Compilation Album
#02. The Fresh Sounds From Liverpool Vol.2 (OR 7163)
(Update: 8th August 2026)

Odeon 1st. Sleeve

"Liverpool sound" is a music genre that originated from rock and roll, which broke out in England in the early 1960s. "Liverpool sound" is a unique name in Japan, and in the UK it was called Mersey Beat, Beat Music, British Beat, etc. The name Mersey Beat was used for a Liverpool music magazine founded in 1961 by Bill Harry. Harry claims to have coined the term "based on a policeman's beat and not that of the music". The band the Pacifics were renamed the Mersey Beats in February 1962 by Bob Wooler, MC at the Cavern Club, and in April that year they became the Merseybeats. With the rise of the Beatles in 1963, the terms Mersey sound and Merseybeat were applied to bands and singers from Liverpool, the first time in British pop music that a sound and a location were linked together. The equivalent scenes in Birmingham and London were described as Brum beat and the Tottenham Sound respectively. Toshiba Musical Industries Ltd. (EMI Music Japan) at that time focused on this Liverpool sound. In 1964, Toshiba independently edited the omnibus LP "The Fresh Sounds from Liverpool" which collects songs from several British bands including the Beatles.

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#2-1 The Fresh Sounds From Liverpool Vol.2 (1st Press "G ¥1,800 "Hard Cover" / Red Vinyl / Light Blue Obi": OR-7163)
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TITLE		The Fresh Sounds From Liverpool Vol.2
CATALOG NUMBER		OR 7163
RELEASE DATE		15th September 1965 / First Press
TRACK LISTING		SIDE 1		SIDE 2
		I'm Down (The Beatles)		I'm Henry The Eighth I Am (Herman's Hermits)
		Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood (The Animals)		Come Home (The Dave Clark Five)
		To Know You Is To Love You (Peter And Gordon)		I'm Alive (The Hollies)
		I'm Tellin You Now (Freddie & The Dreamers)		Slow Down (Gerry And The Pacemakers)
		Long Tall Sally (The Swinging Blue Jeans)		Great Balls Of Fire (Billy J. Kramer With The Dakotas)
		For You Love (The Yardbirds)		You've Lost That Lovin Feeling (Cilla Black)
		Come Tomorrow (Manfred Mann)		I'll Never Find Another You (The Seekers)
FRONT --> Click!		BACK --> Click!	SIDE 1 --> Click!	SIDE 2 --> Click!	DISK --> Click!
INSIDE (Gatefold Type)				LYRIC SHEET (Slip Sheet Type)
				FRONT --> Click!	BACK --> Click!
			Gatefold Type. Thick cover. The bookbinding tape is bonded to a part of the inside cover.
LYRIC SHEET CLOSE UP
				Catalog number "OR-7163" and "Toshiba Musical Industries Ltd." were printed on the lyric sheet.
INNER SLEEVE
FRONT --> Click!		BACK --> Click!	INNER SLEEVE CLOSE UP		The original color "advert" inner bag has a fold-over flap at the top of the bag to prevent the record from falling out.
FRONT COVER CLOSE UP			INSIDE CLOSE UP
		Odeon logo mark and catalog No. were printed on the front cover.			Hard Cover type. The bookbinding tape is bonded to a part of the inside cover.
INSIDE CLOSE UP				BACK COVER CLOSE UP
			Toshiba pressed a lot of their records on red, “Everclean” vinyl. Liner notes: Yoshiji Kizaki. The text "PAT.P" is embossed at the right side of the EverClean logo.
				"Toshiba Musical Industries Ltd." is printed at the bottom of the back cover. It appears to have been mistakenly printed as 'G ¥1800', and a correction sticker reading 'G ¥1500' is placed over it.
LIGHT BLUE OBI: CLOSE UP
OBI: FRONT 1			OBI: FRONT 2		OBI: BACK
It is light blue / white in design with light blue background with the half circle on top.  It also features an Odeon logo. The text 'Toshiba Musical Industries Ltd.', which normally appears on the back of the obi strip, wraps around to the front (upside down).					There is no order sheet on the back side of the Obi.
LABEL CLOSE UP
				Toshiba pressed a lot of their records on red, "Everclean" vinyl from 1958 through 1974 (maybe).  The Everclean vinyl was designed to be less prone to collecting static electricity and dust than the more common black vinyl. The words "MFD. BY TOSHIBA MUSICAL INDUSTRIES LTD. IN JAPAN" was printed at the perimeter.
LABEL CLOSE UP
					Catalog number and matrix number were printed at the right side of the center hole. The words "LONG PLAYING" was printed at the bottom of the label.
LABEL CLOSE UP
			This record contains one songs: "I'm Down" performanced by The Beatles on side-1.
OTHER ITEM
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RECORD LABEL		Odeon Label Type-1 (with the words "LONG PLAYING")
MIX		MONO
MATRIX No.	SIDE 1	2EJ-41    4
	SIDE 2	2EJ-42    4
PRESS MARK		H5
VINYL COLOR		RED
RECORD COMPANY'S NAME	SLEEVE	Toshiba Ongaku Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
	LABEL	MFD. BY TOSHIBA MUSICAL INDUSTRIES LTD. IN JAPAN
SYMBOL/PRICE		A "G  ¥1500" sticker is placed over the printed "G ¥1800"
LYRIC SHEET STYLE		Slip Sheet Type
COVER FORM		Gatefold type. (The bookbinding tape is bonded to a part of the inside cover.)
INNER SLEEVE		The original color "advert" inner bag Type-1
OBI		Light Blue Obi / without Order sheet
COVER DESIGN/ PHOTO/ NOTES		Liner notes: Yoshiji Kizaki
COMMENTS		Black Odeon label with silver print. The words "LONG PLAYING" was printed at the bottom of the label. This is a compilation album of the fresh groups from Liverpool. Toshiba Musical Industries Ltd. (EMI Music Japan) at that time focused on this Liverpool sound. In 1964, Toshiba independently edited the omnibus LP "The Fresh Sounds from Liverpool" which collects songs from several British bands including the Beatles. This record contains one song "I'm Down (side-1)" Red vinyl: Besides good sound and quality printing, Japanese records also offered some other things of interest to the collector.  One of the primary manufacturing companies in Japan, Toshiba, pressed a lot of their records on red, “Everclean” vinyl from 1958 through 1974 (maybe).  While not pressed as collectors’ items, these red vinyl pressings are more sought out by collectors than their black vinyl counterparts.  The Everclean vinyl was designed to be less prone to collecting static electricity and dust than the more common black vinyl. The obi: "Light blue" Obi It is light blue / white in design with light blue background with the half circle on top. It also features an Odeon logo, catalogue number and price information. While most Japanese records feature local music, a lot of music fans there like foreign music, as well.  The language barrier in Japan presented a problem – should foreign album covers be changed for Japanese albums?  The solution was the obi, which means “belt” or “sash”.  The obi is a strip of paper, usually about two inches wide, that wraps vertically around the album cover, containing information about the artist and album in Japanese.  As these strips of paper were fragile and easily torn, they are often missing, especially since consumers in the 1950s and 1960s attached little significance to them.  Finding Japanese records made prior to 1970 that still have the obi intact can be quite difficult, and for some albums, nearly impossible.  The inclusion of the obi can dramatically affect the price of some Japanese records, sometimes increasing the price by a factor of ten. Yoshiji Kizaki. Japanese music critic. A pioneer who contributed greatly to the popularization of Western music in Japan. Chief editor of Japanese 60s / 70s American pop music fanzines such as Teenbeat, Popsicle, etc.

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