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#03 Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! A Hard Day's Night (STO 83 739/SMO 83 739/73 739)
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#3-1 A Hard Day's Night (STEREO 1st. Press / Odeon White & Gold label type-1 (ALLE rim): STO 83 739)
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TITLE YEAH! YEAH! YEAH! A Hard Day's Night
CATALOG NUMBER STO 83 739 / ZTOX 5564
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
label label label label label
INNER SLEEVE FRONT AND BACK COVER CLOSE UP
BACK COVER CLOSE UP
Unknown
label label "Odeon Gold Sticker" (A.K.A. "Mirror ball mark") was pasted at the upper left of the front cover. label
Catalog number "83  739" was printed at the right corner of the back cover.
BACK COVER CLOSE UP
label "ELECTROLA  GESELLSCHAFT M.B.H KÖLN" was printed at the bottom of the back cover.
LABEL CLOSE UP
label label label label
The word "STEREO" and Odeon logomark were printed at the top of the label.
"MADE IN GERMANY" and ST 33 in a circle for stereo edition were printed. "GEMA" logo were printed on both sides of the label.
LABEL CLOSE UP
label label label label
Catalog number "SMO 83 739" was printed at the right side of the label. The 1st. label style, the rim print was: "ALLE RECHTE DES PLATTENHERSTELLERS UND EIGENTÜMERS DES AUFGENNOMMENEN WERKES VORBEHALTEN. VERVIELFÄLTIGUNG, ÖFFENTLICHE AUFFÜHRUNG. RUNDFUNKSENDUNG UNTERSAGT"
SIDE 1 SIDE 2
Matrix No. is
Side-1: YEX 126 - 1
Side-2: YEX 127 - 1
OTHER ITEM
-

LABEL Odeon White and Gold label type-1
MIX STEREO
MATRIX No. SIDE 1 YEX 126 - 1
SIDE 2 YEX 127 - 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 White & Gold label type-1:
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.

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 83 739) 1964 / Odeon White & Gold label type-2-1 (URHEBER rim)
  • 4th. Press: STEREO (SMO 73 739) 1966 / Odeon White & Gold label type-2-1 (URHEBER rim)
  • 5th. Press: STEREO (SMO 73 739) 1966 / Odeon White & Gold label type-2-2 (URHEBER rim)
  • 6th. Press: STEREO (1C 062-04 145) 1975 / EMI/Odeon Blue label
  • 7th. Press: STEREO (1C 072-04 145) 1976 / EMI/Odeon Blue label or Odeon Light Green label
  • 8th. Press: STEREO (1C 072-04 145) 1977 / Apple label
  • 9th. Press: STEREO (1C 072-04 145) 1981? / Odeon Light Green label (DMM)
The Original Odeon label (stereo) LP's appear in two slightly different styles. The first of these styles, features the following print around the rim of the label:

ALLE RECHTE DES PLATTENHERSTELLERS UND EIGENTÜMERS DES AUFGENNOMMENEN WERKES VORBEHALTEN.
VERVIELFÄLTIGUNG, ÖFFENTLICHE AUFFÜHRUNG. RUNDFUNKSENDUNG UNTERSAGT
(ALL RIGHTS OF THE OWNER OF SHEET MANUFACTURER AND BEEN EXCLUDED WORK RESERVED. COPYING, PUBLIC PERFORMANCE. RADIO BROADCAST PROHIBITED)

In mid 1966, the rim print was changed on all Odeon releases to read:

URHEBER. UND LEISTUNGSSCHUTZRECHTE, BESONDERS VERVIELFÄLTIGUNG
(AUSSER ZUM PERSÖNLICHEN GEBRAUCH), VERMIETUNG. AUFFÜHRUNG, SENDUNG, VORBEHALTEN
(COPYRIGHT AND  PROPERTY RIGHTS, ESPECIALLY REPRODUCTION (EXCEPT FOR PERSONAL USE), RENT, PERFORMANCE, BROADCAST)

Stereo copies pressed prior to the elimination of mono are found with a large, round, gold stereo sticker (A.K.A. "Mirror Ball mark"). Stereo copies of those same LP's and of the next few (stereo-only) LP's are normally found with a smaller, rectangular stereo sticker. Later stereo LP's are found either with the contents of the stereo sticker printed on the cover itself or without any stereo sticker.

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



#3-2 A Hard Day's Night (2nd. / 3rd. Press Crossover Label type-1/type-2-1: SMO 83 739)
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TITLE YEAH! YEAH! YEAH! A Hard Day's Night
CATALOG NUMBER SMO 83 739 / ZTOX 5564
RELEASE DATE late 1964? / Second 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
label label label label label
INNER SLEEVE FRONT AND BACK COVER CLOSE UP
BACK COVER CLOSE UP
Unknown
label label "Odeon Gold Sticker" (A.K.A. "Mirror ball mark") was pasted at the upper left of the front cover. label
Catalog number "83  739" was printed at the right corner of the back cover.
BACK COVER CLOSE UP
label "ELECTROLA  GESELLSCHAFT M.B.H KÖLN" was printed at the bottom of the back cover.
LABEL CLOSE UP
label label The word "STEREO" and Odeon logomark were printed at the top of the label.
"MADE IN GERMANY" and ST 33 in a circle for stereo edition were printed. "GEMA" logo were printed on both sides of the label.
LABEL CLOSE UP: SIDE-1
label label label label
LABEL CLOSE UP: SIDE-2
label label label label
2nd. / 3rd. crossover pressing: SMO 83739
Catalog number "SMO 83 739" was printed at the right side of the label.
The side 1 label has an 'ALLE RECHTE..' worded rim & side 2 has an 'URHEBER..' rim
Matrix No. is
Side-1: YEX 126 - 1
Side-2: YEX 127 - 1
OTHER ITEM
-

LABEL Odeon White and Gold label type-1 / type-2-1
MIX STEREO
MATRIX No. SIDE 1 YEX 126 - 1
SIDE 2 YEX 127 - 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 White & Gold label type-1:
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.

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 83 739) 1964 / Odeon White & Gold label type-2-1 (URHBER rim)
  • 4th. Press: STEREO (SMO 73 739) 1966 / Odeon White & Gold label type-2-1 (URHEBER rim)
  • 5t. Press: STEREO (SMO 73 739) 1966 / Odeon White & Gold label type-2-2 (URHEBER rim)
  • 6th. Press: STEREO (1C 062-04 145) 1975 / EMI/Odeon Blue label
  • 7th. Press: STEREO (1C 072-04 145) 1976 / EMI/Odeon Blue label or Odeon Light Green label
  • 8th. Press: STEREO (1C 072-04 145) 1977 / Apple label
  • 9th. Press: STEREO (1C 072-04 145) 1981? / Odeon Light Green label (DMM)
The Original Odeon label (stereo) LP's appear in two slightly different styles. The first of these styles, features the following print around the rim of the label:

ALLE RECHTE DES PLATTENHERSTELLERS UND EIGENTÜMERS DES AUFGENNOMMENEN WERKES VORBEHALTEN.
VERVIELFÄLTIGUNG, ÖFFENTLICHE AUFFÜHRUNG. RUNDFUNKSENDUNG UNTERSAGT
(ALL RIGHTS OF THE OWNER OF SHEET MANUFACTURER AND BEEN EXCLUDED WORK RESERVED. COPYING, PUBLIC PERFORMANCE. RADIO BROADCAST PROHIBITED)

In mid 1966, the rim print was changed on all Odeon releases to read:

URHEBER. UND LEISTUNGSSCHUTZRECHTE, BESONDERS VERVIELFÄLTIGUNG
(AUSSER ZUM PERSÖNLICHEN GEBRAUCH), VERMIETUNG. AUFFÜHRUNG, SENDUNG, VORBEHALTEN
(COPYRIGHT AND  PROPERTY RIGHTS, ESPECIALLY REPRODUCTION (EXCEPT FOR PERSONAL USE), RENT, PERFORMANCE, BROADCAST)

Stereo copies pressed prior to the elimination of mono are found with a large, round, gold stereo sticker (A.K.A. "Mirror Ball mark"). Stereo copies of those same LP's and of the next few (stereo-only) LP's are normally found with a smaller, rectangular stereo sticker. Later stereo LP's are found either with the contents of the stereo sticker printed on the cover itself or without any stereo sticker.

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



#3-3 A Hard Day's Night (4th. Press / Odeon White & Gold label type-2-1 (URHEBER rim): SMO 73 739)
Back to the top of the line
TITLE YEAH! YEAH! YEAH! A Hard Day's Night
CATALOG NUMBER SMO 73 739 / ZTOX 5564
RELEASE DATE 1966? / 4th. 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
label label label label label
INNER SLEEVE FRONT COVER CLOSE UP
BACK COVER CLOSE UP
Unknown
label Gold Sticker "STEREO" was pasted at the upper left of the front cover. Catalog No. "O 83 739" was printed at the upper left of the front cover. label label
Catalog number "83  739" was printed at the right corner of the back cover.
BACK COVER CLOSE UP
label "ELECTROLA  GESELLSCHAFT M.B.H KÖLN" was printed at the bottom of the back cover.
LABEL CLOSE UP
label label label label
The word "STEREO" and Odeon logomark were printed at the top of the label.
"MADE IN GERMANY" and ST 33 in a circle for stereo edition were printed. "GEMA" logo were printed on both sides of the label.
LABEL CLOSE UP
label label label label
Catalog number "SMO 73 739" was printed at the right side of the label. The 2nd. label style, the rim print was: "URHEBER. UND LEISTUNGSSCHUTZRECHTE, BESONDERS VERVIELFÄLTIGUNG
(AUSSER ZUM PERSÖNLICHEN GEBRAUCH), VERMIETUNG. AUFFÜHRUNG, SENDUNG, VORBEHALTEN"
SIDE 1 SIDE 2
Matrix No. is
Side-1: YEX 126 - 1
Side-2: YEX 127 - 1
OTHER ITEM
-

LABEL Odeon White and Gold label type-2-1
MIX STEREO
MATRIX No. SIDE 1 YEX 126 - 1
SIDE 2 YEX 127 - 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 White & Gold label type-2:
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.

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 83 739) 1964 / Odeon White & Gold label type-2-1 (URHEBER rim)
  • 4th. Press: STEREO (SMO 73 739) 1966 / Odeon White & Gold label type-2-1 (URHEBER rim)
  • 5th. Press: STEREO (SMO 73 739) 1966 / Odeon White & Gold label type-2-2 (URHEBER rim)
  • 6th. Press: STEREO (1C 062-04 145) 1975 / EMI/Odeon Blue label
  • 7th. Press: STEREO (1C 072-04 145) 1976 / EMI/Odeon Blue label or Odeon Light Green label
  • 8th. Press: STEREO (1C 072-04 145) 1977 / Apple label
  • 9th. Press: STEREO (1C 072-04 145) 1981? / Odeon Light Green label (DMM)
The Original Odeon label (stereo) LP's appear in two slightly different styles. The first of styles, features the following print around the rim of the label:

ALLE RECHTE DES PLATTENHERSTELLERS UND EIGENTÜMERS DES AUFGENNOMMENEN WERKES VORBEHALTEN.
VERVIELFÄLTIGUNG, ÖFFENTLICHE AUFFÜHRUNG. RUNDFUNKSENDUNG UNTERSAGT
(ALL RIGHTS OF THE OWNER OF SHEET MANUFACTURER AND BEEN EXCLUDED WORK RESERVED. COPYING, PUBLIC PERFORMANCE. RADIO BROADCAST PROHIBITED)

In mid 1966, the rim print was changed on all Odeon releases to read:

URHEBER. UND LEISTUNGSSCHUTZRECHTE, BESONDERS VERVIELFÄLTIGUNG
(AUSSER ZUM PERSÖNLICHEN GEBRAUCH), VERMIETUNG. AUFFÜHRUNG, SENDUNG, VORBEHALTEN
(COPYRIGHT AND  PROPERTY RIGHTS, ESPECIALLY REPRODUCTION (EXCEPT FOR PERSONAL USE), RENT, PERFORMANCE, BROADCAST)

Stereo copies pressed prior to the elimination of mono are found with a large, round, gold stereo sticker (A.K.A. "Mirror Ball mark"). Stereo copies of those same LP's and of the next few (stereo-only) LP's are normally found with a smaller, rectangular stereo sticker. Later stereo LP's are found either with the contents of the stereo sticker printed on the cover itself or without any stereo sticker.

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



#3-4 A Hard Day's Night (5th. Press / Odeon White & Gold label type-2-2 (URHEBER rim): SMO 73 739)
Back to the top of the line
TITLE YEAH! YEAH! YEAH! A Hard Day's Night
CATALOG NUMBER SMO 73 739 / ZTOX 5564
RELEASE DATE 1966? / 5th. 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
label label label label label
INNER SLEEVE
FRONT COVER CLOSE UP
FRONT--> Click!
BACK--> Click!
label label label label Gold Sticker "STEREO" was pasted at the upper left of the front cover. Catalog No. "SMO 73739" was printed at the upper left of the front cover.
BACK COVER CLOSE UP
label Catalog number "SMO 73 739" was printed at the right corner of the back cover. label label
Odeon/EMI logo and United Artists logo were printed on the back cover.
BACK COVER CLOSE UP
label "Printed in Germany" in uppercase was printed at the bottom of the back cover.
LABEL CLOSE UP
label The word "STEREO" and Odeon logomark were printed at the top of the label. label
"MADE IN GERMANY" and ST 33 in a circle for stereo edition were printed. 
LABEL CLOSE UP
label label label label
Catalog number "SMO 73 739" was printed at the right side of the label. The 2nd. label style, the rim print was: "URHEBER. UND LEISTUNGSSCHUTZRECHTE, ...."
"GEMA" logo were printed on both sides of the label.
label
OTHER ITEM
-

LABEL Odeon White and Gold label type-2-2
MIX STEREO
MATRIX No. SIDE 1 YEX 126 - 1
SIDE 2 YEX 127 - 1
VINYL COLOR BLACK
RECORD COMPANY'S NAME LABEL Odeon
SLEEVE Odeon / EMI
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 Odeon original inner sleeve type-2
PRODUCER George Martin
COMMENTS
Odeon White & Gold label type-2-2:
The word "STEREO" and Odeon logomark were printed at the top of the label.
The word "Bestell-Nr." was erased above the catalog number.

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.

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 83 739) 1964 / Odeon White & Gold label type-2-1 (URHEBER rim)
  • 4th. Press: STEREO (SMO 73 739) 1966 / Odeon White & Gold label type-2-1 (URHEBER rim)
  • 5th. Press: STEREO (SMO 73 739) 1966 / Odeon White & Gold label type-2-2 (URHEBER rim)
  • 6th. Press: STEREO (1C 062-04 145) 1975 / EMI/Odeon Blue label
  • 7th. Press: STEREO (1C 072-04 145) 1976 / EMI/Odeon Blue label or Odeon Light Green label
  • 8th. Press: STEREO (1C 072-04 145) 1977 / Apple label
  • 9th. Press: STEREO (1C 072-04 145) 1981? / Odeon Light Green label (DMM)
The Original Odeon label (stereo) LP's appear in two slightly different styles. The first of styles, features the following print around the rim of the label:

ALLE RECHTE DES PLATTENHERSTELLERS UND EIGENTÜMERS DES AUFGENNOMMENEN WERKES VORBEHALTEN.
VERVIELFÄLTIGUNG, ÖFFENTLICHE AUFFÜHRUNG. RUNDFUNKSENDUNG UNTERSAGT
(ALL RIGHTS OF THE OWNER OF SHEET MANUFACTURER AND BEEN EXCLUDED WORK RESERVED. COPYING, PUBLIC PERFORMANCE. RADIO BROADCAST PROHIBITED)

In mid 1966, the rim print was changed on all Odeon releases to read:

URHEBER. UND LEISTUNGSSCHUTZRECHTE, BESONDERS VERVIELFÄLTIGUNG
(AUSSER ZUM PERSÖNLICHEN GEBRAUCH), VERMIETUNG. AUFFÜHRUNG, SENDUNG, VORBEHALTEN
(COPYRIGHT AND  PROPERTY RIGHTS, ESPECIALLY REPRODUCTION (EXCEPT FOR PERSONAL USE), RENT, PERFORMANCE, BROADCAST)

Stereo copies pressed prior to the elimination of mono are found with a large, round, gold stereo sticker (A.K.A. "Mirror Ball mark"). Stereo copies of those same LP's and of the next few (stereo-only) LP's are normally found with a smaller, rectangular stereo sticker. Later stereo LP's are found either with the contents of the stereo sticker printed on the cover itself or without any stereo sticker.

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



#3-5 A Hard Day's Night (6th. Press / EMI/Odeon Blue Label Type-2: 1C  062-04 145)
Back to the top of the line
TITLE YEAH! YEAH! YEAH! A Hard Day's Night
CATALOG NUMBER 1C  062-04  145
RELEASE DATE 1969 / 6th. 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
label label label label label
INNER SLEEVE FRONT COVER CLOSE UP
BACK COVER CLOSE UP
Unknown
label Catalog No. "1 C 062-04 145" was printed at the upper left of the front cover. label label
Catalog number "1 C 062-04 145" was printed at the right corner of the back cover.
BACK COVER CLOSE UP
label label "EMI / Odeon" logo mark was printed at the left corner of the back cover.
LABEL CLOSE UP
label "EMI / Odeon" logo mark in black ink was printed at the top of the blue label. label label
"MADE IN GERMANY" and ST 33 in a circle for stereo edition were printed.
The 4th. label style, the rim print was: "URHEBER. UND LEISTUNGSSCHUTZRECHTE, BESONDERS VERVIELFÄLTIGUNG
(AUSSER ZUM PERSÖNLICHEN GEBRAUCH), VERMIETUNG. AUFFÜHRUNG, SENDUNG, VORBEHALTEN"
LABEL CLOSE UP
label label Catalog number "1 C 062-04 145" was printed at the right side of the label.
"GEMA" logo was printed on both sides of the label.
OTHER ITEM
-

LABEL EMI/Odeon Blue Label type-2
MIX STEREO
MATRIX No. SIDE 1 1C062-04145-A-1
SIDE 2 1C062-04145-B-1
VINYL COLOR BLACK
RECORD COMPANY'S NAME LABEL EMI/Odeon
SLEEVE -
RECORDING PUBLISHED CREDIT -
COVER FORM Single type. Housed in a fully laminated German printed cover.
PRINTER CREDIT -
COVER DESIGN/ PHOTO/ NOTES Photo: Robert Freeman / Notes: Tony Barrow
INNER SLEEVE Unknown
PRODUCER George Martin
COMMENTS
EMI/Odeon Blue label type-2:
"EMI / Odeon" logo mark  in black ink was printed at the top of the blue label.
"MADE IN GERMANY" and ST 33 in a circle for stereo edition were printed.

EMI / Odeon Blue label variations:
Type-1: GEMA logo in a box / ST 33 in a circle
Type-2: GEMA without box / ST 33 in a circle
Type-3-1:GEMA without box / ST 33 in a oval
Type-3-2:GEMA without box and (P) 196X / ST 33 in a oval
Type-4: 062 with "LC" mark / ST 33 in a oval
Type-5: 072 with "LC" mark / ST 33 in a oval

The change to the blue label came during the second half of 1968, some months before  the  change to the EEC catalog numbers.
Several LP's are known with blue labels and the old "SMO" number."  The change from the  old  logo  to  the  new  logo  happened  around catalog number 74 411. The EEC numbering began just after 74 490.

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 83 739) 1964 / Odeon White & Gold label type-2-1 (URHEBER rim)
  • 4th. Press: STEREO (SMO 73 739) 1966 / Odeon White & Gold label type-2-1 (URHEBER rim)
  • 5th. Press: STEREO (SMO 73 739) 1966 / Odeon White & Gold label type-2-2 (URHEBER rim)
  • 6th. Press: STEREO (1C 062-04 145) 1975 / EMI/Odeon Blue label
  • 7th. Press: STEREO (1C 072-04 145) 1976 / EMI/Odeon Blue label or Odeon Light Green label
  • 8th. Press: STEREO (1C 072-04 145) 1977 / Apple label
  • 9th. Press: STEREO (1C 072-04 145) 1981? / Odeon Light Green label (DMM)
*The EEC numbering mean the country of release can been readily identified from the first two characters :
     1C = Germany
     2C = France
     3C = Italy
     4C = Belguim
     5C = Holland
     7C = Sweden
    10C = Spain
    11C = Portugal
    14C = Greece
Special note for Spain - "1J" instead of "10C" was used for several years (1969 to 1977, as from the "Get Back" single) to refer to records manufactured by EMI-Odeon in Spain, before the international "European codification". All references with "1J" were replaced by "10C" as from 1977.

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



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