Ok.. so I was about to play my copy of Beatles 65.. and I noticed a few white specks on the vinyl. No big deal, a couple of revs with the Discwasher will take care of that. Nope, still there. I'm wondering.. are these tiny white specks pieces of label from using regrind? You all do know.. that damaged or unsold vinyl records still in the plant are ground up, and not "melted down" to be recycled. I've heard that Motown records could be bad for that, as they ground up unused or damaged records..label and all.. to be reused in other pressings. The little white specks on my Apple issue pressing doesn't seem to affect its playback at all.. but fooled me into thinking that there was still dust on the playing surface.
@TopPopper, yes this cover can specifically belong to the Apple reissue pressings. These were all issued in Capitol-marked covers. Some, Beatles '65 among them, can have either a RIAA gold record award seal like image #530395 or not, like the front cover I have just added. Only five covers with the RIAA award emblem have been confirmed in the Apple reissues (Meet The Beatles, The Beatles Second Album, Beatles '65, Beatles VI and Yesterday And Today) per Bruce Spizer. I have also added the back cover image.
Can someone confirm that this cover image belongs specifically to the Apple pressing (it has the Capitol logo on it)? If it does, it can be promoted to the main image.