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#02 Please Please Me (ZTOX 5550)
(Update: 16th. July 2018)
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#2-1 Please Please Me (Export Edition 1st. Press: ZTOX 5550)
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TITLE PLEASE PLEASE ME
CATALOG NUMBER ZTOX 5550
RELEASE DATE February 1964? / First Press for the export release
TRACK LISTING SIDE 1 SIDE 2
I Saw Her Standing There Love Me Do (sim.stereo)
Misery P.S. I Love You (sim.stereo)
Anna (Go To Him)
Baby It's You
Chains Do You Want To Know A Secret
Boys A Taste Of Honey
Ask Me Why
There's A Place
Please Please Me Twist And Shout
FRONT -->Click! BACK -->Click! SIDE 1 -->Click! SIDE 2 -->Click! DISK
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INNER SLEEVE FRONT COVER CLOSE UP FRONT COVER CLOSE UP
label label Odeon logomark and catalog No. "ZTOX 5550" were printed at the upper left of the front cover. label "Photo: Angus McBean" credit was  printed at the right corner (in white).
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Odeon logomark and catalog No. "ZTOX 5550" were printed on the back cover. label "ELECTROLA  GESELLSCHAFT M.B.H KÖLN" and "MADE IN GERMANY" and "GES GESCH" were printed at the bottom of the back cover.
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"MADE IN GERMANY" and ST 33 in a circle for stereo 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 "ZTOX 5550" was printed at the right side of the label.
"GEMA" and "BIEM" logo were printed on both sides of the label.
OTHER ITEM
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LABEL Odeon White and gold label type 1
MIX STEREO (except as noted)
MATRIX No. SIDE 1 SHZE 117-A-1
SIDE 2 SHZE 117-B-1
VINYL COLOR BLACK
RECORD COMPANY'S NAME LABEL Odeon
SLEEVE ELECTROLA  GESELLSCHAFT M.B.H KÖLN (with "GES GESCH" credit)
RECORDING PUBLISHED CREDIT Recording first published 1963
COVER FORM Single type. Half vinyl-coated cover
PRINTER CREDIT Unknown
COVER DESIGN/ PHOTO/ NOTES Photo: Angus McBean / Notes: Tony Barrow
INNER SLEEVE Odeon Original Inner Sleeve type-1
PRODUCER George Martin
COMMENTS
Odeon White and gold label type 1
14 track vinyl LP was only made for Export and distributed  to foreign military bases in West-Germany in very small limited numbers only@and  a few were exported to Switzerland (maybe).

For Export issue
  • 1st. Press: MONO (OPX 5550): 1964?? / Odeon White & Gold label?? (I cannot confirm the existence.)
  • 1st. Press: STEREO (ZTOX5550): 1964 / Odeon White & Gold label type-1 (ALLE rim.)
First press matrix number: SHZE 117-A-1   SHZE 117-B-1

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 Hörzu (and 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)

This stereo versions of "Love Me Do" and "P.S. I Love You" have been created from the mono versions, because original master tapes are lost.

For Domestic issue
  • 1st. Press: STEREO (SHZE-117): Feb. 1964 / Hörzu label type-1 (ALLE rim)
  • 1st. Press: MONO (HZE-117): Feb. 1964? / Hörzu label type-1 (ALLE rim)
  • 2nd. Press: STEREO (SHZE-117): 1966? / Hörzu label type-2 (URHEBER rim)
  • 3rd. Press: STEREO (SHZE-117): 1966? / Hörzu label type-2 (URHEBER rim) / *Small logo sleeve
  • 4th. Press: STEREO (SHZE-117): late 1960s? / Hörzu red label (type-3)
  • 5th. Press: STEREO(1C 062-04 219): 1977? / Apple label
HÖRZU: A TV magazine (owned by the Springer Group of Companies) got rights from the major German record companies to advertise (in their magazine) and sell selected product through their mail-order department to make it easier for people to buy product as in those days a lot more people lived outside / a far distance away from the bigger cities with their record shops.
(from Steve Hoffman Music Forums)


*BIEM (Bureau International des Societes Gerant les Droits d'Enregistrement et de Reproduction Mecanique) handles the copyrights for 52 different countries.

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



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