Miss-labelled & miss-pressed Canadian Beatle's records.

In the four decades vinyl records were issued in large numbers their production was an industrial process.  When production peaked in the 1970's an amazing 530 million 12" and 7" records were being pressed annually so it is not surprising errors were made.

The majority of production errors fall into the category of miss-labelling, text errors on the label or miss-pressings.  Label text errors are the most common with mismatched labels or errors in  application of labels coming second.  Actual miss-pressings are rare. 

Typos, text errors, text spacing errors, etc., on the label are the most common mistake.  In many cases they are quickly corrected while in other instances they continue on labels for years.  

Miss-labelled with reversed labels. The "Boys" side plays
"Kansas City" while the "Kansas City" side plays "Boys"

Some collectors view these errors as a novelty and assign no premium to them, others view them as defects and have no interest, while others view them as unique collectibles.

A miss-pressed 1978 white vinyl White album with the correct
label but a pressing from side 1 of  Love Songs 

A text error on a purple label issue of Abbey Road is hard to find as it appears to have been corrected quickly.

As these are production errors it is impossible to know how many were made.  An error could be a "one of" or thousands could be produced before the error is corrected or in some cases never corrected. Sometimes the corrected version is rarer.

The most well known Canadian labelling error is Apple 2654 "Something/Come Together" with "Something" on the B-side label rather than the A-side label.  A few thousand were labelled this way and made it onto retail shelves before being corrected.

Pressing errors on L.P.'s such as Love songs, the 1962-1966 & 1967-1970 double sets, as well as on the purple labelled White Album are know.  In these examples one of the sides is pressed twice while all four labels are correct. 

A number of original Capitol swirl 45's can be found with labels on the wrong side or the same label on both sides.  On occasion 45's with wildly off center labels can be found with some examples even  encroaching on the playing surface. 

A few Capitol swirl and Apple labels can be found blank with no text.  The B-side of the "Let It Be" single has the title error   "...Look Up My Number" when the correct title is "...Look Up The Number". This error was never corrected on Apple pressing and all subsequence pressings.

Cover errors are not uncommon. These include miss-applied slicks were the rear slick is upside down. Few cover errors carry any premium.  

Some errors, especially those that are corrected quickly, attract collector interest while others are viewed as more of a novelty.  An excellent example is the Apple 2654 error.  Complete with a white Apple sleeve it sells for about $70 to $100. 

Most error label and pressing errors are difficult to value as there are few previous sales for guidance. Most have a similar value to the non-error issue, while a few do attract a premium price.