 Odeon 1st. Sleeve |
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| TITLE | The Beatles
Vol.2 "WITH the BEATLES" |
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| CATALOG NUMBER | OP-7459 |
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| RELEASE DATE | Promotional
Record
(First Press: 30th?
May.1966) |
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| TRACK LISTING | SIDE 1 | SIDE 2 | |||
| All My Loving |
All Over Beethoven |
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| Please Mister Postman |
Money |
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| Don't Bother Me |
I Wanna Be Your Man |
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| It Won't Be Long |
Hold Me Tight |
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| All I've Got To Do |
Devil In Her Heart |
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| Little Child |
Not A Second Time |
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| Till There Was You | You Really Gotta Hold On Me | ||||
| FRONT --> Click! | BACK --> Click! | SIDE 1 --> Click! | SIDE 2 --> Click! | DISK | |
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| INNER SLEEVE |
COVER CLOSE UP (INSIDE) |
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| FRONT --> Click! | BACK --> Click! | ||||
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Promotional white sleeves
are reused by turning over existing record covers. |
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| LABEL CLOSE UP |
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Odeon white label (promotional use only). The print in black has unusual "hand lettered" look to it quite unlike the regular commercial version. The words "MFD. BY TOSHIBA MUSICAL INDUSTRIES LTD. IN JAPAN" was printed at the perimeter. |
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| LABEL CLOSE UP | |||||
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Catalog number and matrix number were printed at the right side of the center hole. |  |
Here is a close-up of the circled text: "Sample under Article 10, Clause 2 of the Commodity Tax Law". | |
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The release
date "25th. May." is
in black and appears above the Odeon logo. However, according to the general catalog, the release date of this record is 30th. May. |
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The words "LONG PLAYING" was printed at the bottom of the label. | ||
| LABEL CLOSE UP | |||||
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The song title of the 1st.
song on side-2, this label was misprinted "ALL
OVER BEETHOVEN" instead of "ROLL
OVER BEETHOVEN". Track as "YOU REALLY GOTTA HOLD ON ME". |
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OTHER ITEM
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| RECORD LABEL | Odeon White Label (for promotional use
only) |
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| MIX | STEREO |
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| MATRIX No. | SIDE 1 | YEX-110 1 |
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| SIDE 2 | YEX-111 1 | ||||
| PRESS MARK | - |
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| VINYL COLOR | RED |
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| RECORD COMPANY'S NAME | SLEEVE | - |
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| LABEL | MFD. BY
TOSHIBA MUSICAL INDUSTRIES LTD. IN JAPAN |
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| SYMBOL/PRICE | - |
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| LYRIC SHEET STYLE | - |
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| COVER FORM | Plain white sleeve |
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| INNER SLEEVE |
Plain
White Inner bag |
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| OBI |
- |
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| COVER DESIGN/ PHOTO/ NOTES | - |
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COMMENTS
|
Like "Stereo! This is the Beatles Vol.1
(OP-7548)" this is a commemorative edition of Japan
that was planned and edited according to the first visit to
Japan. The commemorative disks of the Beatles' Japan visit: Toshiba EMI needed to make special commemorative disks, but the idea of making an original best album ("the Best of the Beatles" OP-7177), which they once planned to release in 1965, was turned down by E. M. I. in England again and this album remained unreleased. therefore, they had to use existing albums to promote for the 'Yeah Yeah Sale'. At the early stage of the sale, they advertised the then new album "Rubber Soul" (released on 15th March 1966 in Japan), but later they decided to release two albums "Please Please Me" and "With The Beatles", both of which had been unreleased in Japan. They re-named them as "STEREO! This is the Beatles Vol.1" and "Vol.2", changing song orders to put the most popular songs in Japan at the first place of every record. They made original covers, gatefold covers with photo books inside, and they emphasized that these were STEREO records (this might be an impact because stereo equipment had just become popular). The jacket was replaced with a completely different photo. The release date "25th. May." is in black and appears above the Odeon logo on the label. However, according to the general catalog, the release date of this record is 30th. May. Odeon white label (promotional use only). The words "MFD. BY TOSHIBA MUSICAL INDUSTRIES LTD. IN JAPAN" was printed at the perimeter on the label. The words "LONG PLAYING" was printed at the bottom of the label. The song title of the 1st. song on side-2, this label was misprinted "ALL OVER BEETHOVEN" instead of "ROLL OVER BEETHOVEN". Track as "YOU REALLY GOTTA HOLD ON ME". Odeon promo LPs feature the perimeter print, Odeon logo, and circled text in red and all other printing in "hand lettered" black. Note the release date above the Odeon logo. The label design is similar to that used for the regular commercial Odeon LPs. These are most commonly found on red vinyl. In Japan, promotional records have traditionally been provided at no charge to radio stations, record shops, and the mass media to increase the sales of a record or in some cases to promote a tour. There are two types of promotional releases. Type-1: This type is called the white label promo for which a unique label has been made. The label design of Odeon white label singles is very similar to that of regular commercial Odeon singles. The promo version, however, features the perimeter print, Odeon logo, and circled text in red and all other printing in black. The print in black has an unusual "hand lettered" look to it quite unlike the regular commercial version. The release date is in black and appears above and to the left of the title. Most usually, the regular cover is used with appropriate alterations to prohibit commercial sale. Type-2: The second type of promo record is less elaborate and is called a sticker promo. It is simply a regular commercial release that has a promo sticker affixed to the cover. This type of promo is occasionally found on post-1975 releases. |
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| TITLE | The Beatles
Vol.2 "WITH the BEATLES" |
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| CATALOG NUMBER | OP-7459 |
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| RELEASE DATE | 30th? May.1966 / First
Press |
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| TRACK LISTING | SIDE 1 | SIDE 2 | |||
| All My Loving |
All Over Beethoven |
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| Please Mister Postman |
Money |
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| Don't Bother Me |
I Wanna Be Your Man |
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| It Won't Be Long |
Hold Me Tight |
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| All I've Got To Do |
Devil In Her Heart |
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| Little Child |
Not A Second Time |
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| Till There Was You | You've Really Gotta Hold On Me | ||||
| FRONT --> Click! | BACK --> Click! | SIDE 1 --> Click! | SIDE 2 --> Click! | DISK | |
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| INSIDE --> Click! | INNER SLEEVE | ||||
| FRONT --> Click! | BACK --> Click! | The
original
colour "advert" inner bag has a fold-over flap at the top of
the bag to prevent the record from falling out. |
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| INNER SLEEVE CLOSE UP |
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The words
"Special Selection Records" was printed in blue. The Beatles "Help!" (OP-7387) was added. |
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| FRONT AND BACK CLOSE UP | |||||
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"Toshiba Musical
Industries Ltd." and "G ¥1,800" were printed at the bottom
of the back cover. |
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| Custom Red OBI CLOSE UP | |||||
| OBI: TOP |
OBI: BOTTOM |
Has
a custom red / yellow obi. Odeon logo mark, catalog No. "OP-7549", and priced "¥ 1,800" were printed on the front of the obi strip. |
OBI: BACK |
There
is
no order sheet on the back side of the Obi. "Toshiba Musical Industries Ltd." was printed on the strip. |
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| LABEL CLOSE UP |
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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. |
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| LABEL CLOSE UP | |||||
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The words "LONG PLAYING" was NOT printed at the bottom of the label. Catalog number and matrix number were printed at the right side of the center hole. |
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| LABEL CLOSE UP | |||||
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The song title of the 1st.
song on side-2, this label was corrected "ROLL
OVER BEETHOVEN". Track as "YOU REALLY GOTTA HOLD ON ME". |
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| With
attached 8-PAGE COLOR BOOKLET |
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| P-1 | P-2 | P-3 | P-4 | P-5 | |
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| P-6 | P-7 | P-8 | P-8: CLOSE UP |
Includes
LP-sided
8-page full color picture book. On the booklet, this issue was mistitled the track "You really got..." as "You've really got..". |
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OTHER ITEM: POSTCARD
(Campaign Application Postcard)
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| At the time of this LP
release, a campaign was held in which "Yeah Yeah Sale". A campaign application postcard was attached to the first edition (part of?). sorry, I don't have it. |
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| CAMPAIGN
FLYER |
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FLYER: CLOSE UP | From
"TOSHIBA Records Monthly Supplement" in June 1966. |
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| RECORD LABEL | Odeon Label Type-2 (without the words
"LONG PLAYING") |
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| MIX | STEREO |
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| MATRIX No. | SIDE 1 | YEX-110-2 21 |
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| SIDE 2 | YEX-111-2 10 |
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| PRESS MARK | E6 |
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| VINYL COLOR | RED |
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| RECORD COMPANY'S NAME | SLEEVE | Toshiba Ongaku kogyo Kabusikigaisha |
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| LABEL | MFD. BY
TOSHIBA MUSICAL INDUSTRIES LTD. IN JAPAN |
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| SYMBOL/PRICE | G ¥1,800 |
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| LYRIC SHEET STYLE | with attached 8-page color booklet |
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| COVER FORM | Gatefold type. Full laminated soft cover |
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| INNER SLEEVE |
The original colour "advert" inner bag
Type-4 |
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| OBI |
The commemorative custom red obi of the
Beatles' Japan visit. |
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| COVER DESIGN/ PHOTO/ NOTES | - |
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|
COMMENTS
|
Like "Stereo! This is the Beatles Vol.1
(OP-7548)" this is a commemorative edition of Japan
that was planned and edited according to the first visit to
Japan. The commemorative disks of the Beatles' Japan visit: Toshiba EMI needed to make special commemorative disks, but the idea of making an original best album ("the Best of the Beatles" OP-7177), which they once planned to release in 1965, was turned down by E. M. I. in England again and this album remained unreleased. therefore, they had to use existing albums to promote for the 'Yeah Yeah Sale'. At the early stage of the sale, they advertised the then new album "Rubber Soul" (released on 15th March 1966 in Japan), but later they decided to release two albums "Please Please Me" and "With The Beatles", both of which had been unreleased in Japan. They re-named them as "STEREO! This is the Beatles Vol.1" and "Vol.2", changing song orders to put the most popular songs in Japan at the first place of every record. They made original covers, gatefold covers with photo books inside, and they emphasized that these were STEREO records (this might be an impact because stereo equipment had just become popular). The jacket was replaced with a completely different photo. The release date "25th. May." appears on the sample record. However, according to the general catalog, the release date of this record is 30th. May. Black Odeon label with silver print. The words "MFD. BY TOSHIBA MUSICAL INDUSTRIES LTD. IN JAPAN" was printed at the perimeter on the label. The words "LONG PLAYING" was NOT printed at the bottom of the label. The song title of the 1st. song on side-2, this label was corrected "ROLL OVER BEETHOVEN". Track as "YOU REALLY GOTTA HOLD ON ME". Gatefold type. Full laminated soft cover with attached 8-page color booklet. On the booklet, this issue was mistitled the track "You Really Got A Hold On Me" as "You've Really Got A Hold On Me.". 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: Custom Red obi. The commemorative custom red obi of the Beatles' Japan visit. 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. |
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| TITLE | The Beatles
Vol.2 "WITH the BEATLES" |
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| CATALOG NUMBER | OP-7459 |
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| RELEASE DATE | 30th? May.1966 / Gramophone
Contract Press |
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| TRACK LISTING | SIDE 1 | SIDE 2 | |||
| All My Loving |
All Over Beethoven |
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| Please Mister Postman |
Money |
||||
| Don't Bother Me |
I Wanna Be Your Man |
||||
| It Won't Be Long |
Hold Me Tight |
||||
| All I've Got To Do |
Devil In Her Heart |
||||
| Little Child |
Not A Second Time |
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| Till There Was You | You've Really Gotta Hold On Me | ||||
| FRONT --> Click! | BACK --> Click! | SIDE 1 --> Click! | SIDE 2 --> Click! | DISK | |
| |
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
| INSIDE --> Click! | INNER SLEEVE | ||||
| FRONT --> Click! | BACK --> Click! | The
original
colour "advert" inner bag has a fold-over flap at the top of
the bag to prevent the record from falling out. |
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 |
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| INNER SLEEVE CLOSE UP | FRONT COVER CLOSE UP | ||||
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The words "Special Selection Records" was printed in blue. The Beatles "Help!" (OP-7387) was added. |
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Odeon logomark and catalog number were printed at the upper right corner of the front cover. | ||
| BACK COVER CLOSE UP | |||||
 |
"Toshiba Musical Industries Ltd." and "G ¥1,800" were printed at the bottom of the back cover. | ||||
| Custom Red OBI CLOSE UP | |||||
| Has a custom red / yellow obi. Odeon logo mark, catalog No. "OP-7549", and priced "¥ 1,800" were printed on the front of the obi strip. There is no order sheet on the back side of the Obi. "Toshiba Musical Industries Ltd." was printed on the strip. (Sorry, I don't have it.) |
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| LABEL CLOSE UP |
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Rare
Black Vinyl. Sometimes Toshiba had problems to press enough records to keep up with the demand. To increase production they turned to other companies (Gramophone, Sony etc.) to press up some copies of a particular release. Gramophone contract press: There is a ridge approximately 12mm out from the centre hole. |
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| LABEL CLOSE UP | |||||
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 |
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The words "MFD. BY TOSHIBA MUSICAL INDUSTRIES LTD. IN
JAPAN" was printed at the perimeter. Catalog No. and matrix number were printed at the right side of the center hole. |
||
 |
 |
 |
Changing song orders to put the most popular songs in
Japan at the first place of every record. The words "LONG PLAYING" was NOT printed at the bottom of the label. |
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| With
attached 8-PAGE COLOR BOOKLET |
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| P-1 | P-2 | P-3 | P-4 | P-5 | |
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| P-6 | P-7 | P-8 | P-8: CLOSE UP |
Includes
LP-sided
8-page full color picture book. On the booklet, this issue was mistitled the track "You really got..." as "You've really got..". |
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OTHER ITEM
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| - |
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| RECORD LABEL | Odeon Label Type-2 (without the words "LONG PLAYING") | ||||
| MIX | STEREO |
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| MATRIX No. | SIDE 1 | YEX-110-2 3 |
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| SIDE 2 | YEX-111-2 9 |
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| PRESS MARK | None |
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| VINYL COLOR | BLACK (Gramophone Contract Press) | ||||
| RECORD COMPANY'S NAME | SLEEVE | Toshiba Ongaku kogyo Kabusikigaisha |
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| LABEL | MFD. BY
TOSHIBA MUSICAL INDUSTRIES LTD. IN JAPAN |
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| SYMBOL/PRICE | G ¥1,800 |
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| LYRIC SHEET STYLE | with attached 8-page color booklet |
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| COVER FORM | Gatefold type. Full laminated soft cover |
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| INNER SLEEVE |
The original colour "advert" inner bag
Type-4 |
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| OBI |
The commemorative custom red obi of the
Beatles' Japan visit. (I don't have it) |
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| COVER DESIGN/ PHOTO/ NOTES | - |
||||
|
COMMENTS
|
Like "Stereo! This is the Beatles Vol.1
(OP-7548)" this is a commemorative edition of Japan
that was planned and edited according to the first visit to
Japan. The commemorative disks of the Beatles' Japan visit: Toshiba EMI needed to make special commemorative disks, but the idea of making an original best album ("the Best of the Beatles" OP-7177), which they once planned to release in 1965, was turned down by E. M. I. in England again and this album remained unreleased. therefore, they had to use existing albums to promote for the 'Yeah Yeah Sale'. At the early stage of the sale, they advertised the then new album "Rubber Soul" (released on 15th March 1966 in Japan), but later they decided to release two albums "Please Please Me" and "With The Beatles", both of which had been unreleased in Japan. They re-named them as "STEREO! This is the Beatles Vol.1" and "Vol.2", changing song orders to put the most popular songs in Japan at the first place of every record. They made original covers, gatefold covers with photo books inside, and they emphasized that these were STEREO records (this might be an impact because stereo equipment had just become popular). The jacket was replaced with a completely different photo. The release date "25th. May." appears on the sample record. However, according to the general catalog, the release date of this record is 30th. May. Black Odeon label with silver print. The words "MFD. BY TOSHIBA MUSICAL INDUSTRIES LTD. IN JAPAN" was printed at the perimeter on the label. The words "LONG PLAYING" was NOT printed at the bottom of the label. The song title of the 1st. song on side-2, this label was corrected "ROLL OVER BEETHOVEN". Track as "YOU REALLY GOTTA HOLD ON ME". OP-7548 contract pressings: There are three variations; 1) Gramophone Contract Press PM=none There is a ridge approximately 12mm out from the centre hole. 2) Victor Records Contract Press PM=F6 There is a ridge approximately 30mm out from the centre hole. 3) King Records Contract Press PM=F6 There is a ridge approximately 31.5mm out from the centre hole. Gatefold type. Full laminated soft cover with attached 8-page color booklet. On the booklet, this issue was mistitled the track "You Really Got A Hold On Me" as "You've Really Got A Hold On Me.". 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: Custom Red obi. The commemorative custom red obi of the Beatles' Japan visit. 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. |
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| TITLE | The Beatles
Vol.2 "WITH the BEATLES" |
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| CATALOG NUMBER | OP-7459 |
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| RELEASE DATE | 30th? May.1966 / Victor
Contract Press |
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| TRACK LISTING | SIDE 1 | SIDE 2 | |||
| All My Loving |
All Over Beethoven |
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| Please Mister Postman |
Money |
||||
| Don't Bother Me |
I Wanna Be Your Man |
||||
| It Won't Be Long |
Hold Me Tight |
||||
| All I've Got To Do |
Devil In Her Heart |
||||
| Little Child |
Not A Second Time |
||||
| Till There Was You | You've Really Gotta Hold On Me | ||||
| FRONT --> Click! | BACK --> Click! | SIDE 1 --> Click! | SIDE 2 --> Click! | DISK | |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
| INSIDE --> Click! | INNER SLEEVE | ||||
| FRONT --> Click! | BACK --> Click! | The
original
colour "advert" inner bag has a fold-over flap at the top of
the bag to prevent the record from falling out. |
|||
|
|
|
|||
| INNER SLEEVE CLOSE UP | FRONT COVER CLOSE UP | ||||
|
The words "Special Selection Records" was printed in blue. The Beatles "Help!" (OP-7387) was added. |
 |
Odeon logomark and catalog number were printed at the upper right corner of the front cover. | ||
| BACK COVER CLOSE UP | |||||
 |
"Toshiba Musical Industries Ltd." and "G ¥1,800" were printed at the bottom of the back cover. | ||||
| Custom Red OBI CLOSE UP | |||||
| Has a custom red / yellow obi. Odeon logo mark, catalog No. "OP-7549", and priced "¥ 1,800" were printed on the front of the obi strip. There is no order sheet on the back side of the Obi. "Toshiba Musical Industries Ltd." was printed on the strip. (Sorry, I don't have it.) |
|||||
| LABEL CLOSE UP |
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 |
|
Rare
Black Vinyl. Sometimes Toshiba had problems to press enough records to keep up with the demand. To increase production they turned to other companies (Victor, Sony etc.) to press up some copies of a particular release. Victor contract press: There is a ridge approximately 30mm out from the centre hole. |
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| LABEL CLOSE UP | |||||
 |
 |
 |
The words "MFD. BY TOSHIBA MUSICAL INDUSTRIES LTD. IN
JAPAN" was printed at the perimeter. Catalog No. and matrix number were printed at the right side of the center hole. |
||
 |
 |
 |
Changing song orders to put the most popular songs in
Japan at the first place of every record. The words "LONG PLAYING" was NOT printed at the bottom of the label. |
||
| With
attached 8-PAGE COLOR BOOKLET |
|||||
| P-1 | P-2 | P-3 | P-4 | P-5 | |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| P-6 | P-7 | P-8 | P-8: CLOSE UP |
Includes
LP-sided
8-page full color picture book. On the booklet, this issue was mistitled the track "You really got..." as "You've really got..". |
|
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|
 |
 |
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|
OTHER ITEM
|
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| - |
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| RECORD LABEL | Odeon Label Type-2 (without the words "LONG PLAYING") | ||||
| MIX | STEREO |
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| MATRIX No. | SIDE 1 | YEX-110 30 |
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| SIDE 2 | YEX-111 26 |
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| PRESS MARK | F6 |
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| VINYL COLOR | BLACK (Victor Contract Press) | ||||
| RECORD COMPANY'S NAME | SLEEVE | Toshiba Ongaku kogyo Kabusikigaisha |
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| LABEL | MFD. BY
TOSHIBA MUSICAL INDUSTRIES LTD. IN JAPAN |
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| SYMBOL/PRICE | G ¥1,800 |
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| LYRIC SHEET STYLE | with attached 8-page color booklet |
||||
| COVER FORM | Gatefold type. Full laminated soft cover |
||||
| INNER SLEEVE |
The original colour "advert" inner bag
Type-4 |
||||
| OBI |
The commemorative custom red obi of the
Beatles' Japan visit. (I don't have it) |
||||
| COVER DESIGN/ PHOTO/ NOTES | - |
||||
|
COMMENTS
|
Like "Stereo! This is the Beatles Vol.1
(OP-7548)" this is a commemorative edition of Japan
that was planned and edited according to the first visit to
Japan. The commemorative disks of the Beatles' Japan visit: Toshiba EMI needed to make special commemorative disks, but the idea of making an original best album ("the Best of the Beatles" OP-7177), which they once planned to release in 1965, was turned down by E. M. I. in England again and this album remained unreleased. therefore, they had to use existing albums to promote for the 'Yeah Yeah Sale'. At the early stage of the sale, they advertised the then new album "Rubber Soul" (released on 15th March 1966 in Japan), but later they decided to release two albums "Please Please Me" and "With The Beatles", both of which had been unreleased in Japan. They re-named them as "STEREO! This is the Beatles Vol.1" and "Vol.2", changing song orders to put the most popular songs in Japan at the first place of every record. They made original covers, gatefold covers with photo books inside, and they emphasized that these were STEREO records (this might be an impact because stereo equipment had just become popular). The jacket was replaced with a completely different photo. The release date "25th. May." appears on the sample record. However, according to the general catalog, the release date of this record is 30th. May. Black Odeon label with silver print. The words "MFD. BY TOSHIBA MUSICAL INDUSTRIES LTD. IN JAPAN" was printed at the perimeter on the label. The words "LONG PLAYING" was NOT printed at the bottom of the label. The song title of the 1st. song on side-2, this label was corrected "ROLL OVER BEETHOVEN". Track as "YOU REALLY GOTTA HOLD ON ME". OP-7548 contract pressings: There are three variations; 1)Gramophone Contract Press PM=none There is a ridge approximately 12mm out from the centre hole. 2) Victor Records Contract Press PM=F6 There is a ridge approximately 30mm out from the centre hole. 3) King Records Contract Press PM=F6 There is a ridge approximately 31.5mm out from the centre hole. Gatefold type. Full laminated soft cover with attached 8-page color booklet. On the booklet, this issue was mistitled the track "You Really Got A Hold On Me" as "You've Really Got A Hold On Me.". 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: Custom Red obi. The commemorative custom red obi of the Beatles' Japan visit. 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. |
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| TITLE | The Beatles
Vol.2 "WITH the BEATLES" |
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| CATALOG NUMBER | AP-8678 |
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| RELEASE DATE | 10th September.1969 / Second
Press? |
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| TRACK LISTING | SIDE 1 | SIDE 2 | |||
| All My Loving |
All Over Beethoven |
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| Please Mister Postman |
Money |
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| Don't Bother Me |
I Wanna Be Your Man |
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| It Won't Be Long |
Hold Me Tight |
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| All I've Got To Do |
Devil In Her Heart |
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| Little Child |
Not A Second Time |
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| Till There Was You | You've Really Gotta Hold On Me | ||||
| FRONT --> Click! | BACK --> Click! | SIDE 1 --> Click! | SIDE 2 --> Click! | DISK | |
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| INSIDE --> Click! | INNER SLEEVE | ||||
| FRONT --> Click! | BACK --> Click! | Gatefold
type.
Full laminated soft cover. With Apple custom black inner sleeve. |
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| FRONT AND BACK CLOSE UP | |||||
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"Toshiba Musical
Industries Ltd." and "H
¥2,000" were printed at the bottom of the back
cover. |
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| Custom ORANGE OBI CLOSE UP | |||||
| OBI: TOP |
OBI: BOTTOM |
Very
early
Pressings
have a custom ORANGE / yellow obi
(maybe). Apple logo mark, catalog No. "AP-8678", and priced "¥ 2,000" were printed on the front of the obi strip. |
OBI: BACK |
Has a order sheet on the back side of the Obi. Catalog No, price "¥2,000" and "Toshiba Musical Industries Ltd." were printed at the order sheet. |
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| LABEL CLOSE UP |
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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. In 1969, Toshiba had to reissue on the Apple label all the records previously issued on the Odeon label.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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The words "MFD. BY TOSHIBA MUSICAL INDUSTRIES LTD. JAPAN"
was printed at the bottom of the label. Catalog number and
matrix number were printed at the right side of the center
hole. |
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The order of the songs on the UK version "WITH THE BEATLES" has been significantly changed, and songs popular in Japan have been placed at the top of the A and B sides. Track as "YOU REALLY GOTTA HOLD ON ME". | ||
| With
attached 8-PAGE COLOR BOOKLET |
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| P-1 | P-2 | P-3 | P-4 | P-5 | |
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| P-6 | P-7 | P-8 | P-6: CLOSE UP |
Includes
LP-sided
8-page full color picture book. On the booklet, this issue was mistitled the track "You really got..." as "You've really got..". |
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| COLOR BOOK LET: P-6: CLOSE UP | |||||
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Catalog
number
was not printed at the lower right corner of the color
booklet. |
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OTHER ITEM
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| RECORD LABEL | Dark Green Apple label Type-1 |
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| MIX | STEREO |
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| MATRIX No. | SIDE 1 | YEX-110 37 |
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| SIDE 2 | YEX-111 33 |
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| PRESS MARK | 9M |
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| VINYL COLOR | RED |
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| RECORD COMPANY'S NAME | SLEEVE | Toshiba Ongaku kogyo Kabusikigaisha |
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| LABEL | MFD. BY
TOSHIBA MUSICAL INDUSTRIES LTD. IN JAPAN |
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| SYMBOL/PRICE | H ¥2,000 |
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| LYRIC SHEET STYLE | with attached 8-page color booklet |
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| COVER FORM | Gatefold type. Full laminated soft cover |
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| INNER SLEEVE |
Apple custom black sleeve |
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| OBI |
The commemorative custom ORANGE obi of the
Beatles' Japan visit. |
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| COVER DESIGN/ PHOTO/ NOTES | - |
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COMMENTS
|
Like "Stereo! This is the Beatles Vol.1
(OP-7548)" this is a commemorative edition of Japan
that was planned and edited according to the first visit to
Japan The order of the songs on the UK version "WITH THE BEATLES" has been significantly changed, and songs popular in Japan have been placed at the top of the A and B sides. The jacket was replaced with a completely different photo. Dark green Apple label Type-1with black print. The words "MFD. BY TOSHIBA MUSICAL INDUSTRIES LTD. JAPAN" was printed at the bottom of the label. In Novemver 1968, that was the date when Apple Corp Ltd. of England and Toshiba came to an agreement on the manufacturing and distribution of the Beatles' records in Japan. As part of that agreement, Toshiba had to reissue on the Apple label all the records previously issued on the Odeon label. The sleeves also had to be altered to desplay the Apple logo. Futher still, all the Odeon catalog number prefixes were changed to ones with Apple prefixes. In most cases, only the prefixes were changed and the catalog numbers were left intanct. Odeon singles, EPs, and LPs with the OR or OP prefixes were changed to Apple singles, EPs, and LPs with the AR or AP prefixes, respectively. But Toshiba did not instantly implement all these changes and did not immediately withdraw all Odeon label records. In fact, the phasing out of the Odeon label products and the phasing in of the Apple label was a lengthy process taking several months at least. The very first record in Japan issued under the Toshiba/Apple contract and bearing the Apple label was "The Beatles double LP (the White Album)", released on 21th. January 1969. And unlike elsewhere in the world, the first single in Japan to bear the Apple label was not "Hey Jude / Revolution" but rather "Ob- La-Di, Ob-La-Da / While My Guitar Gently Weeps", released on 10th. March, 1969. And in the Apple label, there are two subtypes, TOSHIBA MUSIC and TOSHIBA EMI. Further more, the early copies of the APPLE-TOSHIBA MUSIC type have dark Apple on its label, though the late copies have light one. The song title of the 7th. song on side-2 was printed "YOU REALLY GOTTA HOLD ON ME". Gatefold type. Full laminated soft cover with attached 8-page color booklet. On the booklet, this issue was mistitled the track "You Really Got A Hold On Me" as "You've Really Got. A Hold On Me.". 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: Custom ORANGE / Yellow obi. The commemorative custom orange obi of the Beatles' Japan visit. It also features an Apple logo, catalogue number and price information. Very early Pressings have a custom Orange / yellow obi (maybe). Regular pressings, the obi color returned to RED (maybe). 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. |
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| TITLE | The Beatles
Vol.2 "WITH the BEATLES" |
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| CATALOG NUMBER | AP-8678 |
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| RELEASE DATE | December 1971? / 4th. Press? |
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| TRACK LISTING | SIDE 1 | SIDE 2 | |||
| All My Loving |
All Over Beethoven |
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| Please Mister Postman |
Money |
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| Don't Bother Me |
I Wanna Be Your Man |
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| It Won't Be Long |
Hold Me Tight |
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| All I've Got To Do |
Devil In Her Heart |
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| Little Child |
Not A Second Time |
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| Till There Was You | You've Really Gotta Hold On Me | ||||
| FRONT --> Click! | BACK --> Click! | SIDE 1 --> Click! | SIDE 2 --> Click! | DISK | |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
| INSIDE --> Click! | INNER SLEEVE | ||||
| FRONT --> Click! | BACK --> Click! | Gatefold
type.
Full laminated soft cover. With Apple custom black inner sleeve. |
|||
 |
 |
|
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| FRONT AND BACK CLOSE UP | |||||
 |
 |
"Toshiba Musical
Industries Ltd." and "H
¥2,000" were printed at the bottom of the back
cover. |
|||
| Custom ORANGE OBI CLOSE UP | |||||
| OBI: TOP |
OBI: BOTTOM |
Very
early
Pressings
have a custom RED / yellow obi
(maybe). Apple logo mark, catalog No. "AP-8678", and priced "¥ 2,000" were printed on the front of the obi strip. |
OBI: BACK |
Has a order sheet on the back side of the Obi. Catalog No, price "¥2,000" and "Toshiba Musical Industries Ltd." were printed at the order sheet. |
|
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| LABEL CLOSE UP |
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The early
copies of the APPLE-TOSHIBA MUSIC type have dark Apple on
its label, though the late copies have light one. 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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| LABEL CLOSE UP | |||||
 |
 |
 |
The words "MFD. BY TOSHIBA MUSICAL INDUSTRIES LTD. JAPAN"
was printed at the bottom of the label. Catalog number and
matrix number were printed at the right side of the center
hole. |
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| LABEL CLOSE UP | |||||
 |
 |
 |
The order of the songs on the UK version "WITH THE BEATLES" has been significantly changed, and songs popular in Japan have been placed at the top of the A and B sides. Track as "YOU REALLY GOTTA HOLD ON ME". | ||
| With
attached 8-PAGE COLOR BOOKLET |
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| P-1 | P-2 | P-3 | P-4 | P-5 | |
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| P-6 | P-7 | P-8 | P-6: CLOSE UP |
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| Includes LP-sided 8-page full color picture book.On the booklet, this issue was mistitled the track "You really got..." as "You've really got..". | |||||
| COLOR BOOK LET: CLOSE UP | |||||
| P-3 | P-4 | P-5 | P-6 | P-8 | |
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| Catalog
number
was added at the
lower right corner of the color booklet. |
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OTHER ITEM
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| RECORD LABEL | Light Green Apple label Type-2-1 |
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| MIX | STEREO |
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| MATRIX No. | SIDE 1 | YEX-110-2
31 JIS |
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| SIDE 2 | YEX-111-2
25 JIS |
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| PRESS MARK | 1M |
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| VINYL COLOR | BLACK |
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| RECORD COMPANY'S NAME | SLEEVE | Toshiba Ongaku kogyo Kabusikigaisha |
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| LABEL | MFD. BY
TOSHIBA MUSICAL INDUSTRIES LTD. IN JAPAN |
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| SYMBOL/PRICE | H ¥2,000 |
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| LYRIC SHEET STYLE | with attached 8-page color booklet |
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| COVER FORM | Gatefold type. Full laminated soft cover |
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| INNER SLEEVE |
Apple custom black sleeve |
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| OBI |
The commemorative custom RED obi of the Beatles'
Japan visit. |
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| COVER DESIGN/ PHOTO/ NOTES | - |
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|
COMMENTS
|
Like "Stereo! This is the Beatles Vol.1
(OP-7548)" this is a commemorative edition of Japan
that was planned and edited according to the first visit to
Japan The order of the songs on the UK version "WITH THE BEATLES" has been significantly changed, and songs popular in Japan have been placed at the top of the A and B sides. The jacket was replaced with a completely different photo. Light green Apple label Type-2-1 with black print. The words "MFD. BY TOSHIBA MUSICAL INDUSTRIES LTD. JAPAN" was printed at the bottom of the label. In Novemver 1968, that was the date when Apple Corp Ltd. of England and Toshiba came to an agreement on the manufacturing and distribution of the Beatles' records in Japan. As part of that agreement, Toshiba had to reissue on the Apple label all the records previously issued on the Odeon label. The sleeves also had to be altered to desplay the Apple logo. Futher still, all the Odeon catalog number prefixes were changed to ones with Apple prefixes. In most cases, only the prefixes were changed and the catalog numbers were left intanct. Odeon singles, EPs, and LPs with the OR or OP prefixes were changed to Apple singles, EPs, and LPs with the AR or AP prefixes, respectively. But Toshiba did not instantly implement all these changes and did not immediately withdraw all Odeon label records. In fact, the phasing out of the Odeon label products and the phasing in of the Apple label was a lengthy process taking several months at least. The very first record in Japan issued under the Toshiba/Apple contract and bearing the Apple label was "The Beatles double LP (the White Album)", released on 21th. January 1969. And unlike elsewhere in the world, the first single in Japan to bear the Apple label was not "Hey Jude / Revolution" but rather "Ob- La-Di, Ob-La-Da / While My Guitar Gently Weeps", released on 10th. March, 1969. And in the Apple label, there are two subtypes, TOSHIBA MUSIC and TOSHIBA EMI. Further more, the early copies of the APPLE-TOSHIBA MUSIC type have dark Apple on its label, though the late copies have light one. The song title of the 7th. song on side-2 was printed "YOU REALLY GOTTA HOLD ON ME". Gatefold type. Full laminated soft cover with attached 8-page color booklet. On the booklet, this issue was mistitled the track "You Really Got A Hold On Me" as "You've Really Got. A Hold On Me.". 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: Custom RED / Yellow obi. The commemorative custom orange obi of the Beatles' Japan visit. It also features an Apple logo, catalogue number and price information. Very early Pressings have a custom Orange / yellow obi (maybe). Regular pressings, the obi color returned to RED (maybe). 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. |
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