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#03 Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! A Hard Day's Night (O 83 739)
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#3-1 A Hard Day's Night (MONO 1st. Press: O 83 739)
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TITLE THE BEATLES YEAH! YEAH! YEAH!
A Hard Day's Night
CATALOG NUMBER O 83739 / OPX 99
RELEASE DATE 6th July 1964/First Press
TRACK LISTING SIDE 1 SIDE 2
A Hard Day's Night Any Time At All
I Should Have Known Better
 I'll Cry Instead
If I Fell
 Things We Said Today
I'm Happy Just To Dance With You
 When I Get Home
And I Love Her
 You Can't Do That
Tell Me Why I'll Be Back
Can't Buy Me Love
  
FRONT -->Click! BACK -->Click! SIDE 1 -->Click! SIDE 2 -->Click! DISK
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Sorry, I din't have it. 		label Odeon logomark and catalog No. "O 83 739" were printed at the upper left of the front cover. label Catalog No. "83 739" were printed on the back cover.
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label "ELECTROLA  GESELLSCHAFT M.B.H. KÖLN" was printed at the bottom of the back cover.
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"MADE IN GERMANY" and 33 in a triangle for mono edition were printed.
The 1st. label style, the rim print was: "ALLE RECHTE DES PLATTENHERSTELLERS UND EIGENTÜMERS DES AUFGENNOMMENEN WERKES VORBEHALTEN.　VERVIELFÄLTIGUNG, ÖFFENTLICHE AUFFÜHRUNG. RUNDFUNKSENDUNG UNTERSAGT"
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label label Catalog number "O 83739" was printed at the right side of the label.
"GEMA" logo was printed on both sides of the label.
OTHER ITEM
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LABEL Odeon Green label
MIX MONO
MATRIX No. SIDE 1 XEX 481 - 1
SIDE 2 XEX 482 - 1
VINYL COLOR BLACK
RECORD COMPANY'S NAME LABEL Odeon
SLEEVE ELECTROLA  GESELLSCHAFT M.B.H. KÖLN
RECORDING PUBLISHED CREDIT -
COVER FORM Single type. Half vinyl-coated cover
PRINTER CREDIT -
COVER DESIGN/ PHOTO/ NOTES Photo: Robert Freeman / Notes: Tony Barrow
INNER SLEEVE Unknown
PRODUCER George Martin
COMMENTS
 Odeon Green label:
Odeon was the main label for German Beatles records until 1968, when the records were given the Apple labels, still distributed by Electrola. As an example, "With The Beatles", with a green Odeon label (being a mono LP), as opposed to white/gold labels for the stereo counterparts. The excerpt from the back cover shows the Electrola GmbH imprint.

First 5 albums were released in both stereo and mono (except  "The Beatles Beat": mono only)
  • With The Beatles (12th Nov. 1963) Odeon O 83568 (mono) / Odeon STO 83568 (stereo)
  • Die Beatles (6th Feb. 1964) Hörzu HZE 117 (mono) / Hörzu SHZE 117 (stereo)
  • The Beatles Beat (15th Apr. 1964) Odeon O 83692 (mono only)
  • A Hard Day's Night (6th Jul. 1964) Odeon O 83739 (mono) / Odeon STO 83739 (stereo)
  • Something New (10th Sep. 1964) Odeon O 83756 (mono) / Odeon STO 83756 (stereo)
By Nov. 1964 (maybe), German Odeon was turning to all-stereo.

For Domestic issue
  • 1st. Press: MONO (O 83 739) Jul. 1964 / Odeon Green label (ALLE rim)
  • 1st. Press: STEREO (STO 83 739) Jul. 1964? / Odeon White & Gold label type-1 (ALLE rim)
  • 2nd. Press: STEREO (SMO 83 739) 1964 / Odeon White & Gold label type-1 (ALLE rim)
  • 3rd. Press: STEREO (SMO 73 739) 1966 / Odeon White & Gold label type-2 (URHEBER rim)
  • 4th. Press: STEREO (1C 062-04 145) 1969 / EMI/Odeon Blue label
  • 5th. Press: STEREO (1C 072-04 145) 1976 / Odeon Light Green label
  • 6th. Press: STEREO (1C 072-04 145) 1977 / Apple label
  • 7th. Press: STEREO (1C 072-04 145) 1981? / Odeon Light Green label (DMM)

* GEMA (Gesellschaft für musikalische Aufführungs- und mechanische Vervielfältigungsrechte.) was started in 1915 and handles the copyright in Germany.


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