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Vinyl Single 7" • Capitol Records • 5112.
1963 • U.S.A.
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Back cover.
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Disc side 1: I Want To Hold Your Hand.
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Disc side 2: I Saw Her Standing There.
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Labels.
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THE BEATLES
ARE HERE!
Available on Capitol Records 45's and LP's
Store record banner • 1964.
ReplyDeleteReleased in the US on December 26, 1963, 'I Want To Hold Your Hand' became the Beatles' first US number one (Billboard Hot 100, February 1, 1964), and kick-started the British Invasion of America. It remained on the Billboard chart for 15 weeks.
Original pressings are on yellow and orange swirl Capitol labels without "subsidiary" print in the label rim text.
The first pressings of the record are identified by the 'Walter Hofer' publishing credit on the 'I Saw Her Standing There' side of the disc.
On the second pressing, the publishing credit on the 'I Saw Her..' side was changed to 'George Pincus & Sons Music Corp.'
There also exist a third label variation where the publishing credit on the 'I Saw Her..' side was changed to 'Gil Music Corp.'
There are two typesetting variations for the labels. The East Coast labels were printed Keystone Printed Specialties Co., Inc. West Coast labels were printed by The Bert-Co Enterprises.
The East Coast picture sleeve variation shows all of George's head and have a straight cut top. The West Coast picture sleeve variation crops off part of George's head and have a "tub" cut top.
The picture sleeves were prepared by two different printers: Queens Litho in New York (East Coast) and The Bert-Co Enterprises of Los Angeles (West Coast).
The original 1964 sleeves do not have periods in "REG US PAT OFF" (under the Capitol logo). The reissue sleeves from 1994 have periods in "REG. U.S. PAT. OFF." In addition, on the original sleeve, Paul is holding a cigarette, while on the 20th anniversary sleeve, the cigarette has been removed.
Capitol originally scheduled 'I Want To Hold Your Hand' for release on 13th January 1964, but airplay by Carroll James, a DJ on Washington, DC station WWDC, led to the release date being brought forward to December 26, 1963, to cope with public demand.