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03. The Beatles' Sound (O 41 627)
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#3-1 The Beatles' Sound (1st. Press "Odeon Green Label Type-1 with BIEM & GEMA logo": O 41 627)
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TITLE
THE BEATLES' SOUND
TRACK LISTING
SIDE 1 Roll Over Beethoven (Berry)
I'll Get You (Lennon-McCartney)
SIDE 2 It Won't Be Long (Lennon-McCartney)
I Want To Hold Your Hand (Lennon-McCartney)
RELEASE DATE
 February 1964 / First Press
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jacket jacket label label jacket
FRONT COVER CLOSE UP BACK COVER CLOSE UP
jacket Odeon logomark and catalog No. "O 41 627" were printed at the upper corner of the front cover. jacket catalog No. "O 41 627" were printed at the upper corner of the front cover.
BACK COVER CLOSE UP
jacket The credit "PRINTED IN GERMANY" was printed at the bottom of the back cover.
jacket "ELECTROLA  GESELLSCHAFT M.B.H KÖLN" was printed at the lower left of the back sleeve.
LABEL CLOSE UP
label Green label and Odeon logo mark in white was printed above the center hole. label
The first  Odeon label was printed around the perimeter: ALLE HERSTELLER. UND URHEBERRECHTE VORBEHALTEN
ÜBERSPIELUNG
ÖFFENTLICHE AUFFÜHRUNG UND RUNDFUNKSENDUNG UNTERSAGT
LABEL CLOSE UP
SIDE 1
SIDE 2
Green label type-1 with BIEM and GEMA logo on both sides of the label.
label label label label
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label label Credited to song writing "Lennon-McCartney".

45 in a triangle for 45  r.p.m.
OTHER ITEM
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RECORD LABEL
Odeon Green Label type-1
CATALOG NUMBER
O 41 627
MIX
MONO
MATRIX No. SIDE 1 7TBE 50073-1
SIDE 2
7TBE 50074-1
VINYL COLOR
BLACK
CENTER Full size center hole
RECORD COMPANY'S NAME
Odeon
COVER DESIGN/ PHOTO/ NOTES
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PRINTER CREDIT
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PRODUCER
George Martin
COMMENTS
The Odeon green label EP's appear in two different styles. The first of these styles features the following print around the rim of the label:

ALLE HERSTELLER. UND URHEBERRECHTE VORBEHALTEN
ÜBERSPIELUNG
ÖFFENTLICHE AUFFÜHRUNG UND RUNDFUNKSENDUNG UNTERSAGT

Records with "Alle" as the first word of the rim print were issued by German Odeon until mid-1966. EP's from 1964-1967 normally feature an LP-size label. Since this label is "too large" for the space alloted to it on a 45, the label is glued over the top of the EP's "ridges". Earlier EP's are found in mono. Later EP's appear in stereo, with "STEREO" in black on a white rectangle.

The second label style, in mid-1966, the rim print was changed on all Odeon releases to read:
URHEBER. UND LEISTUNGSSCHUTZRECHTE, BESONDERS VERVIELFÄLTIGUNG (AUSSER ZUM PERSONLICHEN GEBRAUCH), VERMIETUNG. AUFFÜHRUNG, SENDUNG, VORBEHALTEN
The only EP to have come out originally in the Urheber style is Magical Mystery Tour. The word "stereo" on this EP is not found on a white rectangle.

1st. Press
Label: Green label type-1 with BIEM and GEMA logo on both sides of the label.

2nd. Press
Label: Green label type-1 with GEMA logo on both sides of the label.



#3-2 The Beatles' Sound (2nd. Press "Odeon Green Label Type-1 with GEMA logo": O 41 627)
Back to the top of the line
TITLE
THE BEATLES' SOUND
TRACK LISTING
SIDE 1 Roll Over Beethoven (Berry)
I'll Get You (Lennon-McCartney)
SIDE 2 It Won't Be Long (Lennon-McCartney)
I Want To Hold Your Hand (Lennon-McCartney)
RELEASE DATE
1964? / 2nd. Press (First Press: February 1964)
FRONT --> Click!
BACK --> Click!
SIDE 1 --> Click!
SIDE 2 --> Click! DISK --> Click!
jacket jacket label label jacket
FRONT COVER CLOSE UP BACK COVER CLOSE UP LABEL CLOSE UP
jacket Odeon logomark and catalog No. "O 41 627" were printed at the upper corner of the front cover. jacket label
The credit "PRINTED IN GERMANY" was printed at the bottom of the back cover. The first  Odeon label was printed around the perimeter: ALLE HERSTELLER. UND URHEBERRECHTE VORBEHALTEN
ÜBERSPIELUNG
ÖFFENTLICHE AUFFÜHRUNG UND RUNDFUNKSENDUNG UNTERSAGT
LABEL CLOSE UP
label label label label
With only "GEMA" logo at the left side of the label.
Credited to song writing "Lennon-McCartney".
45 in a triangle for 45  r.p.m. 
OTHER ITEM
-

RECORD LABEL
Odeon Green Label type-1
CATALOG NUMBER
O 41 627
MIX
MONO
MATRIX No. SIDE 1 7TBE 50073-1
SIDE 2
7TBE 50074-1
VINYL COLOR
BLACK
CENTER Full size center hole
RECORD COMPANY'S NAME
Odeon
COVER DESIGN/ PHOTO/ NOTES
-
PRINTER CREDIT
-
PRODUCER
George Martin
COMMENTS
The Odeon green label EP's appear in two different styles. The first of these styles features the following print around the rim of the label:

ALLE HERSTELLER. UND URHEBERRECHTE VORBEHALTEN
ÜBERSPIELUNG
ÖFFENTLICHE AUFFÜHRUNG UND RUNDFUNKSENDUNG UNTERSAGT

Records with "Alle" as the first word of the rim print were issued by German Odeon until mid-1966. EP's from 1964-1967 normally feature an LP-size label. Since this label is "too large" for the space alloted to it on a 45, the label is glued over the top of the EP's "ridges". Earlier EP's are found in mono. Later EP's appear in stereo, with "STEREO" in black on a white rectangle.

The second label style, in mid-1966, the rim print was changed on all Odeon releases to read:
URHEBER. UND LEISTUNGSSCHUTZRECHTE, BESONDERS VERVIELFÄLTIGUNG (AUSSER ZUM PERSONLICHEN GEBRAUCH), VERMIETUNG. AUFFÜHRUNG, SENDUNG, VORBEHALTEN
The only EP to have come out originally in the Urheber style is Magical Mystery Tour. The word "stereo" on this EP is not found on a white rectangle.

1st. Press
Label: Green label type-1 with BIEM and GEMA logo on both sides of the label.

2nd. Press
Label: Green label type-1 with GEMA logo on both sides of the label.



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