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TITLE
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the BEATLES | ||||
| CATALOG NUMBER | MEO 107 | ||||
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TRACK LISTING
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SIDE
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We Can Work It Out Lennon-McCartney You Won't See Me Lennon-McCartney |
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SIDE 2
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Day Tripper Lennon-McCartney Norwegian Wood Lennon-McCartney |
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RELEASE DATE
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21th. March 1966 / First Press | ||||
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FRONT AND BACK COVER CLOSE
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Housed in a
twin-flipback printed cover (front
laminated printed cover). Catalog No. "MEO 107" was printed at the upper right of the front and back cover. |
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| "LES INDUSTRIES
MUSICALES ET ÉLECTRIQUES PATHÉ MARCONI - PARIS" credit was printed
at the bottom of the back cover. "IDN - MADE IN FRANCE." was printed at the right of the back cover. |
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Odéon Red Label with black
print. The word "BIEM" in a box was printed on both sides of the label. |
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Credited to song
writing "Lennon-McCartney" on both sides. "MADE IN FRANCE" was printed at the bottom of the label. |
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OTHER ITEM
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RECORD LABEL
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Odéon Red Label with black print type-1 (Large Odeon
logo) |
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MIX
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MONO | ||||
| MATRIX NO. | SIDE 1 | M3
246308 7TOP 1011 21 |
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| SIDE 2 | M3 246309 7TOP 1012 21 | ||||
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VINYL COLOR
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BLACK | ||||
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RECORD COMPANY'S NAME
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ODÉON / LES INDUSTRIES MUSICALES ET ÉLECTRIQUES PATHÉ MARCONI - PARIS |
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| COVER FORM | Single type. Housed in a twin-flipback printed cover (front laminated printed cover). | ||||
| TAG | YES | ||||
| PRINTER CREDIT | I.D.N. (?) | ||||
| COVER DESIGN/ PHOTO/ NOTES | Photo: Robert Freeman | ||||
| PRODUCER | George Martin | ||||
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COMMENTS
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For the first few months of 1966, a few EP's were
issued on a red label with large ODÉON. It is easy to see that this was an intermediary release, since by this time the Odeon logo on the EP covers had changed. The EP's which exist in this intermediate form are:
But although MEO 105 is a "Yesterday" EP, it is not a reissue of SOE 3772; instead, it is a domestic release of EP MOE 21004, which had previously been made only for export. IDN: French printing company. I.D.N. is an acronym standing for "Imprimerie Du Nord". Identified on most records with the sentence : "IDN made in France" or "I.D.N. made in France" |
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TITLE
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THE BEATLES | ||||
| CATALOG NUMBER | MEO
107 |
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TRACK LISTING
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SIDE 1
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We Can Work It Out Lennon-McCartney You Won't See Me Lennon-McCartney |
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SIDE 2
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Day Tripper Lennon-McCartney Norwegian Wood Lennon-McCartney |
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RELEASE DATE
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1971? / 4th. Press? | ||||
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Odeon
logomark and atalog No. "MEO 107" were printed at the upper corner
of the front cover. |
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| The credit "Photo Ketstone Press Agency LTD" was printed at the bottom of the front cover. | |||||
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a no-flipback printed cover (half laminated printed cover). "LES INDUSTRIES MUSICALES ET ÉLECTRIQUES PATHÉ MARCONI - PARIS" credit was printed at the back cover. |
"IDN (Printer's name) was printed at the right side of the back cover. | ||||
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Odéon Red Label with black print. "SACEM" logo type was printed on the label's center-left. |
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| "MADE IN FRANCE BY PATHE MARCONI EMI" was printed at the right side of the center hole. | Credited
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song writing: "Lennon - McCartney (without quote)" on both sides. |
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OTHER ITEM
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RECORD LABEL
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Odéon Red Label with black print Type2-3 (with SACEM
logo left) |
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MIX
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MONO | ||||
| MATRIX NO. | SIDE 1 | 7TOP 1011 21 II M3 246308 | |||
| SIDE 2 | 7TOP 1012 21 M3 246309 | ||||
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VINYL COLOR
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BLACK | ||||
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RECORD COMPANY'S NAME
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ODÉON | ||||
| COVER FORM | Single type. (half laminated printed cover). | ||||
| TAG | NONE |
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| PRINTER CREDIT | IDN |
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| COVER DESIGN/ PHOTO/ NOTES | - |
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| PRODUCER | George Martin | ||||
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COMMENTS
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For the first few months of 1966, a few
EP's were issued on a red label with large ODÉON. It is easy to see
that this was an intermediary release, since by this time the Odeon
logo on the EP covers had changed. The EP's which exist in this
intermediate form are:
The EP’s numbered MEO‐101 and MEO‐102 were released in January, 1966. While the Hollies EP is scarcer, the Beatles’ MEO‐102 may be found having a label marked “Médium” at the right side, or (less commonly) with a label showing an “M” in a circle. The circle‐M appears on most releases beginning in February, 1966. Later pressings of these records sometimes show “M” without a circle. At the beginning of May, 1966, Odeon replaced their earlier label with a red label and their logo with a logo that more closely resembled those used in other countries. The red label appears on all Odeon releases of the time, but when France took up the EEC numbering in 1969, they stopped using the original catalog numbers on Beatles releases. EP's originally released on the red label are shown below. You will notice that some records which were originally released on the dark blue/orange label were reissued and given new catalog numbers. Although the EP was essentially replaced by the single, or simple, in 1967, the EP's continued to be issued on the red label at least through 1969. The above four "transitional" EP's were reissued onto the red label.
IDN: French printing company. I.D.N. is an acronym standing for "Imprimerie Du Nord". Identified on most records with the sentence : "IDN made in France" or "I.D.N. made in France" |
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