"MEET THE BEATLES" CAPITOL RECORD CLUB ISSUE 1969 LIME GREEN LABEL
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IN DECEMBER 1968, CAPITOL HAD AGREED TO SELL ITS DIRECT MARKETING CORPORATION, WHICH INCLUDED THE CAPITOL RECORD CLUB TO THE LONGINES (LONGINES-WITTNAUER) COMPANY. PRIOR TO LONGINES' PURCHASE OF THE RECORD CLUB, THE BEATLES ALBUMS ISSUED TO CLUB MEMBERS WERE THE SAME AS THE RECORDS SHIPPED BY CAPITOL TO DISTRIBUTORS AND STORES.
AFTER LONGINES TOOK OVER THE CLUB IN 1969, CAPITOL QUIT SUPPLYING ALBUMS TO THE CLUB, INSTEAD LONGINES ARRANGED FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF CAPITOL ALBUMS USING COVER ARTWORK AND LABEL BACKDROPS SUPPLIED BY CAPITOL. THE LP BACK COVERS HAVE THREE ANGLED BLACK BARS IN THE UPPER RIGHT HAND CORNER WHICH WRAP AROUND TO THE FRONT COVER IN THE UPPER LEFT HAND CORNER, AND DO NOT HAVE THE "FILE UNDER" INFORMATION.
LONGINES ALSO ALTERED THE RECORD NUMBER OF THE LPS BY ADDING THE NUMBER "8" TO THE PREFIX. BY THE TIME LONGINES BEGAN PRESSING CAPITOL BEATLES ALBUMS IN 1968, MONO DISCS HAVE BEEN PHASED OUT. THUS, THERE ARE NO MONO LONGINES PRESSINGS OF BEATLES ALBUMS. THESE LONGINES BEATLES ALBUMS ARE LESS COMMON THAN THE STANDARD CAPITOL ALBUMS, WHICH SOLD IN THE MILLIONS.
THE FIRST RECORDS PRESSED FOR LONGINES HAVE THE CAPITOL RAINBOW LABEL BACKDROPS, WHILE LATER ISSUES HAVE EITHER GREEN OR ORANGE CAPITOL LABELS.
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