THE BEATLES - Rubber Soul

Item Description

Vinyl, , 2nd purple label
LP Album Reissue Stereo

Originally released 26-DEC-65 on Capitol Records as: T-2442 Mono / ST-2442 Stereo

This is the 2nd generation Purple label pressing from 1978
Variations for the purple label:
#1-Purple label with large Capitol logo, has the Capitol script-font logo in the perimeter print: 1977
#2-Purple label with large Capitol logo, has a softer purple background with no Capitol logo in the perimeter print. The perimeter print states "Manufactured in Canada By Capitol Records", 1978
#3-Purple label similar to #2, but has "Manufactured And Distributed in Canada UNDER LICENSE by Capitol Records-EMI...." in perimeter text. 1980
Also issued on the Black rainbow/colorband design in 1983.
#4- Purple label similar to #2 except that this version's matrix runout has MASTERED BY CAPITOL followed by the Capitol 'target' logo in the deadwax. It also does not state "Distributed by" anywhere on this version. On spine: "ER Printed in Canada STEREOPHONIC" followed by the Capitol scripted logo.

Variations with this catalog number:
Purple label with large Capitol logo in perimeter print : 1977
Purple label as above, plus "UNDER LICENSE" in printing around rim: 1980
Black label with print in colorband: 1983

Manufactured in Canada by Capitol Records-EMI Of Canada Limited