BEATLES “Rubber Soul” LP Capitol 2442 stereo LIME GREEN NM in shrink

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Artist:  THE BEATLES

Title:   “Rubber Soul”

Label:   CAPITOL.  Stereo pressing on medium weight vinyl.  Label is lime green with black text.  Catalog number is ST-2442.  

Condition: 

DISC:  Vinyl is NEAR MINT with 100% of original gloss, as clean as can be found.  Appears to have been played one or two times at most, and handled with care.  Labels are clean.  Fidelity is superb.  A gorgeous disc you will never need to upgrade.  

JACKET:   Jacket is NEAR MINT in original factory shrink wrap.  Shrink is fully intact, except approx 2” tear on reverse (center of opening edge).  Excellent seams and corners.  No writing, stickers, or other issues.  A beautiful jacket worthy of display – this is as nice as it gets!

Track Listing: 

Side One:

• I’ve Just Seen a Face
• Norwegian Wood
• You Won’t See Me
• Think for Yourself
• The Word
• Michelle

Side Two:

• It’s Only Love
• Girl
• I’m Looking Through You
• In My Life
• Wait
• Run for Your Life

Review:

“While the Beatles still largely stuck to love songs on Rubber Soul, the lyrics represented a quantum leap in terms of thoughtfulness, maturity, and complex ambiguities.  Musically, too, it was a substantial leap forward, with intricate folk-rock arrangements that reflected the increasing influence of Dylan and the Byrds.  The group and George Martin were also beginning to expand the conventional instrumental parameters of the rock group, using a sitar on "Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)," Greek-like guitar lines on "Michelle" and "Girl," fuzz bass on "Think for Yourself," and a piano made to sound like a harpsichord on the instrumental break of "In My Life."  While John and Paul were beginning to carve separate songwriting identities at this point, the album is full of great tunes, from "Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)" and "Michelle" to "Girl," "I'm Looking Through You," "You Won't See Me," "Drive My Car," and "Nowhere Man" (the last of which was the first Beatle song to move beyond romantic themes entirely).  George Harrison was also developing into a fine songwriter with his two contributions, "Think for Yourself" and the Byrds-ish "If I Needed Someone."”

(courtesy Richie Unterberger, allmusic.com.)

NOTE: This scarce lime green label variation from Capitol Records was in use from approximately 1969-1971.   This is an authentic and original Capitol Records USA issue from that period - I do not sell bootlegs or modern reissues.

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