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TRACK LISTING
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SIDE 1
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Do You Want To Know A Secret (John Lennon-Paul McCartney) | |||
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SIDE 2
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Thank You Girl (John Lennon-Paul McCartney) | ||||
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RELEASE DATE
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11th October 1965 / First Press | ||||
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The lower portion of the front side has a
blue rectangle with the Capitol and Star Line logos and the
phrase “THE BIGGEST HITS BY THE BRIGHTEST STARS” in white. |
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The Beatles Star
Line 45s were initially issued with sleeves that did not
list the Beatles titles in the series. Later pressings were
packaged with sleeves listing the six Beatles singles. |
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drawing of the CapitolTower. The Capitol and Star Line logos
appear in the upper right corner. There are straight cut, curved cut, and tab cut. |
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The label
backdrops for the Star Line singles are based on Capitol’s
orange and yellow swirl labels, except that the two colors
are lime green and emerald green. |
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The East Coast
versions of the singles have large record numbers and thin
song titles. They were pressed by Capitol’s Scranton plant. The print layout is similar to the regular orange and yellow swirl singles with the group’s name below the center hole, the song title and writers’ credits above the center hole and all other information to the right. |
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The lower rim
perimeter print is the same as the print appearing on the
regular issue 45s. "MFD. BY CAPITOL RECORDS. INC., U.S.A. T.M. (logo) MARCA REG."was printed (without "subsidary") at perimeter. |
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OTHER ITEM
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| CATALOG NUMBER | 6061 | ||||
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LABEL
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Capitol lime green and emerald
green swirl label |
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MIX
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MONO | ||||
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FACTORY |
Keystone
Printed Specialities Co., Inc. of Scranton, Pennsylvania? |
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| MATRIX No. | SIDE 1 | 45-X-45015- |
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| SIDE 2 | 45-X-44894-P1
IAM mark (machine stamped) |
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VINYL COLOR
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BLACK | ||||
| RECORD COMPANY'S NAME | CAPITOL RECORDS |
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CENTER
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Full size center hole | ||||
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PUBLISHER'S NAME
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SIDE 1
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Metric Music Company BMI |
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SIDE 2
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Conrad Publishing Co., Inc. BMI |
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| RUNNING TIME |
SIDE 1 | 1:55 |
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2:01 |
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| PRODUCER | George Martin | ||||
| COVER DESIGN/ PHOTO/ NOTES | The Star Line original sleeve |
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COMMENTS
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Capitol launched its
Star Line singles series in January 1962 as a vehicle to
reissue old hit singles. The records were packaged in blue
and white sleeves that proudly proclaimed “from the Tower of
Stars ... comes the STAR LINE single series ... special
selections of hit recordings by the brightest stars!” The
initial releases showcased the variety and depth of
Capitol’s master recordings. The early Star Line singles covered jazz, folk, pop and country. Later releases in the Star Line series included R&B, rock-a-billy and rock. It was inevitable that Capitol would issue records by the Beatles on its Star Line series, and that the company did on 11th. October, 1965, with the simultaneous release of six singles. None of these songs had previously been issued on Capitol singles. The first four Beatles Star Line discs were the same as the four Beatles 45s issued by Vee-Jay during the first four months of 1964. The Star Line reissues are:
The label backdrops for the Star Line singles are based on Capitol’s orange and yellow swirl labels, except that the two colors are lime green and emerald green. The print layout is similar to the regular orange and yellow swirl singles with the group’s name below the center hole, the song title and writers’ credits above the center hole and all other information to the right. The lower rim perimeter print is the same as the print appearing on the regular issue 45s. The East Coast versions of the singles have large record numbers and thin song titles. They were pressed by Capitol’s Scranton plant. The West Coast singles have small numbers and thick song titles. They were pressed in Los Angeles by Capitol. The Star Line singles were packaged with custom blue and white die cut center hole record sleeves. The front side has seven blue bars with “THE STAR LINE” printed twice in white. These blue bars start towards the top of the sleeve and are separated by white bands. The lower portion of the front side has a blue rectangle with the Capitol and Star Line logos and the phrase “THE BIGGEST HITS BY THE BRIGHTEST STARS” in white. The Beatles Star Line 45s were initially issued with sleeves that did not list the Beatles titles in the series. |
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