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#6-1 Rubber Soul (1st. Press "Country Flag Obi type-2 / ⓛ ¥2,500": EAS-80555)
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TITLE RUBBER SOUL
CATALOG NUMBER EAS-80555
RELEASE DATE 20th. June, 1976 / First Press
TRACK LISTING SIDE 1 SIDE 2
Drive My Car
What Goes On
Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)
Girl
You Won't See Me
I'm Looking Through You
Nowhere Man
In My Life
Think For Yourself
Wait
The Word
If I Needed Someone
Michelle Run For Your Life
FRONT --> Click! BACK --> Click! SIDE 1 --> Click! SIDE 2 --> Click! DISK
sleeve sleeve label label label
INNER SLEEVE
LYRIC SHEET (bifold)
sleeve sleeve sleeve sleeve sleeve
LYRIC SHEET CLOSE UP
images
Printed how to join the Japanese Beatles fan club "Beatles Cine Club".
The name of Shinichi Miyoshi of Toshiba EMI is listed as "contact information about the Beatles".
images Apple logomark and "Toshiba EMI Limited." were printed at the lower right corner of the lyric sheet.
FRONT COVER CLOSE UP
images sleeve Apple logomark was printed at the lower right corner of the front cover.
Catalogue number "EAS-80555" was printed at the upper right corner of the front cover.

Country Flag Obi: FRONT CLOSE UP
sleeve sleeve sleeve
sleeve label It is a wide Obi that has the flag of the country of the LP's origin at the top.
Catalog No. "EAS-80555", 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
sleeve sleeve sleeve "White album" has a gourd Obi, and the cover of "Rock and roll music" is "Now printing"
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
label "TOSHIBA EMI Ltd." and "MADE IN JAPAN ⓛ" were printed on the bottom left of the back cover.
LABEL CLOSE UP
label label 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.
label label label The words "MFD.  BY TOSHIBA-EMI LTD. JAPAN" was printed at thebottom of the label.
LABEL CLOSE UP
label label Has the same design and track listing as U.K. press.
OTHER ITEM
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RECORD LABEL Apple type-2-2 Label / Light green Apple
MIX STEREO
MATRIX No. SIDE 1 YEX-178-Z     1S2    36
SIDE 2 YEX-179        2S5     34
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 Bifold 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. 1977)
Obi's glue is changed to the bottom.
COVER DESIGN/ PHOTO/ NOTES Photo: Robert Freeman
COMMENTS
1976 "Country Flag" obi / EAS re-issue series of the Beatles Japanese LP catalog. Issue n° 6 in the series, with UK flag obi.

Light green apple label.
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



#6-3 Rubber Soul (3rd. Press "Country Flag Obi type-4 / ⓛ ¥2,500": EAS-80555)
Back to the top of the line
TITLE RUBBER SOUL
CATALOG NUMBER EAS-80555
RELEASE DATE 1981? / Third Press
TRACK LISTING SIDE 1 SIDE 2
Drive My Car
What Goes On
Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)
Girl
You Won't See Me
I'm Looking Through You
Nowhere Man
In My Life
Think For Yourself
Wait
The Word
If I Needed Someone
Michelle Run For Your Life
FRONT --> Click! BACK --> Click! SIDE 1 --> Click! SIDE 2 --> Click! DISK
sleeve sleeve label label label
INNER SLEEVE
LYRIC SHEET (bifold)
sleeve sleeve sleeve sleeve sleeve
LYRIC SHEET CLOSE UP
images Printed how to join the Japanese Beatles fan club "Beatles Cine Club".
The name of Shinichi Miyoshi of Toshiba EMI is listed as "contact information about the Beatles".
images Apple logomark and "Toshiba EMI Limited." were printed at the lower right corner of the lyric sheet.
FRONT COVER CLOSE UP
images sleeve Apple logomark was printed at the lower right corner of the front cover.
Catalogue number "EAS-80555" was printed at the upper right corner of the front cover.

Country Flag Obi: FRONT CLOSE UP
sleeve sleeve sleeve Catalog No. "EAS-80555", and priced "¥ 2,500" were printed on the front of the obi strip.
label It is a wide Obi that has the flag of the country of the LP's origin at the top.
Catalog No. "EAS-80555", 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
sleeve sleeve sleeve
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
label "TOSHIBA EMI Ltd." and "MADE IN JAPAN ⓛ" were printed on the bottom left of the back cover.
LABEL CLOSE UP
label label 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.
label label label The words "MFD.  BY TOSHIBA-EMI LTD. JAPAN" was printed at thebottom of the label.
LABEL CLOSE UP
label label Has the same design and track listing as U.K. press.
OTHER ITEM
-

RECORD LABEL Apple type-2-2 Label / Light green Apple
MIX STEREO
MATRIX No. SIDE 1 YEX-178-Z      1S2     48
SIDE 2 YEX-179         2S5     52
PRESS MARK Z-9
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 Bifold 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. 1977)
Obi's glue is changed to the bottom.
COVER DESIGN/ PHOTO/ NOTES Photo: Robert Freeman
COMMENTS
1976 "Country Flag" obi / EAS re-issue series of the Beatles Japanese LP catalog. Issue n° 6 in the series, with UK flag obi.

Light green apple label.
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



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