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05. The Beatles' Siongs (O 41 641)
(Update: 22th. February 2022)
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#5-1 The Beatles' Songs (1st. Press "with GEOW 1295" : O 41 641)
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TITLE
THE BEATLES' SONGS
TRACK LISTING
SIDE 1 A Hard Day's Night (Lennon-McCartney)
I Should Have Known Better (Lennon-McCartney)
SIDE 2 If I Fell (Lennon-McCartney)
Can't Buy Me Love (Lennon-McCartney)
RELEASE DATE
September 1964 / First Press
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FRONT COVER CLOSE UP BACK COVER CLOSE UP
jacket Odeon logomark and catalog No. "O 41 641 / GEOW 1295" were printed at the upper corner of the front cover. jacket "ELECTROLA  G.M.B.H KÖLN" was printed at the lower left of the back sleeve.
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jacket jacket The credit "PRINTED IN GERMANY" was printed at the bottom of the back cover.
LABEL CLOSE UP
label Green label and Odeon logo mark in white was printed above the center hole.
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The rim print was: "ALLE HERSTELLER. UND URHEBERRECHTE VORBEHALTEN ÜBERSPIELUNG  ...."
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SIDE 1
SIDE 2
Catalog number "O 41 647" was printed at the right side of the label.
"GEMA" logo was printed on both sides of the label.
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label label "MADE IN GERMANY" and 45 in a triangle were printed at the bottom of the label.
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RECORD LABEL
Odeon Green Label type-1
CATALOG NUMBER
O 41 641
MIX
MONO
MATRIX No. SIDE 1 7TBE 50075-1
SIDE 2
7TBE 50076-1
VINYL COLOR
BLACK
CENTER Full size center hole
RECORD COMPANY'S NAME
Odeon
COVER DESIGN/ PHOTO/ NOTES
Photo: classic black and white Dezo Hoffmann portrait
PRINTER CREDIT
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PRODUCER
George Martin
COMMENTS
Odeon Green Label type-1.
"GEMA" logo was printed on both sides of the label.

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:
Front of picture sleeve: With GEOW 1295 under logo
label: Rim text: Alle Hersteller und...

2nd. Press:
Front of picture sleeve: Without GEOW 1295 under label
Back of picture sleeve: With Odeon EMI back
label: Rim text: Urheber Und...



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