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| Below is our complete list of all picture sleeves issued in the U.S. from 1963 to present, along with their current value, photo, and other information. Values listed are in U.S. dollars, for strict near mint copies, and DO NOT include the associated disc. Copies in lower grades are worth significantly less. Next to the NM value price we have listed, where applicable, a "W" for West Coast values, and an "E" for East Coast values. The West Coast sleeves were for the most part printed in smaller quantities and typically sell for roughly 20%-25% more than comparable East Coast sleeves. | ||||||||||||||
| Company | Number | A Side | B side | Released | NM Value | |||||||||
| Atco | 6308 | Ain't She Sweet (Some copies were later released as factory "cut outs", having a drill hole through the sleeve (and disc), which reduces the value by at least 50%-60%. All copies with a curved cut at the top of the sleeve are fakes, as are copies with an even straight cut at the top of both sides of the sleeve. Upper grade near mint copies of this sleeve rarely turn up for sale.) | Nobody's Child | 07-06-64 | $700.00 | |||||||||
| Capitol | 5964 | All You Need Is Love | Baby You're A Rich Man | 07-20-67 |
W - $175.00 E- $125.00 |
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| Capitol | 5235 | And I Love Her | If I Fell | 07-20-64 |
W - $200.00 E- $150.00 | |||||||||
| United Artists | UA-745 | And I Love Her (George Martin with instrumental versions from the A Hard Day's Night soundtrack LP. Picture sleeve features photos of The Beatles. Very scarce due to a limited press run) | This Boy | 05-17-65 | $500.00 | |||||||||
| Vee Jay | DJ No. 8 | Ask Me Why (This promotional title sleeve is by far the rarest of all Beatles picture sleeves ever issued. It was released in spring/summer 1964 to promote the VJ EP, Souvenir of Their Visit To America.) The back of the sleeve is plain white with no text or images. In December of 2014 an upper grade "7.5" copy sold at Heritage Auctions for $8,437. A near mint copy was sold by Heritage Auctions in November 2017 for $15,000 (including buyers premium). It is believed to be the only known NM copy) | ---- | 1964 | $12,000.00 | |||||||||
| Apple | 2531 | Ballad of John & Yoko | Old Brown Shoe | 06-05-69 |
W - $300.00
E- $250.00 |
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| Capitol | 5150 | Can't Buy Me Love (Produced in limited quantities, one of the most popular Beatles picture sleeves. Copies in true near mint or better condition are difficult to find. For more information, visit our Can't Buy Me Love page) | You Can't Do That | 03-16-64 | $1,200.00 | |||||||||
| Capitol | 5150 | Can't Buy Me Love (2011 reissue. Exclusive 7-inch vinyl and t-shirt package sold at Target. The number "5099967807574" is printed on the lower left corner of the sleeve on the B-side) | You Can't Do That | 2011 | $15.00 | |||||||||
| Vee Jay | 587 | Do You Want To Know A Secret (Due to the very thin non-glossy paper used for this sleeve, copies in true near mint to mint condition without handling or impression marks are extremely scarce) | Thank You Girl | 03-23-64 | $250.00 | |||||||||
| Capitol | 5371 | Eight Days A Week (East coast copies are a little scarcer than the West coast issues, the latter of which a couple hundred upper grade copies turned up in the late 1970s, flooding the market into the early-mid 1980s) | I Don't Want To Spoil The Party | 12-15-65 |
W - $100.00 E - $140.00 |
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| Capitol | NR-58497 | Free As A Bird (Released as part of the promotion for The Beatles Anthology video documentary and the Anthology 1 compilation album) | Christmas Time Is Here Again | 1996 | $5.00 | |||||||||
| Capitol | 4506 | Girl (Manufactured for the unreleased 45, never commercially released. For more information, see our page on the Girl picture sleeve in our Beatles Rarities section) | You're Going To Lose That Girl | 10-77 | $50.00 | |||||||||
| Capitol | 4274 | Got To Get You Into My Life | Helter Skelter | 05-31-76 | $5.00 | |||||||||
| Capitol | 5222 | Hard Day's Night, A | I Should Have Known Better | 07-13-64 |
W - $300.00 E- $250.00 |
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| United Artists | UA-750 | Hard Day's Night, A (Features George Martin with instrumental versions of Beatles songs from the movie. The sleeve was issued with photos of The Beatles. Due to a very small press run, it is one of the rarest and most sought after "Beatles" related picture sleeves. Copies rarely turn up for sale, and only a handful have turned up in true near mint or better condition) | I Should Have Known Better | 1964 | $1,400.00 | |||||||||
| Capitol | 2056 | Hello Goodbye | I Am The Walrus | 10-27-67 |
W - $400.00 E- $350.00 |
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| Capitol | 2056 | Hello Goodbye (2011 reissue. Exclusive 7-inch vinyl and t-shirt package sold at Target. The number "5099967820375" is printed on the lower right corner of the sleeve on the A-side) | I Am The Walrus | 2011 | $15.00 | |||||||||
| Capitol | 5476 | Help! (The East Coast version has "Printed In USA" on one side) | I'm Down | 07-20-67 |
W - $200.00 E- $150.00 |
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| Capitol | 5476 | Help! (2011 reissue. Exclusive 7-inch vinyl and t-shirt package sold at Target. The number "5099967820474" is printed on the lower right corner of the sleeve on the B-side) | I'm Down | 2011 | $15.00 | |||||||||
| Capitol | ---- | Holiday Innkeeper, A Gift From (Fold-open flyer, issued as a promotional item designed to be issued with Capitol Records Beatles singles from 1964) | ---- | 1964 | $1,500.00 | |||||||||
| IBBB | ZTSC 97436/37 | IBBB Interview by Tom Clay "Remember, We Don't Like Them, We Love Them". Interview by former disc jockey Tom Clay on the set of A Hard Day's Night. This promotional 45 with a fold-open insert was available via mail order only. | Ringo & George interview | Spring 1964 | $60.00 | |||||||||
| Capitol | 5234 | I'll Cry Instead | I'm Happy Just To Dance With You | 07-20-64 |
W - $450.00 E- $400.00 |
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| Capitol | 5112 | I Want To Hold Your Hand (East Coast copies show all of Geroge's head, the West Coast copies crop off part of Gerrge's head. Originals do not have periods placed at the end of the small print "REG. U.S. PAT. OFF.") | I Saw Her Standing There | 01-13-64 |
W - $300.00 E- $250.00 |
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| Capitol | 5112 | I Want To Hold Your Hand (Custom promotional-only picture sleeve, issued with commercial copies of the single in 1964. Only 1,000 of these picture sleeves were printed. The front of the sleeve is the same as the standard Capitol 5112 issue, while the back features a picture of the six New York radio station WMCA "Good Guys". These were given away to listeners in a station-sponsored Beatles wig contest. This sleeve is one of the scarcest and most sought after of all Beatles pictures sleeves). | I Saw Her Standing There | 1964 | $7,500.00 | |||||||||
| Capitol | 5112 | I Want To Hold Your Hand (Capitol's 20th anniversary re-release of the original single. Same photo as original 1964 sleeve. Distinguishable by the small date "1984" printed on the lower left hand corner of sleeve and by the absence of the cigarette in Paul's hand, as found on the original) | I Saw Her Standing There | 2-10-1984 | $8.00 | |||||||||
| Capitol |
5112 (NR-58123) |
I Want To Hold Your Hand (Capitol's 30th anniversary re-release of the original single. Nice replica of the original thumb tab version. To tell the difference note the oval Capitol logo on the sleeve. The original does not have periods placed at the end of the small print "REG. U.S. PAT. OFF." The reissue has the periods added. Issued in a clear mylar sleeve with a small round 30th Anniversary sticker adhered to one side with a UPC sticker on the other side. Deduct 25% if bag is missing. Note: Capitol also released a promo-only version of this release on CD, Capitol DPRO-79319) | I Saw Her Standing There | 02-94 |
$8.00 $10.00 w/ mylar bag |
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| Capitol | 2138 | Lady Madonna (Another sleeve that is almost impossible to find without ring wear or disc impression. Original pressings included a fan club flyer which is valued at $60.00 in NM condition. The Beatles' faces on the West Coast Lady Madonna sleeve have a greenish tint, as opposed to the reddish tint found on the East Coast copies. Also on the West Coast issue, the left and right sides of the folded paper, visible on The Inner Light side, are bowed outward at the bottom (as opposed to the straight sides on the East Coast sleeve). The East Coast version of the sleeve has its larger side as the Lady Madonna side while the West Coast version of the sleeve has its larger side as the Inner Light side) | The Inner Light | 03-18-68 |
W - $250.00 E- $200.00 |
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| Capitol | B-5439 | Leave My Kitten Alone (Produced in limited quantities, this was to be the first single from the aborted Sessions album which was shelved due to legalities. This sleeve was the only finished product from the project. For more information, see our detailed page on the Kitten sleeve) | Ob-La-Di, Ob-La Da | 01-18-85 | $75.00 | |||||||||
| Apple | 2764 | Let It Be (Can be found in either the usual East Coast straight-cut version or in a rounded top version. It is believed that the rounded top version was also manufactured on the East Coast by Queens Litho, most likely during the later part of the production run) | You Know My Name | 03-11-70 |
W - $300.00 E - $250.00 |
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| Apple | 2764 | Let It Be (2011 reissue. Exclusive 7-inch vinyl and t-shirt package sold at Target. The number "5099967820573" is printed on the lower right corner of the sleeve on the B-side) | You Know My Name | 2011 | $15.00 | |||||||||
| Apple | 2832 | Long And Winding Road, The (As of January 2021, only three West coast copies have been verified to exist, one coming from a former Capitol records employee, which was last sold back in 1996 for $375.00. The east coast copies are among the hardest sleeves to find without ring wear or disc impression. On most you will find impression marks caused from the circular serrated "anti-slip" ridges around the area just outside the label. The sleeve may have to be viewed tilted in strong lighting to see these marks.) | For You Blue | 05-11-70 |
W - $4,500.00 E - $300.00 |
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| Tollie | 9008 | Love Me Do | P.S. I Love You | 04-27-64 | $300.00 | |||||||||
| Capitol | B-5189 | Love Me Do (Capitol's 20th anniversary reissue) | P.S. I Love You | 11-19-82 | $5.00 | |||||||||
| Capitol | 7-PRO-79551/2 | Love Me Do (Capitol's 30th anniversary reissue, a promo only limited edition available only with mail-in offer from Capitol Records in November 1992. Reportedly only 5,000 were made. Some copies issued with a gray 3-1/4" x 6" card (value: $10.00) from Capitol thanking them for responding. Original 9" x 12" mailer (value: $10.00) has Capitol mailing label) | P.S. I Love You | 11-02-92 | $20.00 | |||||||||
| Capitol | 5255 | Matchbox | Slow Down | 08-24-64 |
W - $250.00 E- $200.00 |
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| Capitol | B-5100 | Movie Medley (withdrawn just prior to release, supposedly due to royalties issues, replaced with new B-side, see next entry below) | Fab Four On Film | 02/82 | $20.00 | |||||||||
| Capitol | B-5107 | Movie Medley | I'm Happy Just To Dance With You | 02/82 | $5.00 | |||||||||
| IBC | (no #) | Murray The K & The Beatles (Due to the manner in which this was distributed, most of these sleeves have staple holes. These holes, if clean with no resultant tears, do not detract from the value. Copies without holes would be valued at least 50% higher) | Interview | 1964 | $200.00 | |||||||||
| IBC | F4KM-0082/83 | Murray The K & The Beatles (reissue) | Interview | 1976 | $10.00 | |||||||||
| MGM | K-13213 | My Bonnie | The Saints | 01-27-64 | $300.00 | |||||||||
| Capitol | 5587 | Nowhere Man | What Goes On | 02-21-66 |
W - $200.00 E- $150.00 |
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| Capitol | 4347 | Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da (Pressed at Capitol Records Winchester Pressing Plant) | Julia | 11-18-76 | $8.00 | |||||||||
| Capitol | 5651 | Paperback Writer (The East Coast copy has a "Printed In USA" logo on one side) | Rain | 05-27-66 |
W - $200.00 E- $150.00 |
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| Capitol | 5810 | Penny Lane (Known counterfeits have inferior quality photo and print, straight cut top, and perforated outer edges) | Strawberry Fields Forever | 02-13-67 |
W - $250.00 E- $200.00 |
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| Vee Jay | 581 | Please Please Me (Issued with several different variations of the single but most often with the first issue - black with colorband and oval logo. Known counterfeit has a curved cut at the top while original is straight cut. Photo print on fake is faded and blurry. For more information, see our VJ-581 page) | From Me To You | 01-30-64 | $700.00 | |||||||||
| Vee Jay | 581 |
Please Please Me (Promotional title sleeve, "The Record That Started Beatlemania", issued with promotional copies of this single. It is one of the scarcest, most sought after and most valuable of all Beatles pictures sleeves worldwide. The references on the sleeve to the spread of Beatlemania in America gives this special sleeve historical and significant importance.
Copies in true Near Mint upper-grade condition are especially scarce and rarely turn up for sale. Almost every known copy that has surfaced over the past decades have a printing blemish on the "B" side, consisting of two or three round circular blue ink smudge marks in the center of the sleeve. These rings were caused by the small suction cups that lifted the sleeves coming off the printing press to the stacking area. As of February 2022, there has only been two verified copies that have turned up that do not have the circular printer blemishes, or any other printer defects. Condition-wise, the finest known copy, in beautiful near mint condition (with a near mint disc) was sold at auction awhile back for just under $9,000. Being that no copy in better condition has surfaced (with or without printer blemishes) it is currently estimated to be worth north of $15,000. Some of the existing 581 promo sleeves have also had blue vertical ink marks/streaks in the light blue shaded area on the "A" side. An example is shown Here). |
From Me To You | 1-64 | $6,000.00 | |||||||||
| Capitol | NR-58544 | Real Love (Released as part of the promotion for The Beatles Anthology video documentary and the Anthology 1 compilation album) | Baby's In Black | 1996 | $5.00 | |||||||||
| Capitol | 4612 | Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band | With A Little Help From My Friends | 08-14-78 | $12.00 | |||||||||
| Swan | 4152 | She Loves You (Although the single was originally released in September 1963, picture sleeves did not appear until the black label reissue in January 1964) | I'll Get You | 09-16-63 | $350.00 | |||||||||
| Capitol | 5407 | Ticket To Ride (Print defect: all West Coast copies have a small black dot below the 'A' in 'Beatles' on both sides of the sleeve. The East Coast release has "Printed In USA" on one side) | Yes It Is | 04-19-65 |
W - $275.00 E- $225.00 |
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| Capitol | 5407 | Ticket To Ride (special edition, part of a 4-disc 45 rpm box set issued for Record Store Day in 2011. The number "5099968004378" is printed in the lower right corner of the A-side of the sleeve) | Yes It Is | 4-16-11 | $15.00 | |||||||||
| Capitol | 5555 | We Can Work It Out | Day Tripper | 12-06-65 |
W - $200.00 E- $150.00 |
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| Vee Jay | (no #) | "We Wish You A Merry Christmas" (This sleeve was issued with many Vee Jay and Tollie Beatles singles during the Christmas seasons of 1964 and 1965. Copies not having the visible vertical glue lines from aging do exist, but are extremely scarce and would be worth double the NM price listed here) | ---- | 1964 | $250.00 | |||||||||
| MGM | K-13227 | Why (This is the second of two Beatles picture sleeves issued by MGM, and by far the scarest of the two. True near mint to mint copies rarely turn up for sale. One of the known counterfeits is only 7" wide - which does not allow a disc to fit in!) | Cry For A Shadow | 03-27-64 | $400.00 | |||||||||
| Capitol | 5715 | Yellow Submarine (Due to its dark cover, this is one of the hardest sleeves to find without disc ring-wear. Known counterfeits have only the die-cut top, and the photo and print quality is inferior) | Eleanor Rigby | 09-08-66 |
W - $250.00 E- $200.00 |
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| Capitol | 5715 | Yellow Submarine (special edition, part of a 4-disc 45 rpm box set issued for Record Store Day in 2011. The number "5099968004477" is printed in the lower right corner of the A-side of the sleeve) | Yes It Is | 4-16-11 | $15.00 | |||||||||
| Capitol | 5498 | Yesterday (Known counterfeits have inferior quality photos and print, and are straight cut along the top) | Act Naturally | 09-13-65 |
W - $200.00 E- $150.00 |
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RB-2637 RB-2638 |
You Can't Do That (Title sleeve/mailer, incredibly rare Capitol Records promotional 45, issued in a 7-1/4" square manila envelope with red print. This record was pressed to celebrate the grand opening of "Wallich's Music City" record store in Canoga Park, CA. in the Summer of 1964. The stores owner, Glen Wallich, was also the co-founder of Capitol Records This record was only available through radio station KFWB (a major radio station that played rock 'n' roll from the late 1950s until the mid-1960s) and Wallich's store chain. They were only pressed on the west coast in very limited numbers, making it one of the rarest of all Beatles singles. Less than a dozen original copies are known to still be sealed. Even opened copies can command a very high premium - an auction sale of a near mint to mint sleeve and disc in January of 2022 ended with a winning bid of $6,589).
The known counterfeit has a smaller opening flap of 1-5/8" whereas originals are 2-1/16". The fake also has heavier darker red print, only discernible when compared to a verified original. |
KFWBeatles Interview | 06-64 | $2,500.00 | |||||||||
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Usually one side of the country or the other would provide the original artwork for the picture sleeves. The other side would then receive a 2nd generation print or negative of the artwork with which to construct their sleeves. This resulted in sometimes drastic photo quality/resolution differences among sleeves of the same release. Here a a few of the extreme examples:
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| Company | Number | Title / Songs | Released | NM Value* | |
| Polydor | PRO-1113-7 | Ain't She Sweet / Cry For A Shadow / My Bonnie / The Saints (promotional copy only, given away free by Polydor and Gramercy Pictures to promote the movie BackBeat) | 1994 | $25.00 | |
| Capitol / App. | NR-58348 | Baby It's You / I'll Follow The Sun / Devil In Her Heart / Boys (From Live At The BBC, this 4-track EP features 3 songs not released on the album) | 4/95 | $10.00 | |
| Capitol | SXA-2080 | Beatles Second Album Compact 33 (Issued for use in jukeboxes, contains 6 tracks from the LP, hardcover jacket with blank back. Originally issued with five connected Seeburg 3" x 1" Jukebox blue title plastic strips and three 1-7/8" x 1-7/8" mini lp cover paper inserts, both manufactured by the Star Title Strip Co.) | 1964 | $1,200.00 | |
| Capitol | SPRO-2905 | Capitol Souvenir Record (Promotional issue only, compilation EP, includes excerpt of I Want To Hold Your Hand as well as excerpts from the Beach Boys abd other artists. This EP was issued to celebrate the grand opening of Capitol Records Jacksonville pressing plant.) | 1965 | $1,200.00 | |
| Capitol | EAP-2121 | Four By The Beatles (The first of only two commercially released Beatles EP's issued by Capitol) | 05-11-64 | $500.00 | |
| Capitol | R-5365 | 4 By The Beatles (The second of only two commercially released Beatles EP's issued by Capitol) | 02-11-65 | $300.00 | |
| Capitol | SXA-2047 | Meet The Beatles Capitol Compact 33 (Issued for use in jukeboxes, contains 6 tracks from the LP, hardcover jacket with blank back. Originally issued with five connected Seeburg 3" x 1" Jukebox blue title plastic strips and three 1-7/8" x 1-7/8" mini lp cover paper inserts, both manufactured by the Star Title Strip Co.) | 1964 | $1,200.00 | |
| Capitol | PRO-2548/9 | Open-End Interview with The Beatles (Promotional issue only, issued to promote the Meet The Beatles album. Contains an open-end interview with the group and 3 LP tracks.) | 2/64 | $1,200.00 | |
| Capitol | PRO-2598/9 | Second Album Open-End Interview (Promotional issue only, issued to promote The Beatles Second Album. Contains an open-end interview with the group and 3 LP tracks.) | 4/64 | $1,200.00 | |
| Capitol | SXA-2108 | Something New Compact 33 (Issued for use in jukeboxes, contains 6 tracks from the LP, hardcover jacket with blank back. Originally issued with five connected Seeburg 3" x 1" Jukebox blue title plastic strips and three 1-7/8" x 1-7/8" mini lp cover paper inserts, both manufactured by the Star Title Strip Co.) | 1964 | $1,200.00 | |
| Vee Jay | EP 1-903 | Souvenir of Their Visit To America (The only Beatle EP issued by Vee Jay) | 03-23-64 | $300.00 | |
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©1997-2022 Mitch McGeary. Special contributors: Perry Cox, Steve Leicht and Roy Morlen. Thanks also to Tom Vanghele at Fab4Collectibles for additional information on the alternate Capitol sleeves.
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