THE BEATLES ~ ABBEY ROAD LP (1969) ORIG PRESS APPLE SO-383 STEREO SCRANTON

Description: THE BEATLES ~ ABBEY ROAD LP (1969) ORIG PRESS APPLE SO-383 STEREO 1st Press SCRANTON PRESSING This Beatles Abbey Road 1st pressing LP will make a great addition to your collection. It features the sewer cover and Her Majesty listed on the back cover. Research on the history of the Abbey Road cover reveals the following information on the three variations (referenced on Discogs); Abbey Road (released October 1, 1969) was the first Beatles album in America packaged with print-on-board covers. These covers involved the process of printing the cover image directly onto white posterboard, which is then folded and glued to form the album jacket. The previous Beatles album covers were constructed by affixing separately printed slicks to cardboard jackets. The new print-on-board covers were a superior looking package. Another advantage was that these covers were manufactured by one company, whereas the older style covers involved both a printer and an album fabricator. Capitol documents indicate that the album's artwork was shipped on September 11,1969. COVER # 1 : FIRST BATCH The first batch of covers (SC1A, Spizer) do not list Her Majesty on the back cover track listing. The front cover has more of the crosswalk at the bottom edge of the cover, and includes a portion of a square road sewer positioned on the bottom edge of the cover, beneath Ringo and John's feet. COVER # 2 : SECOND BATCH Prior to the album going on sale, Capitol had the film for the back cover revised to list the song Her Majesty after The End. By the time the new artwork was sent out on September 24, many covers had been printed. Thus, the SECOND BATCH of jacket covers listing Her Majesty (SC1B, Spizer) are less common and rarer than the covers not listing the song. The front cover image has the exact characteristics of Cover # 1: more of the crosswalk at the bottom edge of the cover, and includes a portion of a square road sewer positioned on the bottom edge of the cover, beneath Ringo and John's feet. COVER # 3 : THIRD BATCH Abbey Road ended up being the only Beatles album to have print-on-board covers upon its initial release. Although Capitol was pleased with the print-on-board jackets, future decisions regarding the mastering, packaging and advertising of Apple releases were handled directly by Apple by very loyal individuals who had a long-standing relationship with Queens Litho and selected them again to be the primary printer of cover slicks for future Beatles albums starting with Hey Jude. When Capitol's pressing plants ran out of the print-on-board covers, Apple hired Queens Litho to print slicks for additional Abbey Road jackets. These THIRD (and final) BATCH Covers (SC2A, Spizer) used slicks printed by Queens Litho

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Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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