wood for trees" comes to mind.
Let's not get too lost in details whilst we enjoy this journey.
Hello I Don't know if you are awhere of how hard you handle you're LP,s your thumb pressure is very bad and you need to use your box cutter at an 90 Degree angle so not to possibility cut into a LP. I know you are trying to film fast ,but man when l see a perfect 45 year insert piece of paper bent it just hurts to see. I don't mean to be a hater. I have just seen so many razer cuts on items at stores. Thank you very much for your show it is Great.
On Introducing the Beatles always look for George’s shadow. Most bootlegs don’t have the shadow, the other issue with Vee Jay is the color band on labels. Bootlegs color on labels look terrible, not much smooth color gratings …
I’m a Yank .
Every Capitol pressing with the exception of Meet The Beatles sound terrible .
Capitol translated in any other language means “ greed “ …
Yes, I grew up listening to Capitol pressings. It was a shock when I picked up the BC13 and could hear the clarity of the recordings for the first time. I then picked up a German copy of MMT - it was like what Dorothy felt when she stepped into technicolor in Wizard of Oz - I was totally blown away. What a waste of time it is to collect Capital releases...
The trouble with American albums is they suffer badly from ring wear, unlike the U.K