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#02 Real Love / Baby's In Black (R 6425)
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#2-1 Real Love / Baby's In Black (1st. Press "Silver Injection Label Type-3-2 / Solid Center": R 6425)
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TRACK LISTING
SIDE 1 Real Love (John Lennon)
SIDE 2 Baby's In Black (John Lennon/Paul McCartney)
RELEASE DATE
4th. March 1996 / First Press
SLEEVE:FRONT SLEEVE:BACK SIDE 1 --> Click! SIDE 2 --> Click! DISK --> Click!
sleeve SLEEVE hard hard disk
FRONT COVER CLOSE UP
label Some copies may include a red hype sticker with black text on the cassette case: 'Contains exclusive, unreleased versions of "Baby's In Black".
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sleeve Barcode was printed at the upper right corner of the back cover.
sleeve
UK catalogue number and the words "Printed in UK" wer printed bellow of the barcode number.
sleeve Apple corps Ltd. and EMI Records Ltd. credit were printed at the bottom of the back cover.
LABEL CLOSE UP
SIDE 1
SIDE 2
CENTER Silver moulded injection labels, solid center, small Apple logo on both sides.
label label label
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label 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.
LABEL CLOSE UP
label label label label
label label label label
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. Engineer's credit was printed at the right side of the center hole. Song title, composer's name, and publisher's name were printed at the bottom.
LABEL CLOSE UP
label label The "Ⓟ 1996" statement was printed at the left part of the label.
Matrix Number:
Side-1: R 6425 A-1-1-Q1
Side-2: R 6425 B-1-1-Q1
OTHER ITEM
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CATALOG NUMBER
R 6425
LABEL
Silver moulded injection label with black textured print Type-3-2 (Apple label)
MIX
Stereo
MATRIX No. SIDE 1 R 6425 A-1-1-Q1     D
SIDE 2 R 6425 B-1-1-Q1     D
VINYL COLOR
BLACK
RECORD COMPANY'S NAME
Apple Corps Ltd. / EMI Records Ltd.
CENTER
Solid center
CENTRAL REMARK
"SOLD IN U.K..."
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PUBLISHER'S NAME
SIDE 1
Lenono Music Inc.
SIDE 2
Northern Songs
PRODUCER
SIDE 1: Jeff Lynne, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Ringo Starr
SIDE 2: Voyle Gilmore
COVER DESIGN/ PHOTO/ NOTES
Design/Art Direction Richard Ward/The Team
Sleeve Note Mark Lewisohn
COMMENTS
"Real Love" is a song written by the English musician John Lennon, formerly of the Beatles. He recorded six demos of the song in 1979 and 1980 with "Real Life", a different song that merged with "Real Love". In 1988, the sixth take was posthumously released for the documentary soundtrack Imagine: John Lennon. In 1995, his demo was completed by his former Beatles bandmates (Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr) as part of the Beatles Anthology project, along with "Free as a Bird".
The song was released as a Beatles single in 1996 in the United Kingdom, United States and many other countries.
The track opened the Beatles' Anthology 2 album. "Real Love" was the last new Beatles song released in the lifetime of George Harrison, who died in 2001, and the last single by the group until "Now and Then" in 2023.

The Beatles performed "Baby's in Black" live at Hollywood Bowl in August 1965.
In 1996, a live version of "Baby's in Black" was released as a B-side to "Real Love", the second single from their Anthology project.
20 years later, it was included as a bonus track in 2016 expanded live album Live at the Hollywood Bowl.
(from Wikipedia)

The 1996 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 (with 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.'



#2-2 Real Love / Baby's In Black (For Jukeboxes Edition "Black Injection Label": R 6425)
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TRACK LISTING
SIDE 1 Real Love (John Lennon)
SIDE 2 Baby's In Black (John Lennon/Paul McCartney)
RELEASE DATE
4th. March 1996 / First Press
SLEEVE:FRONT SLEEVE:BACK SIDE 1 --> Click! SIDE 2 --> Click! DISK --> Click!
sleeve SLEEVE hard hard disk
LABEL CLOSE UP
SIDE 1
SIDE 2
CENTER For jukeboxes edition.
Black moulded injection labels, small Apple logo on both sides.
label label label
LABEL CLOSE UP
label The rim text wording is: UNAUTHORISED COPYING, HIRING, RENTING, PUBLIC PERFORMANCE AND BROADCASTING ..... MANUFACTURED IN THE U.K. BY EMI RECORDS LTD.
LABEL CLOSE UP
label label label label
label label label label
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. Engineer's credit was printed at the right side of the center hole. Song title, composer's name, and publisher's name were printed at the bottom.
LABEL CLOSE UP
label label The "Ⓟ 1996" statement was printed at the left part of the label.
Matrix Number:
Side-1: R 6425 A-1-1-Q1
Side-2: R 6425 B-1-1-Q1
OTHER ITEM
-

CATALOG NUMBER
R 6425
LABEL
Black glossy moulded injection label with embossed text type-2-2 (Apple label)
MIX
Stereo
MATRIX No. SIDE 1 R 6425 A-1-1-Q1     D
SIDE 2 R 6425 B-1-1-Q1     D
VINYL COLOR
BLACK
RECORD COMPANY'S NAME
Apple Corps Ltd. / EMI Records Ltd.
CENTER
Full size center hole
CENTRAL REMARK
"SOLD IN U.K..."
-
PUBLISHER'S NAME
SIDE 1
Lenono Music Inc.
SIDE 2
Northern Songs
PRODUCER
SIDE 1: Jeff Lynne, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Ringo Starr
SIDE 2: Voyle Gilmore
COVER DESIGN/ PHOTO/ NOTES
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-2-2 (with small 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, 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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