Introduction
This page was written with the assumption that the reader is familiar with each individual Beatle's solo catalogue (up to the point that their contract with EMI ended in 1976) and that the history of the Beatles Cassettes page has been read first.
My own personal collection of solo cassettes can be counted on one hand. At the time I began collecting solo albums in 1983, I made a conscious decision to switch to vinyl as it immediately became apparent that I would struggle to complete the collection if I'd stuck with tape (George & Ringo albums were hard enough to find on vinyl at that time). Therefore, much of the information presented on this page has been gleaned from ebay scans and e-mails from visitors to this site (a big Macca style thumbs up to them!). As with the Beatles cassettes, EMI changed the track running orders on many solo tapes, yet - annoying as this practice must have been at the time - it does add to the novelty value today, some cassettes even changed the cover design!

*The cover photo on the cassette (and reel to reel tape) version of McCartney was the image of Paul and his daughter Mary which appeared on the back cover of the vinyl jacket.
**All Things Must Pass was issued on two separate tapes housed in individual cases and presented in a carton box (with a fold-in top to shut it). The inlay covers feature only a section of the vinyl sleeve so that George can clearly be seen.
***The most interesting solo cassette from this period is the first edition of Imagine which was originally issued in a flip top cardboard box (like a cigarette packet) housing the cassette mounted on a 9" x 7" card copy of the album cover, the card also gives a breakdown of the musicians. This version of the cassette was only available for a few months before it was replaced with a standard white inlay version.

The Concert For Bangla Desh (1972)
It appears that as part of the distribution agreement to release The Concert For Bangla Desh in the USA, LP production/distribution was handled by Capitol but all tape formats were handled by CBS. In the UK it appears that all format production/distribution was handled by CBS, the cassettes may have been shipped over from the USA for UK release - These were issued in a carton box (side opening with a fold in to shut the box), the catalogue number was Apple ZTX 31230.
 

All Gold Inlays (1971-73)
Solo Beatle albums known to have been issued in the 'all gold' style include re-issues of McCartney, John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band, Ram, Imagine and Wild Life. New albums to be issued in all gold were Some Time in New York City*, Living in the Material World and Red Rose Speedway.

*As with All Things Must Pass, the Some Time in New York City album was issued as a pair of cassettes housed in two separate cases (in the days before double cassette cases were invented). There is also a change of cover picture for the inlays - the studio cassette inlay has a picture of John, Yoko and Elephant's Memory, whilst the Live Jam cassette has a reproduction of the handwritten John & Yoko/Mothers of Invention inner sleeve, the cassettes were presented in a carton box depicting the newspaper style vinyl sleeve.

As with the Beatles cassettes, some 'all gold' solo cassettes were re-pressed well into the 1980's, original versions have a metallic looking gold paint on the inlays whilst the actual tapes had labels (rather than have the info printed directly onto the shell) and there was no dolby noise reduction.

Circular EMI Logo/Gold Top Style (1973-1976)
Those definitely issued in this form were All Things Must Pass*, Ringo, Mind Games, Band on the Run, Walls and Bridges, Goodnight Vienna, Dark Horse, Rock 'n' Roll, Venus and Mars, Blast From Your Past and Wings at the Speed of Sound.

*All Things Must Pass was a belated gold re-issue and, unlike all other Beatle related 'Circular EMI' cassettes, All Things Must Pass does not boast Dolby Noise Reduction.

Three other solo albums from this period that bucked EMI's mid '70's inlay design trend were Shaved Fish, Extra Texture and The Best of George Harrison, the first two had full height covers (no gold). Shaved Fish also had a different cover to the vinyl sleeve - the drawings (which must have been considered to be too small to reproduce effectively on a small cassette cover) were replaced by the Japanese flag segment. The Best of George Harrison had a white band across the top of the cover onto which the title was printed with the same style lettering as on the vinyl sleeve.

There is a small possibility that Sentimental Journey and Beaucoups of Blues were re-issued with either 'all gold' or 'circular EMI' designs.
Again, as with the 'all gold' cassettes, original '73/'74 versions of 'circular EMI' editions have metallic gold inlays (rather than yellowy-brown print) and the tapes were labelled.

A Side
1. Sentimental Journey [A1]
2. Bye Bye Blackbird [A4]
3. Let The Rest Of The World Go By [B6]
4. Night And Day [A2]
5. I'm A Fool To Care [A5]
6. Stardust [A6]

B Side
1. Blue Turning Grey Over You [B1]
2. You Always Hurt The One You Love [B4]
3. Have I Told You Lately That I Love You [B5]
4. Whispering Grass (Don't Tell The Trees) [A3]
5. Love Is A Many Splendoured Thing [B2]
6. Dream [B3]

A Side
1. The Lovely Linda [A1]
2. Momma Miss America [B2]
3. Maybe I'm Amazed [B5]
4. That Would Be Something [A2]
5. Man We Was Lonely [A8]
6. Oo You [B1]

B Side
1. Valentine Day [A3]
2. Every Night [A4]
3. Junk [A7]
4. Singalong Junk [B4]
5. Hot As Sun [A5]
6. Glasses [A6]
7. Teddy Boy [B3]
8. Kreen Akrore [B6]

Note that "Singalong Junk" immediately follows "Junk" on the cassette version!
Parlophone re-issued the album on its' 20th anniversary, the 1990 cassette used the same cover and running order as the vinyl (see here).

A Side
1. I'd Have You Anytime [A1]
2. My Sweet Lord [A2]
3. Wah Wah [A3]
4. Isn't It A Pity [A4]
5. What Is Life [B1]

B Side
1. If Not For You [B2]
2. Behind That Locked Door [B3]
3. Let It Down [B4]
4. Run Of The Mill [B5]
5. Beware Of Darkness [C1]
6. Apple Scruffs [C2]

C Side
1. Ballad Of Sir Frankie Crisp (Let It Roll) [C3]
2. Awaiting On You All [C4]
3. All Things Must Pass [C5]
4. I Dig Love [D1]
5. Art Of Dying [D2]
6. Isn't It A Pity (Version Two) [D3]
7. Hear Me Lord [D4]

D Side
1. Out Of The Blue [E1]
2. It's Johnny's Birthday [E2]
3. Plug Me In [E3]
4. I Remember Jeep [F1]
5. Thanks For The Pepperoni [F2]

A Side
1. Mother [A1]
2. God [B5]
3. Working Class Hero [A4]
4. Well Well Well [B3]

B Side
1. Look At Me [B4]
2. I Found Out [A3]
3. Love [B2]
4. Hold On [A2]
5. Isolation [A5]
6. Remember [B1]
7. My Mummy's Dead [B6]

A Side
1. Too Many People [A1]
2. 3 Legs [A2]
3. Ram On [A3]
4. Eat At Home [B3]
5. Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey [A5]
6. Smile Away [A6]

B Side
1. Heart Of The Country [B1]
2. Monkberry Moon Delight [B2]
3. Dear Boy [A4]
4. Long Haired Lady [B4]
5. Ram On [B5]
6. The Back Seat Of My Car [B6]

A Side
1. Imagine [A1]
2. Jealous Guy [A3]
3. It's So Hard [A4]
4. Crippled Inside [A2]
5. I Don't Want To Be A Soldier [A5]

B Side
1. Give Me Some Truth [B1]
2. Oh My Love [B2]
3. How? [B4]
4. How Do You Sleep? [B3]
5. Oh Yoko [B5]

The A side tracks of the vinyl all appeared on the A side of the cassette, ditto the B Side, so there was obviously no issue with the two sides being of unequal length. Yet, somebody still felt it necessary to change the order of the tracks!

A Side
1. Big Barn Bed [A1]
2. Get On The Right Thing [A3]
3. One More Kiss [A4]
4. My Love [A2]
5. Little Lamb Dragonfly [A5]

B Side
1. Single Pigeon [B1]
2. When The Night [B2]
3. Loup (1st Indian On The Moon) [B3]
4. Medley: Hold Me Tight; Lazy Dynamite; Hands Of Love; Power Cut [B4]

The budget label "Fame" re-issued this album on cassette in 1987 with a track running order that matched the original vinyl edition (see here).

A Side
1. Sue Me, Sue You Blues [A2]
2. The Lord Loves The One (That Loves The Lord) [B1]
3. Try Some Buy Some [B3]
4. The Day The World Gets 'Round [B4]
5. Living In The Material World [A6]

B Side
1. Give Me Love (Give Me Peace On Earth) [A1]
2. The Light That Has Lighted The World [A3]
3. Who Can See It [A5]
4. Don't Let Me Wait Too Long [A4]
5. Be Here Now [B2]
6. That Is All [B5]

A Side
1. Have You Seen My Baby [A2]
2. Photograph [A3]
3. Six O'Clock [B3]
4. Devil Woman [B4]
5. You're Sixteen (You're Beautiful And Your Mine) [A5]

B Side
1. I'm The Greatest [A1]
2. Sunshine Life For Me (Sail Away Raymond) [A4]
3. Step Lightly [B2]
4. Oh My My [B1]
5. You And Me (Babe) [B5]

The American cassette version of "Ringo" included an extended version of "Six O' Clock", the UK cassette had the regular length version.

A Side
1. Mind Games [A1]
2. Aisumasen (I'm Sorry) [A3]
3. Bring On The Lucie (Freda People) [A5]
4. Only People [B3]
5. I Know (I Know) [B4]
6. Nutopian International Anthem (Silent Track) [A6]

B Side
1. Tight A$ [A2]
2. One Day (At A Time) [A4]
3. Out The Blue [B2]
4. Intuition [B1]
5. You Are Here [B5]
6. Meat City [B6]

A Side
1. Band On The Run [A1]
2. Mamunia [B1]
3. No Words [B2]
4. Jet [A2]
5. Bluebird [A3]

B Side
1. Mrs. Vandebilt [A4]
2. Picasso's Last Words (Drink To Me) [B3]
3. Let Me Roll It [A5]
4. Nineteen Hundred And Eighty Five [B4]
 

A Side
1. Give Peace A Chance [A1]
2. Cold Turkey [A2]
3. Woman Is The Nigger Of The World [A6]
4. Power To The People [A4]
5. Whatever Gets You Thru' The Night [B2]
6. Mind Games [B3]

B Side
1. Mother [A5]
2. #9 Dream [B4]
3. Imagine [B1]
4. Instant Karma! [A3]
5. Happy Xmas (War Is Over) [B5]
6. Give Peace A Chance (Reprise) [B6]

A Side
1. You're Sixteen (You're Beautiful And You're Mine) [A1]
2. No No Song [A2]
3. Beaucoups Of Blues [B2]
4. Oh My My [B3]
5. I'm The Greatest [B5]

B Side
1. Only You (And You Alone) [B1]
2. Early 1970 [B4]
3. Photograph [A4]
4. It Don't Come Easy [A3]
5. Back Off Boogaloo [A5]

More Solo Scans
1976 Ringo's Rotogravure
inlay / inlay reverse
1976 Wings Over America
inlay 1 / inlay 2
1978 London Town
inlay / inlay reverse / tape
1978 Wings Greatest
inlay
1979 Back To The Egg
inlay
1980 Double Fantasy
inlay / inlay reverse
1981 Single - Woman
card-box front / back
1981 Single - Watching The Wheels
card-box front / back
1981 Single - All Those Years Ago
card-box front / back
1982 The John Lennon Collection
inlay / inlay reverse
1984 Give Regards To Broad St.
inlay / tape
1987 All The Best *Issued on 'Chrome' tape (not XDR)
inlay / inlay reverse
1988 Imagine: John Lennon
inlay 1 / inlay 1 reverse / inlay 2 / inlay 2 reverse / tape
1990 Tripping the Live Fantastic
inlay 1 / inlay1 reverse / inlay 2 / inlay 2 reverse
1991 Liverpool Oratorio
front & back

Various Artists
1984 Every Man Has A Woman
inlay / tape
1985 Porky's Revenge
inlay / inlay reverse / tape
1986 It's A Live-in World
inlay 1 / inlay 1 reverse / inlay 2 / inlay 2 reverse / tape

Re-issues
1987 Red Rose Speedway [Fame]
inlay / tape
1990 McCartney [Parlophone]
inlay / inlay reverse / tape

Thanks to Paul Humbley, Mark Boulton, Ian Hossack, Gary and Anthony for their help with this page.