Say what you will about Something New or the Beatles in general, and I’m gonna point to the songs “Things We Said Today” and “I’m Happy Just To Dance With You,” as two of the most delicious yet haunting numbers the boys ever laid down.This time out, instead of the twelve hours required for With The Beatles, the band would spend six days in the studio back in October of 1963, an unheard of about of time in those days.

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I couple months ago, I acquired a NM C1 'Something New', small-dome purple label, pressed by Specialty Records. MAN, does it sound great (well, as great as Dexterized, stepped-on, higher generation dubs can sound), and it's extremely quiet vinyl. Plus, the packaging is stellar; nice, somewhat glossy cover, well-constructed jacket, and a good quality inner sleeve with plastic lining. It totally beats the crap out of my early 70s Apple copy. Capitol was really producing some quality stuff in the 80s.What is the general consensus on these 'round here?

I love them (even though they're still second fiddle to the proper U.K. Versions), and I'm always on the hunt for them. I have most of the c1-9's, but am missing Help! And Hey Jude. I'm fairly convinced that very, very few copies of Hey Jude, were even pressed in the C1-9 series. I think it is the rarest of them all.

I've been looking for years, have never seen one anywhere, not in a store, not at Beatlefest, or online. I know there are quite a few regulars around here who have one, but for me, it has proven to be the most elusive record to find, by far, and it's not even close. That said, I do have the UK Hey Jude 1973 pressing, with YEEX 150-1/151-1 in the deadwax, and I highly doubt the C1-9 Capitol is going to top that one. I couple months ago, I acquired a NM C1 'Something New', small-dome purple label, pressed by Specialty Records.

MAN, does it sound great (well, as great as Dexterized, stepped-on, higher generation dubs can sound), and it's extremely quiet vinyl. Plus, the packaging is stellar; nice, somewhat glossy cover, well-constructed jacket, and a good quality inner sleeve with plastic lining. It totally beats the crap out of my early 70s Apple copy. Capitol was really producing some quality stuff in the 80s.What is the general consensus on these 'round here? I love them (even though they're still second fiddle to the proper U.K. Versions), and I'm always on the hunt for them. I have most of the c1-9's, but am missing Help!

And Hey Jude. I'm fairly convinced that very, very few copies of Hey Jude, were even pressed in the C1-9 series.

I think it is the rarest of them all. I've been looking for years, have never seen one anywhere, not in a store, not at Beatlefest, or online. I know there are quite a few regulars around here who have one, but for me, it has proven to be the most elusive record to find, by far, and it's not even close. That said, I do have the UK Hey Jude 1973 pressing, with YEEX 150-1/151-1 in the deadwax, and I highly doubt the C1-9 Capitol is going to top that one.

Click to expand.I have the C1 Hey Jude. Haven’t listened to it since I purchased the LP over 10 years ago. I remember it sounding bright. My system was totally different than what it is today. At the time, I also had the UK export pressing and preferred it by a wide margin over the C1.

I don’t think you’re missing much at all.IMHO, the best sounding of the C1 series is Yesterday & Today. I pulled out my copy a few months ago and really enjoyed listening to it. Usually, I can’t get through 1-2 tracks when I put on a US album. The C1s and the later rainbow label cuts, pressed by Specialty are the best of the lot. I have most of the c1-9's, but am missing Help! And Hey Jude.

I'm fairly convinced that very, very few copies of Hey Jude, were even pressed in the C1-9 series. I think it is the rarest of them all. I've been looking for years, have never seen one anywhere, not in a store, not at Beatlefest, or online.

I know there are quite a few regulars around here who have one, but for me, it has proven to be the most elusive record to find, by far, and it's not even close. That said, I do have the UK Hey Jude 1973 pressing, with YEEX 150-1/151-1 in the deadwax, and I highly doubt the C1-9 Capitol is going to top that one. I have the C1 Hey Jude. Haven’t listened to it since I purchased the LP over 10 years ago. I remember it sounding bright. My system was totally different than what it is today.

At the time, I also had the UK export pressing and preferred it by a wide margin over the C1. I don’t think you’re missing much at all.IMHO, the best sounding of the C1 series is Yesterday & Today. I pulled out my copy a few months ago and really enjoyed listening to it. Usually, I can’t get through 1-2 tracks when I put on a US album. The C1s and the later rainbow label cuts, pressed by Specialty are the best of the lot.

Click to expand.Totally agree on all counts. The only reason I want the C1-9 Hey Jude, is to complete my C1-9's. It's just the 'being a completist' thing, lol.

No other reason. Yes, the 1973 UK pressing is insanely great.Agreed on the C1-9 Y&T - sounds superb, although I have one copy of most Y&T pressings (except any 1968 through 1975, why bother, they're garbage), and starting with the 1976 orange label, which is the first pressing with the MASTERED BY CAPITOL in the deadwax and is a Wally. Any pressings starting with, and after that, are very nice-sounding. Y&T is always a great listen, I've always loved it as a compilation album.

I wasn't born yet in 1966, but when I play that album, it's fun to put yourself in the shoes of someone who lived in America, and was hearing Drive My Car for the first time. The C1-9, C1-4, and CLJ pressings, were the ones I 'grew up on', considering I was a teenager in the late 80's, so those were the brand new copies I bought in record stores. Therefore, since my first copy of Rubber Soul, was the CLJ - I only knew the British track listing.

Don't get me wrong, I've Just Seen a Face, is a great, great song, I do love it. But, for me, Rubber Soul not starting with Drive My Car, doesn't sound right to me. Click to expand.Those 80's rainbows.

Some of them are outstanding, especially for Capitol and the fact that they're obviously dubs of dubs of dubs masters, etc. My 1983 rainbow White Album. I wouldn't put it above my UK stereo or German DMM copies, but it's probably the best of all of my Capitol pressings, by far. My copy has a gold promo stamp in the top right corner, although I don't think that means anything special. This issue is notable, for being the very last analog tape to vinyl issue of that album (if I'm not mistaken), since the 1988 C1-4 is digital. But yeah, those 80's rainbows are nice copies to have. Those 80's rainbows.

Some of them are outstanding, especially for Capitol and the fact that they're obviously dubs of dubs of dubs masters, etc. My 1983 rainbow White Album. I wouldn't put it above my UK stereo or German DMM copies, but it's probably the best of all of my Capitol pressings, by far. My copy has a gold promo stamp in the top right corner, although I don't think that means anything special. This issue is notable, for being the very last analog tape to vinyl issue of that album (if I'm not mistaken), since the 1988 C1-4 is digital. But yeah, those 80's rainbows are nice copies to have.

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Click to expand.Indeed - I never checked if it was translucent or not, I'll check that out. There's been all sorts of debates around here, regarding the validity of gold stamps, promos, cutouts, etc. My understanding, and absolutely feel free to correct me if I'm wrong, is that the gold stamped covers (Capitol) and gold stamp with white disc labels (Columbia), etc., were the initial first pressings of those issues, and in most cases, were found to be of somewhat (if marginal, at best) better quality than the subsequent pressings. I can't confirm this, but can tell you that all of my records with this, all sound great.That said, I can only chuckle, when I see people on eBay, pricing these at exorbitant prices, hoping to dupe a buyer into thinking they're getting something of substantially better quality, and I've never been totally convinced that's the case. Also, people should not call the cutout hole copies as 'promos', because they are not. I think the cutout hole or cut corners, meant that those could not be returned to the label, or whatever the case was.

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My Beatles '65 C1-9 copy, has a cutout hole on it, and that means perhaps it was one of the last ones pressed, packaged, etc., but it sounds fine anyways.