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#1-1 Rubber Soul (Export Edition "Odéon Dark Blue Label": OSX HS 24001)
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TITLE RUBBER SOUL
CATALOG NUMBER OSX HS 24001
RELEASE DATE 2nd. December 1965?  / First Press: Export Edition
TRACK LISTING SIDE 1 SIDE 2
Drive My Car
What Goes On
Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)
Girl
You Won't See Me
I'm Looking Through You
Nowhere Man
In My Life
Think For Yourself
Wait
The Word
If I Needed Someone
Michelle Run For Your Life
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INNER SLEEVE FRONT COVER CLOSE UP -->Click! BACK COVER CLOSE UP
Plain White Inner Sleeve
(maybe)
label Odeon logomark and EMI logomark were printed at the bottom of the front cover. label "SIAT - PARIS" (Printer House?) credit was printed at the bottom of the back cover.
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Catalog No. "OSX HS 24001" was printed at the upper right of the back cover.
"LES INDUSTRIES MUSICALES ET ÉLECTRIQUES PATHÉ MARCONI - PARIS" was printes at the bottom of the back cover.
Housed in a twin-flipback printed cover (Semi wrap-around cover).
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"MADE IN FRANCE" was printed at the bottom of the label.
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SIDE-1 SIDE-2 On both sides, "BIEM" logo in a box and "MADE IN FRANCE" were printed on the label.
SIDE-1 SIDE-2
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Matrix No. is
Side-1: XEX  579-21     M6  245067
Side-2: XEX  580-21    M6  245068
OTHER ITEM
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LABEL Odéon Dark Blue Label with silver print
MIX MONO
MATRIX No. SIDE 1 XEX  579-21            M6 245067
SIDE 2 XEX  580-21            M6 245068
VINYL COLOR BLACK
RECORD COMPANY'S NAME
ODÉON
COVER: LES INDUSTRIES MUSICALES ET ÉLECTRIQUES PATHÉ MARCONI - PARIS
RECORDING PUBLISHED CREDIT (P) 1965
COVER FORM Single type. Housed in a twin-flipback printed cover (semi laminated printed cover).
PRINTER CREDIT SIAT - PARIS (?)
COVER DESIGN/ PHOTO/ NOTES Photo: Robert Freeman
INNER SLEEVE Plain White Inner Sleeve (maybe)
PRODUCER George Martin
COMMENTS
Odéon Dark Blue label.

This is a very mysterious reference which is now run many collectors. This is a particular draw inch 33 rpm ​​French original "Rubber Soul" (Odeon OSX 232), as evidenced by the words "HS" (probably up for "Special Edition"), which is also found on labels double EP "Magical Mystery Tour" (MOE HS 39501/2). the content of the OSX HS 24001 is found to be almost identical to that of the OSX 232. Only changed the Odeon logo (replaced by Odéon- EMI) and the color of the label (orange in the OSX 232 blue at the HS 24 001).

Several other elements allow us to better characterize this disc:
- A reference to "20,000" , synonymous (at Odeon) destination for exports. Unfortunately it is impossible in the present state of our knowledge, identify the recipient country (s). Belgium has initially been assumed, but this idea was eventually abandoned to the extent that our inch 33 rpm ​​is not found in the same way as the EP's Flight.
- 1-4 EOM series Specialists today for a lean Francophone African countries without further details at this time;
Different numbers of those matrix of OSX 232 : 579/580 XEX (taking the English matrix) instead of XAR 819/820 visit OSX 232; - M6 245067/8 code (engraved in vinyl to the opposite of the matrix number) that is not on OSX 232; - the words "the Musical Industries and Electrical Pathé Marconi Paris" that appears at the back cover and which is found in 1966, all discs of LSO series;
- The word "Standard" , which is also a price code reference. There were thus two phrases: "Medium" and "Luxury".

The sheet production OSX HS 24001, published in the book France and the Beatles - the original 1962/1970 discography (Hocquet AD Krasker E.) reveal very important information: the a date is buffered in red indicates that the manufacturing process began on 02/12/1965. Everything leads us to believe that the production of 24 001 HS OSX and OSX 232 took place simultaneously. Date of legal deposit of 232 is the OSX 12/21/1965. That of the 24 001 HS is probably occurred in late December 1965 / early January 1966.

Some research shows that his is a French pressing, intended for the French African market. (ex.  Libya)

*BIEM (Bureau International des Societes Gerant les Droits d'Enregistrement et de Reproduction Mecanique) handles the copyrights for 52 different countries.



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