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  #11 Revolver (T-2576)
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#11-1 Revolver (1st. Press 'Lennon-McCartney' Credit / Scranton Press": T-2576)
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TITLE
 REVOLVER
CATALOG NUMBER
 T-2576
RELEASE DATE
 8th August.1966 / First Press
TITLE LISTING
 SIDE 1
 SIDE 2
Taxman (BMI-2:36)
 Good Day Sunshine (BMI-2:08)
Eleanor Rigby (BMI-2:11)
 For No One (BMI-2:03)
Love You To (BMI-3:00)
 I Want To Tell You (BMI-2:30)
Here, There And Everywhere (BMI-2:29)
 Got To Get You Into My Life (BMI-2:31)
Yellow Submarine (BMI-2:40)  Tomorrow Never Knows (BMI-3:00)
She Said She Said  (BMI-2:39)
FRONT--> Click! BACK --> Click! SIDE 1 --> Click! SIDE 2 --> Click! DISK
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INNER SLEEVE FRONT COVER CLOSE UP
FRONT --> Click
 BACK --> Click!
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The exposed portion of the back liner that wrapped around to the top of the jacket has the phrase "File Under: The Beatles" as well as a large black dot and the catalogue number.
BACK COVER CLOSE UP
meetback The High Fidelity Recording logo and "Also available in stereo" in uppercase letters in the upper right corner. Capitol / EMI logo mark was printed at the upper right of the back cover.
BACK COVER CLOSE UP
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“Recording produced by GEORGE MARTIN / Cover designed by KLAUS VOORMANN / Back cover photo by ROBERT WHITAKER
 meetback The RIAA (Record Industry Association of America" logo was printed at the lower right corner.
"Printed in U.S.A." in a circular pattern was not printed.
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The lower portion of the back liner contains "MADE IN U.S.A. • FACTORIES: SCRANTON, PA. - LOS ANGELES, CALIF. - JACKSONVILLE, ILL." Most of the back liners have a small numeral located near the lower right or left corner. These numbers were used by Capitol to identify where the album cover was manufactured. (NO number=Capitol or RCA printed covers in-house for that LP)
LABEL CLOSE UP
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The original issue Capitol albums were manufactured with black label backdrops with an outer rim colorband.
Later East Coast labels have “REVOLVER” and “THE BEATLES” spaced tighter than
on the initial labels.
     Catalog No. "T-2576" was printed at the right side of the center hole. The labels for records manufactured on the East Coast were printed by Keystone Printed Specialties, Inc. in Scranton, Pennsylvania.
The labels can be differentiated by the font of the number "one" at nine o’clock on the side one labels.
LABEL CLOSE UP
SIDE 1 --> Click!
 SIDE 2 --> Click!
 The initial album labels contain “Lennon McCartney” songwriters credits, while later labels have full “John Lennon-Paul McCartney” credits.
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LABEL CLOSE UP
label The text of the perimeter print in blue on the original issue discs states "MFD. BY CAPITOL RECORDS. INC. U.S.A. T.M." to the left of a small Capitol logo, with "• MARCA REG. • U.S. PAT. NO. 2, 631,859" to the right. On some labels, the perimeter print is in white.
OTHER ITEM
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LABEL Capitol Black label with color band Type-1
MIX MONO
VINYL COLOR Black
PRESS FACTORY
 SLEEVE East Coast: Queens Litho in New York
VINYL Scranton, Pennsylvania / LABEL: Keystone Printed Specialties, Inc. in Scranton, Pensylvania.
FACTORY CODE None
MATRIX No. SIDE 1
 T-1-2576-G4         IAM mark  (machine stamped)
SIDE 2
 T-2-2576-G6 #2    IAM mark  (machine stamped)
PUBLISHER'S NAME
 -
"SUBSIDIARY" PRINT
 -
COVER FORM
 Single type. Housed in a cardboard jacket.
INNER SLEEVE Capitol Company Sleeve Type-6: Orange sleeve (Sound Great!)
COVER DESIGN/ PHOTO/ NOTES Cover designed by KLAUS VOORMANN
Back cover photo by ROBERT WHITAKER
PRODUCER Produced  by Geore Martin
COMMENTS
 Revolver is the Beatles' eleventh Capitol Records release in the United States. The LP was released in both mono and stereo versions.

The front cover to the album was designed by Klaus Voormann,
The cover has the album’s title, “REVOLVER,” in black block letters centered at the bottom, with the Capitol logo above the title. As was the case with Rubber Soul, the band’s name does not appear on the front cover. The innovative cover won a Grammy for Album Cover of the Year for 1966.
The back liner features a May 1966 black and white photo of the group by Bob Whitaker, infamous butcher cover. Although the picture was taken in a darkened Abbey Road studio, the members of the group are wearing dark sun glasses with the exception of John (who has on regular eye glasses).

The mono covers have the album number, High Fidelity logo and stereo reference in the upper right corner. The monophonic and factory information is centered at the bottom. The stereo covers have the album number, FDS logo and monophonic reference in the upper right corner.

When "Revolver" was originally issued, Capitol had factories in
1) Scranton, Pensylvania
2) Los Angeles, California
3) In mid. 1965, added a pressing plant in Jacksonville, Illinois.

The back liner contains "MADE IN U.S.A. • FACTORIES: SCRANTON, PA. - LOS ANGELES, CALIF." and the RIAA (Record Industry Association of America" logo.
Most of the back liners have a small numeral located near the lower right or left corner. These numbers were used by Capitol to identify where the album cover was manufactured.
Capitol did not fabricate its own album covers. Capitol required the cover manufacturer to place a factory identification number on the back liners. The fabricators added a small number, usually in the lower right corner.

The following tables detail the cover numbers that are known to exist:
Compiled by Frank Daniels in 2012
Revolver (S)T-2576
Cover Number
 Known With Beatles LP’s from Factory
 Mono or Stereo
4
 Jacksonville S
5
 Los Angeles
 S
6
 Los Angeles, Columbia
 M/S
9
 Jacksonville
 S
12
 Columbia, Winchester
 S
16
 Jacksonville, Longines
 S
17
 Jacksonville
 S
18
 Los Angeles
 S
Apparently on account of the black cover, many copies of Revolver do not have a cover number.
(*) All LP’s except Revolver, a black-and-white back slick that does not show any cover number indicates that Capitol or RCA printed some covers in-house for that LP (maybe).


The original issue Capitol albums were manufactured with black label backdrops with an outer rim colorband. Label copy information specific to each album appears in silver print.
The labels for records manufactured on:
1) The East Coast were printed by Keystone Printed Specialties, Inc. in Scranton, Pensylvania.
2) The West Coast were printed by Bert-Co Enterprises in Los Angeles, California.

The East Coast and West Coast mono label variations:
The initial album labels contain “Lennon McCartney” songwriters credits, while later labels have full “John Lennon-Paul McCartney” credits.
  •  There are East Coast and West Coast, mono labels with the “Lennon-McCartney” credit.
  • A limited number of East Coast and West Coast mono labels have the full credit.
  • The initial West Coast labels do not have the “X” in the matrix numbers, while later West Coast labels do.
  • Later East Coast labels have “REVOLVER” and “THE BEATLES” spaced tighter than on the initial labels.
  • There is also a small print in-house Jacksonville mono label with the full name credits.


#11-2 Revolver (1st. Press 'Lennon-McCartney' Credit / RCA Contract Press": T-2576)
Back to the top of the line
TITLE
 REVOLVER
CATALOG NUMBER
 T-2576
RELEASE DATE
 8th August.1966 / First Press / RCA Contract Press
TITLE LISTING
 SIDE 1
 SIDE 2
Taxman (BMI-2:36)
 Good Day Sunshine (BMI-2:08)
Eleanor Rigby (BMI-2:11)
 For No One (BMI-2:03)
Love You To (BMI-3:00)
 I Want To Tell You (BMI-2:30)
Here, There And Everywhere (BMI-2:29)
 Got To Get You Into My Life (BMI-2:31)
Yellow Submarine (BMI-2:40)  Tomorrow Never Knows (BMI-3:00)
She Said She Said  (BMI-2:39)
FRONT--> Click! BACK --> Click! SIDE 1 --> Click! SIDE 2 --> Click! DISK --> Click!
meet meetback label label label
INNER SLEEVE FRONT COVER CLOSE UP
FRONT --> Click
 BACK --> Click!
meet meet sleeve
The exposed portion of the back liner that wrapped around to the top of the jacket has the phrase "File Under: The Beatles" as well as a large black dot and the catalogue number.
FRONT COVER CLOSE UP
meetback The cover has the album’s title, "REVOLVER," in black block letters centered
at the bottom, with the Capitol logo above the title.
 meetback The front cover to the album was designed by Klaus Voormann.
The artist printed his name on the cover
(in George’s hair below John’s chin) as “KLAUS O.W. VOORMANN.” The middle
initials stand for Otto Wilhelm.
BACK COVER CLOSE UP
meetback The High Fidelity Recording logo and "Also available in stereo" in uppercase letters in the upper right corner. Capitol / EMI logo mark was printed at the upper right of the back cover.
BACK COVER CLOSE UP
meetback The following credits appear at the top:
“Recording produced by GEORGE MARTIN / Cover designed by KLAUS VOORMANN / Back cover photo by ROBERT WHITAKER
 meetback The RIAA (Record Industry Association of America" logo was printed at the lower right corner.
"Printed in U.S.A." in a circular pattern was not printed.
meetback
The lower portion of the back liner contains "MADE IN U.S.A. • FACTORIES: SCRANTON, PA. - LOS ANGELES, CALIF. - JACKSONVILLE, ILL." Most of the back liners have a small numeral located near the lower right or left corner. These numbers were used by Capitol to identify where the album cover was manufactured. (NO number=Capitol or RCA printed covers in-house for that LP / 6=L.A., Columbia, or RCA?)
LABEL CLOSE UP
label label meetback
The initial album labels contain “Lennon-McCartney” songwriters credits, while later labels have full “John Lennon-Paul McCartney” credits. The initial West Coast labels do not have the “X” in the matrix numbers, while later West Coast labels do.
     Catalog No. "T-2576" was printed at the right side of the center hole. The labels for the West Coast were printed by Bert-Co Enterprises in Los Angeles, California. The labels can be differentiated by the font of the number "one" at nine o’clock on the side one labels.
label RCA pressings have an indented 2¾"-diameter groove that is 1¼" from the spindle hole. The West Coast RCA discs were pressed in Hollywood with Bert-Co labels. They normally have hand etched matrix and lacquer numbers and a hand etched “W” in their trail off areas.
This record have the "RCA" hand etched.
LABEL CLOSE UP
SIDE 1 --> Click!
 SIDE 2 --> Click!
 The initial album labels contain “Lennon McCartney” songwriters credits, while later labels have full “John Lennon-Paul McCartney” credits.
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LABEL CLOSE UP
label The text of the perimeter print in blue on the original issue discs states "MFD. BY CAPITOL RECORDS. INC. U.S.A. T.M." to the left of a small Capitol logo, with "• MARCA REG. • U.S. PAT. NO. 2, 631,859" to the right. On some labels, the perimeter print is in white.
OTHER ITEM
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LABEL Capitol Black label with color band Type-1
MIX MONO
VINYL COLOR Black
PRESS FACTORY
 SLEEVE West Coast: Bert-Co Enterprise of Los Angeles
VINYL RCA / LABEL: Los Angeles, California
FACTORY CODE 6
MATRIX No. SIDE 1
 T-1-2576-F-13:         1      RCA      2  (hand etched)
SIDE 2
 T-2-2576-F-13'         2      RCA          (hand etched)
PUBLISHER'S NAME
 -
"SUBSIDIARY" PRINT
 -
COVER FORM
 Single type. Housed in a cardboard jacket.
INNER SLEEVE Capitol Company Sleeve Type-6: Orange sleeve (Sound Great!)
COVER DESIGN/ PHOTO/ NOTES Cover designed by KLAUS VOORMANN
Back cover photo by ROBERT WHITAKER
PRODUCER Produced  by Geore Martin
COMMENTS
 Revolver is the Beatles' eleventh Capitol Records release in the United States. The LP was released in both mono and stereo versions.

The front cover to the album was designed by Klaus Voormann,
The cover has the album’s title, “REVOLVER,” in black block letters centered at the bottom, with the Capitol logo above the title. As was the case with Rubber Soul, the band’s name does not appear on the front cover. The innovative cover won a Grammy for Album Cover of the Year for 1966.
The back liner features a May 1966 black and white photo of the group by Bob Whitaker, infamous butcher cover. Although the picture was taken in a darkened Abbey Road studio, the members of the group are wearing dark sun glasses with the exception of John (who has on regular eye glasses).

The mono covers have the album number, High Fidelity logo and stereo reference in the upper right corner. The monophonic and factory information is centered at the bottom. The stereo covers have the album number, FDS logo and monophonic reference in the upper right corner.

When "Revolver" was originally issued, Capitol had factories in
1) Scranton, Pensylvania
2) Los Angeles, California
3) In mid. 1965, added a pressing plant in Jacksonville, Illinois.

The back liner contains "MADE IN U.S.A. • FACTORIES: SCRANTON, PA. - LOS ANGELES, CALIF." and the RIAA (Record Industry Association of America" logo.
Most of the back liners have a small numeral located near the lower right or left corner. These numbers were used by Capitol to identify where the album cover was manufactured.
Capitol did not fabricate its own album covers. Capitol required the cover manufacturer to place a factory identification number on the back liners. The fabricators added a small number, usually in the lower right corner.

The following tables detail the cover numbers that are known to exist:
Compiled by Frank Daniels in 2012
Revolver (S)T-2576
Cover Number
 Known With Beatles LP’s from Factory
 Mono or Stereo
4
 Jacksonville S
5
 Los Angeles
 S
6
 Los Angeles, Columbia (RCA??)
 M/S
9
 Jacksonville
 S
12
 Columbia, Winchester
 S
16
 Jacksonville, Longines
 S
17
 Jacksonville
 S
18
 Los Angeles
 S
Apparently on account of the black cover, many copies of Revolver do not have a cover number.
(*) All LP’s except Revolver, a black-and-white back slick that does not show any cover number indicates that Capitol or RCA printed some covers in-house for that LP (maybe).


The original issue Capitol albums were manufactured with black label backdrops with an outer rim colorband. Label copy information specific to each album appears in silver print.
The labels for records manufactured on:
1) The East Coast were printed by Keystone Printed Specialties, Inc. in Scranton, Pensylvania.
2) The West Coast were printed by Bert-Co Enterprises in Los Angeles, California.

The East Coast and West Coast mono label variations:
The initial album labels contain “Lennon McCartney” songwriters credits, while later labels have full “John Lennon-Paul McCartney” credits.
  •  There are East Coast and West Coast, mono labels with the “Lennon-McCartney” credit.
  • A limited number of East Coast and West Coast mono labels have the full credit.
  • The initial West Coast labels do not have the “X” in the matrix numbers, while later West Coast labels do.
  • Later East Coast labels have “REVOLVER” and “THE BEATLES” spaced tighter than on the initial labels.
  • There is also a small print in-house Jacksonville mono label with the full name credits.

In order to meet the huge demand for Beatles records, Capitol subcontracted with other companies to press its albums.
The three companies most frequently used by Capitol were the former Big Three — Columbia, Decca and RCA.

Columbia manufactured albums for Capitol at its factories in Pitman, New Jersey, Terre Haute, Indiana, and Santa Maria, California. Columbia LPs have a 2 11/16"-diameter ring located 1 3/16" from the center hole. The trail off areas have hand etched matrix and lacquer numbers. Columbia discs pressed in California have Bert-Co labels while those manufactured in Pitman and Terre Haute have Keystone labels.
Pitman pressings have a machine stamped “P” in their trail off areas. Columbia LPs with “54” hand etched in their trail off areas were probably pressed in Terre Haute.

Decca pressings have a single ring with a diameter of just under 1" located 5/16" from the spindle hole. The trail off areas have hand etched matrix and lacquer numbers followed by a plant identification letter (“P” for Pinckneyville, Illinois, or “G” for Gloversville, New York). Some earlier Decca pressings have a 2 3/4" diameter ring in addition to the 1" diameter ring.

RCA pressings have an indented 2¾"-diameter groove that is 1¼" from the spindle hole. The West Coast RCA discs were pressed in Hollywood with Bert-Co labels. They normally have hand etched matrix and lacquer numbers and a hand etched “W” in their trail off areas.
RCA albums manufactured in Rockaway, New Jersey, and Indianapolis, Indiana, have Keystone labels. The Rockaway disc trail off areas have machine stamped matrix and lacquer numbers followed by "R1" and a hand etched "RR."


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