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Capitol Reissue: Red and Orange Target Label
19. Lady Madonna / The Inner Light (2138)
(Update: 6th. November 2023)
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#10-1 Lady Madonna / The Inner Light (1st. Press "Capitol Dome logo / Wide font type (L.A. Press)": 2138)
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TRACK LISTING
SIDE 1
 Lady Madonna (Lennon-McCartney)
SIDE 2
 The Inner Light (George Harrison)
RELEASE DATE
 April 1969 / First Press
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The upper left corner has a Capitol logo.
"Printed in U.S.A." mark appear in the lower right corner.
curved cut at the top
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Address and Factories was printed One line on the back sleeve.
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cantbuy cantbuy In April, 1969, Capitol switched to a red and orange target label with the Capitol dome logo overprinted in black at nine o'clock.
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cantbuy cantbuy cantbuy With the Capitol dome logo overprinted in black at nine o'clock.
During the time singles were pressed with target labels, Capitol was pressing the bulk of its singles at its Scranton and Los Angeles factories. Limited runs of a few titles were also pressed by its Jacksonville plant.
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The lower rim perimeter print is similar as the print appearing on the regular issue 45s.
"MFD. BY CAPITOL RECORDS. INC., A SUBSIDIALY OF CAPITOL INDUSTRIES, INC., U.S.A. T.M. [Capitol logo]  MARCA REG. U.S. PAT. NO. 2,631,859" was printed in black at perimeter.
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CATALOG NUMBER 2138
LABEL
 Capitol Red and Orange Target Label Type-1 (with Dome Capitol logo)
MIX
 MONO
PRESS FACTORY
 Los Angeles
MATRIX No. SIDE 1 2   45-46256-F-7:      (hand etched)     * (machine stamped star)
SIDE 2 45-46257-F-7.     1     (hand etched)     * (machine stamped star)
VINYL COLOR
 BLACK
RECORD COMPANY'S NAME CAPITOL RECORDS
CENTER
 Full size center hole
PUBLISHER'S NAME
SIDE 1
 Maclen Music, Inc. BMI
SIDE 2
 Maclen Music, Inc. BMI
RUNNING TIME
 SIDE 1 2:17
SIDE 2
 2:36
PRODUCER George Martin
COVER DESIGN/ PHOTO/ NOTES Capitol Yellow and Blue Target Sleeve type-1-1
Address and Factories was printed One line on the back / Curved cut top
COMMENTS
 Capitol Red and Orange Target Label type-1 (with Dome Capitol logo)
Wide font version (L.A. press)

In April, 1969, Capitol switched to a red and orange target label with the Capitol dome logo overprinted in black at nine o'clock. This new look label was quickly revised in July, 1969, with the Capitol dome logo being replaced by Capitol's new circle logo.
Unfortunately, the black circle logo did not always print well, often causing the image to appear as a muddy-looking black circle with a red dot in the center. This problem was corrected in early 1971, when the logo was given a white background and printed as part of the label backdrop. This gave the logo needed definition.
During the time singles were pressed with target labels, Capitol was pressing the bulk of its singles at its Scranton and Los Angeles factories. Limited runs of a few titles were also pressed by its Jacksonville plant.
There are four confirmed variations of the target dome logo singles:
  • (1) Keystone labels with standard-size print (Scranton)
  • (2) Keystone labels with reduced-size print (Scranton)
  • (3) wide font labels (normally Los Angeles)
  • (4) small print labels (normally Scranton)

The Scranton pressings with Keystone labels have the AlM logo stamped in their trail off areas. The typesetting is the same as that found on the original East Coast issues.
The discs with wide font labels were normally pressed by Capitol's Los Angeles factory. Los Angeles pressings have the * machine stamp in their trail off areas. These labels have the same style typesetting as the wide font swirl labels used in 1968 for some of the later run Hello Goodbye (Capitol 2056) and Lady Madonna (Capitol 2138) West Coast singles.
Some titles were issued with labels that have significantly smaller print than that found on other labels. Discs with these labels, normally Scranton pressings.



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