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TITLE
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LES BEATLES 1965 | ||||
| CATALOG NUMBER | SOE 3764 | ||||
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TRACK LISTING
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SIDE 1
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No Reply (Lennon-McCartney) I'm A Loser (Lennon-McCartney) |
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SIDE 2
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Rock And Roll Music (Berry) Eight Days A Week (Lennon-McCartney) |
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RELEASE DATE
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6th. April 1965? / First Press | ||||
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Housed in a
twin-flipback printed cover (full
laminated printed cover). Odeon logomark and catalog No. "SOE 3764" were printed at the upper left of the front and back cover. |
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4 Beatles' album are introduced on the back cover. | ||||
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office box was printed at the bottom of the back cover. "DILLARD et Cie, lmp. Paris" is Printer's name. It was printed at the bottom of the back cover. |
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Odéon Orange Label with black print. The word "BIEM" in a box was printed on both sides of the label. |
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Credited
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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 Orange Label with black print | ||||
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MIX
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MONO | ||||
| MATRIX NO. | SIDE 1 | M3 240528 7ARE 2121 21 | |||
| SIDE 2 | M3 240529 7ARE 2122 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 | ||||
| COVER FORM | Single type. Housed in a twin-flipback printed cover (full laminated printed cover). | ||||
| TAG | YES (but, I don't have it) | ||||
| PRINTER CREDIT | DILLARD et Cie, lmp. Paris | ||||
| COVER DESIGN/ PHOTO/ NOTES | Photo: Pablo Fanques | ||||
| PRODUCER | George Martin | ||||
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COMMENTS
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From 1964 through the end of 1965, all of
Odeon's EP releases were on an orange label with black print. Like their earlier counterparts, all of these are collectible today. The three dark blue label EP's were reissued onto the orange label. The cover photo is revealed in full on the front of the Portuguese EP "I Feel Fine". DILLARD et Cie, lmp. Paris: Printing company located in Paris, France, headed by Michel Dillard (an old publisher from La Sirène éditions musicales). Often appears on releases as "Dillard et Cie. Imp. Paris" or "Dillard & Cie, Imp. Paris". |
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TITLE
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LES BEATLES | ||||
| CATALOG NUMBER | MEO
106 |
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TRACK LISTING
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SIDE 1
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No Reply Lennon-Mc Cartney I'm A Loser Lennon-Mc Cartney |
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SIDE 2
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Rock And Roll Music Berry Eight Days A Week Lennon-McCartney |
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RELEASE DATE
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1971? / 4th. Press? | ||||
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Odeon logomark and renewal catalog No. "MEO 106" were printed at the lower corner of the front cover. | 
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Housed in a
no-flipback printed cover (half laminated printed cover). Catalog No. "MEO 106" and symbol "M (means "Medium"--concerning the quality of the vinyl)"" with the circle were printed at the front and back cover. |
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"IDN (Printer's name) was printed at
the right side of the back cover. "Beatles (fan) club" Post office box was printed at the bottom 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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| Symbol "M" without the circle was printed on the label's center right. | Credited
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song writing: "Lennon-McCartney" on both sides. "MADE IN FRANCE BY PATHE MARCONI EMI" was printed at the right side of the center hole. |
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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 | 7ARE
2121 21 M3 240528 |
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| SIDE 2 | 7ARE
2122 21 M3 240529 |
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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 | ? |
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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.
Symbol "M" without the circle was printed on the label's center right. 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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