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U.s. Apple Single Contract Pressings
Topic Started: Mar 1 2014, 09:48 PM (218 Views)
meaning-less
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What are the identifiers for U.S. Apple contract pressing singles. ( font, matrix letters/numbers, etc)?
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"Original" contracts on APPLE are known as:
"Hey Jude" = RCA Rockaway ("R" in matrix)
"Get Back" = unknown with "K" in matrix on both sides
"Ballad of John and Yoko" = unknown contract with incomplete matrix
"Give Peace a Chance" = unknown contract with incomplete matrix
"Something" = RCA Rockaway, RCA Indianapolis, and RCA Hollywood
"Cold Turkey" = unknown contract with incomplete matrix
"Temma Harbour" = RCA ?
"Let it Be" = RCA Indianapolis ("I" in matrix)
"Long and Winding Road" = RCA Hollywood
"Long and Winding Road" = RCA ?

Matrix indicators:
"R" = RCA Rockaway
"I" = RCA Indianapolis
"H" = RCA Hollywood

Near the end of the Apple period, we also find singles with Jacksonville markings that were actually pressed in and FOR Canada.

The contracts for the records after "Get Back" are fairly common, and LIB is definitely common. Contracts for Hey Jude, Get Back, and Long and Winding Road are certainly less common, and it seems to me that I don't see the "Cold Turkey" contract that often.

These copies are contract pressings:
Cold Turkey

Give Peace a Chance This copy has the incomplete matrix, and the seller believes it is Canadian. I only know the Canadian copies with the label that is obviously Canadian, but since the incomplete matrix could be anyone's, who knows??
Temma Harbour

Ballad of John and Yoko

Something

Let it Be

Long and Winding Road
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I am wondering if there is any updated information on the unknown contract pressing with incomplete matrix (46904 / 46905), Apple 1809 "Give Peace A Chance" / "Remember Love"? There are no other symbols, letters or numbers in the dead wax that I can see. This one does not have the gripper rings on the outside of the labels.
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