Picture Sleeves

beatlefreak · Post by **beatlefreak** » Sun Jul 16, 2006 12:17 pm

The photo on the CBML sleeve is slightly larger (more zoomed in) than IWTHYH.

actual_size · Post by **actual_size** » Mon Jul 17, 2006 4:49 am

Capitol U.S. released 2 distinct variations of The Beatles picture sleeves in the 1960s. East Coast: straight cut top. West Coast: dropped center "thumb tab" cut. The Can't Buy Me Love ps was released only on the east coast and in limited quantities. The "more zoomed in" photo Kris mentioned is the west coast variation of the IWTHYH ps. A mint minus condition Can't Buy Me Love ps recently sold on ebay for over $1700. Condition is everything.

actual_size · Post by **actual_size** » Mon Jul 17, 2006 5:02 am

Here is the IWTHYH East Coast ps variation.

actual_size · Post by **actual_size** » Mon Jul 17, 2006 5:03 am

IWTHYH West Coast ps variation.

actual_size · Post by **actual_size** » Mon Jul 17, 2006 5:05 am

I'll Cry Instead East Coast ps. I hope these helped.

studiotwosession · Post by **studiotwosession** » Mon Jul 17, 2006 5:31 am

Very nice. I have a few singles picture sleeves and a couple of butchers but am not a serious collector.

actual_size · Post by **actual_size** » Mon Jul 17, 2006 6:03 am

I'll Cry Instead West Coast ps. The "tab cut" is much more visible. As you can see there are often color and quality differences between east and west coast sleeves. Sorry. Couldn't resist.

simer4001 · Post by **simer4001** » Mon Jul 17, 2006 7:58 am

I'm heading back to Boise today. Guess what I'll be doing first? I think I have all of these sleeves. I started buying them in 1978 at a little shop called "Let it Be Records" on Judah Street in San Francsico. He liked the double meaning of Let it Be...records.

studiotwosession · Post by **studiotwosession** » Mon Jul 17, 2006 12:36 pm

My personal fave is the Rain Paperback Writer sleeve, where all three Beatles guitarists appear as lefties (George as both a righty and a lefty.)

simer4001 · Post by **simer4001** » Mon Jul 17, 2006 7:04 pm

I like Nowhere Man where they take the cover of The Early Beatles and chop it up to fit on a 45 sleeve. They all look like hunch backs

studiotwosession · Post by **studiotwosession** » Wed Jul 19, 2006 5:46 am

I don't have many PS but have collected some cassettes.

randyz · Post by **randyz** » Wed Jul 19, 2006 6:56 am

I used to know a guy who bought out several warehouses full of 8-track tapes in 1980. He had every imaginable title and artist on new still-sealed 8-tracks. People laughed at him, but he made a lot of money selling those off to collectors and guys who had factory original 8-track players in classic cars.

studiotwosession · Post by **studiotwosession** » Wed Jul 19, 2006 7:53 am

People laugh at cassettes now. I started collecting them just for fun, just the bands I like. I have three sets of Capitol Beatles issues, one of which is first issues and they're in great shape. I guess they didn't sell that well at first and the first issues (paper labeled tapes) were only sold 69-70-ish.

simer4001 · Post by **simer4001** » Thu Jul 20, 2006 7:15 pm

Check out this site. It has some pretty funky info about Beatles releases worldwide and how they fit albums on to 8 tracks.

http://www.beatletracks.com/

studiotwosession · Post by **studiotwosession** » Mon Jul 24, 2006 2:52 pm

Speaking of fitting songs onto tapes, they did it with cassettes, too, flip flopping Come Together and Here Comes the Sun on Abby Road. Ugh.