BEATLES 33-COLORED VINYL 45s w/ Green NORWEGIAN WOOD

$

913

THE PERFECT GIFT FOR THAT BEATLE-FREAK

FOR ALL YOU BEATLES FANS/RECORD COLLECTORS!
TODAY IS YOUR LUCKY DAY!
A SEMI-COMPLETE COLLECTION OF CAPITOL RECORDS'
"FOR JUKEBOXES ONLY" COLORED 45 VINYLS
RARE & VERY HIGHLY COLLECTIBLE!
READ ON

In 1992, Capitol released the single Love Me Do / P.S. I Love You as a single from their CEMA* Special Markets Division, with "For Jukeboxes Only!" printed on the label. Two years later, in 1994 they issued a series of 15 titles, followed by another series of 15 in 1996. All discs in the second series of juke-box singles had sales of 15,000 - 20,000 pieces. The first series, in fact, sold quite a bit more than the second, sales of those discs range typically in the 22,000 range. Three titles, Love Me Do, Birthday, and Norwegian Wood were issued (two inadvertantly) on both color vinyl and black vinyl - with one common version and one rare version of each, noted as follows: Love Me Do / P.S. I Love You (Red vinyl / Black vinyl S7-56785)) - This was the first of the "For Jukeboxes Only" releases. CEMA originally ordered these in black vinyl. Specialty, who pressed them, had just finished a run of red vinyl singles for another artist, and the operator forgot to change to black "biscuits". About 250-300 copies of the red vinyl Love Me Do were made before the mistake was discovered. CEMA ended up keeping these copies, and they were eventually sold to one distributor. The black vinyl discs were released on October 19, the same day as Capitol's CD single of Love Me Do, while the red versions were finally shipped the following year on March 10.

Norwegian Wood / If I Needed Someone (Green vinyl, S7-18888 / Black vinyl S7-19341) - The green vinyl version was only available through Collector's Choice Music when you bought the 1995 sealed set of Beatles LP's - only 1000 were made. The black vinyl is the common standard issue.

Birthday / Taxman (Green vinyl / Black vinyl, S7-17488) - This was originally scheduled to be released on 7-28-93, alongside Badfinger's Baby Blue / Day After Day (S7-17487) and Paul's C'Mon People / Down To The River (S7-17489). At this time, the 'A' and 'B' sides were reversed (the single was Taxman / Birthday) and it was to be pressed on yellow vinyl. The release was delayed until the following year, when it was released along with several other titles, with Birthday as the 'A' side side and pressed on green vinyl. Again, owing to goof-ups at the plant, a small quantity of black vinyl discs were shipped, numbering about 25 - 50 pieces. Actually quite rare, and mistakenly priced at only a few dollars' value.

In all, there are 34 issues counting variations.

* CEMA is the distribution arm of what was then called Capitol-EMI. CEMA originally stood for what was, at the time, the four EMI companies distributed by this branch: Capitol, EMI, Manhattan and Angel. Capitol-EMI subsequently acquired and distributed several other companies, so that distribution branch was simply known as "CEMA."

What i have for sale are THE BEATLES' 33 COLORED VINYLS Collection marked "FOR JUKEBOXES ONLY" on the Capitol Purple Label. I suppose you can call this a Semi-complete set as i don't have the Black BIRTHDAY/TAXMAN disc. I will also include, if available, jukebox strips for each single released.

Here's the List of the 33 COLORED VINYLS:

1.  S7-56785    Love Me Do/P.S. I Love You   Red
2.  S7-56785    Love Me Do/P.S. I Love You   Black
  1st Series
      Number            "A" Side                      "B" Side                             Vinyl Color                Released
 3.  S7-17692     A Hard Day's Night        Things We Said Today          White                         01-94
 4.  S7-17693     All You Need Is Love      Baby You're A Rich Man     Pink                           02-94
 5.  S7-17488     Birthday                           Taxman                                  Green                        01-94
 6.  S7-17690     Can't Buy Me Love        You Can't Do That                 Green                        02-94
 7.  S7-17691     Help!                                I'm Down                                White                         03-94
 8.  S7-17700     Here Comes The Sun      Octopus's Garden                  Orange                      03-94
 9.  S7-17694     Hey Jude                          Revolution                              Blue                          01-94
10. S7-17689     I Want To Hold Your Hand     This Boy                         Clear                         03-94
11. S7-17695     Let It Be                           You Know My Name             Yellow                       03-94
12. S7-17701     Sgt. Pepper's / With A Little Help   A Day In The Life   Clear                       01-94
13. S7-17688     She Loves You                 I'll Get You                             Red                           02-94
14. S7-17698     Something                        Come Together                       Blue                          01-94
15. S7-17697     Strawberry Fields Forever     Penny Lane                      Red                           03-94
16. S7-17699     Twist and Shout               There's A Place                       Pink                               
17. S7-17696     Yellow Submarine            Eleanor Rigby                         Yellow                       02-94
 2nd Series
18. S7-18891     Across The Universe       Two Of Us                               Clear                         01-24-96
19. S7-18899     Got To Get You Into My Life     Helter Skelter             Orange                      01-24-96
20. S7-18897     Here, There And Everywhere     Good Day Sunshine    Yellow                       01-24-96
21. S7-18893     It's All Too Much            Only A Northern Song            Blue                           01-24-96
22. S7-18898     Long And Winding Road, The     For You Blue              Blue                           01-24-96
23. S7-18896     Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds     When I'm 64          Red                            01-24-96
24. S7-18890     Magical Mystery Tour    The Fool On The Hill             Yellow                        01-24-96
25. S7-19341     Norwegian Wood             If I Needed Someone             Black
26. S7-18894     Nowhere Man                  What Goes On                        Green                        01-24-96
27. S7-18900     Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da       Julia                                         Clear                         01-24-96
28. S7-18902     Paperback Writer            Rain                                         Red                            01-24-96
29. S7-18895     We Can Work It Out       Day Tripper                            Pink                            01-24-96
30. S7-18892     While My Guitar Gently Weeps     Blackbird                Blue                            01-24-96
31. S7-18901     Yesterday     Act Naturally                                              Pink                            01-24-96
32. S7-18889     You've Got To Hide Your Love Away  I've Just Seen A Face     Orange        01-24-96
     and the rarest of them all
33. S7-18888     Norwegian Wood              If I Needed Someone            Green                         11-20-95

There it is folks! Count 'em, there's 33 in all! All are in mint unplayed conditions. Vinyls were all issued in plain white sleeve.
(Note: The side for the green  If I Needed Someone has some bubbles on the label, which was so common for this vinyl. See picture)

These 45 vinyls are getting rare as Capitol has never pressed any single Beatles record after these colored vinyls. These are the last 45s of the Beatles by Capitol. These are Vinyls intended for Collecting and not for Playing. But if you decide to buy the Collection, it's really up to you what you want to do with them!... Most of these 45's are individually sold for $15 on ebay, so the common 31 vinyls alone will cost you $465!... The very rare Green NORWEGIAN WOOD sold for $1500 on ebay about 7 months ago. My price is lower than this price!

AND NOW FOR THE MOST BORING PART:

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