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21. Rubber Soul "Michelle" (MEO 102)
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#21-1 Rubber Soul "Michelle" (1st. Press "Odéon Red Label type-1": MEO 102)
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TITLE
 RUBBER SOUL MICHELLE
CATALOG NUMBER MEO 102
TRACK LISTING
SIDE 1
 Michelle (Lennon-McCartney)
Run For Your Life (Lennon-McCartney)
SIDE 2
 Drive My Car (Lennon-McCartney)
Girl (Lennon-McCartney)
RELEASE DATE
 27th. January 1966 / First Press
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Catalog No. "MEO 102" and "M (=Médium)" in a circle were printed at the upper right of the cover.
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"LES INDUSTRIES MUSICALES ET ÉLECTRIQUES PATHÉ MARCONI - PARIS" credit was printed at the bottom of the back cover.
"IDN - MADE IN FRANCE." was printed at the right of the back cover.
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label label label Odéon Red Label with black print.

The word "BIEM" in a box was printed on both sides of the label.
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label Credited to song writing "Lennon-McCartney" on both sides.
"MADE IN FRANCE" was printed at the bottom of the label. 		twist twist
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RECORD LABEL
 Odéon Red Label with black print type-1 (Large Odeon logo)
MIX
 MONO
MATRIX NO. SIDE 1 M3  245599     7EPM  1032  21 B
SIDE 2 M3  245600    7EPM   1033  21 B
VINYL COLOR
 BLACK
RECORD COMPANY'S NAME
 ODÉON /
LES INDUSTRIES MUSICALES ET ÉLECTRIQUES PATHÉ MARCONI - PARIS
COVER FORM Single type. Housed in a twin-flipback printed cover (front laminated printed cover).
TAG YES
PRINTER CREDIT I.D.N.
COVER DESIGN/ PHOTO/ NOTES Photo: Robert Freeman
PRODUCER George Martin
COMMENTS
 For the first few months of 1966, a few EP's were issued on a red label with large ODÉON.
It is easy to see that this was an intermediary release, since by this time the Odeon logo on the EP covers had changed.
The EP's which exist in this intermediate form are:

  • MEO 102 "Michelle +3"
  • MEO 105 "Yesterday +3"
  • MEO 106 "Beatles 1965" (1st. Press: SOE 3764)
  • MEO 107 "We Can Work It Out +3"
  • MEO 108 "Ticket To Ride +3" (1st. Press: SOE 3766)
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Two of the intermediate red label EP's contained new material, MEO 102 and MEO 107.
But  although MEO 105 is a "Yesterday" EP, it is not a reissue of SOE 3772; instead, it is a domestic release of EP MOE 21004, which had previously been made only for export.

There are two different versions for the cover of the MEO 102:

1st. Press: Back cover printed  "IDN - MADE IN FRANCE."
2nd. Press: Back cover printed  "MADE IN FRANCE."

IDN: French printing company.
I.D.N. is an acronym standing for "Imprimerie Du Nord".
Identified on most records with the sentence : "IDN made in France" or "I.D.N. made in France"


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