The Beatles

(Reissue) 'The Beatles is embossed on front. The copies are numbered on the front 'No 000000'
Black inner sleeves
With 4 photo-card on John, Paul, George, Ringo.
Printed poster, lyrics on rear side, printed and made in Germany as below.
Sleeve notes: Electrola Gesellschaft M.B.H., Köln-Braunsfeld, Printed and made in Germany by Heinrich Nicolaus G.m.b.H.
Label notes: n©b / Made in Sweden. An E.M.I. Recording. ℗ 1968
Eric Clapton uncredited on A7 for contractual reasons.
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(Limited Edition Reissue)
White vinyl.
Non-embossed sleeve. 'The BEATLES' printed on cover in grey text.
Purple Capitol labels.
Label variant 'Produced by George Martin' uses two lines.
Comes with 4 portraits (thin paper, no cat#) and foldout-poster with lyrics on one side and a photo-collage on the other. Gatefold sleeve with openings on the side.[laurene]

(Reissue) Comes with a poster and four postcards.[laurene]

(Reissue) '℗ 1968 original sound recordings made by EMI Records Ltd.
© 1968 EMI Records Ltd.
Made in Holland.

Also known as 'The White Album'.
Eric Clapton not credited for contractual reasons on 1-07.

Comes in a standard double jewel case with a 24-page booklet.
Track durations taken from WinAmp.
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Additional '400001'number on back cover under catalogue number as well as 'Stereo'.
Embossed and numbered gatefold sleeve (sideloader) that includes poster and 4 portraits. Sticker on front cover 'Deutscher Schallplattenpreis gestiftet vom fono forum'
Printed and made in Germany by Heinrich Nicolaus G.m.b.H.
Labels are the same on both discs.[laurene]

with 'Stereo' on back cover in light grey. Stamped number on the front. Issued with a poster and four photographs of the band members.[laurene]

These pressings do NOT have the 'Sold in the U.K.' text on the labels

Sleeve was changed by this point:
-Full laminated white gatefold cover without flap-overs and has openings at the sides.
-Front of the cover has “The BEATLES” embossed in raised block letters.
-The printed number 'N°' and 6 digits appear in gray on a slight downward angle towards the lower right corner. 6-digit number does not contain a “0” before the numbers. Such numbered sleeves used until 1973 and possibly later. Some copies of the covers without number on the front.
-Both mono and stereo cat #s are on the spine: 'Stereo PCS 7067-8' and 'Mono PMC 7067-8'
-The back is completely blank. No 'Stereo' text

LABEL DIFFERENTIATION:
-Record 1 has a dark green labels with “An E.M.I. Recording” text on one line. Record 2 has a dark green labels with “An E.M.I. Recording” text on two lines in quotations and parentheses.[samuelb]

(Remastered Stereo) 'Direct Metal Mastered copy from 1990.
Includes colour poster with lyrics and 4 glossy photographs.
'An EMI Recording'

DRG MALAGO inner paper sleeves manufactured 3/90 (March 1990) Made in Great Britain

On inner gatefold (boxed):
This album has been direct metal mastered from a digitally re-mastered original tape to give the best possible sound quality.

Rim text on label goes around full circumference of label.[natashaw]

(Numbered Reissue) Glossy laminated gatefold cover with embossed album title and de-bossed number on front cover.[lauradl]

(Stereo) 'Side loader & gatefold sleeve. This label version has dark green apple on side A and C, Yellow/white apple on side B and D.

Circular golden sticker attached to front cover: 'Deutscher Schallplattenpreis / gestiftet vom fono forum' (German Record Award / endowed by fono forum (monthly magazine for classical and jazz music)).

'Stereo' printed on back cover - with Catalog-Number on spine!

'Thanks to George Martin/Chris Thomas/Ken Scott/Jeff Emerick/Barry Shefield/John Smith/Richard Hamilton/Gordon House/Jeremy Banks/John Kelly/Linda Eastman/Mal/Kevin and all at number 9' (lyrics sheet).

'†© All lyrics copyright for the world by Northern Songs Ltd. England' (A7, B4, B6, C7, D3) '✱© Apple Records' (all other songs)

Included are 4 one-sided 29x21 cm sheets with pictures of the musicians and a 12-page 12' sized booklet which can be open to a huge poster.

'Electrola Gesellschaft M.B.H., Köln-Braunsfeld. Printed and made in Germany by Heinrich Nicolaus G.m.b.H.' (lyrics sheet and inside gatefold).

Eric Clapton uncredited for contractual reasons
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(Numbered Reissue Stereo) Full laminated gatefold cover with embossed lettering.[lauradl]

(Reissue Limited Edition) Issued as a 'Limited Edition' with black sticker on shrink.

Gatefold sleeve with embossed lettering issued with a poster and four color prints.[lauradl]

MONO[laurene]

In 1965 the government of the GDR illegalizes beat-music and this release gets withdrawn and not rereleased until 1983. Just a few records of this history milestone of the GDR available. Track A5 on Label says A Hard Day's Night. Coverbackside has printed in the middle: VEB Deutsche Schallplatten Berlin W8.[juliens]

Original German club edition pressing. Released in laminated single sleeve, on blue EMI Odeon labels with black lettering.[kostasg]