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26. Act Naturally / Yesterday (O 23 031)
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#26-1 Act Naturally / Yesterday (1st. Press / Odeon Green label "Bar hocker sleeve": O 23 031)
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TRACK LISTING
SIDE 1
Act Naturally (Morison - Russell)   Solist: Ringo Starr
SIDE 2 Yesterday   (Lennon - McCartney)  Solist: Paul McCartney And String Quartet
RELEASE DATE
October 1968 / First Press
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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. jacket On the lower right of the sleeve, the credit
"ELECTROLA  GESELLSCHAFT M.B.H KÖLN" was printed.
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label jacket label "MADE IN GERMANY (straight)" and 45 in a triangle were printed at the bottom of the label.
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SIDE 1
SIDE 2
Catalog number "O 23 031" was printed at the right side of the label.
"GEMA" logo was printed on the both sides of the label.
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label The rim print was: "ALLE HERSTELLER. UND URHEBERRECHTE VORBEHALTEN ÜBERSPIELUNG ÖFFENTLICHE AUFFÜHRUNG UND RUNDFUNKSENDUNG UNTERSAGT"
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RECORD LABEL
Odeon Green Label Type-1
CATALOG NUMBER
O 22 851
MIX
MONO
MATRIX No. Side1 7XBE 50131-1
Side2 7XBE 50132-1
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
Bar hocker sleeve (barstool 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.
White-label demos are dated 20 Nov 1964 meaning official release was a few weeks later.

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 29 Sep 1965 meaning official release was a few weeks later.

This is the so-called "Bar hocker" sleeve (barstool sleeve).

1st. Press:
SLEEVE: Picture sleeve
Details: Bar hocker sleeve
LABEL: Green Odeon label, white logo and black print
Details: Made in Germany straight

2nd. Press:
SLEEVE: Picture sleeve
Details: Hippy sleeve, release number above logo
LABEL: Green Odeon label, white logo and black print
Details: Made in Germany circular, Matrix on the left side

3rd. Press:
SLEEVE: Picture sleeve
Details: Hippy sleeve, release number next to logo
LABEL: Green Odeon label, white logo and black print
Details: Made in Germany circular, Matrix on the right side

"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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