Rubber Soul

Red Gold Odeon. 'Urheber... ' in label rim and softer font on labels.

Canadian sleeve T2442
First German release with white/gold Odeon labels, old rim text ('Alle Rechte des Plattenherstellers...'), old label design (sharp '33' rpm indicator on bottom of labels) and old catalogue number.[philip]

Deep groove about an inch out on label seems to identify this press quite quickly. G6 G8 in runouts.
Also no THE BEATLES on label.
(Mono) 'Black rainbow label without 'subsidiary' rim text. First press labels have the names of the group members, but do not have 'The Beatles'.

* The caption ''File Under'' is in black and in the top border.

The rear sleeve has a '3' (Modern Album, Long Island, New York) printed directly below 'Freeman' in the bottom right hand corner below the picture of John Lennon.'[discogs]

No 'Monaural' on left of labels[philip]

Original 1st German pressing on white/red/gold Odeon labels with old rim text ('Alle Rechte des Plattenherstellers...'), old label design (sharp 'ST33' indicator on bottom of labels) and old catalogue number. Front laminated sleeve. [emil]

(Stereo) 'Front cover bears the Odeon logo, on back cover it reads 'Pathé Marconi EMI Paris'. On center labels it reads 'Made In France by Pathé Marconi EMI' and there is the Odeon logo as well as the EMI logo on them.' [discogs]

'This is the 1976 release with the orange Capitol label.

This variant has alternate text layout on labels ('Rubber Soul' appears below band member names and songwriting credits are listed after each song). Compare to release 3204310

'SW 2442' appears on sleeve, 'SW-2442' is on labels.

'New Improved Full Dimensional Stereo' banner on back cover.'[discogs]

Sold In UK text, XEX 579-1/580-4 runouts, Tri-Fold flipback sleeve.[juliens]

Blue EMI/Odeon label. Circulare ST33 indicator. 'The Beatles' in caps. Fully laminated sleeve.[juliens]

'Capitol Records Pressing Plant, Jacksonville pressing info taken from runouts.
Originally released 26-DEC-65 on Capitol Records as: T-2442 Mono / ST-2442 Stereo

Variations with this catalog number:
Purple label with large Capitol logo: 1978
Black label with print in colorband: 1983

'[discogs]

Original 1st German pressing on white/red/gold Odeon labels with old rim text ('Alle Rechte des Plattenherstellers...'), old label design (sharp 'ST33' indicator on bottom of labels) and old catalogue number. Front laminated sleeve. [emil]

Original US stereo pressing on rainbow rim Capitol label. The group's and individual artist's names are mentioned on label. The 'Stereo' caption reaches over the track listings on label. Runout numbers are stamped. IAM triangle in runouts (= Capitol Records Pressing Plant, Scranton). Cover front has border. The 'New Improved' caption in black in top border. 'File Under: The Beatles' caption in top border. The print factory designator number on the back lower right is '2'. This release has three (two false) starts on B3. [emil]

Second German release with white/red/gold Odeon labels, new rim text ('Urheber- und Leistungsrechte...'), old label design (sharp '33' rpm indicator on bottom of labels) and old catalogue number. [emil]

(Stereo) 'Stereo ce disque peut etre utilise avec un lecteur Mono.
Made in France by Pathé Marconi.
Ⓟ 1965 on back cover.
'[discogs]

Second German release with white/gold Odeon labels, new rim text ('Urheber- und Leistungsrechte...'), old label design (sharp '33' rpm indicator on bottom of labels) and old catalogue number.[juliens]

THE BEATLES in caps on labels.. Laminated sleeve. Round ST33. Rubber soul is quite red on front cover.[philip]

RARE LOUD CUT pressing
XEX 579-1 XEX 580-1 .
'Sold In UK' text, no stereo or mono logos on labels. Tri-fold sleeve.
-very first copy from December 3rd who got into the record stores and was quickly withdrawn from the market because the pressing was too dynamic for the recordplayers of that time.[philip]

(Remastered Stereo) '180 gram vinyl. Taken from 2009 EMI digital remaster.
℗ 2009
'[discogs]

(Stereo) 'Has Orange Capitol Labels with the bandname THE BEATLES at the top with the title RUBBER SOUL beneath bandname.

Cover has 'File Under: The Beatles' and the catalog # ST 2442 at upper-right corner.' [discogs]

Record has large 'ST33' indicator in circles on labels and a small circle above this indicator. [discogs]

Blue EMI/Odeon label. Circulare ST33 indicator. 'The Beatles' in caps. Front laminated cover. [emil]

Non laminated sleeve. THE BEATLES in caps on labels.

Second German release with white/gold Odeon labels, new rim text ('Urheber- und Leistungsrechte...'), old label design (sharp '33' rpm indicator on bottom of labels) and old catalogue number.

SMO 74 066 on both labels (and on back of front laminated sleeve).
Matrix numbers: YEX 178-2 & YEX 179-1[philip]

Original US mono issue on black Capitol label with silver lettering and rainbow rim. Paste-on sleeve. West-Coast Scranton, PA.-Los Angeles, Calif,-Jacksonville, ILL pressing. Label omits The Beatles. No Sticker.

(Remastered) Direct metal mastered from a digitally re-mastered original tape (DMM).(P)? (C) Originally sound recordings made by EMI Records Ltd.Marketed, manufactured and distributed by EMI.[discogs]

First German release with white/gold Odeon labels, old rim text ('Alle Rechte des Plattenherstellers...'), old label design (sharp '33' rpm indicator on bottom of labels) and old catalogue number.