Long Tall Sally

This is a unique release from Canada, and is a second incarnation on the cassette format. This variation features the new "color inlay" (or J card), a series that featured a uniquely Canadian design. Variation K7.6063.6.1 features a black shell with silver print.

Availability

K7.6063.6.1 was introduced in 1985 and remained available up until at least 1991, after which the general numbering system changed from the 4XT format to the C4 format. To date, no copies have been documented with a newer C4 number, which leads to believe that this variation was produced approximately until 1991 (see the formats page for details).

Later reissues of Twist and Shout (K7.6063.6.3 and K7.6063.7E1) as well as Long Tall Sally (K7.6063.9A.1) have been documented, but retained a "4T" number instead of a "C4" number.

General Information

The three unique Canadian Beatles album from the 6000 series were never issued in another format than vinyl before 1982 (unlike the rest of the catalog that saw cassettes, 8-tracks, reel tapes and CDs issues), and overall, the cassette was the only other format that these three albums were ever reissued on.

This second cassette incarnation was on the "color inlay (or J-card) format", a series design by Capitol of Canada, only for Canadian Capitol cassettes.

Pressing Information

This "pressing" was released between 1985 and approximately 1991, and features the same black shell with silver print as the previous SDR variation. The catalog number remained "4XT-6063". Early tapes from the 1980s (up until the mid 1990s) used the distinctive "futuristic robot font" (see the big "1" and "2"). These were later changed to a more standard font in the mid to late 1990s.

Being the black sheep of the Canadian Beatles catalog, the three 6000 series albums might have followed different rules than the rest of the lineup, and it is possible that the 4XT number was kept later than 1991. Twist and Shout for example has been later reissued with an Apple logo and "4T" number around 1995, so it is possible that this 4XT format was used a few more years later than the regular catalog that had switched to C4. This needs to be confirmed.

Different types of shells were used simulteneously and seemingly, also interchangeably. To further deepen the confusion, between 1982 and 1999, catalog numbers randomly went back and forth between "4XT" and "4T" prefixes. All these variations have been verified under different combinations from various sealed tapes that were unsealed to document this archive (sometimes even having a 4T tape in a 4XT J-card, or a 4XT tape in a 4T J-card).

Cover

The cover (or inlay, or "J Card") was under the new unique Canadian format: the "color inlay (or J-Card)" design. The layout and design were generic to all Capitol releases, but the colors of the cards were selected to match the album's artwork, making a very colorful series when looking at them side by side.

The J-card color of this release was WHITE.

Packaging

Tapes were sold in a black back jewel case , and sealed in either a firm wrap that was folded shut, or a regular heat-tightened shrink wrap.

Both types of wrapper have been verified to be used randomly between 1982 and 1995.