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TRACK LISTING
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SIDE 1
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Ain't
She Sweet Foxtrott (Ager - Yellen) The Beatles |
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SIDE 2 | Cry For
A Shadow Moderato-Twist (Harrison-Lennon) The Beatles |
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RELEASE DATE
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middle 1964? / First Press
(Limited Edition) |
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Ain't She Sweet was also released
in an extremely limited edition in a graphics cover, that
was also used for records of other artists, since only the
banner part had to be customised. This Beatles version is by far the rarest item available from East Germany. |
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VEB Deutsche Schallplatten Berlin
is a record label in the German Democratic Republic (East
Germany), founded on February 3, 1947. From 1946 to 1989, Deutsche Schallplatten Berlin was the only state-run music publisher and record manufacturer in the German Democratic Republic (East Germany). |
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It's sometime in the second half
of 1964, judging by the catalogue number. The marking "Ag
732/01/64" on the back of the sleeve indicates the official
printing permission for the sleeve in the East German
censorship system. Only the "64" is part of the date, not
the "01". (from 45cat) |
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Old-style red and
white Amiga label. |
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"BIEM" in the box
logo were printed on the left side of the label. |
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"M 45 (mono 45 rpm)" in a triangle
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The "Foxtrott" and "Moderato-Twist" are
dance step designations, but had almost disappeared by this
time except in a few countries such as Germany. They're not
part of the song titles. |
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Label
type-1: Straight M of "Moderato" Label type-2: Steep M of "Moderato" |
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RECORD LABEL
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Amiga Red and White Label |
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CATALOG NUMBER
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4 50 466 |
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MIX
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MONO | ||||
MATRIX No. | Side1 | L 4 W - X 4 50 466 A N 504 184 9 24 2 | |||
Side2 | L 4 W - X 4 50 466 B N 504 185 0 3 3 | ||||
VINYL COLOR
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BLACK | ||||
CENTER | Full size center hole | ||||
RECORD COMPANY'S
NAME
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Label |
VEB Deutsche Schallplatten |
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Sleeve |
VEB
Deutsche Schallplatten 108 Berlin |
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COVER DESIGN/
PHOTO/ NOTES
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PRINTER CREDIT
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PRODUCER
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Bert Kaempfert |
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COMMENTS
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The German Democratic
Republic issued 3 singles by the Beatles, one in 1964 and
two in 1965, the first two of those with Sheridan material,
the last one with EMI-period songs. They came in standardised picture sleeves that differ only in the pram colour and were all brought out on the old-style red and white Amiga label, just like the fist LP in that country. Ain't She Sweet was also released in an extremely limited edition in a graphics cover, that was also used for records of other artists, since only the banner part had to be customised. This Beatles version is by far the rarest item available from East Germany. Label type-1: Straight M of "Moderato" Label type-2: steep M of "Moderato" VEB Deutsche Schallplatten Berlin is a record label in the German Democratic Republic (East Germany), founded on February 3, 1947. From 1946 to 1989, Deutsche Schallplatten Berlin was the only state-run music publisher and record manufacturer in the German Democratic Republic (East Germany). Amiga is a popular music record label in Germany. Once an organ of the East German state-owned music publisher VEB Deutsche Schallplatten, Amiga became a label of the Bertelsmann Music Group in 1994. In 1947, actor and singer Ernst Busch got permission from the Soviet Military Administration in Germany to create a music publishing house, which was named Lied der Zeit GmbH ("Song of the Times"). This publishing company included the label Amiga. In the 1950s, Lied der Zeit became VEB Deutsche Schallplatten ("German Records"), a state-owned company with a monopoly on record production. VEB Deutsche Schallplatten had a number of labels, each with a different purview; Amiga releases included folk, jazz, pop, rock, Schlager music, chanson, and children's music. After the dissolution of the German Democratic Republic, most of the former East German public state enterprises were dismantled or sold to private investors. The Amiga label and catalog were acquired by Bertelsmann Music Group in 1994, which in turn was dissolved into Sony Music Entertainment in 2008. (from Wikipedia) BIEM: The Bureau International de l'Edition Mécanique (BIEM), also known as Bureau International des Sociétés Gérant les Droits d'Enregistrement et de Reproduction Mécanique, is an organisation coordinating statutory licence agreements among different countries. It administers mechanical rights, ensuring payment of royalties to the creators of musical, literary and dramatic work), which may be reproduced on a CD or DVD, or through digital means, such as downloads from the Internet. The members of mechanical rights societies are composers, authors and publishers. |