 Odeon 1st. Sleeve |
| TITLE | MEET THE BEATLES! | ||||
| CATALOG NUMBER | OR-7041 |
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| RELEASE DATE | 15th.
April 1964 / First Press |
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| TRACK LISTING | SIDE 1 | SIDE 2 | |||
| I Want To Hold Your Hand |
Please Please Me |
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| She Loves You |
I Saw Her Standing There |
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| From Me To You |
P.S. I Love You |
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| Twist And Shout |
Little Child |
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| Love Me Do |
All My Loving |
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| Baby, It's You |
Hold Me Tight | ||||
| Don't Bother Me | Please Mister Postman |
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| FRONT --> Click! | BACK --> Click! | SIDE 1 --> Click! | SIDE 2 --> Click! | DISK | |
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| INNER SLEEVE |
LYRIC
SHEET (Slip Sheet Type)
|
The
original
plain white inner bag has a fold-over flap at the top of the
bag to prevent the record from falling out. The lyric sheet is slip sheet type. |
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| FRONT --> Click! | BACK --> Click! | FRONT --> Click! | BACK --> Click! | ||
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| LYRIC SHEET CLOSE
UP |
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Catalog number and the company name "Toshiba Musical Industries Ltd." were printed on the lyric sheet. | |||
| "HANKAKE" OBI CLOSE UP | |||||
| FRONT | BACK --> Click! | ||||
| Sorry, I don't have it. |
 |
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| In the early 1960s, a short-lived
hankake obi, or “half obi” was used. These were small strips
of paper that simply folded over the top of the cover. |
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| FRONT COVER CLOSE UP | BACK COVER CLOSE UP | ||||
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Toshiba pressed a lot of their records on red, “Everclean” vinyl. The Everclean vinyl was designed to be less prone to collecting static electricity and dust than the more common black vinyl. | |
| Odeon
logo mark and catalog number "OR 7041" were printed on the
front sleeve. |
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| BACK COVER CLOSE UP | |||||
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Single type.
Full laminated soft cover. Twin-flipback cover (round type). "Toshiba Musical Industries Ltd." and "F-¥1,500" were printed at the bottom of the back cover. |
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| LABEL CLOSE UP | |||||
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 |
Toshiba
pressed a lot of their records on red, "Everclean" vinyl
from 1958 through 1974 (maybe). The Everclean vinyl
was designed to be less prone to collecting static
electricity and dust than the more common black vinyl. The
words "MFD. BY TOSHIBA MUSICAL INDUSTRIES LTD. IN JAPAN" was
printed at the perimeter. |
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| LABEL CLOSE UP | |||||
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The words "LONG PLAYING" was
printed at the bottom of the label. Catalog number and matrix number were printed at the right side of the center hole. |
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OTHER ITEM
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| - | |||||
| RECORD LABEL | Odeon Label Type-1 (with the words "LONG
PLAYING") |
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| MIX | MONO |
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| MATRIX No. | SIDE 1 | 2EJ-13 11 |
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| SIDE 2 | 2EJ-14
14 |
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| PRESS MARK | D4 |
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| VINYL COLOR | RED |
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| RECORD COMPANY'S NAME | SLEEVE | Toshiba
Ongaku kogyo Kabusikigaisha |
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| LABEL | MFD. BY
TOSHIBA MUSICAL INDUSTRIES LTD. IN JAPAN |
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| SYMBOL/PRICE | F - ¥1,500 |
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| LYRIC SHEET STYLE | Slip Sheet Type |
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| COVER FORM | Single type. Full laminated soft cover. Twin-flipback cover (round type) |
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| INNER SLEEVE |
Plain
White Inner bag |
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| OBI |
"Hankake" Obi White in design with dark blue Japanese text. Obis draped from the top, not forming a loop. |
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| COVER DESIGN/ PHOTO/ NOTES | Notes: Ichiro Takasaki |
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COMMENTS
|
Black Odeon label with
silver print. The words "LONG PLAYING" was printed at the bottom of the label. Toshiba released the first Japanese record featuring the Beatles. When this record was released in 1964, Toshiba's official name was "Toshiba Musical Industries Ltd." and they used the Odeon label for this and subsequent Beatles releases. This is the first album released in Japan. The Japanese version looks similar to the U.S. version but has a different track listing, a red and orange (rather than brown and blue) front cover title, and a different back cover. Red vinyl: Besides good sound and quality printing, Japanese records also offered some other things of interest to the collector. One of the primary manufacturing companies in Japan, Toshiba, pressed a lot of their records on red, “Everclean” vinyl from 1958 through 1974 (maybe). While not pressed as collectors’ items, these red vinyl pressings are more sought out by collectors than their black vinyl counterparts. The Everclean vinyl was designed to be less prone to collecting static electricity and dust than the more common black vinyl. The obi: A. K. A."Hankake" Obi It is made from very thin paper stock. It is white in design with dark blue Japanese text. It also features an Odeon logo, catalogue number and price information. While most Japanese records feature local music, a lot of music fans there like foreign music, as well. The language barrier in Japan presented a problem – should foreign album covers be changed for Japanese albums? The solution was the obi, which means “belt” or “sash”. The obi is a strip of paper, usually about two inches wide, that wraps vertically around the album cover, containing information about the artist and album in Japanese. As these strips of paper were fragile and easily torn, they are often missing, especially since consumers in the 1950s and 1960s attached little significance to them. Finding Japanese records made prior to 1970 that still have the obi intact can be quite difficult, and for some albums, nearly impossible. The inclusion of the obi can dramatically affect the price of some Japanese records, sometimes increasing the price by a factor of ten. While usually found in a wraparound strip, there are other versions of the obi that have occasionally been used. In the early 1960s, a short-lived hankake obi, or “half obi” was used. These were small strips of paper that simply folded over the top of the cover. These were problematic for retailers, as they tended to easily fall off of the record. |
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| TITLE | MEET THE BEATLES! | ||||
| CATALOG NUMBER | OR-7041 |
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| RELEASE DATE | September
1967? / Second Press |
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| TRACK LISTING | SIDE 1 | SIDE 2 | |||
| I Want To Hold Your Hand |
Please Please Me |
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| She Loves You |
I Saw Her Standing There |
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| From Me To You |
P.S. I Love You |
||||
| Twist And Shout |
Little Child |
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| Love Me Do |
All My Loving |
||||
| Baby, It's You |
Hold Me Tight | ||||
| Don't Bother Me | Please Mister Postman |
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| FRONT --> Click! | BACK --> Click! | SIDE 1 --> Click! | SIDE 2 --> Click! | DISK | |
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| INNER SLEEVE |
|||||
| FRONT --> Click! | BACK --> Click! | INNER SLEEVE CLOSE UP | The original colour
"advert" inner bag. Has a fold-over flap at the top of the bag to prevent the record from falling out. The words "Special Selection Records" was printed in blue. |
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| LYRIC SHEET (Slip Sheet Type) | |||||
| FRONT --> Click! | BACK --> Click! | LYRIC SHEET CLOSE UP | |||
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The lyric sheet is slip sheet type. |  |
Odeon logomark was printed at the upper
left corner of the lyric sheet. |
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Catalog number and the company name "Toshiba Musical Industries Ltd." were printed on the lyric sheet. | |||
| "HANKAKE" OBI CLOSE UP | |||||
| FRONT --> Click! | BACK --> Click! | ||||
 |
 |
2nd. pressing had a light blue / white so
called "Sankaku"(triangle) or "V-shape" OBI and priced ¥1750
on rear sleeve and obi strip. |
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The obi remains intactwith the order form
on the back uncut. |
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| FRONT COVER CLOSE UP | BACK COVER CLOSE UP | ||||
 |
 |
 |
 |
Toshiba pressed a lot of their records on red, “Everclean” vinyl. The Everclean vinyl was designed to be less prone to collecting static electricity and dust than the more common black vinyl. | |
| Odeon
logo mark and catalog number "OR 7041" were printed on the
front sleeve. |
|||||
| BACK COVER CLOSE UP | |||||
 |
 |
Single type.
Full laminated soft cover. Twin-flipback cover (straight type). "Toshiba Musical Industries Ltd." and "G-¥1,500" were printed at the bottom of the back cover. Liner notes: Ichiro Takasaki. |
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| LABEL CLOSE UP | |||||
 |
 |
Toshiba
pressed a lot of their records on red, "Everclean" vinyl
from 1958 through 1974 (maybe). The Everclean vinyl
was designed to be less prone to collecting static
electricity and dust than the more common black vinyl. The
words "MFD. BY TOSHIBA MUSICAL INDUSTRIES LTD. IN JAPAN" was
printed at the perimeter. |
|||
| LABEL CLOSE UP | |||||
 |
 |
 |
The words "LONG PLAYING" was erased at the bottom of
the label. Catalog number and matrix number were printed at the right side of the center hole. |
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| LABEL CLOSE UP | |||||
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 |
The Japanese version looks
similar to the U.S. version but has a different track
listing. |
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|
OTHER ITEM
|
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| - | |||||
| RECORD LABEL | Odeon Label Type-2 (without the
words "LONG PLAYING") |
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| MIX | MONO |
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| MATRIX No. | SIDE 1 | 2EJ-13-2 44 |
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| SIDE 2 | 2EJ-14-3
25 |
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| PRESS MARK | 7B
-> 7C -> 7J |
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| VINYL COLOR | RED |
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| RECORD COMPANY'S NAME | SLEEVE | Toshiba
Ongaku
kogyo Kabusikigaisha |
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| LABEL | MFD. BY
TOSHIBA MUSICAL INDUSTRIES LTD. IN JAPAN |
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| SYMBOL/PRICE | G - ¥1,500 |
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| LYRIC SHEET STYLE | Slip Sheet Type |
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| COVER FORM | Single type. Full laminated soft cover. Twin-flipback cover (round type) |
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| INNER SLEEVE |
The original colour "advert" inner bag
Type-4 |
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| OBI |
Light blue / white so called "Sankaku"
(triangle) or "V-shape" OBI |
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| COVER DESIGN/ PHOTO/ NOTES | Notes: Ichiro Takasaki |
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|
COMMENTS
|
Black Odeon label with
silver print. The words "LONG PLAYING" was erased at the bottom of the label. Toshiba released the first Japanese record featuring the Beatles. When this record was released in 1964, Toshiba's official name was "Toshiba Musical Industries Ltd." and they used the Odeon label for this and subsequent Beatles releases. This is the first album released in Japan. The Japanese version looks similar to the U.S. version but has a different track listing, a red and orange (rather than brown and blue) front cover title, and a different back cover. Liner notes: Ichiro Takasaki. Ichiro Takasaki: Japanese radio DJ and producer, President of Pacific Music Publishing, Later Fuji Pacific Music Publishing. Red vinyl: Besides good sound and quality printing, Japanese records also offered some other things of interest to the collector. One of the primary manufacturing companies in Japan, Toshiba, pressed a lot of their records on red, “Everclean” vinyl from 1958 through 1974 (maybe). While not pressed as collectors’ items, these red vinyl pressings are more sought out by collectors than their black vinyl counterparts. The Everclean vinyl was designed to be less prone to collecting static electricity and dust than the more common black vinyl. The obi: A. K. A."V-shape" Obi 2nd. pressing had a light blue/white so called "Sankaku"(triangle) or "V-shape" OBI and priced ¥1750 on rear sleeve and obi strip. It also features an Odeon logo, catalogue number and price information. Only issued briefly in 1966 August till November. Soon, price changed ¥2,000 (stickered on old price, subsequently printed on rear sleeve) with different obi (green arrow obi) and different catalog number (OP-8147). While most Japanese records feature local music, a lot of music fans there like foreign music, as well. The language barrier in Japan presented a problem – should foreign album covers be changed for Japanese albums? The solution was the obi, which means “belt” or “sash”. The obi is a strip of paper, usually about two inches wide, that wraps vertically around the album cover, containing information about the artist and album in Japanese. As these strips of paper were fragile and easily torn, they are often missing, especially since consumers in the 1950s and 1960s attached little significance to them. Finding Japanese records made prior to 1970 that still have the obi intact can be quite difficult, and for some albums, nearly impossible. The inclusion of the obi can dramatically affect the price of some Japanese records, sometimes increasing the price by a factor of ten. |
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| TITLE | MEET THE
BEATLES! |
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| CATALOG NUMBER | OR-8026 |
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| RELEASE DATE | December 1968? / 3rd. Press |
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| TRACK LISTING | SIDE 1 | SIDE 2 | |||
| I Want To Hold Your Hand |
Please Please Me |
||||
| She Loves You |
I Saw Her Standing There |
||||
| From Me To You |
P.S. I Love You |
||||
| Twist And Shout |
Little Child |
||||
| Love Me Do |
All My Loving |
||||
| Baby, It's You |
Hold Me Tight |
||||
| Don't Bother Me |
Please Mister Postman |
||||
| FRONT --> Click! | BACK --> Click! | SIDE 1 --> Click! | SIDE 2 --> Click! | DISK | |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
| INNER SLEEVE |
LYRIC
SHEET (Slip Sheet Type)
|
The
original
colour "advert" inner bag has a fold-over flap at the top of
the bag to prevent the record from falling out. The lyric sheet is slip sheet type. |
|||
| FRONT --> Click! | BACK --> Click! | FRONT --> Click! | BACK --> Click! | ||
 |
 |
 |
 |
||
| INNER SLEEVE CLOSE UP |
LYRIC SHEET CLOSE UP | ||||
 |
 |
 |
|||
| Catalog number "OR-8026" and the company name "Toshiba Musical Industries Ltd." were printed on the lyric sheet. | |||||
| Odeon Green Arrow OBI CLOSE UP | |||||
| FRONT | BACK --> Click! | ||||
 |
 |
4th. pressing had a green "arrow" OBI and priced ¥2,000 on rear sleeve and obi strip. |  |
The obi remains intactwith
the order form on the back uncut. |
|
| FRONT COVER CLOSE UP | BACK COVER CLOSE UP | ||||
 |
 |
 |
 |
Toshiba pressed a lot of their records on red, “Everclean” vinyl. The Everclean vinyl was designed to be less prone to collecting static electricity and dust than the more common black vinyl. | |
| Odeon logo mark and Catalog number "OR-8026" were printed on the front sleeve. | |||||
| BACK COVER CLOSE UP | |||||
 |
 |
Single type.
Full laminated soft cover. Twin-flipback cover (straight type). "Toshiba Musical Industries Ltd." and "H-¥1,700" were printed at the bottom of the back cover. |
|||
| LABEL CLOSE UP | |||||
 |
 |
Toshiba
pressed a lot of their records on red, "Everclean" vinyl
from 1958 through 1974 (maybe). The Everclean vinyl
was designed to be less prone to collecting static
electricity and dust than the more common black vinyl. The
words "MFD. BY TOSHIBA MUSICAL INDUSTRIES LTD. IN JAPAN" was
printed at the perimeter. |
|||
| LABEL CLOSE UP | |||||
 |
 |
 |
The words "LONG PLAYING" was erased at the bottom of
the label. Catalog number "OR-8026" and matrix number were printed at the right side of the center hole. |
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|
OTHER ITEM
|
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| - | |||||
| RECORD LABEL | Odeon Label Type-2 (without the words "LONG
PLAYING") |
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| MIX | MONO |
||||
| MATRIX No. | SIDE 1 | 2EJ-13 2S 2 | |||
| SIDE 2 | 2EJ-14 2S 4 | ||||
| PRESS MARK | 8M |
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| VINYL COLOR | RED |
||||
| RECORD COMPANY'S NAME | SLEEVE | Toshiba
Ongaku kogyo Kabusikigaisha |
|||
| LABEL | MFD. BY
TOSHIBA MUSICAL INDUSTRIES LTD. IN JAPAN |
||||
| SYMBOL/PRICE | H -
¥1,700 |
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| LYRIC SHEET STYLE | Slip Sheet Type |
||||
| COVER FORM | Single type. Full laminated soft cover. Twin-flipback cover (straight type) |
||||
| INNER SLEEVE |
The
original colour "advert" inner bag Type-6-2 |
||||
| OBI |
Green / white so called "Odeon Arrow" OBI |
||||
| COVER DESIGN/ PHOTO/ NOTES | Notes: Ichiro Takasaki |
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|
COMMENTS
|
Black Odeon label with
silver print. The words "LONG PLAYING" was erased at the bottom of the label. In 1967, the price of LPs rose, and the price of monaural LPs rose from 1,500 yen to 1,700 yen. Already released Beatles LPs have been reissued with record numbers changed to the OP-8000 series and prices increased.The obi has also been changed to an arrow obi. Red vinyl: Besides good sound and quality printing, Japanese records also offered some other things of interest to the collector. One of the primary manufacturing companies in Japan, Toshiba, pressed a lot of their records on red, “Everclean” vinyl from 1958 through 1974 (maybe). While not pressed as collectors’ items, these red vinyl pressings are more sought out by collectors than their black vinyl counterparts. The Everclean vinyl was designed to be less prone to collecting static electricity and dust than the more common black vinyl. The obi: A. K. A."Arrow" Obi 3rd. pressing had a green / white so called "Arrow" OBI and priced ¥1700 on rear sleeve and obi strip. On June 1967, starting with "Oldies (OP-8016)", numbering for new Odeon LPs changed to the 8000 range numbers. So Obis were renew, A.K.A. Odeon "Arrow Obi" in green and with the same design as the Apple Obis. While most Japanese records feature local music, a lot of music fans there like foreign music, as well. The language barrier in Japan presented a problem – should foreign album covers be changed for Japanese albums? The solution was the obi, which means “belt” or “sash”. The obi is a strip of paper, usually about two inches wide, that wraps vertically around the album cover, containing information about the artist and album in Japanese. As these strips of paper were fragile and easily torn, they are often missing, especially since consumers in the 1950s and 1960s attached little significance to them. Finding Japanese records made prior to 1970 that still have the obi intact can be quite difficult, and for some albums, nearly impossible. The inclusion of the obi can dramatically affect the price of some Japanese records, sometimes increasing the price by a factor of ten. |
||||
| TITLE | MEET THE
BEATLES! |
||||
| CATALOG NUMBER | OR-8026 |
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| RELEASE DATE | May 1968? / Gramophone Contract Press |
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| TRACK LISTING | SIDE 1 | SIDE 2 | |||
| I Want To Hold Your Hand |
Please Please Me |
||||
| She Loves You |
I Saw Her Standing There |
||||
| From Me To You |
P.S. I Love You |
||||
| Twist And Shout |
Little Child |
||||
| Love Me Do |
All My Loving |
||||
| Baby, It's You |
Hold Me Tight |
||||
| Don't Bother Me |
Please Mister Postman |
||||
| FRONT --> Click! | BACK --> Click! | SIDE 1 --> Click! | SIDE 2 --> Click! | DISK | |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
| INNER SLEEVE |
LYRIC
SHEET (Slip Sheet Type)
|
The
original
colour "advert" inner bag has a fold-over flap at the top of
the bag to prevent the record from falling out. The lyric sheet is slip sheet type. |
|||
| FRONT --> Click! | BACK --> Click! | FRONT --> Click! | BACK --> Click! | ||
 |
 |
|
|
||
| INNER SLEEVE CLOSE UP |
LYRIC SHEET CLOSE UP | ||||
 |
|
|
|||
| Catalog number "OR-8026" and the company name "Toshiba Musical Industries Ltd." were printed on the lyric sheet. | |||||
| Odeon Green Arrow OBI CLOSE UP | |||||
| FRONT | BACK | ||||
| Sorry, I don't have it. |
|||||
| FRONT COVER CLOSE UP | BACK COVER CLOSE UP | ||||
 |
 |
 |
 |
Toshiba pressed a lot of their records on red, “Everclean” vinyl. The Everclean vinyl was designed to be less prone to collecting static electricity and dust than the more common black vinyl. | |
| Odeon logo mark and Catalog number "OR-8026" were printed on the front sleeve. | |||||
| BACK COVER CLOSE UP | |||||
 |
 |
Single type.
Full laminated soft cover. Twin-flipback cover (straight type). "Toshiba Musical Industries Ltd." and "H-¥1,700" were printed at the bottom of the back cover. |
|||
| LABEL CLOSE UP | |||||
 |
 |
Sometimes
Toshiba had problems to press enough records to keep up with
the demand. To increase production they turned to other
companies (ex. Gramophone,
Victor, King Records, and SONY) to press up some
copies of a particular release. The words "MFD. UNDER LICENCE BY TOSHIBA MUSICAL INDUSTRIES LTD. IN JAPAN" was printed at the perimeter. |
|||
| LABEL CLOSE UP | |||||
 |
 |
 |
The words "LONG PLAYING" was erased at the bottom of
the label. Catalog number "OR-8026" and matrix number were printed at the right side of the center hole. |
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|
OTHER ITEM
|
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| - | |||||
| RECORD LABEL | Odeon Label Type-3 ("MFD.
UNDER LICENCE BY TOSHIBA" rim) Gramophone Contract Press |
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| MIX | MONO |
||||
| MATRIX No. | SIDE 1 | 2EJ-13 2S 2 | |||
| SIDE 2 | 2EJ-14 2S 1 | ||||
| PRESS MARK | EG8 |
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| VINYL COLOR | BLACK |
||||
| RECORD COMPANY'S NAME | SLEEVE | Toshiba
Ongaku kogyo Kabusikigaisha |
|||
| LABEL | MFD. UNDER LICENCE BY TOSHIBA
MUSICAL INDUSTRIES LTD. IN JAPAN |
||||
| SYMBOL/PRICE | H -
¥1,700 |
||||
| LYRIC SHEET STYLE | Slip Sheet Type |
||||
| COVER FORM | Single type. Full laminated soft cover. Twin-flipback cover (straight type) |
||||
| INNER SLEEVE |
The
original colour "advert" inner bag Type-6-2 |
||||
| OBI |
Green / white so called "Odeon Arrow" OBI |
||||
| COVER DESIGN/ PHOTO/ NOTES | Notes: Ichiro Takasaki |
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|
COMMENTS
|
Black Odeon Type-3
label with silver print. The words "MFD. UNDER LICENCE BY TOSHIBA MUSICAL INDUSTRIES LTD. IN JAPAN" was printed at the perimeter. The words "LONG PLAYING" was erased at the bottom of the label. In 1967, the price of LPs rose, and the price of monaural LPs rose from 1,500 yen to 1,700 yen. Already released Beatles LPs have been reissued with record numbers changed to the OP-8000 series and prices increased. The obi has also been changed to an arrow obi. Sometimes Toshiba had problems to press enough records to keep up with the demand. To increase production they turned to other companies (ex. Gramophone, Victor, King Records, and SONY) to press up some copies of a particular release. Red vinyl: Besides good sound and quality printing, Japanese records also offered some other things of interest to the collector. One of the primary manufacturing companies in Japan, Toshiba, pressed a lot of their records on red, “Everclean” vinyl from 1958 through 1974 (maybe). While not pressed as collectors’ items, these red vinyl pressings are more sought out by collectors than their black vinyl counterparts. The Everclean vinyl was designed to be less prone to collecting static electricity and dust than the more common black vinyl. The obi: A. K. A."Arrow" Obi 3rd. pressing had a green / white so called "Arrow" OBI and priced ¥1700 on rear sleeve and obi strip. On June 1967, starting with "Oldies (OP-8016)", numbering for new Odeon LPs changed to the 8000 range numbers. So Obis were renew, A.K.A. Odeon "Arrow Obi" in green and with the same design as the Apple Obis. While most Japanese records feature local music, a lot of music fans there like foreign music, as well. The language barrier in Japan presented a problem – should foreign album covers be changed for Japanese albums? The solution was the obi, which means “belt” or “sash”. The obi is a strip of paper, usually about two inches wide, that wraps vertically around the album cover, containing information about the artist and album in Japanese. As these strips of paper were fragile and easily torn, they are often missing, especially since consumers in the 1950s and 1960s attached little significance to them. Finding Japanese records made prior to 1970 that still have the obi intact can be quite difficult, and for some albums, nearly impossible. The inclusion of the obi can dramatically affect the price of some Japanese records, sometimes increasing the price by a factor of ten. |
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| TITLE | MEET THE
BEATLES! |
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| CATALOG NUMBER | AR-8026 |
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| RELEASE DATE | March 1970? / 4th. Press |
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| TRACK LISTING | SIDE 1 | SIDE 2 | |||
| I Want To Hold Your Hand |
Please Please Me |
||||
| She Loves You |
I Saw Her Standing There |
||||
| From Me To You |
P.S. I Love You |
||||
| Twist And Shout |
Little Child |
||||
| Love Me Do |
All My Loving |
||||
| Baby, It's You |
Hold Me Tight |
||||
| Don't Bother Me |
Please Mister Postman |
||||
| FRONT --> Click! | BACK --> Click! | SIDE 1 --> Click! | SIDE 2 --> Click! | DISK | |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
| INNER SLEEVE |
LYRIC
SHEET (Slip Sheet Type)
|
With
Apple
custom black inner sleeve. The lyric sheet is slip sheet type. |
|||
| FRONT --> Click! | BACK --> Click! | FRONT --> Click! | BACK --> Click! | ||
 |
 |
 |
 |
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| LYRIC SHEET CLOSE UP | |||||
 |
 |
Catalog number "AR-8026" and the company name "Toshiba Musical Industries Ltd." were printed on the lyric sheet. | |||
| Apple Green Arrow OBI CLOSE UP | |||||
| FRONT | BACK --> Click! | ||||
 |
 |
4th. pressing had a green "arrow" OBI and priced ¥1,700 on rear sleeve and obi strip. |  |
The obi remains intactwith
the order form on the back uncut. |
|
| FRONT COVER CLOSE UP | BACK COVER CLOSE UP | ||||
 |
 |
 |
 |
"Ever
Clean"
logo was removed from the back cover. Liner notes by Yoshiji Kizaki. "H-¥1,700" were printed at the bottom of the back cover. |
|
| Apple logo mark and Catalog number "AR-8026" were printed on the front sleeve. | |||||
| BACK COVER CLOSE UP | |||||
 |
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Single type.
Full laminated soft cover. Twin-flipback cover (straight type). The company name "Toshiba Musical Industries Ltd." were printed on the back cover. |
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| LABEL CLOSE UP | |||||
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In 1969,
Toshiba had to reissue on the Apple label all the records
previously issued on the Odeon label. 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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| LABEL CLOSE UP | |||||
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The words "MFD. BY TOSHIBA
MUSICAL INDUSTRIES LTD. JAPAN" was printed at the bottom of
the label. Catalog number "AR-8026" and matrix number were printed at the right side of the center hole. |
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OTHER ITEM
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| With a track list sheet. (Sorry, I don't have it.) |
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| RECORD LABEL | Dark Green Apple label Type-1 |
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| MIX | MONO |
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| MATRIX No. | SIDE 1 | 2EJ-13- 2S2 3 | |||
| SIDE 2 | 2EJ-14 2S2 4 | ||||
| PRESS MARK | B0
-> 0C |
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| VINYL COLOR | RED |
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| RECORD COMPANY'S NAME | SLEEVE | Toshiba
Ongaku kogyo Kabusikigaisha |
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| LABEL | MFD. BY
TOSHIBA MUSICAL INDUSTRIES LTD. JAPAN |
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| SYMBOL/PRICE | H -
¥1,700 |
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| LYRIC SHEET STYLE | Slip Sheet Type |
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| COVER FORM | Single type. Full laminated soft cover. Twin-flipback cover (straight type) |
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| INNER SLEEVE |
Apple custom black sleeve |
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| OBI |
Green / white so called "Apple Arrow" OBI |
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| COVER DESIGN/ PHOTO/ NOTES | Notes: Ichiro Takasaki |
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COMMENTS
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Dark green Apple label
Type-1with black print. In late (September?)1969, Toshiba had to reissue on the Apple label all the records previously issued on the Odeon label. And in the Apple label, there are two subtypes, TOSHIBA MUSIC and TOSHIBA EMI. Further more, the early copies of the APPLE-TOSHIBA MUSIC type have dark Apple on its label, though the late copies have light one. Red vinyl: Besides good sound and quality printing, Japanese records also offered some other things of interest to the collector. One of the primary manufacturing companies in Japan, Toshiba, pressed a lot of their records on red, “Everclean” vinyl from 1958 through 1974 (maybe). While not pressed as collectors’ items, these red vinyl pressings are more sought out by collectors than their black vinyl counterparts. The Everclean vinyl was designed to be less prone to collecting static electricity and dust than the more common black vinyl. This LP was manufactured two ways: both Black and Red vinyl. The obi: A. K. A."Arrow" Obi 3th. and 4th. pressing had a green / white so called "Arrow" OBI and priced ¥1700 on rear sleeve and obi strip. On June 1967, starting with "Oldies (OP-8016)", numbering for new Odeon LPs changed to the 8000 range numbers. So Obis were renew, A.K.A. Odeon "Arrow Obi" in green and with the same design as the Apple Obis. While most Japanese records feature local music, a lot of music fans there like foreign music, as well. The language barrier in Japan presented a problem – should foreign album covers be changed for Japanese albums? The solution was the obi, which means “belt” or “sash”. The obi is a strip of paper, usually about two inches wide, that wraps vertically around the album cover, containing information about the artist and album in Japanese. As these strips of paper were fragile and easily torn, they are often missing, especially since consumers in the 1950s and 1960s attached little significance to them. Finding Japanese records made prior to 1970 that still have the obi intact can be quite difficult, and for some albums, nearly impossible. The inclusion of the obi can dramatically affect the price of some Japanese records, sometimes increasing the price by a factor of ten. |
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| TITLE | MEET THE
BEATLES! |
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| CATALOG NUMBER | AR-8026 |
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| RELEASE DATE | February 1972? / 4th. Press |
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| TRACK LISTING | SIDE 1 | SIDE 2 | |||
| I Want To Hold Your Hand |
Please Please Me |
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| She Loves You |
I Saw Her Standing There |
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| From Me To You |
P.S. I Love You |
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| Twist And Shout |
Little Child |
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| Love Me Do |
All My Loving |
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| Baby, It's You |
Hold Me Tight |
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| Don't Bother Me |
Please Mister Postman |
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| FRONT --> Click! | BACK --> Click! | SIDE 1 --> Click! | SIDE 2 --> Click! | DISK | |
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| INNER SLEEVE |
LYRIC
SHEET (Slip Sheet Type)
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With
Apple
custom black inner sleeve. The lyric sheet is slip sheet type. |
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| FRONT --> Click! | BACK --> Click! | FRONT --> Click! | BACK --> Click! | ||
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Catalog number "AR-8026" and the company name "Toshiba Musical Industries Ltd." were printed on the lyric sheet. | |||
| Apple Green Arrow OBI CLOSE UP | |||||
| FRONT | BACK --> Click! | ||||
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4th. pressing had a green "arrow" OBI and priced ¥1,700 on rear sleeve and obi strip. |  |
The obi remains intactwith
the order form on the back uncut. |
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| FRONT COVER CLOSE UP | BACK COVER CLOSE UP | ||||
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"Ever
Clean"
logo was removed from the back cover. Liner notes by Yoshiji Kizaki. "H-¥1,700" were printed at the bottom of the back cover. |
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| Apple logo mark and Catalog number "AR-8026" were printed on the front sleeve. | |||||
| BACK COVER CLOSE UP | |||||
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Single type.
Full laminated soft cover. Twin-flipback cover (straight type). The company name "Toshiba Musical Industries Ltd." were printed on the back cover. |
|||
| LABEL CLOSE UP | |||||
 |
 |
In 1969,
Toshiba had to reissue on the Apple label all the records
previously issued on the Odeon label. 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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| LABEL CLOSE UP | |||||
 |
 |
 |
The words "MFD. BY TOSHIBA
MUSICAL INDUSTRIES LTD. JAPAN" was printed at the bottom of
the label. Catalog number "AR-8026" and matrix number were printed at the right side of the center hole. |
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OTHER ITEM
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| With a track list sheet. (Sorry, I don't have it.) |
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| RECORD LABEL | Dark Green Apple label Type-1 |
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| MIX | MONO |
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| MATRIX No. | SIDE 1 | 2EJ-13- 2S2 16 | |||
| SIDE 2 | 2EJ-14 2S2 3 1 | ||||
| PRESS MARK | 2B |
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| VINYL COLOR | BLACK |
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| RECORD COMPANY'S NAME | SLEEVE | Toshiba
Ongaku kogyo Kabusikigaisha |
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| LABEL | MFD. BY
TOSHIBA MUSICAL INDUSTRIES LTD. JAPAN |
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| SYMBOL/PRICE | H -
¥1,700 |
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| LYRIC SHEET STYLE | Slip Sheet Type |
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| COVER FORM | Single type. Full laminated soft cover. Twin-flipback cover (straight type) |
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| INNER SLEEVE |
Apple custom black sleeve |
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| OBI |
Green / white so called "Apple Arrow" OBI |
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| COVER DESIGN/ PHOTO/ NOTES | Notes: Ichiro Takasaki |
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|
COMMENTS
|
Dark green Apple label
Type-1with black print. In late (September?)1969, Toshiba had to reissue on the Apple label all the records previously issued on the Odeon label. And in the Apple label, there are two subtypes, TOSHIBA MUSIC and TOSHIBA EMI. Further more, the early copies of the APPLE-TOSHIBA MUSIC type have dark Apple on its label, though the late copies have light one. Red vinyl: Besides good sound and quality printing, Japanese records also offered some other things of interest to the collector. One of the primary manufacturing companies in Japan, Toshiba, pressed a lot of their records on red, “Everclean” vinyl from 1958 through 1974 (maybe). While not pressed as collectors’ items, these red vinyl pressings are more sought out by collectors than their black vinyl counterparts. The Everclean vinyl was designed to be less prone to collecting static electricity and dust than the more common black vinyl. This LP was manufactured two ways: both Black and Red vinyl. The obi: A. K. A."Arrow" Obi 3th. and 4th. pressing had a green / white so called "Arrow" OBI and priced ¥1700 on rear sleeve and obi strip. On June 1967, starting with "Oldies (OP-8016)", numbering for new Odeon LPs changed to the 8000 range numbers. So Obis were renew, A.K.A. Odeon "Arrow Obi" in green and with the same design as the Apple Obis. While most Japanese records feature local music, a lot of music fans there like foreign music, as well. The language barrier in Japan presented a problem – should foreign album covers be changed for Japanese albums? The solution was the obi, which means “belt” or “sash”. The obi is a strip of paper, usually about two inches wide, that wraps vertically around the album cover, containing information about the artist and album in Japanese. As these strips of paper were fragile and easily torn, they are often missing, especially since consumers in the 1950s and 1960s attached little significance to them. Finding Japanese records made prior to 1970 that still have the obi intact can be quite difficult, and for some albums, nearly impossible. The inclusion of the obi can dramatically affect the price of some Japanese records, sometimes increasing the price by a factor of ten. |
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