Beatles VI First appearance in trade magazines: June 5, 1965. Label 62-01 Mono T-2358 Black rainbow label without subsidiary print. First pressing – The publishing credit for “Words of Love” is assigned to ASCAP.
62-01A (Keystone print) Factories: Scranton, Decca Pinckneyville
Possible covers: Drill-hole punch reading “PROMO.” In this punch, the middle of the “M” is flat. Cover without promo stamp and “See label for correct playing order.” Cover showing the correct playing order.
62-01B (Bert-Co print) Factories: Los Angeles
Possible covers: Drill-hole punch reading “PROMO.” In this punch, the middle of the “M” is pointed. Cover without promo stamp and “See label for correct playing order.”
Stereo ST-2358 Black rainbow label without subsidiary print. First pressing – The publishing credit for “Words of Love” is assigned to ASCAP.
62-01A (Keystone print) Factory: Scranton
Matte labels.
62-01B (Bert-Co print) The word “STEREO” is in narrow print with wide horizontal spacing. Factory: Los Angeles
First pressings have semi-glossy labels. A few copies exist with narrow spacing on STEREO. The same is true for the Early Beatles, but the copies of Beatles VI are on a flat label. Most likely they were a later print run that had the narrow stereo by mistake.
Possible covers: Cover reading “See label for correct playing order.” Cover showing the correct playing order.
Label 62-02 Mono T-2358 Black rainbow label without subsidiary print. Second pressing – The publishing credit for “Words of Love” is assigned to BMI. 02A (Keystone print) Scranton, Decca Pinckneyville
02B (Bert-Co print)
02J (Jacksonville) Unusual typeface with small print. Factories: Jacksonville
Possible covers: Cover reading “See label for correct playing order.” Cover showing the correct playing order.
Stereo ST-2358 Black rainbow label without subsidiary print. Second pressing – The publishing credit for “Words of Love” is assigned to BMI. 02A (Keystone print)
Copies from 1965-1967 have matte labels. Copies from late 1967 on have slick, raised labels.
02B (Bert-Co print) The word “STEREO” is in narrow print with wide horizontal spacing. Factory: Los Angeles
02J (Jacksonville) Unusual typeface with small print. Factories: Jacksonville, Columbia
Possible covers: Cover reading “See label for correct playing order.” Cover showing the correct playing order. Label 62-RC1 Capitol ST-8-2358 Rainbow label with “manufactured under license” Back cover slick, folded around to the front, has the catalog number at the top right. Pressed by Decca-Pinckneyville between January and September, 1969.
Label 62x Capitol ST-2358 Rainbow label with subsidiary information above color band.
STEREO in wide, round print; glossy label Factory: Scranton STEREO in tall, thin print; flat label Factories: Los Angeles, Columbia Santa Maria stereo in small, round print; flat label Factories: Los Angeles Unusual typeface with small print. Factories: Jacksonville, Columbia
Possible covers: Cover reading “See label for correct playing order.” Cover showing the correct playing order.
Label 69 Capitol ST-2358 Lime green label with “C” logo Stereo in Title Case (69L) Factory: Winchester, Los Angeles, Jacksonville Unusual typeface with small print (exists?) Factory: Jacksonville (69J)
Label may have “TM” next to the Capitol logo, or may have ® under the “l” of “Capitol.” Possible covers: Cardboard cover with or without RIAA seal. With or without correct order.
Label 69-RC1 Capitol ST-8-2358 Rainbow label with “manufactured under license” Back cover slick, folded around to the front, has no catalog number at the top right. Pressed by Decca-Pinckneyville between September, 1969, and ??. Rare.
Label ac1 Apple/Capitol ST-2358 Apple label with Capitol logo Factory: Los Angeles Factory: Jacksonville
Possible covers: Cardboard cover with or without RIAA seal. With or without correct order.
Label af1 Apple ST-2358 “MFD. BY APPLE” on the full side Factory: Los Angeles Label may be flat or glossy. Factory: Jacksonville Label may be glossy and yellowish or flat. Factory: Winchester Label may be flat or glossy. Copies pressed in 1974-5 have “Mastered by Capitol” in the matrix.
Possible covers: Cardboard cover with or without RIAA seal. With or without correct order.
Label as1 Apple ST-2358 “MFD. BY APPLE” on the sliced side Factory: Winchester, late 1973 to early 1974 Possible covers: Cardboard cover with RIAA seal.
Label ar1 Apple ST-2358 Rights information on one or both sides. Rights information across the label in black, at top (side 1) in two lines. Factory: Los Angeles Rights information across the label in black, at left (side 1) in five lines. Factory: Los Angeles Rights information appears below the manufacturing statement in the rim text. Factories: Los Angeles, Winchester Rights information appears in the rim around the right side of the label. Factory: Jacksonville
Possible covers: Cardboard cover with or without RIAA seal.
Label 72r Capitol ST-2358 Orange label with rights disclaimer Large side number appears at left. Factory: Los Angeles (“Capitol” at bottom has a greenish tint.) Factory: Winchester (“Capitol” in tan print) “Stereo” appears at left. Factory: Jacksonville, MCA Pinckneyville
Possible covers: Cardboard cover with or without RIAA seal. Posterboard cover.
Label 78 Capitol ST-2358 Purple label with large logo Factory: Los Angeles Factory: Jacksonville Factory: Winchester
Cardboard cover with RIAA seal. Posterboard cover.
Label 83 Capitol ST-2358 Rainbow label with print in color band. Factory: Los Angeles, Jacksonville, Winchester, Specialty
Cardboard cover with RIAA seal. Posterboard cover.
Label 88 Capitol ST-2358 Purple label with small logo. Factory: Specialty
Cardboard cover with RIAA seal.
This was the only regular-series album originally released by Capitol before 1968 to be issued on the new purple label with its original catalog number.