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25. Help! / I'm Down (O 23 023)
(Update: 20th. February 2020)

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  Original Sleeve

Notice* Click the label of each singles, so you can see the large picture image.

#25-1 Help! / I'm Down (1st. Press / Odeon Green label "Cab drivers sleeve": O 23 023)
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TRACK LISTING
SIDE 1
Help!    (Lennon - McCartney)
SIDE 2 I'm Down    (Lennon - McCartney)
RELEASE DATE
July 1965 / First Press
FRONT --> Click!
BACK --> Click!
SIDE 1 --> Click!
SIDE 2 --> Click! DISK --> Click!
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SLEEVE: FRONT CLOSE UP SLEEVE: BACK CLOSE UP
jacket Odeon logomark and EMI logomark were printed at the upper left of the front sleeve.
Later pressings have front logo on the right, back logo left
jacket On the middle of the sleeve, the credit
"ELECTROLA  GESELLSCHAFT M.B.H KÖLN" was printed.
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label Green label and Odeon logo mark in white was printed above the center hole. label
The rim print was: "ALLE HERSTELLER. UND URHEBERRECHTE VORBEHALTEN ÜBERSPIELUNG  ...."
LABEL CLOSE UP
SIDE 1
SIDE 2
Catalog number "O 23 023" was printed at the right side of the label.
"GEMA" logo was printed on the both sides of the label.
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The credit "aus dem  United - Artist - Film "Hi-Hi-Hilfe" (Help!)"  was printed on side-1.
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OTHER ITEM
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RECORD LABEL
Odeon Green Label Type-1
CATALOG NUMBER
O 23 023
MIX
MONO
MATRIX No. Side1 7XCE 18280-1
Side2 7XCE 18281-1
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
This is the so-called "Cab drivers" sleeve.
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.)
White-label demos are dated 16 July 1965 meaning official release was a few weeks later.

1st. Press:
SLEEVE: Picture sleeve
Details: Front logo on the left, back logo right
LABEL: Green Odeon label, white logo and black print
Details: Made in Germany straight

2nd. Press:
SLEEVE: Picture sleeve
Details: Front logo on the right, back logo left
LABEL: Green Odeon label, white logo and black print
Details: Made in Germany straight

3rd. Press:
LABEL: Green Odeon label, white logo and black print
Details: Made in Germany circular

"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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