Beatles • SEALED * Rubber Soul Lp

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The Beatles Rubber Soul LP CAPITOL ST 2442

Condition: Mint and still sealed! There is a drill hole on the top right front. The top left front corner has some tiny damage.

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It comes with a new outer plastic sleeve and a brand new box.

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eBay seller since 1997 • Shackwax

Some of you out there may be able to detect which year this copy is from. What I learned from discogs is:

Notes

First press with rainbow rim labels and a border around the cover.

There are three different front cover variations of this:

* The ''NEW IMPROVED'' caption is in brown inside the picture and there is no ''File Under'' caption in the top border.

* The ''NEW IMPROVED'' caption is in black and in the top border, as well as the ''File Under'' caption.

* The ''NEW IMPROVED'' caption is in brown inside the picture, the ''File Under'' caption is in the top border. (Variant 3)

* 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.

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Track listing:

A1 I've Just Seen A Face 2:04

A2 Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)

Sitar – George*

2:00

A3 You Won't See Me

Organ – ''Organ'' Evans*

Piano – Paul*

3:19

A4 Think For Yourself

Bass [Fuzz] – Paul*

2:16

A5 The Word

Harmonium – George Martin

Piano – Paul*

2:42

A6 Michelle 2:42

B1 It's Only Love 1:53

B2 Girl 2:26

B3 I'm Looking Through You

Organ [Hammond] – Ringo*

2:20

B4 In My Life

Piano – George Martin

2:23

B5 Wait 2:13

B6 Run For Your Life 2:21

AllMusic Review by Richie Unterberger

While the Beatles still largely stuck to love songs on Rubber Soul, the lyrics represented a quantum leap in terms of thoughtfulness, maturity, and complex ambiguities. Musically, too, it was a substantial leap forward, with intricate folk-rock arrangements that reflected the increasing influence of Dylan and the Byrds. The group and George Martin were also beginning to expand the conventional instrumental parameters of the rock group, using a sitar on "Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)," Greek-like guitar lines on "Michelle" and "Girl," fuzz bass on "Think for Yourself," and a piano made to sound like a harpsichord on the instrumental break of "In My Life." While John and Paul were beginning to carve separate songwriting identities at this point, the album is full of great tunes, from "Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)" and "Michelle" to "Girl," "I'm Looking Through You," "You Won't See Me," "Drive My Car," and "Nowhere Man" (the last of which was the first Beatle song to move beyond romantic themes entirely). George Harrison was also developing into a fine songwriter with his two contributions, "Think for Yourself" and the Byrds-ish "If I Needed Someone."