Help! (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) by The Beatles, album cover

First-year pressing

Help! 1965 US Pressing (SMAS-2386)

Help! (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) by The Beatles

Artist: The Beatles
Title: Help! (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Label: Capitol Records SMAS-2386
Country: US
Released: August 13, 1965
Format: LP, Album, Stereo
Format notes: Gatefold, Scranton

Runout and matrix codes

Etched or stamped in the dead wax between the last track and the label. If yours match, you have this pressing.

SMAS-X-1-2386Side A label
SMAS-X-2-2386Side B label
SM ̶I 1-2386-B4 #3 [IAM in triangle] &Side A runout, var 1
SM ̶I 2-2386-A3 #3 [IAM in triangle] &Side B runout, var 1
SM ̶I 1-2386-B2 #2 [IAM in triangle] &Side A runout, var 2
SM ̶I 2-2386-B2 #2 [IAM in triangle] &Side B runout, var 2
SM ̶I 2-2386-A1 #3 [IAM in triangle] &Side B runout, var 3

All 113 pressings of Help!