Twist And Shout /
There's A Place

45.72146.1.2 refers to later pressings of Twist And Shout, specifically, copies with -5 and -6 matrix numbers, released around the 1965-1966 period. The official reason is not known, but Capitol seems to have subcontracted Quality Records as another subcontractor for these later pressings. Maybe they were trying some new diversification options. These Quality pressings are easily recognizable by their "Q" etched in the trail off area.

Availability

Quality pressings were only found with -5 and -6 copies, indicating they were available later, possibly around 1965 and 1966. No "Q" copies were found on earlier copies, and later 1967 reissues (45.72146.2.1) on the brackets label were regular RCA copies.

General Information

This variation indicates that Capitol was exploring diversification possibilities and tried a different contractor. By then, Twist and Shout was not the most recent hit seller, so it seems unlikely that the effort was intended to "meet high demand", but logically, it is most likely that they wanted to try different pressing options for future engagements. Capitol did similar exploratory tests for albums with other companies like Keel and Cinram in the 1970s.

Pressing Information

This variation (copies with -5 and -6) have a "Q" etched after the matrix number, indicating "QUALITY". These also have a "No.X" following the matrix, pointing to more than 6 different lacquers made (each "dash and numbers lacquers having "sublacquers" of their own). It is not known how many Quality lacquers were used, but Quality seems to have pressed all the copies of this single for Capitol before the end of 1966.

Canadian Test pressing, pressed by Quality, most likely in the 1965 period, from Piers Hemmingsen's collection.

Matrix numbers for first pressings of 45.72146.1.2 are as follows, with either a -5 or -6:

Side A: CC21 CC2 -72146-5Q 1
Side B: CC2 CC1 -72146-6Q

Packaging

Commercial stock copies were found in a new FLAT black Capitol sleeve.

Sales

Twist And Shout was released while All My Loving was still at No.1. Twist And Shout reached No. 8 upon release, and climbed to No. 3 at its peak (source: P. Hemmingsen, The Beatles’ Canadian Discography part. 1). It went on to sell 97 405 copies in 1964, with an extra 2585 copies in 1965 (official sales numbers). This could allow an estimate of approximately 2000-3000 copies pressed by Quality.