Rubber Soul

Many Variations Exist of this Album. This is a Stereo First Pressing with Capitol's Los Angeles Pressing Plant's "✲" Stamper in the Dead Wax and has Black Labels with Capitol Color Band / Rainbow around their perimeters / outer edges. The Labels do NOT say The Beatles anywhere on them, instead listing the bandmembers by name. Same goes for the cover, which only says The Beatles on the Spine and on Back. This version has a White Border around the cover, with the Catalog # ST 2442 to the far right of the top edge. This variation does NOT have "File Under . . ." on the upper front border and the wording "New Improved Full Dimensional Stereo" appears inside the cover artwork, NOT above it in the white border, as some variations have it. This variation also has the number 6 to the left of the RIAA seal at the bottom right of the back cover. Cover fabricated by Imperial Packing Co., Inc. of Indianapolis, IN _______ There are three different front cover variations of the Capitol Stereo Version of this Album : * The ''New Improved'' caption is in brown inside the picture and there is no ''File Under'' caption in the top border. (THIS ENTRY) * The ''New Improved'' caption is in black and in the top border, as well as the ''File Under'' caption. * There are two ''New Improved'' captions, one in the top border and one in the picture. The ''File Under'' caption is in the top border too. _______ There are four label variations of the Capitol Stereo Version of this Album (with some other subtle differences in font / placement as well) : * The artist's name above the spindle hole consist of the names of the Beatles, but does not mention the group's name. The ''Stereo'' caption reaches over the tracklisting. * The artist's name above the spindle hole consist of the names of the Beatles, but does not mention the group's name. The ''Stereo'' caption (in elongated font) reaches to the track numbering only. (THIS ENTRY) * The artist's name consists of both the individual names and the group's name. The ''Stereo'' caption reaches over the tracklisting. * The artist's name consists of both the individual names and the group's name. The ''Stereo'' caption (in elongated font) reaches to the track numbering only. Runouts are etched apart from Capitol's ✲, which is stamped.