Twist And Shout

This is a unique release from Canada, and is a variation of the second incarnation on the cassette format. This variation "falls between two chairs" as it features the same older "color inlay" (or J card) as variations K7.6054.6.1 and K7.6054.6.2, but features a new apple logo on the black shell. Capitol most likley used up old J-Card stocks with newer shells until they needed to print newer J-cards with updated information.

Availability

K7.6054.6.3 was issued after Apple Records "came back in the early 1990s, somewhere between 1994 and 1995 when black shells were changed to clear shells. The general numbering system changed from the 4XT format to the C4 format for the regular catalog, but the three Canadian albums seem to have kept the 4T format a bit longer. To date, no copies have been documented with a newer C4 number, which leads to believe that this variation was produced approximately until 1995 (see the formats page for details).

Later reissues of Twist and Shout (K7.6054.6.3 and K7.6054.7E1) 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 third variation of the second cassette incarnation was on the same "color inlay (or J-card) format", a series design by Capitol of Canada, only for Canadian Capitol cassettes, and kept the 4XT-6054 number, but added the Apple logo on the shell (but not on the J card).

Pressing Information

This "pressing" was released somewhere between 1994-1995, and features a Black colored shell with Silver print, and most notably, features the "new" addition of the Apple logo on the shell. The catalog number remained "4XT-6054". These new copies got rid of the distinctive "futuristic robot font", to feature a more standard font instead.

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 seems the 4XT number was kept until at least 1995 (after which it used "4T" instead).

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. This variation has the exact same J-card as the previous two variations.

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.