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09. The Beatles' Soul (SMO 41 681)
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#9-1 The Beatles' Soul (1st. Press: SMO 41 681)
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TITLE
THE BEATLES' SOUL
TRACK LISTING
SIDE 1 Michelle (Lennon / McCartney)
Run For Your Life (Lennon / McCartney)
SIDE 2 Drive My Car (Lennon / McCartney)
Girl (Lennon / McCartney)
RELEASE DATE
February 1966 / First Press
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Odeon logomark and catalog No. "SMO 41 681" were printed at the upper corner of the front cover. Catalog No. "SMO 41 681" was printed at the upper corner of the back cover.
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jacket The credit "PRINTED IN GERMANY" was printed at the bottom of the back cover.
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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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Catalog number "SMO 41 681" and the word "STEREO" in the white box were printed at the right side of the label.
"GEMA" logo was printed on both sides of the 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 with STEREO logo
CATALOG NUMBER
SMO 41 681
MIX
STEREO
MATRIX No. SIDE 1 7TYBE 50085-1
SIDE 2
7TYBE 50086-1
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.



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