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07. Misery / Ask Me Why (O 22 663)
(Update: 30th. April 2018)

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#7-1 Misery / Ask Me Why (1st. Press / Odeon Green label: O 22 663)
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TRACK LISTING
SIDE 1
Misery   McCartney-Lennon
SIDE 2 Ask Me Why   McCartney-Lennon
RELEASE DATE
Februry 1964 / First Press
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SLEEVE: FRONT CLOSE UP SLEEVE: BACK CLOSE UP
jacket Old Odeon logomark was printed at the upper right of the sleeve.

jacket On the lower left of the sleeve, there's an Atelier Robert Pütz credit in black lettering.
"ELECTROLA  GESELLSCHAFT M.B.H KÖLN" was printed at the lower left of the back sleeve.
LABEL CLOSE UP
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Green label and Odeon logo mark in white was printed above the center hole.
"MADE IN GERMANY" and 45 in a triangle were printed at the bottom of the label.
LABEL CLOSE UP
SIDE 1
SIDE 2
Catalog number "O 22 663" was printed at the right side of the label.
"Keep a/c" logo was printed on both sides of the label.
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label The rim print was: "ALLE HERSTELLER. UND URHEBERRECHTE VORBEHALTEN ÜBERSPIELUNG  ...."
OTHER ITEM
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RECORD LABEL
Odeon Green Label Type-1
CATALOG NUMBER
O 22 663
MIX
MONO
MATRIX No. Side1 7XBE 50101-1
Side2 7XBE 50102-1
VINYL COLOR
BLACK
CENTER Full size center hole
RECORD COMPANY'S NAME
Label
Odeon
Sleeve
Odeon / ELECTROLA  GESELLSCHAFT M.B.H KÖLN
COVER DESIGN/ PHOTO/ NOTES
Photo: Atelier Robert Pütz
PRINTER CREDIT
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PRODUCER
George Martin
COMMENTS
Green label and Odeon logo mark in white was printed above the center hole.
"MADE IN GERMANY (straight)" and 45 in a triangle were printed at the bottom of the label.

The Original Odeon label single's appear in two slightly 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
(All rights of the manufacturer reserved. Copying, public performance, and radio broadcast prohibited.)
Comes in original beatles picture company sleeve - was original released like that.
White-label demos are dated 4 Feb 1964 meaning official release was a few weeks later.

1st. Press:
LABEL: Green Odeon label, white logo and black print
Details: A-Side: Keep a/c

"GEMA**/BIEM***" :a marking that indicates what company is responsible for the copyright payments for the material released on the record to the proper publishers. It is important to remember that a record with the above-mentioned marking isn't necessarily made in Germany but which was intended for sale in Germany.



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