 Odéon 1st. Sleeve |
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TITLE
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THE BEATLES | ||||
| CATALOG NUMBER | MEO
105 |
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TRACK LISTING
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SIDE
1
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Yesterday Lennon-Mc Cartney The Night Before chanson du film "Help" Lennon-Mc Cartney |
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SIDE 2
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Act Naturally Morrison-Russell It's Only Love Lennon-Mc Cartney |
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RELEASE DATE
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21th. February 1966 / First Press | ||||
| SIDE 2 -->Click! | DISK -->Click! | ||||
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FRONT COVER CLOSE UP
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BACK COVER CLOSE UP | ||||
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Housed in a twin-flipback printed cover (full laminated printed cover). | |
| Odeon logomark and
renewal catalog No. "MEO 105" were printed at the upper corner of
the front and back cover. The credit "Photo X..." was printed at the
bottom of the front cover. |
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| BACK COVER CLOSE UP | |||||
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| "LES
INDUSTRIES MUSICALES ET ÉLECTRIQUES PATHÉ MARCONI - PARIS" credit
was printed at the back cover. |
"IDN (Printer's name) was printed at the right side of the back cover. | ||||
| LABEL CLOSE UP | |||||
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Odéon Red Label with black print. On both sides, "BIEM" logo in the box was printed at the left side of the center hole. |
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| CATALOG
No. |
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1 |
SIDE
2 |
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| Symbol "M" in the circle was printed on the label's center right. | "MADE
IN FRANCE" was printed at the bottom of the center hole. |
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| TAG | |||||
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the
original re-order tag attached. (Sorry, I don't have it.) |
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OTHER ITEM
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RECORD LABEL
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Odéon Red Label with black print Type-1 |
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MIX
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MONO | ||||
| MATRIX NO. | SIDE 1 | 7TOP
1009 21 (hand etching) 7EPM
1030 21 M3 244101 |
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| SIDE 2 | 7TOP 1010 21 (hand etching) 7EPM 1031 21 M3 244102 | ||||
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VINYL COLOR
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BLACK | ||||
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RECORD COMPANY'S NAME
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ODÉON | ||||
| COVER FORM | Single type. (half laminated printed cover). | ||||
| TAG | YES |
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| PRINTER CREDIT | IDN
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MADE IN FRANCE |
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| COVER DESIGN/ PHOTO/ NOTES | Photo
X... |
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| PRODUCER | George Martin | ||||
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COMMENTS
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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:
The EP’s numbered MEO‐101 and MEO‐102 were released in January, 1966. While the Hollies EP is scarcer, the Beatles’ MEO‐102 may be found having a label marked “Médium” at the right side, or (less commonly) with a label showing an “M” in a circle. The circle‐M appears on most releases beginning in February, 1966. Later pressings of these records sometimes show “M” without a circle. At the beginning of May, 1966, Odeon replaced their earlier label with a red label and their logo with a logo that more closely resembled those used in other countries. The red label appears on all Odeon releases of the time, but when France took up the EEC numbering in 1969, they stopped using the original catalog numbers on Beatles releases. EP's originally released on the red label are shown below. You will notice that some records which were originally released on the dark blue/orange label were reissued and given new catalog numbers. Although the EP was essentially replaced by the single, or simple, in 1967, the EP's continued to be issued on the red label at least through 1969. The above four "transitional" EP's were reissued onto the red label.
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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TITLE
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THE BEATLES | ||||
| CATALOG NUMBER | MEO
105 |
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TRACK LISTING
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SIDE 1
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Yesterday Lennon-Mc Cartney The Night Before chanson du film "Help" Lennon-Mc Cartney |
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SIDE 2
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Act Naturally Morrison-Russell It's Only Love Lennon-Mc Cartney |
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RELEASE DATE
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1971? / 3rd. Press | ||||
| SIDE 2 -->Click! | DISK -->Click! | ||||
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FRONT COVER CLOSE UP
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BACK COVER CLOSE UP | ||||
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Housed in a no-flipback printed cover (half laminated printed cover). | |
| Odeon logomark and renewal catalog No. "MEO 105" were printed at the upper corner of the front and back cover. The credit "Photo X..." was printed at the bottom of the front cover. | |||||
| BACK COVER CLOSE UP | |||||
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| "LES
INDUSTRIES MUSICALES ET ÉLECTRIQUES PATHÉ MARCONI - PARIS" credit
was printed at the back cover. |
"IDN (Printer's name) was printed at the right side of the back cover. | ||||
| LABEL CLOSE UP | |||||
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Odéon Red Label with black print. "SACEM" logo type was printed on the label's center-right. "MADE IN FRANCE" was printed at the right side of the center hole. |
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| LABEL CLOSE UP | |||||
| CATALOG
No. |
SIDE
1 |
SIDE
2 |
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| Odeon dome logo and catalog no. were printed on the label's center left. | Credited
to
song writing: "Lennon - McCartney / Morrison - Russell
(without quote)" on both sides. |
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OTHER ITEM
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RECORD LABEL
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Odéon Red Label with black print Type2-2 (with SACEM
logo right) |
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MIX
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MONO | ||||
| MATRIX NO. | SIDE 1 | 7EPM 1030 21 7TOP 1009 21 M3 244101 | |||
| SIDE 2 | 7EPM 1031 21 7TOP 1010 21 M3 244102 | ||||
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VINYL COLOR
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BLACK | ||||
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RECORD COMPANY'S NAME
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ODÉON | ||||
| COVER FORM | Single type. (half laminated printed cover). | ||||
| TAG | ? |
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| PRINTER CREDIT | IDN |
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| COVER DESIGN/ PHOTO/ NOTES | - |
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| PRODUCER | George Martin | ||||
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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:
The EP’s numbered MEO‐101 and MEO‐102 were released in January, 1966. While the Hollies EP is scarcer, the Beatles’ MEO‐102 may be found having a label marked “Médium” at the right side, or (less commonly) with a label showing an “M” in a circle. The circle‐M appears on most releases beginning in February, 1966. Later pressings of these records sometimes show “M” without a circle. At the beginning of May, 1966, Odeon replaced their earlier label with a red label and their logo with a logo that more closely resembled those used in other countries. The red label appears on all Odeon releases of the time, but when France took up the EEC numbering in 1969, they stopped using the original catalog numbers on Beatles releases. EP's originally released on the red label are shown below. You will notice that some records which were originally released on the dark blue/orange label were reissued and given new catalog numbers. Although the EP was essentially replaced by the single, or simple, in 1967, the EP's continued to be issued on the red label at least through 1969. The above four "transitional" EP's were reissued onto the red label.
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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