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Other known matrix variants
Known matrix stamper variants of this pressing (different mother numbers, stamper letters, or re-cuts).
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Variant 2 Scranton US pressing
- A
Phil + Ronnie JS-17,500-14 #6 Bell Sound sf IAM- B
Phil + Ronnie JS-17,501-13 #3 Bell Sound sf IAM
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Variant 3 Jacksonville pressing
- A
JS-17,500-26 #4 Bell Sound sf 0 Phil+Ronnie ARI 34001- B
JS-17,501-25 #2 Bell Sound sf 0 Phil+Ronnie AR2 34001
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Variant 4 Los Angeles pressing
- A
JS-17,500-15.. 1 Bell Sound sf * Phil + Ronnie 2- B
JS-17,501-15.. 2 Bell Sound sf * Phil + Ronnie 2
Tracklist
Side A
- Two Of Us (3:33)
- Dig A Pony (3:55)
- Across The Universe (3:51)
- I Me Mine (2:25)
- Dig It (0:51)
- Let It Be (4:01)
- Maggie Mae (0:39)
Side B
- I've Got A Feeling (3:38)
- One After 909 (2:52)
- The Long And Winding Road (3:40)
- For You Blue (2:33)
- Get Back (3:09)
Labels & dead wax
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How to authenticate this pressing
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Country of Origin Identification Features:
- A dark, brownish-red apple on a black background. The American label for Let It Be is not the green Apple Records apple known from the British and European releases, but a dark, reddish-brown apple. Side 1 has a whole apple, apple on a side 2 is cut in half.
- Catalog number AR 34001. The United States, like Japan, did not inherit the British PCS number 7096 nor use the European numbering system 062-04433. The album received its own American number, AR 34001.
- “BMI” and “Mfd. by Apple Records, Inc.” Each title is marked with the abbreviation “BMI,” the designation of the American performing rights organization: Broadcast Music, Inc. At the bottom of the label there is the phrase "Mfd. by Apple Records, Inc." Both elements are characteristic of the American market.
The first pressing has the abbreviation "(P.D.)" next to the song "Maggie Mae". The second pressing has the text expanded to "P.D. arr. Lennon, McCartney, Harrison, Starkey".
Historical context & other notes
"-◁" in the run-outs, indicates a pressing at Capitol Records Pressing Plant, Winchester.
Copies with "IAM" (in a triangle) were pressed at Capitol Records Pressing Plant, Scranton and copies with "0" were pressed at Capitol Records Pressing Plant, Jacksonville, Illinois. A star in the run-outs indicates Capitol Pressing Plant in Los Angeles.
Other releases
This album's releases in other countries, or special editions within the same market. Full per-country chronology lives in each country's hub page.
