 Flag Obi Series Sleeve |
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| TITLE | MEET THE
BEATLES! |
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| CATALOG NUMBER | EAS-70100 |
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| RELEASE DATE | 5th. July 1976 / First Press |
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| TRACK LISTING | SIDE 1 | SIDE 2 | |||
| I Want To Hold Your Hand |
Please Please Me |
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| She Loves You |
I Saw Her Standing There |
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| From Me To You |
P.S. I Love You |
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| Twist And Shout |
Little Child |
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| Love Me Do |
All My Loving |
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| Baby, It's You |
Hold Me Tight |
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| Don't Bother Me |
Please Mister Postman | ||||
| FRONT --> Click! | BACK --> Click! | SIDE 1 --> Click! | SIDE 2 --> Click! | DISK | |
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| INNER SLEEVE |
LYRIC SHEET (bifold) | ||||
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| LYRIC SHEET CLOSE UP |
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| Printed
how to join the Japanese Beatles fan club "Immortal
Beatles Fan Club" and "Beatles Cine Club". The name of Keiichi Ishizaka and Shinichi Miyoshi of Toshiba EMI are listed as "contact information about the Beatles". |
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Apple logomark and "Toshiba EMI Limited." were printed at the lower right corner of the lyric sheet. | ||||
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Apple logomark was printed at the lower right corner of the front cover. | |||
| Catalogue
number "EAS-70100" was printed at the upper right corner of
the front cover. |
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| Country Flag Obi: FRONT CLOSE UP | |||||
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It is a wide
Obi that has the flag of the country of the LP's origin at
the top. Catalog No. "EAS-70100", and priced "¥ 2,300" were printed on the front of the obi strip. The LP's series number is located on the Apple logo and at an angle at the bottom. Has a red background. |
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| Country Flag Obi: BACK CLOSE UP | |||||
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| Country
Flag
Obi, which was reissued in 1976, has been released in three
parts. 1st time: 5 June, 1976 / 2nd. time: 20 June, 1976 / 3rd. time: 5 July, 76. Each time, the back of the Obi changes little by little.
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| BACK COVER CLOSE UP | |||||
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"TOSHIBA EMI Ltd." and "MADE
IN JAPAN ⓛ" were printed on the bottom left of the back
cover. Liner notes: Yoichi Shibuya |
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| LABEL CLOSE UP |
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Light green
apple label type-2-2. The phrase "Apple Records - All Rights of the Manufacturer and of the Owner of the Recorded work Reserved." was printed at the perimeter. |
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Catalog number and master number were
printed at the right side of the label. The words "MFD. BY TOSHIBA-EMI LTD. JAPAN" was printed at the bottom of the label. |
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| LABEL CLOSE UP | |||||
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The Japanese version looks similar to the U.S. version but
has a different track listing. |
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OTHER ITEM
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| RECORD LABEL | Apple type-2-2 Label / Light green Apple |
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| MIX | MONO |
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| MATRIX No. | SIDE 1 | 2EJ-13
3S 6 |
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| SIDE 2 | 2EJ-14
3S 45 |
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| PRESS MARK | 1 - Z |
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| VINYL COLOR | BLACK |
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| RECORD COMPANY'S NAME | SLEEVE | Toshiba EMI Kabusikigaisha |
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| LABEL | MFD. BY
TOSHIBA-EMI LTD. JAPAN |
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| SYMBOL/PRICE | ⓛ ¥2,300 |
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| LYRIC SHEET STYLE | Bifold type / Includes Japanese/English bio-lyric sheet insert. | ||||
| COVER FORM | Single type |
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| INNER SLEEVE |
Earlier pressings came with black inner sleeve, later pressings clear rice-paper sleeve. | ||||
| OBI |
Country Flag Obi Type-4:
Advertisement Obi3 (mid. 1977) Obi's glue is changed to the bottom. |
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| COVER DESIGN/ PHOTO/ NOTES | Photo: Robert Freeman |
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COMMENTS
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1976 "Country Flag"
obi / EAS re-issue series of the Beatles Japanese LP
catalog. Issue n° 26 in the series, with Japanese flag obi. Light green apple label. The words "MFD. BY TOSHIBA-EMI LTD. JAPAN" was printed at the bottom of the label. This is the first album released in Japan. The Japanese version looks similar to the U.S. version but has a different track listing, a red and orange (rather than brown and blue) front cover title, and a different back cover. The obi: Country flag obi. This style Obi came into use in June 1976 to promote the EAS series of Beatles reissues. It is a wide Obi that has the flag of the country of the LP's origin at the top. The LP's series number is located on the Apple logo and at an angle at the bottom. Has a red background. Country Flag Obi series, which was reissued in 1976, has been released in three parts. >1st time: 5 June, 1976 >2nd. time: 20 June, 1976 >3rd. time: 5 July, 1976. Each time, the back of the Obi changes little by little.
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| TITLE | MEET THE
BEATLES! |
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| CATALOG NUMBER | EAS-70100 |
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| RELEASE DATE | mid. 1977? / Second Press (First
Press: 5th. July 1976) |
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| TRACK LISTING | SIDE 1 | SIDE 2 | |||
| I Want To Hold Your Hand |
Please Please Me |
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| She Loves You |
I Saw Her Standing There |
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| From Me To You |
P.S. I Love You |
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| Twist And Shout |
Little Child |
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| Love Me Do |
All My Loving |
||||
| Baby, It's You |
Hold Me Tight |
||||
| Don't Bother Me |
Please Mister Postman | ||||
| FRONT --> Click! | BACK --> Click! | SIDE 1 --> Click! | SIDE 2 --> Click! | DISK | |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
| INNER SLEEVE |
LYRIC SHEET (bifold) | ||||
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
| LYRIC SHEET CLOSE UP |
|||||
 |
|||||
| Printed
how
to join the Japanese Beatles fan club "Immortal Beatles
Fan Club" and "Beatles Cine Club". The name of Keiichi Ishizaka and Shinichi Miyoshi of Toshiba EMI are listed as "contact information about the Beatles". |
|||||
 |
Apple logomark and "Toshiba EMI Limited." were printed at the lower right corner of the lyric sheet. | ||||
| FRONT COVER CLOSE UP | |||||
 |
 |
Apple logomark was printed at the lower right corner of the front cover. | |||
| Catalogue
number "EAS-70100" was printed at the upper right corner of
the front cover. |
|||||
| Country Flag Obi: FRONT CLOSE UP | |||||
 |
|
|
|||
 |
It is a wide
Obi that has the flag of the country of the LP's origin at
the top. Catalog No. "EAS-70100", and priced "¥ 2,300" were printed on the front of the obi strip. The LP's series number is located on the Apple logo and at an angle at the bottom. Has a red background. |
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| Country Flag Obi: BACK CLOSE UP | |||||
 |
|
 |
|||
| Country
Flag
Obi,
which was reissued in 1976, has been released in three
parts. 1st time: 5 June, 1976 / 2nd. time: 20 June, 1976 / 3rd. time: 5 July, 76. Each time, the back of the Obi changes little by little.
|
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| BACK COVER CLOSE UP | |||||
 |
"TOSHIBA EMI Ltd." and "MADE IN JAPAN ⓛ" were printed on the bottom left of the back cover. | ||||
| LABEL CLOSE UP |
|||||
 |
 |
Light green
apple label type-2-2. The phrase "Apple Records - All Rights of the Manufacturer and of the Owner of the Recorded work Reserved." was printed at the perimeter. |
|||
 |
 |
 |
Catalog number and master number were
printed at the right side of the label. The words "MFD. BY TOSHIBA-EMI LTD. JAPAN" was printed at the bottom of the label. |
||
| LABEL CLOSE UP | |||||
 |
 |
The Japanese version looks similar to the U.S. version but
has a different track listing. |
|||
|
OTHER ITEM
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| - |
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| RECORD LABEL | Apple type-2-2 Label / Light green Apple |
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| MIX | MONO |
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| MATRIX No. | SIDE 1 | 2EJ-13
3S 16 |
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| SIDE 2 | 2EJ-14 3S3 6 |
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| PRESS MARK | 09
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X G X Z G 34 6 (?) |
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| VINYL COLOR | BLACK |
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| RECORD COMPANY'S NAME | SLEEVE | Toshiba EMI Kabusikigaisha |
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| LABEL | MFD. BY
TOSHIBA-EMI LTD. JAPAN |
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| SYMBOL/PRICE | ⓛ ¥2,300 |
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| LYRIC SHEET STYLE | Bifold type / Includes Japanese/English bio-lyric sheet insert. | ||||
| COVER FORM | Single type |
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| INNER SLEEVE |
Earlier pressings came with black inner sleeve, later pressings clear rice-paper sleeve. | ||||
| OBI |
Country Flag Obi Type-4:
Advertisement Obi3 (mid. 1977) Obi's glue is changed to the bottom. |
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| COVER DESIGN/ PHOTO/ NOTES | Photo: Robert Freeman |
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|
COMMENTS
|
1976 "Country Flag"
obi / EAS re-issue series of the Beatles Japanese LP
catalog. Issue n° 26 in the series, with Japanese flag obi. Light green apple label. The words "MFD. BY TOSHIBA-EMI LTD. JAPAN" was printed at the bottom of the label. This is the first album released in Japan. The Japanese version looks similar to the U.S. version but has a different track listing, a red and orange (rather than brown and blue) front cover title, and a different back cover. The obi: Country flag obi. This style Obi came into use in June 1976 to promote the EAS series of Beatles reissues. It is a wide Obi that has the flag of the country of the LP's origin at the top. The LP's series number is located on the Apple logo and at an angle at the bottom. Has a red background. Country Flag Obi series, which was reissued in 1976, has been released in three parts. >1st time: 5 June, 1976 >2nd. time: 20 June, 1976 >3rd. time: 5 July, 1976. Each time, the back of the Obi changes little by little.
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