Beatles VI Label 62-01 Mono T-2358 Black rainbow label without subsidiary print. First pressing – The publishing credit for “Words of Love” is assigned to ASCAP. 62-01A (Keystone print) Factories: Scranton, Decca Pinckneyville Possible covers: Drill-hole punch reading “PROMO.” In this punch, the middle of the “M” is flat. Cover without promo stamp and “See label for correct playing order.” Cover showing the correct playing order. 62-01B (Bert-Co print) Factories: Los Angeles Possible covers: Drill-hole punch reading “PROMO.” In this punch, the middle of the “M” is pointed. Cover without promo stamp and “See label for correct playing order.”
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Beatles VI Label 62-01 Mono T-2358 Black rainbow label without subsidiary print. First pressing – The publishing credit for “Words of Love” is assigned to ASCAP. 62-01A (Keystone print) Factories: Scranton, Decca Pinckneyville
Possible covers: Drill-hole punch reading “PROMO.” In this punch, the middle of the “M” is flat. Cover without promo stamp and “See label for correct playing order.” Cover showing the correct playing order. 62-01B (Bert-Co print) Factories: Los Angeles
Possible covers: Drill-hole punch reading “PROMO.” In this punch, the middle of the “M” is pointed. Cover without promo stamp and “See label for correct playing order.”
Stereo ST-2358 Black rainbow label without subsidiary print. First pressing – The publishing credit for “Words of Love” is assigned to ASCAP. 62-01A (Keystone print) Factory: Scranton
Matte labels.
62-01B (Bert-Co print) The word “STEREO” is in narrow print with wide horizontal spacing. Factory: Los Angeles
A few copies exist with narrow spacing on STEREO. The same is true for the Early Beatles, and these are on a flat label. Most likely they were a later print run that had the narrow stereo by mistake.
Possible covers: Cover reading “See label for correct playing order.” Cover showing the correct playing order.
Label 62-02 Mono T-2358 Black rainbow label without subsidiary print. Second pressing – The publishing credit for “Words of Love” is assigned to BMI. 02A (Keystone print)
02B (Bert-Co print)
02J (Jacksonville) Unusual font with small print. Factories: Jacksonville
Possible covers: Cover reading “See label for correct playing order.” Cover showing the correct playing order.
Stereo ST-2358 Black rainbow label without subsidiary print. Second pressing – The publishing credit for “Words of Love” is assigned to BMI. 02A (Keystone print)
Copies from 1965-1967 have matte labels. Copies from late 1967 on have slick, raised labels.
02B (Bert-Co print) The word “STEREO” is in narrow print with wide horizontal spacing. Factory: Los Angeles
02J (Jacksonville) Unusual typeface with small print. Factories: Jacksonville, Columbia
Possible covers: Cover reading “See label for correct playing order.” Cover showing the correct playing order.
Label 62-RC1 Capitol ST-8-2358 Rainbow label with “manufactured under license” Back cover slick, folded around to the front, has the catalog number at the top right. Pressed by Decca-Pinckneyville between January and September, 1969.
Label 62x Stereo ST-2358 Rainbow label with subsidiary information above color band.
STEREO in wide, round print; glossy label Factory: Scranton
STEREO in tall, thin print; flat label Factories: Los Angeles, Columbia Santa Maria
stereo in small, round print; flat label Unusual typeface with small print.
Factories: Jacksonville, Columbia Possible covers: Cover reading “See label for correct playing order.” Cover showing the correct playing order. Label 69 Stereo ST-2358 Lime green label with “C” logo. Factory: Winchester, Los Angeles, Jacksonville Stereo (69L) Factory: Jacksonville (69J) ? Unusual typeface with small print. Label may have “TM” next to the Capitol logo, or may have ® under the “l” of “Capitol.” Possible covers: Cardboard cover with or without RIAA seal. With or without correct order.
Label 69-RC1 Capitol ST-8-2358 Rainbow label with “manufactured under license” Back cover slick, folded around to the front, has no catalog number at the top right. Pressed by Decca-Pinckneyville between September, 1969, and ??. Rare.
Label ac Stereo ST-2358 Apple label with Capitol logo Factory: Los Angeles Factory: Jacksonville Possible covers: Cardboard cover with or without RIAA seal. With or without correct order. Label af Stereo ST-2358 Apple label with “MFD. BY APPLE” on the full side Factory: Los Angeles Label may be flat or glossy. Factory: Jacksonville Label may be glossy and yellowish or flat. Factory: Winchester
Label may be flat or glossy. Copies pressed in 1974-5 have “Mastered by Capitol” in the matrix. Possible covers: Cardboard cover with or without RIAA seal. With or without correct order.
Label as Stereo ST-2358 Apple label with “MFD. BY APPLE” on the sliced side Factory: Winchester Possible covers: Cardboard cover with RIAA seal. Label ar Stereo ST-2358 Apple label with rights information on one or both sides. Factory: Los Angeles Rights information appears across the label in black. Factory: Los Angeles Rights information appears below the manufacturing statement in the rim text. Factory: Jacksonville Rights information appears in the rim around the right side of the label. Factory: Winchester Rights information appears below the manufacturing statement in the rim text. Possible covers: Cardboard cover with or without RIAA seal. Label 72r Stereo ST-2358 Orange label with rights disclaimer Factory: Los Angeles Large side number appears at left. “Capitol” at bottom has a greenish tint, compared to tan for Winchester. Factory: Winchester Factory: Jacksonville “Stereo” appears at left. Possible covers: Cardboard cover with or without RIAA seal. Posterboard cover.
Label 78 Stereo ST-2358 Purple label with large logo Factory: Los Angeles Factory: Jacksonville Factory: Winchester Cardboard cover with RIAA seal. Posterboard cover. Label 83 Stereo ST-2358 Rainbow label with print in color band. Factory: Los Angeles, Jacksonville, Winchester, Specialty Cardboard cover with RIAA seal. Posterboard cover. Label 88 Stereo ST-2358 Purple label with small logo. Factory: Specialty Cardboard cover with RIAA seal. This was the only regular-series album originally released by Capitol before 1968 to be issued on the new purple label with its original catalog number.
