Both Compo and RCA pressing exist for this version of the single. ![]() These limited pressings were found in a white BEATLES ON APPLE sleeve. It is most likely that whoever saw the two tracks being issued as a single in Canada assumed the Lennon track would be the A-side. Perhaps surviving copies were obtained by employees and that none of the mistake copies were ever distributed in Canada. They are extremely rare and it is assumed that the batch of incorrect singles were spotted on the same day, recalled and destroyed almost as soon as production commenced at the Compo pressing plant. Only a handful of these Compo mistake pressings were made. Come Together has the inscorrect timing of 2:16. ![]() This INCORRECT single features Come Together on the A-side, while it was SOMETHING that was supposed to be the A-song. ![]() Hare Krishna Mantra / Prayer To The Spiritual Masters Some copies were issued with an imported picture sleeve. Although McCartney has nothing to do with this song, they had contractual obligations to credit their songs to both names. Notice the CBC radio station sticker on the label.Ī-side is a classic Lennon-McCartney song recorded in Montreal, room 1742 of the Queen Elizabeth Hotel during their famous Bed-in. That's The Way God Planned It / What About You RCA copies were sold in a white BEATLES ON APPLE sleeve. Original Compo copies were sold in an imported US picture sleeve. Both Compo and RCA pressings were made for this 45. The Ballad Of John And Yoko / Old Brown Shoe The Compo pressings were issued in the white paper BEATLES ON APPLE sleeve. Almost all copies were pressed by Compo, but some rare copies were also printed by RCA with their usual smaller font size. This was the first STEREO Beatles 45 issued in Canada. The disc has no sliced apple side, the B-side also being pressed on a full apple label. Notice the mistakenly written "Carolina ON My Mind"Ī McCartney composition given to Mary Hopkin. Its promotional issue "Road to Nowhere/Road to Nowhere (Apple PRO 4671/4672) is a USA release only. This 45 has been released in Canada, but is now extremely difficult to come by. It was housed in a special white APPLE sleeve. It has a british numbering system and was pressed only by Compo. This 45 is quite rare as it was pressed in small quantities. It is actually the french version of "Those Were The Days". The Canadian version of this 45 inverted the A and B sides, putting Yellow Submarine on the A-side.Ī special release for the french Canadian market in Québec. Top Row: RCA pressing - A side, B side and the possible special blank promotional pressing that was also pressed by RCA (B side is not blank) Top Row: Compo pressing - A side, B side and the possible special blank promotional pressing (B side is not blank) Original Compo copies were issued in a special white paper Apple company sleeve stating THE BEATLES ON APPLE, as opposed to RCA copies that were sold in standard black Apple sleeve, with only the word APPLE at the top. Out of the first 4 Apple singles, only Hey Jude was also pressed by RCA, due to high demand. ![]() Compo pressed 80-90% of all Hey Jude singles. The 45 was pressed by both Compo and RCA Compo having a much thicker font. Apple was introduced in Canada through a special event where were presented the first 4 Apple singles (which included Hey Jude). Apple Canada had the sliced side of the apple rotated such that the text was horizontally written across the sliced apple with the stem pointing straight out at the right of the label, as opposed to the US where the stem points towards the top. Hey Jude was the last MONO 45 to be issued by The Beatles in Canada. Note that the first Apple record in Canada was a Compo pressed Yellow Submarine / Thingumybob by the Black Dyke Mills Band, which had the sides reversed from the USA release. (some non-Apple regular orange Capitol label Canadian records sometimes have the ridge). No Canadian Apple pressing has this bumpy ridge. Otherwise, for pressings with custom labels, US records have a bumpy ridge before the runout groove, also known as a gripper. The easiest way to differentiate US from Canadian pressings is to look for the title written sideways on the sliced apple side (US pressing have titles written vertically on both sides). NOTE: A few Apple 45s were imported from the USA. The Apple Records 45 RPM Singles Compiled by Serge Pelletier and Piers Hemmingsen, with help from Yvan Tessier and Fred Young who contributed to the MANY scans found in this section.
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