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07. The Beatles' Music (SMO 41 668)
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#7 The Beatles' Music ( Crossover Label "Green Odeon Type-2 and Type-1 / I'am A Loser Sleeve": SMO 41 668)
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TITLE
THE BEATLES' MUSIC
TRACK LISTING
SIDE 1 No Reply (Lennon-McCartney)
I'm A Loser (Lennon-McCartney)
SIDE 2 Rock And Roll Music (Berry)
Eight Days A Week (Lennon-McCartney)
RELEASE DATE
March 1965 /   First / Second Press (Crossover label)
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FRONT COVER CLOSE UP BACK COVER CLOSE UP
jacket jacket Odeon logomrk and catalog No. "O 41 668" were printed at the upper corner of the cover. jacket Sleeve: Back of picture sleeve wrongly written: "I'am A Loser"
BACK COVER CLOSE UP
jacket The credit "PRINTED IN GERMANY" was printed at the bottom of the back cover.
LABEL CLOSE UP
label label Green label and Odeon logo mark in white was printed above the center hole.
Catalog number "SMO 41668" was printed at the right side of the label.
"MADE IN GERMANY" and 45 in a triangle were printed at the bottom of the label.
"GEMA" logo was printed on both sides of the label.
SIDE1: LABEL CLOSE UP
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The 2nd. press label style, the rim print was: "URHEBER. UND LEISTUNGSSCHUTZRECHTE, ...."
SIDE 2: LABEL CLOSE UP
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The 1st. press label style, the rim print was: "ALLE HERSTELLER. UND URHEBERRECHTE VORBEHALTEN ÜBERSPIELUNG  ...."
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RECORD LABEL
Odeon Green Label type-2 / type-1 with STEREO logo
CATALOG NUMBER
SMO 41 668
MIX
STEREO
MATRIX No. SIDE 1 7TYBE  50079-1
SIDE 2
7TYBE  50080-1
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
One of the worldwide earliest known Beatles Stereo 45 single or EP, the 3 known Beatles German EPs are from different LP cuts, Beatles for sale, Help, Rubber Soul.

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
Sleeve: Back of picture sleeve wrongly written: I'am A Loser
Label: Rim text Alle Hersteller Und...

2nd. Press
Sleeve: Back of picture sleeve corrected: I'm A Loser
Label: Rim text Urheber Und...



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