Beatles Albums Released in Canada

Meet The Beatles

Reel Tapes (1964)

Meet The Beatles was not issued on LP before 1967, but curiously, the only available format for the album in Canada in 1964 was on the open reel tape format. As little as 191 copies sold between 1964 and 1967, making this Canadian reel extremely rare today.

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.

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RE.2047.1.1
White box, 5" reel
Late 1964
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Long Playing Albums (1967-1988)

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LP.2047.2.1
Mono Rainbow Parr's
1st February 1967
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LP.2047.2.2
Stereo Rainbow Parr's "ALSO"
1st February 1967
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LP.2047.2.3
Stereo Parr's no "ALSO"
Mid 1968
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LP.2047.2.4
Stereo Rainbow Unmarked
Late 1968-1969
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LP.2047.4.1
Green Target (RCA)
1970
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LP.2047.5.1
Red Target (RCA)
1971
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LP.2047.6.1
Orange 1st (RCA)
1972
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LP.2047.6.2
Orange 1st gen. (Columbia)
1973
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LP.2047.7.1
Orange 2nd, ™ (Columbia)
1974
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LP.2047.7.2
Orange 2nd, ® (Columbia) 1
1975
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LP.2047.7.3
Orange 2nd, ® (Columbia) 2
1975
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LP.2047.8.1
Orange 3rd gen. (Capitol)
1976
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LP.2047.9.1
Purple 1st gen. (Cinram)
1977
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LP.2047.10.1
Purple 2nd gen. (Capitol)
1978-1980
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LP.2047.10.2
Purple 2nd, Black cardboard
1978
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LP.2047.11.1
Purple 3rd generation
1980-1983
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LP.2047.11.2
Purple 3rd ST-2047B CDA mix
1980
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LP.2047.13.1
Retro Rainbow (Columbia)
1984-1987
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8 Track Tapes (1968-1975)

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.

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8T.2047.1.1
White Datapack Shell
1968
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8T.2047.3.1
Black Datapack Shell
1971
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8T.2047.4.1
Lear Jet Canada Artwork
1973
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8T.2047.4.2
Lear Jet USA Artwork
1974-1975
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Cassette Tapes (1968-1993)

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".

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K7.2047.3A.1
Black Spine, Black Shell
1981
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K7.2047.6.1
Color Inlay 4XT
1985-1991
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K7.2047.7A.1
Color Inlay C4
1991-1992
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K7.2047.7B.1
Color Inlay C4 Bar Code
1992-1993
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K7.2047.7(B)E1
Bar Code Apple XDR on shell
1994-1995
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Fantasy Items

Unofficial releases / Bootlegs / Counterfeits

Not many Canadian releases have been conterfeited over the years besides the truly unique Canadian records. Meet The Beatles saw a bootleg release by Dr Ebbett's because of a unique (mistake) mix of "Don't Bother Me" found on a purple label pressing from the 1980s ( Dr. Ebbett's).

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FCD.2047.1
CD (Dr Ebbett's) "Don't Don't"
1990s
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