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| TITLE | MEET THE
BEATLES! |
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| CATALOG NUMBER | EAS-80562 |
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| RELEASE DATE | 5th. June 1976 / First Press |
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| TRACK LISTING | SIDE 1 | SIDE 2 | |||
| I Want To Hold Your Hand |
Don't Bother Me |
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| I Saw Her Standing There |
Little Child |
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| This Boy |
Till There Was You |
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| It Won't Be Long |
Hold Me Tight |
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| All I've Got To Do |
I Wanna Be Your Man |
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| All My Loving | Not A Second Time | ||||
| FRONT --> Click! | BACK --> Click! | SIDE 1 --> Click! | SIDE 2 --> Click! | DISK | |
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| INSIDE --> Click! |
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With Apple custom black inner sleeve. |
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| LYRIC SHEET (Slip Sheet) | |||||
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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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Apple logomark was printed at the right side of the front cover. |  |
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| Catalogue number "EAS-80562" was printed at the upper right corner of the front cover. | |||||
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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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Yasuharu Suita. Credited with liner notes
on Japanese releases. |
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Catalogue number "EAS-80562" was printed at the lower right corner. | ||
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"TOSHIBA EMI Ltd." and "MADE IN JAPAN ⓛ" were printed on the bottom left of the back cover. | ||||
| 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 œthe top. Catalog No. "EAS-780562", 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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The back of the first press Obi is a Type
1 "blank Obi" with no record advertisements printed. |
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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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Has the same track listing as U.S. press. |
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OTHER ITEM
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| RECORD LABEL | Apple type-2-2 Label / Light green Apple |
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| MIX | STEREO |
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| MATRIX No. | SIDE 1 | ST-X-1-2047 1S3
6 |
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| SIDE 2 | ST-X-2-2047
1S3 8 |
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| PRESS MARK | 6-5 |
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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-EMI LTD. JAPAN |
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| SYMBOL/PRICE | ⓛ ¥2,500 |
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| LYRIC SHEET STYLE | Slip Sheet / Includes Japanese/English bio-lyric sheet insert. | ||||
| COVER FORM | Bihold type / Curved side |
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| INNER SLEEVE |
Earlier pressings came with black inner sleeve, later pressings clear rice-paper sleeve. | ||||
| OBI |
Country Flag Obi Type-1 "blank Obi" with
no record advertisements printed. |
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| COVER DESIGN/ PHOTO/ NOTES | Cover photo: Robert Freeman |
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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° 16 in the series, with US flag obi. Light green apple label. The words "MFD. BY TOSHIBA-EMI LTD. JAPAN" was printed at the bottom of the label. 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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