 Flag Obi Series Sleeve |
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| TITLE | BEATLES FOR SALE |
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| CATALOG NUMBER | EAS-80553 | ||||
| RELEASE DATE | August 1976? / Second Press | ||||
| TRACK LISTING | SIDE 1 | SIDE 2 | |||
| No Reply |
Eight Days A Week |
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| I'm A Loser |
Words Of Love |
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| Baby's In Black |
Honey Don't |
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| Rock And Roll Music |
Every Little Thing |
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| I'll Follow The Sun |
I Don't Want To Spoil The Party |
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| Mr. Moonlight |
What You're Doing |
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| Kansas City | Everybody's Trying To Be My Baby | ||||
| FRONT --> Click! | BACK --> Click! | SIDE 1 --> Click! | SIDE 2 --> Click! | DISC --> Click! | |
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| INSIDE --> Click! | INNER
SLEEVE |
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Starting with EAS-80553, For Sale adopted
the UK title and design, including the white-on-black text
on the inner left. |
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Earlier pressings came with black inner
sleeve, later pressings clear rice-paper sleeve. |
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| LYRIC SHEET (bifold) | |||||
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Bifold type / Includes Japanese/English
bio-lyric sheet insert. |
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| Printed how to join the Japanese
Beatles fan club "Immortal Beatles Fan Club" and
"Beatles Cine Club". The name of Keiichi Ishizaka and Shinichi Miyoshi of Toshiba EMI are listed as "contact information about the Beatles". |
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Apple logomark and "Toshiba
EMI Limited." were printed at the lower right corner of the
lyric sheet. |
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| FRONT COVER: CLOSE UP |
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The design is
almost identical to the UK release, but the Apple logo is
printed in the top right corner instead of Parlophone. |
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| Apple mark is printed at the
lower right side of the front cover. The word "STEREO" and
catalog number are printed at the upper right corner of the
front cover. |
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| INSIDE & BACK COVER CLOSE UP | |||||
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| Starting with the EAS-80553
pressing of For Sale, the album title and design were
unified with the UK release. The inner design also mirrored
the UK version, featuring white text on a black background
on the left side. |
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| Country Flag Obi: FRONT CLOSE UP | |||||
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It is a wide Obi that has the
flag of the country of the LP's origin at the top. Catalog No. "EAS-80553", and priced "¥ 2,500" were printed on the front of the obi strip. The LP's series number is located on the Apple logo and at an angle at the bottom. Has a red background. |
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| Country Flag Obi: BACK CLOSE UP | |||||
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| Country Flag Obi, which was
reissued in 1976, has been released in three parts. 1st time: 5 June, 1976 / 2nd. time: 20 June, 1976 / 3rd. time: 5 July, 76. Each time, the back of the Obi changes little by little.
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| LABEL CLOSE UP | |||||
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Light green apple label
type-2-2. 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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Catalog number and master number were
printed at the right side of the label. The words "MFD. BY TOSHIBA-EMI LTD. JAPAN" was printed at the bottom of the label. |
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| LABEL CLOSE UP | |||||
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Song titles were printed
in narrow sans-serif font on the label. |
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OTHER ITEM
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| RECORD LABEL | Apple type-2-2 Label / Light green Apple | ||||
| MIX | STEREO |
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| MATRIX No. | SIDE 1 | YEX-142 3S3
9 |
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| SIDE 2 | YEX-143 3S2 34 |
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| PRESS MARK | 8-6 |
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| VINYL COLOR | BLACK |
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| RECORD COMPANY'S NAME | SLEEVE | Toshiba EMI Kabushiki Kaisha | |||
| LABEL | MFD. BY
TOSHIBA-EMI LTD. JAPAN |
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| SYMBOL/PRICE | ⓛ ¥2,500 | ||||
| LYRIC SHEET STYLE | Bifold type / Includes Japanese/English
bio-lyric sheet insert. |
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| COVER FORM | Gatefold type. No laminated hard cover. Non flipback cover. | ||||
| INNER SLEEVE |
Earlier pressings came with black inner
sleeve, later pressings clear rice-paper sleeve. |
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| OBI |
Country Flag Obi Type-3: Advertisement
Obi2 "White Album" has NO Obi, "Rock and roll music" cover photo |
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| COVER DESIGN/ PHOTO/ NOTES | Photo: Robert Freeman taken in
Hyde Park Notes: Derek Taylor |
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COMMENTS
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1976 "Country Flag"
obi / EAS re-issue series of the Beatles Japanese LP
catalog. Issue n° 4 in the series, with UK flag obi. Apple Light green apple label type-2-2. Starting with the EAS-80553 pressing of For Sale, the album title and design were unified with the UK release. The inner design also mirrored the UK version, featuring white text on a black background on the left side. The obi: Country flag obi. This style Obi came into use in June 1976 to promote the EAS series of Beatles reissues. It is a wide Obi that has the flag of the country of the LP's origin at the top. The LP's series number is located on the Apple logo and at an angle at the bottom. Has a red background. Country Flag Obi series, which was reissued in 1976, has been released in three parts. >1st time: 5 June, 1976 >2nd. time: 20 June, 1976 >3rd. time: 5 July, 1976. Each time, the back of the Obi changes little by little.
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| TITLE | BEATLES FOR SALE |
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| CATALOG NUMBER | EAS-80553 | ||||
| RELEASE DATE | April 1989? / 4th Press | ||||
| TRACK LISTING | SIDE 1 | SIDE 2 | |||
| No Reply |
Eight Days A Week |
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| I'm A Loser |
Words Of Love |
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| Baby's In Black |
Honey Don't |
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| Rock And Roll Music |
Every Little Thing |
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| I'll Follow The Sun |
I Don't Want To Spoil The Party |
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| Mr. Moonlight |
What You're Doing |
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| Kansas City | Everybody's Trying To Be My Baby | ||||
| FRONT --> Click! | BACK --> Click! | SIDE 1 --> Click! | SIDE 2 --> Click! | DISC --> Click! | |
|
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
| INSIDE --> Click! | INNER
SLEEVE |
||||
 |
Starting with EAS-80553, For Sale adopted
the UK title and design, including the white-on-black text
on the inner left. |
 |
Earlier pressings came with black inner
sleeve, later pressings clear rice-paper sleeve. |
||
| LYRIC SHEET (bifold) | |||||
 |
 |
 |
 |
Bifold type / Includes Japanese/English
bio-lyric sheet insert. |
|
 |
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| The address for the Immortal
Beatles Fan Club has been removed. "Contact information for
Beatles inquiries" has been removed. |
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Apple logomark and "Toshiba
EMI Limited." were printed at the lower right corner of the
lyric sheet. |
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| FRONT COVER: CLOSE UP |
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 |
The design is
almost identical to the UK release, but the Apple logo is
printed in the top right corner instead of Parlophone. |
 |
|||
| Apple mark is printed at the
lower right side of the front cover. The word "STEREO" and
catalog number are printed at the upper right corner of the
front cover. |
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| INSIDE & BACK COVER CLOSE UP | |||||
 |
 |
||||
| Starting with the EAS-80553
pressing of For Sale, the album title and design were
unified with the UK release. The inner design also mirrored
the UK version, featuring white text on a black background
on the left side. |
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| Country Flag Obi: FRONT CLOSE UP | |||||
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Catalog No. "EAS-80553", and
sales tax included price "¥ 2,348" were printed on the front
of the obi strip. It is a wide Obi that has the flag of the country of the LP's origin at the top. The LP's series number is located on the Apple logo and at an angle at the bottom. Has a red background. |
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| Country Flag Obi: BACK CLOSE UP | |||||
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|
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| Country Flag Obi, which was
reissued in 1976, has been released in three parts. 1st time: 5 June, 1976 / 2nd. time: 20 June, 1976 / 3rd. time: 5 July, 76. Each time, the back of the Obi changes little by little.
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| LABEL CLOSE UP | |||||
 |
 |
Light green apple label
type-2-2. The phrase "Apple Records - All Rights of the Manufacturer and of the Owner of the Recorded work Reserved." was printed at the perimeter. |
|||
 |
 |
 |
Catalog number and master number were
printed at the right side of the label. The words "MFD. BY TOSHIBA-EMI LTD. JAPAN" was printed at the bottom of the label. |
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| LABEL CLOSE UP | |||||
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Song titles were printed
in narrow sans-serif font on the label. |
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OTHER ITEM
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| RECORD LABEL | Apple type-2-2 Label / Light green Apple | ||||
| MIX | STEREO |
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| MATRIX No. | SIDE 1 | YEX-142-U 2S-28 |
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| SIDE 2 | YEX-143-U 2S-3 |
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| PRESS MARK | NONE
(maybe) |
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| VINYL COLOR | BLACK |
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| RECORD COMPANY'S NAME | SLEEVE | Toshiba EMI Kabushiki Kaisha | |||
| LABEL | MFD. BY
TOSHIBA-EMI LTD. JAPAN |
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| SYMBOL/PRICE | ⓛ ¥2,348 (tax included price) / ¥2,280 (tax excluded price) | ||||
| LYRIC SHEET STYLE | Bifold type / Includes Japanese/English
bio-lyric sheet insert. |
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| COVER FORM | Gatefold type. No laminated hard cover. Non flipback cover. | ||||
| INNER SLEEVE |
Earlier pressings came with black inner
sleeve, later pressings clear rice-paper sleeve. |
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| OBI |
Country Flag Obi Type-5:
Advertisement Obi4 (since 1986) Sales tax is indicated. Obi's glue is to the bottom. |
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| COVER DESIGN/ PHOTO/ NOTES | Photo: Robert Freeman taken in
Hyde Park Notes: Derek Taylor |
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COMMENTS
|
1976 "Country Flag"
obi / EAS re-issue series of the Beatles Japanese LP
catalog. Issue n° 4 in the series, with UK flag obi. Apple Light green apple label type-2-2. Starting with the EAS-80553 pressing of For Sale, the album title and design were unified with the UK release. The inner design also mirrored the UK version, featuring white text on a black background on the left side. The obi: Country flag obi. This style Obi came into use in June 1976 to promote the EAS series of Beatles reissues. It is a wide Obi that has the flag of the country of the LP's origin at the top. The LP's series number is located on the Apple logo and at an angle at the bottom. Has a red background. Country Flag Obi series, which was reissued in 1976, has been released in three parts. >1st time: 5 June, 1976 >2nd. time: 20 June, 1976 >3rd. time: 5 July, 1976. Each time, the back of the Obi changes little by little.
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