 Odeon 1st. Sleeve |
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| TITLE | A BEATLES
COLLECTION OF OLDIES |
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| CATALOG NUMBER | OP-8016 |
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| RELEASE DATE | Promotional
Record (First Press: 5th February.1967) |
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| TRACK LISTING | SIDE 1 | SIDE 2 | |||
| She
Loves You |
Can't
Buy Me Love |
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| From
Me To You |
Bad
Boy |
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| We
Can Work It Out |
Day
Tripper |
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| Help! |
A
Hard Day's Night |
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| Michelle |
Ticket
To Ride |
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| Yesterday |
Paperback
Writer |
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| I Feel Fine | Eleanor Rioby |
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| Yellow
Submarine |
I
Want To Hold Your Hand |
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| FRONT --> Click! | BACK --> Click! | SIDE 1 --> Click! | SIDE 2 --> Click! | DISK | |
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| INNER
SLEEVE |
LYRIC
SHEET (Bifold Type)
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| LYRIC
SHEET CLOSE UP |
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| Catalog
number "OP 8016" was printed. |
Liner notes: Ichiro
Fukuda. |
"Toshiba Musical Industries Ltd." was printed on the lyric sheet. | |||
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| Japanese Press |
U.K. Press | U.K.
Pressings: The photo on the back cover is backwards. It was taken in
Tokyo, Japan in 1966; the clue is on Paul's kimono-the lettering
"KOTOBUKI" is backwards. Japanese issue of the LP have corrected the
photo. |
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Odeon
logo mark and catalog number "OR 8016" were printed on both sides of
the cover. "EverClean" record logo mark was printed at the upper right corner of the back cover. |
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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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Odeon white label
(promotional use only). The words "MFD. BY TOSHIBA MUSICAL INDUSTRIES LTD. IN JAPAN" was printed at the perimeter. The release date was not printed on both labels. |
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Here is a close-up of the circled text: "Sample under Article 10, Clause 2 of the Commodity Tax Law". |  |
The words "LONG PLAYING" was printed at the bottom of the label. | ||
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The print in black has unusual "hand lettered" look to it quite unlike the regular commercial version. Catalog number and matrix number were printed at the right side of the center hole. | ||
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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-619
1S 1 |
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| SIDE 2 | YEX-620 1S 1 |
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| PRESS MARK | None |
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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 | Bifold
Type |
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| COVER FORM | Single
type. Hard cover. |
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| INNER
SLEEVE |
Plain White Inner bag |
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| OBI |
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| COVER DESIGN/ PHOTO/ NOTES | Cover: David Christian Back Cover Photo: Robert Whittaker Liner Notes: Ichio Fukuda |
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COMMENTS
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Odeon white label
(promotional use only). The words "MFD. BY TOSHIBA MUSICAL INDUSTRIES LTD. IN JAPAN" was printed at the perimeter. 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. The front cover is similar to its U.K. counterpart, but the back cover photo is reversed (Japanese edition is correct). These copies mistitled the album title "A collection..." as "A Beatles collection..." on the spine of the cover and the label. |
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| TITLE | A BEATLES
COLLECTION OF OLDIES |
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| CATALOG NUMBER | OP-8016 |
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| RELEASE DATE | 5th February.1967 / First Press |
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| TRACK LISTING | SIDE 1 | SIDE 2 | |||
| She
Loves You |
Can't
Buy Me Love |
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| From
Me To You |
Bad
Boy |
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| We
Can Work It Out |
Day
Tripper |
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| Help! |
A
Hard Day's Night |
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| Michelle |
Ticket
To Ride |
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| Yesterday |
Paperback
Writer |
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| I Feel Fine |
Eleanor Rigby |
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| Yellow
Submarine |
I
Want To Hold Your Hand |
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| FRONT --> Click! | BACK --> Click! | SIDE 1 --> Click! | SIDE 2 --> Click! | DISK | |
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| INNER
SLEEVE |
INNER
SLEEVE CLOSE UP |
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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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LYRIC
SHEET (Bifold Type)
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The lyric sheet is bifold type. | |
| LYRIC
SHEET CLOSE UP |
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| Catalog
number "OP 8016" was printed. |
Liner
notes: Ichiro Fukuda. |
"Toshiba Musical Industries Ltd." was printed on the lyric sheet. | |||
| Light Blue / Yellow OBI CLOSE UP | |||||
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1st.
pressing had a light blue / Yellow OBI and priced ¥2,000 on obi
strip. The word "STEREO" and Odeon logo mark and catalog
number "OP-8016" were printed on the
front. |
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The obi remains intactwith
the order form on the back uncut. |
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Odeon logo mark and catalog number "OP 8016" were
printed on both sides of the cover. "EverClean records" logo mark was printed at the upper right corner of the back cover. |
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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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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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The words "LONG PLAYING" was
erased 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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OTHER ITEM
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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-619
1S 45 |
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| SIDE 2 | YEX-620
1S 46 |
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| PRESS MARK | F8 |
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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 | Bifold
Type |
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| COVER FORM | Single
type. Hard cover. |
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| INNER
SLEEVE |
The
original colour "advert" inner bag Type-6-1 |
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| OBI |
Light
blue / Yellow so called "Sankaku" (triangle) or "V-shape" OBI |
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| COVER DESIGN/ PHOTO/ NOTES | Cover: David Christian Back Cover Photo: Robert Whittaker Liner Notes: Ichio Fukuda |
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COMMENTS
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Black Odeon label with
silver print. The words "LONG PLAYING" was erased at the bottom of the label. Toshiba released the first Japanese record featuring the Beatles. When this record was released, Toshiba's official name was "Toshiba Musical Industries Ltd." and they used the Odeon label for this and subsequent Beatles releases. The front cover is similar to its U.K. counterpart, but the back cover photo is reversed (Japanese edition is correct). These copies mistitled the album title "A collection..." as "A Beatles collection..." on the spine of the cover and the label. 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: A. K. A."V-shape" Obi 1st. pressing had a light blue / yellow so called "Sankaku"(triangle) or "V-shape" OBI and priced ¥2,000 on rear sleeve and obi strip. 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 | A BEATLES
COLLECTION OF OLDIES |
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| CATALOG NUMBER | AP-8016 |
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| RELEASE DATE | May1969? / Second Press |
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| TRACK LISTING | SIDE 1 | SIDE 2 | |||
| She
Loves You |
Can't
Buy Me Love |
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| From
Me To You |
Bad
Boy |
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| We
Can Work It Out |
Day
Tripper |
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| Help! |
A
Hard Day's Night |
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| Michelle |
Ticket
To Ride |
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| Yesterday |
Paperback
Writer |
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| I Feel Fine |
Eleanor Rigby |
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| Yellow
Submarine |
I
Want To Hold Your Hand |
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| FRONT --> Click! | BACK --> Click! | SIDE 1 --> Click! | SIDE 2 --> Click! | DISK | |
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| INNER SLEEVE | LYRIC SHEET (Bifold Type) | ||||
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| LYRIC
SHEET CLOSE UP |
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| Catalog
number "AP 8016" was printed. |
Liner
notes: Ichiro Fukuda. |
"Toshiba Musical Industries Ltd." was printed on the lyric sheet. | |||
| Light
Blue / Yellow OBI CLOSE UP (Sorry, I don't have it) |
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| FRONT | BACK | ||||
| 2nd.
pressing had a light blue / Yellow OBI and priced ¥2,000 on obi
strip. The word "STEREO" and Apple logo mark and catalog
number "AP-8016" were printed on the
front. |
With the
order form on the back. |
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| FRONT AND BACK COVER CLOSE UP | |||||
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Catalog number "AP 8016" and the word "STEREO"
were printed in black at the
upper right corner of the front cover. "EverClean records" logo mark was printed at the upper right corner of the back cover. |
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| BACK COVER 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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| 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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| LABEL CLOSE UP | |||||
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The words "MFD. BY TOSHIBA
MUSICAL INDUSTRIES LTD. JAPAN" was
printed at the bottom on the label. Catalog number "AP-8016" and matrix number were printed at the right
side of the center hole. |
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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-619
1S 53 |
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| SIDE 2 | YEX-620
1S 46 |
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| PRESS MARK | 8M -> 9A -> 9E |
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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. JAPAN |
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| SYMBOL/PRICE | H
- ¥2,000 |
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| LYRIC SHEET STYLE | Bifold
Type |
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| COVER FORM | Single
type. Hard cover. |
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| INNER
SLEEVE |
Apple
custom black sleeve |
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| OBI |
Apple
Light
blue / Yellow so called "Sankaku" (triangle) or "V-shape" OBI |
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| COVER DESIGN/ PHOTO/ NOTES | Cover: David Christian Back Cover Photo: Robert Whittaker Liner Notes: Ichio Fukuda |
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COMMENTS
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Dark green Apple label
Type-1with black print. In late (September?)1969, Toshiba had to reissue on the Apple label all the records previously issued on the Odeon label. 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 front cover is similar to its U.K. counterpart, but the back cover photo is reversed (Japanese edition is correct). These copies mistitled the album title "A collection..." as "A Beatles collection..." on the spine of the cover and the label. 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: A. K. A."V-shape" Obi 2nd. pressing had a light blue / yellow so called "Sankaku"(triangle) or "V-shape" OBI with Apple logo and priced ¥2,000 on rear sleeve and obi strip. 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 | A BEATLES
COLLECTION OF OLDIES |
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| CATALOG NUMBER | AP-8016 |
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| RELEASE DATE | November1972? / Third Press |
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| TRACK LISTING | SIDE 1 | SIDE 2 | |||
| She
Loves You |
Can't
Buy Me Love |
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| From
Me To You |
Bad
Boy |
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| We
Can Work It Out |
Day
Tripper |
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| Help! |
A
Hard Day's Night |
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| Michelle |
Ticket
To Ride |
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| Yesterday |
Paperback
Writer |
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| I Feel Fine |
Eleanor Rigby |
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| Yellow
Submarine |
I
Want To Hold Your Hand |
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| FRONT --> Click! | BACK --> Click! | SIDE 1 --> Click! | SIDE 2 --> Click! | DISK | |
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| INNER SLEEVE | LYRIC SHEET (Bifold Type) | ||||
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| LYRIC
SHEET CLOSE UP |
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| Catalog
number "AP 8016" was printed. |
Liner
notes: Ichiro Fukuda. |
"Toshiba Musical Industries Ltd." was printed on the lyric sheet. | |||
| Apple
Light
Blue / Yellow OBI CLOSE UP |
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| FRONT --> Click! | BACK --> Click! | ||||
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2nd. and 3rd. pressing had a light blue / Yellow OBI and priced ¥2,000 on obi strip. The word "STEREO" and Apple logo mark and catalog number "AP-8016" were printed on the front. |  |
The obi remains intactwith the order form on the back uncut. | |
| FRONT AND BACK COVER CLOSE UP | |||||
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Catalog number "AP 8016" and the word "STEREO"
were printed in pink at the
upper right corner of the front cover. "EverClean records" logo mark was removed at the upper right corner of the back cover. |
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| BACK COVER 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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| LABEL CLOSE UP | |||||
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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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| LABEL CLOSE UP | |||||
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The words "MFD. BY TOSHIBA
MUSICAL INDUSTRIES LTD. JAPAN" was
printed at the bottom on the label. Catalog number "AP-8016" and matrix number were printed at the right
side of the center hole. |
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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-619 3S 32 |
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| SIDE 2 | YEX-620 2S 59 |
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| PRESS MARK | 2L |
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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. JAPAN |
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| SYMBOL/PRICE | H
- ¥2,000 |
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| LYRIC SHEET STYLE | Bifold
Type |
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| COVER FORM | Single
type. Hard cover. |
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| INNER
SLEEVE |
Apple
custom black sleeve |
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| OBI |
Apple
Light
blue / Yellow so called "Sankaku" (triangle) or "V-shape" OBI |
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| COVER DESIGN/ PHOTO/ NOTES | Cover: David Christian Back Cover Photo: Robert Whittaker Liner Notes: Ichio Fukuda |
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COMMENTS
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Light green Apple label
Type-2-1with black print. In late (September?)1969, Toshiba had to reissue on the Apple label all the records previously issued on the Odeon label. 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 front cover is similar to its U.K. counterpart, but the back cover photo is reversed (Japanese edition is correct). These copies mistitled the album title "A collection..." as "A Beatles collection..." on the spine of the cover and the label. 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: A. K. A."V-shape" Obi 2nd. and 3rd. pressing had a light blue / yellow so called "Sankaku"(triangle) or "V-shape" OBI with Apple logo and priced ¥2,000 on rear sleeve and obi strip. 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 | A BEATLES
COLLECTION OF OLDIES |
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| CATALOG NUMBER | AP-8016 |
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| RELEASE DATE | October1974? / 4th. Press |
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| TRACK LISTING | SIDE 1 | SIDE 2 | |||
| She
Loves You |
Can't
Buy Me Love |
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| From
Me To You |
Bad
Boy |
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| We
Can Work It Out |
Day
Tripper |
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| Help! |
A
Hard Day's Night |
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| Michelle |
Ticket
To Ride |
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| Yesterday |
Paperback
Writer |
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| I Feel Fine |
Eleanor Rigby |
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| Yellow
Submarine |
I
Want To Hold Your Hand |
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| FRONT --> Click! | BACK --> Click! | SIDE 1 --> Click! | SIDE 2 --> Click! | DISK | |
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| INNER SLEEVE | LYRIC SHEET (Bifold Type) | ||||
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| LYRIC
SHEET CLOSE UP |
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| Catalog
number "AP 8016" was printed. |
Liner
notes: Ichiro Fukuda. |
"Toshiba EMI Ltd." was printed on the lyric sheet. | |||
| Apple
Light
Blue / Yellow OBI CLOSE UP |
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| FRONT --> Click! | BACK --> Click! | ||||
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2nd. and 3rd. pressing had a light blue / Yellow OBI and priced ¥2,200 on obi strip. The word "STEREO" and Apple logo mark and catalog number "AP-8016" were printed on the front. |  |
The o order form was not printed on the back uncut. | |
| FRONT AND BACK COVER CLOSE UP | |||||
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Catalog number "AP 8016" and the word "STEREO"
were printed in pink at the
upper right corner of the front cover. "EverClean records" logo mark was not printed at the upper right corner of the back cover. |
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| BACK COVER CLOSE UP | |||||
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"Toshiba EMI
Ltd." and "H-¥2,200" were printed at the bottom of the back cover. |
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| LABEL CLOSE UP | |||||
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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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| LABEL CLOSE UP | |||||
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The words "MFD. BY TOSHIBA-EMI LTD. JAPAN" was
printed at the bottom on the label. Catalog number "AP-8016" and matrix number were printed at the right
side of the center hole. |
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OTHER ITEM
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| - |
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| RECORD LABEL | Light Green Apple label Type-2-2 |
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| MIX | STEREO |
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| MATRIX No. | SIDE 1 | YEX-619 3S2 40 |
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| SIDE 2 | YEX-620 2S 129 |
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| PRESS MARK | 4-9WXW |
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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
MUSICAL -EMI. JAPAN |
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| SYMBOL/PRICE | H
- ¥2,200 |
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| LYRIC SHEET STYLE | Bifold
Type |
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| COVER FORM | Single
type. Hard cover. |
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| INNER
SLEEVE |
Apple
custom black sleeve |
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| OBI |
Apple
Light
blue / Yellow so called "Sankaku" (triangle) or "V-shape" OBI |
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| COVER DESIGN/ PHOTO/ NOTES | Cover: David Christian Back Cover Photo: Robert Whittaker Liner Notes: Ichio Fukuda |
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COMMENTS
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Light green Apple label
Type-2-2 with black print. In late (September?)1969, Toshiba had to reissue on the Apple label all the records previously issued on the Odeon label. 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. * On 1st. October 1973, Toshiba Musical Industries was changed its name to Toshiba-EMI Ltd. The front cover is similar to its U.K. counterpart, but the back cover photo is reversed (Japanese edition is correct). These copies mistitled the album title "A collection..." as "A Beatles collection..." on the spine of the cover and the label. 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: A. K. A."V-shape" Obi 2nd. and 3rd. pressing had a light blue / yellow so called "Sankaku"(triangle) or "V-shape" OBI with Apple logo and priced ¥2,000 on rear sleeve and obi strip. 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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