← Beatles Albums Released in Canada
Sgt Peppper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
Mono "A LITTLE HELP"
Stereo "A LITTLE HELP"
Mono "WITH A LITTLE HELP"
Stereo "WITH A LITTLE HELP"
Stereo Unmarked Cover
Green Target (Compo)
Red Target (Compo)
Orange 1st Gen. (Compo)
Orange 1st Gen. MG cover
Orange 2nd Gen. ™
Orange 2nd gen ® (Columbia)
Orange 3rd gen. (Capitol)
Purple 1st gen. (Cinram)
Purple 2nd gen. (Cinram)
Purple 2nd gen. (Capitol)
Purple marble vinyl (Capitol)
Experimental B&W splash
Experimental Bl/Gr Marble
Experimental Grey Starburst
Error Floyd / Pepper (Capitol)
Purple 3rd gen. (Capitol)
Retro Rainbow (Columbia)
Reel Tapes (1967-1970)
As a general rule for Canadian Beatles reel tapes, both the tapes and boxes were manufactured in Canada, but slicks were often made by using US artwork. The best way to distinguish the Canadian pressings from the US issues is the color of the box: Canada always used WHITE cardboard boxes, while the USA used either BROWN or BLUE boxes.
8 Track Tapes (1968-1980)
Beatles 8 Track releases are usually found in five main series produced in Canada between 1968 and 1980: White shell with white paper labels, Transitional hybrid configurations, Black shell (AMPEX Datapack), Black shell (Lear Jet) and Black Shell (Capitol) many of which have their own "sub-variations". See the TAPES section for more details.
Cassette Tapes (1968-1995)
Cassette tapes were introduced in Canada as late as the fall of 1968 or early 1969. Cassettes could/would have been imported from the USA prior to this. There appears to be eight main series of cassette tapes produced in Canada between 1968 and 1993: Blue Spine, Black spine, Light Bue Spine, Black and Yellow, Black and Yellow SDR, Light Blue SDR, color Inlay (5 series) and Modern Apple tapes, all of which have their own "sub-variations".
Blue Spine, White Label dome
Blue Spine, White Label target
Blue Spine, Yellow Labels
Blue Spine, Cream Shell
Light Blue Cream Shell
Light Blue White Shell
Light Blue Black Shell
Black and Yellow SDR
Black and Yellow
White Inlay, 4XT Black shell
Color Inlay, 4XT Black shell 1
Color Inlay, 4XT Black shell 2
Color Inlay, 4XAS XDR
Color Inlay, C4 XDR
C4 Apple black shell XDR
C4 Apple clear shell XDR
Compact Discs (1989-Present)
Canada started pressing Beatles compact discs in 1989, as the "official" Beatles catalogue was being standardized through the CLJ and CD series. Early copies were pressed by Disque Americ and CINRAM, while later copies were pressed by EMI, before differing to Cinram again until today. Keep in mind that throughout these pressing periods, CDs were also sporadically imported from the US and the EU to meet demand, instead of being locally made.
