The Beatles Magical Mystery Tour 1972 LP SMAL-2835 Winchester Ultrasonic clean
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The info below has been arrived at using Ai and searching for dead wax markings and other markings to determine origin and time period.


 A genuine U.S. Apple label reissue, pressed ~1971–1973, Winchester plant

Evidence:

1. “Mfd. by Apple” label = 1971–1975 window

Capitol stopped putting “Mfd. by Apple” on labels after 1975.
Pre-1971 U.S. copies used Capitol “rainbow” labels, not Apple.

2. Winchester “—◁” marking = 1972–1984

This places your pressing specifically at Winchester.

3. Apple label + glued-in booklet jacket = consistent

The original 1967 gatefold booklets were glued in at the spine.
Many early reissues (1970–1973) used leftover 1967-style jackets with glued booklets.

A now-loose booklet is extremely common because the original glue dries out.

4. Back cover with no logo matches 1967 jackets reused

The earliest jackets had no Apple logo because Apple Records didn’t exist in 1967.
In the early 1970s, Capitol often re-used old jacket stock with new Apple-label vinyl.

5. The spine saying only “Capitol 2835”

Some 1971–73 pressing runs dropped the SMAL prefix on spines, even though the vinyl kept the SMAL matrix.



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