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TRACK LISTING
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SIDE 1 | Free As A Bird (John Lennon/Paul McCartney/George Harrison/Ringo Starr) | |||
| SIDE 2 | Christmas Time (Is Here Again) (John Lennon/Paul McCartney/George Harrison/Ringo Starr) | ||||
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RELEASE DATE
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4th. December 1995 / First Press |
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Barcode was
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number and the words "Printed in UK" wer printed bellow of
the barcode number. |
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Apple corps Ltd. and EMI Records Ltd.
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injection labels, solid center, large Apple logo on
side-1, small Apple logo on side-2. |
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Solid center. The rim text wording is: UNAUTHORISED COPYING, HIRING, RENTING, PUBLIC PERFORMANCE AND BROADCASTING ..... MANUFACTURED IN THE U.K. BY EMI RECORDS LTD. |
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was printed at the right side of the center hole. |
Producer's name was printed at the right side of the center hole. | publisher's credit was printed at the right side of the center hole. | Song title and
composer's name were printed at the bottom. |
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The "Ⓟ 1995" statement was
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OTHER ITEM
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CATALOG NUMBER
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R 6422 |
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LABEL
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Silver moulded injection label
with black textured print Type-3-1 (large Apple label) |
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MIX
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Stereo | ||||
| MATRIX No. | SIDE 1 | R 6422 A-2-1-Q4 |
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| SIDE 2 | R 6422 B-2-1-Q4 D |
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VINYL COLOR
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BLACK | ||||
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RECORD COMPANY'S
NAME
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Apple Corps Ltd. / EMI Records
Ltd. |
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CENTER
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Solid center | ||||
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CENTRAL REMARK
"SOLD IN U.K..." |
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PUBLISHER'S NAME
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SIDE 1
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Lenono Music Inc. |
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SIDE 2
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Northern Songs |
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PRODUCER
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SIDE 1: John Lennon,
Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Ringo Starr & Jeff
Lynne SIDE 2: George Martin |
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COVER DESIGN/
PHOTO/ NOTES
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Drawing by John Lennon Design/Art Direction Richard Ward/The Team Sleeve Note Mark Lewisohn |
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COMMENTS
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"Free as a Bird" is a single released in December 1995 by
English rock band the Beatles. The song was originally
written and recorded in 1977 as a home demo by John Lennon.
In 1995, 25 years after their break-up and 15 years after
Lennon's murder, his then surviving bandmates Paul
McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr released a studio
version incorporating the demo. The single was released as part of the promotion for The Beatles Anthology video documentary and the Anthology 1 compilation album. For the Anthology project, McCartney asked Lennon's widow Yoko Ono for unreleased material by Lennon to which the three remaining ex-Beatles could contribute. "Free as a Bird" was one of three such songs (along with "Real Love" and, decades later, "Now and Then") for which McCartney, Harrison, and Starr contributed additional instrumentation, vocals, and arrangements. Jeff Lynne, who had worked with Harrison on Harrison's album Cloud Nine and as part of the Traveling Wilburys, co-produced. "Christmas Time (Is Here Again)" is a Christmas song by the English rock band the Beatles, originally recorded for their fifth fan club Christmas record, Christmas Time Is Here Again! (1967). One of the few Beatles songs credited to all four members of the band, it consists of a blues based backing track as well as double-tracked vocals sung by them, George Martin and Victor Spinetti. The lyrics are mostly made up of the song's title refrain, repeated across nine verses. Following its December 1967 release, "Christmas Time (Is Here Again)" remained officially unavailable for decades. A planned release in 1984 faltered after the abandonment of the Beatles' then-upcoming album Sessions. Apple released a shortened version of the song in December 1995 as the B-side to the song "Free as a Bird". The 1967 version was re-issued on The Christmas Records, a 2017 limited-edition box set of the band's original Christmas records. (from Wikipedia) The 1995 pressing has silver label with black texture print and logo. Rim text embossed on the trail off area. The rim text wording is: UNAUTHORISED COPYING, HIRING, RENTING, PUBLIC PERFORMANCE AND BROADCASTING .....MANUFACTURED IN THE U.K. BY EMI RECORDS LTD. Silver Injection label Type-3-1 (with large Apple logomark on side-1) It's a non-printed label made by moulding the label using an injection process. They're a specific kind of monochrome center label that's produced by injecting colored plastic around the center of the record, with any text/logos produced by a stamp to remove that colored plastic - the black text you see on an injection label is actually the black polyvinyl chloride of the record itself. Solid center, large Apple logo on side-1, small Apple logo on side-2. Cf. Plastic injection labels. With regard to the first injection moulded singles. According to an article on page 1 of Billboard magazine for 16th Oct 1971: 'Phonodisc is experimenting with a new production technique, painted labels, pioneered by French company SFP. The new process prints the labels directly on the records, cutting out the production costs of printing labels on paper. The new technique at present is limited to selected Polydor and Philips singles, and has been used on the New Seekers' 'Never Ending Song Of Love' and St. Cecelia's 'Leap Up And Down'. A specially adapted injection moulding machine is used in the process. Tony Muxlow, Phonodisc general manager, said "There is a cost saving using the method but at the moment it is very much at the development stage. It is confined to the Polydor and Philips labels, but we certainly won't be using it throughout our releases at the moment." The painted labels process will be used on the forthcoming Slade single, 'Cos I Luv You', to be released by Polydor this week.' |
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TRACK LISTING
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SIDE 1 | Free As A Bird (John Lennon/Paul McCartney/George Harrison/Ringo Starr) | |||
| SIDE 2 | Christmas Time (Is Here Again) (John Lennon/Paul McCartney/George Harrison/Ringo Starr) | ||||
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RELEASE DATE
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1996? / Second Press |
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| SLEEVE:FRONT | SLEEVE:BACK | SIDE 1 --> Click! | SIDE 2 --> Click! | DISK --> Click! | |
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| BACK COVER CLOSE UP | |||||
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Barcode was
printed at the upper right corner of the back cover. |
|
|||
| UK catalogue
number and the words "Printed in UK" wer printed bellow of
the barcode number. |
|||||
 |
Apple corps Ltd. and EMI Records Ltd.
credit were printed at the bottom of the back cover. |
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| LABEL CLOSE UP | |||||
| SIDE 1 |
SIDE 2 |
CENTER | Silver moulded
injection labels, solid center, small Apple logo on both
sides. |
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| LABEL CLOSE UP | |||||
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Solid Center type. The rim text wording is: UNAUTHORISED COPYING, HIRING, RENTING, PUBLIC PERFORMANCE AND BROADCASTING ..... MANUFACTURED IN THE U.K. BY EMI RECORDS LTD. |
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| LABEL CLOSE UP | |||||
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| Catalog number
was printed at the right side of the center hole. |
Producer's name was printed at the right side of the center hole. | publisher's credit was printed at the right side of the center hole. | Song title and
composer's name were printed at the bottom. |
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| LABEL CLOSE UP | |||||
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The "Ⓟ 1995" statement was
printed at the left part of the label. Matrix number: Side 1: R 6422 A-2-1-Q5 Side 2: R 6422 B-2-1-Q5 |
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OTHER ITEM
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CATALOG NUMBER
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R 6422 |
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LABEL
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Silver moulded injection label
with black textured print Type-3-2 (Apple label) |
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MIX
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Stereo | ||||
| MATRIX No. | SIDE 1 | R 6422 A-2-1-Q5 |
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| SIDE 2 | R 6422 B-2-1-Q5
D |
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VINYL COLOR
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BLACK | ||||
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RECORD COMPANY'S
NAME
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Apple Corps Ltd. / EMI Records
Ltd. |
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CENTER
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Solid center | ||||
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CENTRAL REMARK
"SOLD IN U.K..." |
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PUBLISHER'S NAME
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SIDE 1
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Lenono Music Inc. |
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SIDE 2
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Northern Songs |
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PRODUCER
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SIDE 1: John Lennon,
Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Ringo Starr & Jeff
Lynne SIDE 2: George Martin |
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COVER DESIGN/
PHOTO/ NOTES
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Drawing by John Lennon Design/Art Direction Richard Ward/The Team Sleeve Note Mark Lewisohn |
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COMMENTS
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"Free as a Bird" is a single released in December 1995 by
English rock band the Beatles. The song was originally
written and recorded in 1977 as a home demo by John Lennon.
In 1995, 25 years after their break-up and 15 years after
Lennon's murder, his then surviving bandmates Paul
McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr released a studio
version incorporating the demo. The single was released as part of the promotion for The Beatles Anthology video documentary and the Anthology 1 compilation album. For the Anthology project, McCartney asked Lennon's widow Yoko Ono for unreleased material by Lennon to which the three remaining ex-Beatles could contribute. "Free as a Bird" was one of three such songs (along with "Real Love" and, decades later, "Now and Then") for which McCartney, Harrison, and Starr contributed additional instrumentation, vocals, and arrangements. Jeff Lynne, who had worked with Harrison on Harrison's album Cloud Nine and as part of the Traveling Wilburys, co-produced. "Christmas Time (Is Here Again)" is a Christmas song by the English rock band the Beatles, originally recorded for their fifth fan club Christmas record, Christmas Time Is Here Again! (1967). One of the few Beatles songs credited to all four members of the band, it consists of a blues based backing track as well as double-tracked vocals sung by them, George Martin and Victor Spinetti. The lyrics are mostly made up of the song's title refrain, repeated across nine verses. Following its December 1967 release, "Christmas Time (Is Here Again)" remained officially unavailable for decades. A planned release in 1984 faltered after the abandonment of the Beatles' then-upcoming album Sessions. Apple released a shortened version of the song in December 1995 as the B-side to the song "Free as a Bird". The 1967 version was re-issued on The Christmas Records, a 2017 limited-edition box set of the band's original Christmas records. (from Wikipedia) The 1995 pressing has silver label with black texture print and logo. Rim text embossed on the trail off area. The rim text wording is: UNAUTHORISED COPYING, HIRING, RENTING, PUBLIC PERFORMANCE AND BROADCASTING .....MANUFACTURED IN THE U.K. BY EMI RECORDS LTD. Silver Injection label Type-3-2 (with small Apple logomark) It's a non-printed label made by moulding the label using an injection process. They're a specific kind of monochrome center label that's produced by injecting colored plastic around the center of the record, with any text/logos produced by a stamp to remove that colored plastic - the black text you see on an injection label is actually the black polyvinyl chloride of the record itself. Solid center, small Apple logo on both sides. Cf. Plastic injection labels. With regard to the first injection moulded singles. According to an article on page 1 of Billboard magazine for 16th Oct 1971: 'Phonodisc is experimenting with a new production technique, painted labels, pioneered by French company SFP. The new process prints the labels directly on the records, cutting out the production costs of printing labels on paper. The new technique at present is limited to selected Polydor and Philips singles, and has been used on the New Seekers' 'Never Ending Song Of Love' and St. Cecelia's 'Leap Up And Down'. A specially adapted injection moulding machine is used in the process. Tony Muxlow, Phonodisc general manager, said "There is a cost saving using the method but at the moment it is very much at the development stage. It is confined to the Polydor and Philips labels, but we certainly won't be using it throughout our releases at the moment." The painted labels process will be used on the forthcoming Slade single, 'Cos I Luv You', to be released by Polydor this week.' |
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TRACK LISTING
|
SIDE 1 | Free As A Bird (John Lennon/Paul McCartney/George Harrison/Ringo Starr) | |||
| SIDE 2 | Christmas Time (Is Here Again) (John Lennon/Paul McCartney/George Harrison/Ringo Starr) | ||||
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RELEASE DATE
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4th. December 1995 / First Press |
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| SLEEVE:FRONT | SLEEVE:BACK | SIDE 1 --> Click! | SIDE 2 --> Click! | DISK --> Click! | |
 |
 |
 |
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| LABEL CLOSE UP | |||||
| SIDE 1 |
SIDE 2 |
CENTER | For jukeboxes
edition. Black moulded injection labels, large Apple logo on side-1, small Apple logo on side-2. |
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| LABEL CLOSE UP | |||||
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The rim text wording is:
UNAUTHORISED COPYING, HIRING, RENTING, PUBLIC PERFORMANCE
AND BROADCASTING ..... MANUFACTURED IN THE U.K. BY EMI
RECORDS LTD. |
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| LABEL CLOSE UP | |||||
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 |
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 |
 |
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| Catalog number
was printed at the right side of the center hole. |
Producer's name was printed at the right side of the center hole. | publisher's credit was printed at the right side of the center hole. | Song title and
composer's name were printed at the bottom. |
||
| LABEL CLOSE UP | |||||
 |
 |
The "Ⓟ 1995" statement was
printed at the left part of the label. Matrix number: Side 1: R 6422 A-2-1-Q4 Side 2: R 6422 B-2-1-Q4 |
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OTHER ITEM
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-
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CATALOG NUMBER
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R 6422 |
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LABEL
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Black glossy moulded injection
label with embossed text Type-2-1 (Large Apple label) |
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MIX
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Stereo | ||||
| MATRIX No. | SIDE 1 | R 6422 A-2-1-Q4 |
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| SIDE 2 | R 6422 B-2-1-Q4
D |
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VINYL COLOR
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BLACK | ||||
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RECORD COMPANY'S
NAME
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Apple Corps Ltd. / EMI Records
Ltd. |
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CENTER
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Full size center hole |
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CENTRAL REMARK
"SOLD IN U.K..." |
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PUBLISHER'S NAME
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SIDE 1
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Lenono Music Inc. |
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SIDE 2
|
Northern Songs |
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|
PRODUCER
|
SIDE 1: John Lennon,
Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Ringo Starr & Jeff
Lynne SIDE 2: George Martin |
||||
|
COVER DESIGN/
PHOTO/ NOTES
|
Drawing by John Lennon Design/Art Direction Richard Ward/The Team Sleeve Note Mark Lewisohn |
||||
|
COMMENTS
|
For jukebox pressings
have black glossy label with embossed text and logo.
Rim text embossed on the trail off area. The rim text wording is: UNAUTHORISED COPYING, HIRING, RENTING, PUBLIC PERFORMANCE AND BROADCASTING .....MANUFACTURED IN THE U.K. BY EMI RECORDS LTD. Black Injection label Type-2-1 (with large Apple logomark on side-1) It's a non-printed label made by moulding the label using an injection process. They're a specific kind of monochrome center label that's produced by injecting colored plastic around the center of the record, with any text/logos produced by a stamp to remove that colored plastic - the black text you see on an injection label is actually the black polyvinyl chloride of the record itself. Large hole center, large Apple logo on both side-1, small Apple logo on side-2. Cf. Plastic injection labels. With regard to the first injection moulded singles. According to an article on page 1 of Billboard magazine for 16th Oct 1971: 'Phonodisc is experimenting with a new production technique, painted labels, pioneered by French company SFP. The new process prints the labels directly on the records, cutting out the production costs of printing labels on paper. The new technique at present is limited to selected Polydor and Philips singles, and has been used on the New Seekers' 'Never Ending Song Of Love' and St. Cecelia's 'Leap Up And Down'. A specially adapted injection moulding machine is used in the process. Tony Muxlow, Phonodisc general manager, said "There is a cost saving using the method but at the moment it is very much at the development stage. It is confined to the Polydor and Philips labels, but we certainly won't be using it throughout our releases at the moment." The painted labels process will be used on the forthcoming Slade single, 'Cos I Luv You', to be released by Polydor this week.' |
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