Rubber Soul

(Reissue Stereo) 'Version with circle on the cover and above rim text 'ST 33' on the center labels.

There are three versions:

THIS one:
- Odeon EMI logo on the lower left corner of the rear cover - text block on its right side
- On the cover spine: Catalog number (space) Circle (space) Rubber Soul - The Beatles
- Orange 'Rubber Soul' writing on front cover

SECOND one here BR>- Odeon EMI logo on the lower left corner of the rear cover - text block on its right side
- On the cover spine: Catalog number (space) Circle (space) Rubber Soul - The Beatles
- Red 'Rubber Soul' writing on front cover

THIRD one here BR>- EMI Electrola logo in the middle of the rear covers lower side - text line below
- On the cover spine: Rubber Soul - The Beatles (space) Circle (large space) Catalog number

All three versions:
- 'ST 33' in circles, not in ellipses
- Small black circle above 'ST 33' on both LP sides
- No label code
- All of them are rare issues, which were exclusively released in a two-record set 'The Beatles' Greatest & Rubber Soul'

EMI Electrola GMBH. All rights reserved. Printed in Germany by 4P NICOLAUS GMBH, Köln.

Housed in a fully glossy laminated 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.
All have a typo on track B3 on label 'Throug' instead of the correct 'through'.[samuelb]

(Reissue Stereo)[]

No 'Monaural' on left of labels[philip]

(Reissue) Green label with white Odeon logo. Only one catalogue number on the top right corner of the back sleeve. Label code.[laurene]

TelDec pressing, 'Manufactured in Germany' on runout, deep ring near centerhole; On this release side A uses a slash ('/') as separator between songwriters, side B a dash ('-') - e.g. 'Lennon-McCartney - like all versions before. Track B3 typo: 'throug'.[samuelb]

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) '1970s, black/silver/white labels with one boxed EMI logo, in laminated non-flipback sleeve.

Back cover: No Black dot before Cat.#

Label rim text: Made in Sweden'[discogs]

(Enhanced Remastered Stereo) 'LP originally released in US by Capitol Records in 1965 as ST 2442 with different running order. 'Drive My Car,' 'Nowhere Man,' 'What Goes On' and 'If I Needed Someone' were omitted (to be released in 1966 on (r=379388)), and 'I've Just Seen A Face' and 'It's Only Love' were added from the UK version of Help! They had been dropped from the US version in favor of selections from the orchestral soundtrack. The versions of 'I'm Looking Through You' and 'The Word' were early mixes from the those that appeared on the UK release.

When Rubber Soul was released on CD in 1987 it used the original UK track listing but with a stereo digital remix by George Martin and artwork derived from the original US edition.

All songs published by Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC.

Digital Remaster ℗ 2009 The copyright in this sound recording is owned by EMI Records Ltd. © 2009 EMI Records Ltd. Artwork © 2009 Apple Corps Ltd. Manufactured by Capitol Records, LLC. Printed in the U.S.A. (printed on the right hand side of the rear of the cardboard sleeve)
Digital Remaster ℗ 2009 The copyright in this sound recording is owned by EMI Records Ltd. © 2009 EMI Records Ltd. Made in the USA (printed on the disc media label)
Digital Remaster ℗ 2009 The copyright in this sound recording is owned by EMI Records Ltd. © 2009 EMI Records Ltd. Artwork © 2009 Apple Corps Ltd. Artwork © 2009 Apple Corps Ltd. All photographs © Apple Corps Ltd., except where otherwise stated. (printed on page 7 of the booklet)
This remastered album has been created from the original stereo digital master tapes from George Martin's CD mixes made in 1986.

Packaged in three panel card wallet. Base color is white.
Outside: Left panel has left-side vertical band on with base color, Apple logo and Beatles logo right aligned, with front cover artwork. Middle panel is back cover artwork with barcode, copyright and other information. Third panel is band portrait.
Inside: left side diagonal cut pocket with Apple logo centered. Contains 26-page booklet with liner notes, production notes, credits and photographs. Center and right panel is band portrait

Enhanced CD. Minimum system requirements to access bonus content. PC: Pentium 3+ processor, Windows 2000+. Mac: G4, G5 or Intel+ processor, OS X 10.3+. CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive. Minimum 256 Mb RAM free. Color monitor and sound card. Quicktime 7+.'[discogs]

(Stereo) Printed in Germany by 4P NICOLAUS GMBH, Köln. Label code. 'ST33' indicator in ovals. At the back of the sleeve is a black circle next to the catalog number.

Green odeon labels with text on each side of the logo.

'Vervaardigd in licentie door N.V. Bovema, Heemstede, Holland.
Alle rechten van de grammofoonplatenfabrikant en van de eigenaar van het opgenomen werk zijn gereserveerd.
Vermenigvuldiging, openbare uitvoering en radiouitzending van deze plaat zijn verboden.'[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]

'Third German release with white/gold Odeon labels, new rim text ('Urheber- und Leistungsrechte...'), new label design (round '33' rpm indicator on bottom of labels) and old catalogue number (ZTOX 5613).

This is the first version of the third release, using a forward slash to separate the Lennon/McCartney credits on both labels.
Misprint on label side B, track B3: “I’m Looking Trough You” instead of “Through”.

Cover with European, including U.K., and U.S. standard airbrushed photograph of band (Loose thread on right shoulder of John’s jacket was airbrushed out. Compare with original photo which was added as last image)



Please do not mix with the following other German/GEMA versions with gold & white Odeon label. Their differences are listed here - All labels are featuring the old catalog# 'ZTOX 5613' beneath 'Yex 178'/'..179' & 'SMO 84 066';
All have a typo on track B3 on label - some have 'Trough', some have 'Throug' instead of the correct 'Through'.
Release 933699 - probably 1st version with old rim text starting with 'Alle Rechte...' and old label design/typeface. Track B3 typo: 'Trough'.

All following have the newer label rim text starting with 'Urheber...':
Release 4950825 - probably 2nd version, still using old label design/typeface. Track B3 typo: 'Throug'.

All following have a different newer label design ('ST 33' on bottom is more round, newer typeface):
Release 10315785 - Track B3 typo: 'Trough'. On both labels a slash is used in credits as separator between songwriters. (CURRENTLY VIEWED VERSION)
Release 6884969 - TelDec pressing, 'Manufactured in Germany' on runout, deep ring near centerhole. On this release side A uses a dash ('-') as seperator between songwriters, side B a slash ('/') - e.g. 'Lennon/McCartney - like all versions before. Track B3 typo: 'Throug'.
Release 4299311 - 2nd TelDec pressing, 'Manufactured in Germany' on runout, deep ring near centerhole. Dash used on all sides as seperator - e.g. 'Lennon-McCartney'. Track B3 typo: 'Throug'.
Release 9929229 - Ariola pressing with 2nd runout cat#, 'Made in Germany' on runout, deep ring near centerhole. Track B3 typo: 'Throug'.


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Cover lettering2 is more orange than other releases.

(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]

Circle on spine/label

(Remastered Stereo) '180 gram vinyl. Taken from 2009 EMI digital remaster.
℗ 2009
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Record has large 'ST33' indicator in circles on labels and a small circle above this indicator.

Laminated cover

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.