Beatles Albums Released in Canada

Sgt Peppper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

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LP.2653.2.1
Mono "A LITTLE HELP"
2 June, 1967
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LP.2653.2.2
Stereo "A LITTLE HELP"
2 June, 1967
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LP.2653.2.3
Mono "WITH A LITTLE HELP"
June 1967 - Mid 1968
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LP.2653.2.4
Stereo "WITH A LITTLE HELP"
June 1967 - Mid 1968
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LP.2653.2.5
Stereo Unmarked Cover
Mid 1968 - 1969
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LP.2653.4.1
Green Target (Compo)
Late 1969-1970
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LP.2653.5.1
Red Target (Compo)
1971
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LP.2653.6.1
Orange 1st Gen. (Compo)
1972
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LP.2653.6.2
Orange 1st Gen. MG cover
1973
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LP.2653.7.1
Orange 2nd Gen. ™
1974
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LP.2653.7.2
Orange 2nd gen ® (Columbia)
1975
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LP.2653.8.1
Orange 3rd gen. (Capitol)
1976
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LP.2653.9.1
Purple 1st gen. (Cinram)
1977
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LP.2653.10.1
Purple 2nd gen. (Cinram)
1978
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LP.2653.10.2
Purple 2nd gen. (Capitol)
1978-1980
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LP.2653.10.3
Purple marble vinyl (Capitol)
1978
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LP.2653.XP.1
Experimental B&W splash 1
1978
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LP.2653.XP.2
Experimental Bl/Gr Marble
1978
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LP.2653.XP.3
Experimental Grey Starburst
1978
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LP.2653.XP.4
Experimental B&W splash 2
1978
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LP.2653.HV.1
Error Floyd / Pepper (Capitol)
Circa 1978
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LP.2653.11.1
Purple 3rd gen. (Capitol)
1980-1983
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LP.2653.13.1
Retro Rainbow (Columbia)
1984-1987
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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.

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RE.2653.1.1
White Box, 7" NO Info on reel
Mid 1967
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RE.2653.1.2
White Box, 7" CDA Info on reel
Late 1967
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RE.2653.2.1
Gold Box series, 5" reel
1970
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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.

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8T.2653.1.1
White Datapack Shell
1968
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8T.2653.2A.1
White Datapack Hybrid
1970
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8T.2653.2B.2
Black Datapack Hybrid
1970
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8T.2653.3.1
Black Datapack Shell
1970-1973
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8T.2653.4.1
Black Lear Jet Shell
1973-1976
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8T.2653.5.1
Black Capitol Shell
1976-1982
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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".

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K7.2653.1.1
Blue Spine, White Label dome
1968
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K7.2653.1.2
Blue Spine, White Label target
1970
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K7.2653.1.3
Blue Spine, Yellow Labels
circa 1978
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K7.2653.1.4
Blue Spine, Cream Shell
circa 1980
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K7.2653.2.1
Light Blue Cream Shell
circa 1980
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K7.2653.2.2
Light Blue White Shell
circa 1980
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K7.2653.2.3
Light Blue Black Shell
circa 1981
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K7.2653.4A.1
Black and Yellow SDR
1982-1983
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K7.2653.5A.1
Black and Yellow
1983-1984
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K7.2653.6.1
White Inlay, 4XT Black shell
circa 1986
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K7.2653.6.2
Color Inlay, 4XT Black shell 1
circa 1987
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K7.2653.6.3
Color Inlay, 4XT Black shell 2
circa 1990
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K7.2653.6.4
Color Inlay, 4XAS XDR
Circa 1992
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K7.2653.7C.1
Color Inlay, C4 XDR
circa 1993
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K7.2653.7E.1
C4 Apple black shell XDR
circa 1994
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K7.2653.7E.2
C4 Apple clear shell XDR
Circa 1995
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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.

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CD.2653.1.1
Disque Americ 1
1989-1993
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CD.2653.2.1
Cinram 1
1989-1997
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CD.2653.3.1
Disque Americ 2
1993-2009
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CD.2653.4.1
Cinram 2
1997-2009
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CD.2653.5.1
EMI pressing
1995-2007
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CD.2653.7.1
2009 Remaster Cinram
2009-present
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