Capitol Labels After the Beatle Period

ALBUMS
	In November, 1972, Capitol left the "red label" behind -- after pressing it for under two years -- and switched to a new design, the now familiar orange label. Since all Beatles reissues and new albums were being pressed on the Apple label during 1972-1975, then theoretically there should be no Beatles records on the (first) orange label. In fact, the only Beatles-related album to appear on the orange label without the later "All Rights Reserved" disclaimer is the Capitol Record Club issue of Revolver. That album is not shown here, though, because the rim print was changed on that LP to indicate that it was manufactured by Longines and not by Capitol.
	After September of 1975, the "All Rights Reserved" saying was added to the label. Until December, 1975, the whole Beatles/solo catalog remained on the Apple label, but beginning in 1976 the orange label was used for Beatles-related reissues. Therefore, the whole LP catalog was transferred to the orange Capitol label with "All Rights Reserved." All Beatles reissues appeared on this label style until about March of 1978.
	Capitol custom labels, imitating their earlier label styles, had been appearing as early as 1975. By 1977, the decision had been made to return to a label similar to the old purple label that had been used on 78's. The rim print of the "70's purple label" starts with "MFD. BY CAPITOL," and the Capitol logo is quite large. All Beatles albums were reissued onto this label style.
	At least since the Rarities album in 1980, Capitol had been experimenting with returning to their classic rainbow label. Records by other artists, such as the Knack, also appeared on variations of the earlier label styles. In July of 1983, the "new rainbow" label became the label for all regular issues. This label style is distinctive, since the rim print actually appears IN the rainbow portion of the label. All Beatles albums were reissued onto this label style. Later copies show the publishing credits of Michael Jackson's publishing company.
	From Summer of 1988 onward, the "new purple" label has been in use by Capitol. In addition to a smaller logo, the label differs from earlier styles because the rim print starts with "MANUFACTURED BY CAPITOL." I.e., the word "manufactured" is spelled out. The rim print now stretches almost all the way around the label.

SINGLES
	Capitol Records switched from their red/orange target label to this orange label late in 1972. The orange label uses a unique logo--the word "Capitol" all by itself. Labels made before September of 1975 feature the same rim print as the issues from 1968 to 1972.
	Beatles fans know this best as the "orange label," but techinically speaking, this is the orange label with "All Rights Reserved" message. Copies of this label style before September 1975 feature shorter rim print, similar to what is found on the target labels. But from that time on, all orange labels (and therefore all Beatles reissues) feature the "All Rights Reserved" message around the rim of the label. NOTE: The entire Beatles catalog except for "The Ballad of John and Yoko" reverted to the new label style in 1976.
	Capitol Records phased in this label style. As early as 1975, some records were sporting a custom label similar to the old black-and-silver label for 78's. By 1977, the record company was revisiting their classic purple label. By early 1978, the 70's purple label had become the label of choice. The rim print on this issue is the same as on the previous issue, beginning with "MFD. BY CAPITOL RECORDS." The entire Beatles catalog was reissued onto this label style. Several record sleeves accompanied this label over the years.
	1981 saw the numbers of Capitol's singles approaching 5000. At this time, nearly all of those singles from the 60's which numbered in the 5000's were transferred to the blue StarLine label, which numbered in the 6000's. This cleared the way for other singles to carry the 5000 number. All Beatles singles from "I Want to Hold Your Hand" through "All You Need is Love" were transferred to the StarLine label. First releases (November 1981) accidentally read "STEREO" on the labels--the records themselves are mono. Second pressings (scarce) do not show whether the record is mono or stereo. Third pressings still show the catalog number starting with an "A" and state "MONO" on the label. Fourth pressings state "MONO" and have the prefix changed to "X" on the label.
	In July of 1983, all Beatles singles were transferred to the new Capitol label style, a rainbow label which had been used on LP's in the 60's. This new rainbow label featured the rim print in the rainbow itself, which the earlier versions did not do. The entire Beatles catalog was transferred to this label style, with the StarLine singles having a StarLine logo on the label. NOTE: "I Want to Hold Your Hand" sported a custom swirl label from c. 1984 to 1986. The 20th anniversary reissue of "Love Me Do" also featured the custom swirl label.
	In the Summer of 1988, all Capitol singles switched to the "new purple" label. The label resembles the 70's label somewhat, but the rim print starts with "MANUFACTURED BY CAPITOL." Presumably, the entire Beatles catalog was switched to this label, Capitol's last to date. Since singles were phased out, Capitol has been issuing custom "jukebox" singles on their Cema (special markets) subsidiary, mostly using the new purple label.