Wednesday, March 11, 2020

Capitol Canada 5555 Day Tripper / We Can Work It Out


Released in November, 1965. This 45 was pressed for Capitol by both RCA and Compo with perhaps only 5% - 10% pressed by RCA. The release coincided with Christmas perhaps prompting Capitol to use two contracted pressing plants so that enough product would be available for the anticipated demand.



RCA pressed discs can be identified by a larger label font. In addition, the RCA pressings have a closed loop in the letter "l" in the word Capitol on the label while the loop on Compo pressings is open. The RCA pressing is much harder to find. 


Compo pressing on the left, RCA on the right 

Day Tripper was a double sided number one hit in all markets across Canada.



The first few thousand discs pressed by Compo came in an imported U.S. east coast sleeve. The remaining compo discs came in a stock Capitol white sleeve with "Capitol" printed diagonally. All RCA pressed discs came in the older matte black Capitol sleeve.





   
         

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