The Beatles Japanese LP/1986 mono limited edition

Country Flag Obi Series
#02. With The Beatles (EAS-80551)
(Update: 2nd. August 2023)

Flag Obi Series Sleeve

INDEX

#2-1 Country Flag Obi Type-1 / ⓛ ¥2,500

#2-2 Country Flag Obi Type-3 / ⓛ ¥2,500

#2-3 Country Flag Obi Type-4 / ⓛ ¥2,500

#2-4 Country Flag Obi Type-5 "with Sales tax" / ⓛ ¥2,348

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#2-1 With The Beatles (1st. Press "Country Flag Obi type-1 / ⓛ ¥2,500": EAS-80551)
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TITLE		WITH THE BEATLES
CATALOG NUMBER		EAS-80556
RELEASE DATE		5th. June 1976 / First Press
TRACK LISTING		SIDE 1		SIDE 2
		It Won't Be Long		Roll Over Beethoven
		All I've Got To Do		Hold Me Tight
		All My Loving		You Really Got A Hold On Me
		Don't Bother Me		I Wanna Be Your Man
		Little Child		Devil In Her Heart
		Till There Was You		Not A Second Time
		Please Mister Postman		Money
FRONT --> Click!		BACK --> Click!	SIDE 1 --> Click!	SIDE 2 --> Click!	DISK

INNER SLEEVE		LYRIC SHEET (8 pages booklet)

					8 pages color booklet was inserted.
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.
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			Apple logomark was printed at the lower right corner of the front cover.
				Catalogue number "EAS-80551" was printed at the upper right corner of the front cover.
Country Flag Obi: FRONT CLOSE UP

			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. Catalog No. "EAS-80551", and priced "¥ 2,500" 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.
Country Flag Obi: BACK CLOSE UP
					The back of the first press Obi is a Type 1 "blank Obi" with no record advertisements printed.
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. Type-1: blank Obi (5, June, 1976) Type-2: Advertising Obi1 (20 June, 1976) / "White album" is a gourd Obi, and the cover of "Rock and roll music" is "Now printing" Type-3: Advertisement Obi2 (5 July, 1976) / "White Album" has NO Obi, "Rock and roll music" cover photo Type-4 Advertisement Obi3 (mid 77) Obi's glue is changed to the bottom. Type-5 Advertisement Obi4 (since April 1989) Sales tax is indicated
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			"TOSHIBA EMI Ltd." and "MADE IN JAPAN ⓛ" were printed on the bottom left of the back cover.
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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.
					Catalog number and master number were printed at the right side of the label. With "JASRAC" logo. The words "MFD. BY TOSHIBA-EMI LTD. JAPAN" was printed at the bottom of the label.
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					Has the same design and track listing as U.K. press.
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RECORD LABEL		Apple type-2-3 Label / Light green Apple with JASRAC(*) logo
MIX		STEREO
MATRIX No.	SIDE 1	YEX-110 2S 8
	SIDE 2	YEX-111 2S 8
PRESS MARK		6 - 5
VINYL COLOR		BLACK
RECORD COMPANY'S NAME	SLEEVE	Toshiba EMI Kabusikigaisha
	LABEL	MFD. BY TOSHIBA-EMI LTD. JAPAN
SYMBOL/PRICE		ⓛ ¥2,500
LYRIC SHEET STYLE		8 pages booklet type / Includes Japanese/English bio-lyric sheet insert.
COVER FORM		Single type
INNER SLEEVE		Earlier pressings came with black inner sleeve, later pressings clear rice-paper sleeve.
OBI		Country Flag Obi Type-1 "blank Obi" with no record advertisements printed.
COVER DESIGN/ PHOTO/ NOTES		Photo: Robert Freeman / Notes: Tony Barrow
COMMENTS		1976 "Country Flag" obi / EAS re-issue series of the Beatles Japanese LP catalog. Issue n° 2 in the series, with UK flag obi. Three albums from "Please Please Me (EAS-80550)" to "Hard Day's Night (EAS-80552)", which had been sold in Japanese original covers and song order, were released in the UK version for the first time in Japan. Light green apple label with JASRAC logo. The words "MFD. BY TOSHIBA-EMI LTD. JAPAN" was printed at the bottom of the label. 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. Type-1: blank Obi (5, June, 1976) Type-2: Advertising Obi1 (20 June, 1976) / "White album" is a gourd Obi, and the cover of "Rock and roll music" is "Now printing" Type-3: Advertisement Obi2 (5 July, 1976) / "White Album" has NO Obi, "Rock and roll music" cover photo Type-4 Advertisement Obi3 (mid 77) Obi's glue is changed to the bottom. Type-5 Advertisement Obi4 (since April 1989) Sales tax is indicated JASRAC(*): Japanese Society for Rights of Authors, Composers and Publishers. To protect the copyrights of musical works, and to facilitate the utilization of musical works, thereby contributing to the dissemination and development of music culture.

#2-3 With The Beatles (3rd. Press "Country Flag Obi type-4 / ⓛ ¥2,500": EAS-80551)
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TITLE		WITH THE BEATLES
CATALOG NUMBER		EAS-80556
RELEASE DATE		5th. June 1976 / First Press
TRACK LISTING		SIDE 1		SIDE 2
		It Won't Be Long		Roll Over Beethoven
		All I've Got To Do		Hold Me Tight
		All My Loving		You Really Got A Hold On Me
		Don't Bother Me		I Wanna Be Your Man
		Little Child		Devil In Her Heart
		Till There Was You		Not A Second Time
		Please Mister Postman		Money
FRONT --> Click!		BACK --> Click!	SIDE 1 --> Click!	SIDE 2 --> Click!	DISK

INNER SLEEVE		LYRIC SHEET (8 pages booklet)

					8 pages color booklet was inserted.
LYRIC SHEET CLOSE UP
					Printed how to join the Japanese Beatles fan club "Beatles Cine Club". "contact information about the Beatles" was removed.
				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-80551" 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-80551", and priced "¥ 2,500" 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.
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. Type-1: blank Obi (5, June, 1976) Type-2: Advertising Obi1 (20 June, 1976) / "White album" is a gourd Obi, and the cover of "Rock and roll music" is "Now printing" Type-3: Advertisement Obi2 (5 July, 1976) / "White Album" has NO Obi, "Rock and roll music" cover photo Type-4 Advertisement Obi3 (mid 77) Obi's glue is changed to the bottom. Type-5 Advertisement Obi4 (since April 1989) Sales tax is indicated
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. With "JASRAC" logo. The words "MFD. BY TOSHIBA-EMI LTD. JAPAN" was printed at the bottom of the label.
LABEL CLOSE UP
					Has the same design and track listing as U.K. press.
OTHER ITEM
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RECORD LABEL		Apple type-2-3 Label / Light green Apple with JASRAC(*) logo
MIX		STEREO
MATRIX No.	SIDE 1	YEX-110 2S 20
	SIDE 2	YEX-111 2S 30
PRESS MARK		5 3 - 3 6 (?)
VINYL COLOR		BLACK
RECORD COMPANY'S NAME	SLEEVE	Toshiba EMI Kabusikigaisha
	LABEL	MFD. BY TOSHIBA-EMI LTD. JAPAN
SYMBOL/PRICE		ⓛ ¥2,500
LYRIC SHEET STYLE		8 pages booklet type / Includes Japanese/English bio-lyric sheet insert.
COVER FORM		Single type
INNER SLEEVE		Earlier pressings came with black inner sleeve, later pressings clear rice-paper sleeve.
OBI		Country Flag Obi Type-4 Advertisement Obi3 (mid 77) Obi's glue is changed to the bottom.
COVER DESIGN/ PHOTO/ NOTES		Photo: Robert Freeman / Notes: Tony Barrow
COMMENTS		1976 "Country Flag" obi / EAS re-issue series of the Beatles Japanese LP catalog. Issue n° 2 in the series, with UK flag obi. Three albums from "Please Please Me (EAS-80550)" to "Hard Day's Night (EAS-80552)", which had been sold in Japanese original covers and song order, were released in the UK version for the first time in Japan. Light green apple label with JASRAC logo. The words "MFD. BY TOSHIBA-EMI LTD. JAPAN" was printed at the bottom of the label. 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. Type-1: blank Obi (5, June, 1976) Type-2: Advertising Obi1 (20 June, 1976) / "White album" is a gourd Obi, and the cover of "Rock and roll music" is "Now printing" Type-3: Advertisement Obi2 (5 July, 1976) / "White Album" has NO Obi, "Rock and roll music" cover photo Type-4 Advertisement Obi3 (mid 77) Obi's glue is changed to the bottom. Type-5 Advertisement Obi4 (since April 1989) Sales tax is indicated JASRAC(*): Japanese Society for Rights of Authors, Composers and Publishers. To protect the copyrights of musical works, and to facilitate the utilization of musical works, thereby contributing to the dissemination and development of music culture.