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1. Les Beatles (With The Beatles) (OSX 222)
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#1-1 Les Beatles (1st. Press "Odéon Dark Green Label": OSX 222)
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TITLE LES BEATLES (with The Beatles)
CATALOG NUMBER OSX 222
RELEASE DATE 11th. December 1963 / First Press
TRACK LISTING SIDE 1 SIDE 2
It Won't Be Long Roll Over Beethoven
All I've Got To Do
 Hold Me Tight
All My Loving
 You Really Gotta Hold On Me
Don't Bother Me
 I Wanna Be Your Man
Little Child
 Devil In Her Heart
Till There Was You
 Not A Second Time
Please Mr. Postman Money
FRONT -->Click! BACK -->Click! SIDE 1 -->Click! SIDE 2 -->Click! DISK
label label label label label
INNER SLEEVE FRONT COVER CLOSE UP BACK COVER CLOSE UP
cover-up label Odeon logomark and catalog No. "OSX 222" were printed at the upper left of the front cover. label Odeon logomark and catalog No. "OSX 222" were printed at the upper right of the back cover.
Housed in a twin-flipback printed cover (Semi wrap-around cover).
BACK COVER CLOSE UP
label "Recording produced by George Martin" was printed at the bottom of the back cover.
BACK COVER CLOSE UP
label "Please Please Me U.K. press" was introduced on the back cover because this album was the first issue in France. label "DILLARD & Cie, lmp. Paris" is Printer's name?
BACK COVER CLOSE UP LABEL CLOSE UP
label label The song title of the 3rd. track of side-2, "YOU REALLY GOT A HOLD ON ME", was printed "YOU REALLY GOTTA HOLD ON ME" on both the back cover and label.
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The word "B.I.E.M" in a box was printed on both side of the label. According to Mr. Aurie, records with the BIEM, BIEM CHAPPEL or DR logos were pressed in the 60s - but the SACEM logo did not appear on French records before 1971/1972. (Thanks!)
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SIDE-1 SIDE-2 Matrix No. is
Side-1: XA R  777  21B      M6  231498
Side-2: XA R  778  21B      M6  231499
label label
OTHER ITEM
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LABEL Odéon Dark Green Label with silver print
MIX MONO
MATRIX No. SIDE 1 XA R  777  21B      M6  231498
SIDE 2 XA R  778  21B      M6  231499
VINYL COLOR BLACK
RECORD COMPANY'S NAME
 ODÉON
RECORDING PUBLISHED CREDIT -
COVER FORM Single type. Housed in a twin-flipback printed cover (fully laminated printed cover).
PRINTER CREDIT DILLARD & Cie, lmp. Paris
COVER DESIGN/ PHOTO/ NOTES Photo: Robert Freeman
INNER SLEEVE Plain White Inner Sleeve
PRODUCER George Martin
COMMENTS
 This is The Beatles' debut album in France.
The French albums were largely the same as those in the UK, although some early releases were retitled, and the equivalents of Please Please Me and With The Beatles were issued in reverse order.

Odéon Dark Green label (1st. Press);
Odéon France was changed from a green label to a dark blue label shortly after Les Beatles (OSX 222) was released, then changed from blue to orange in 1965.

*BIEM (Bureau International des Societes Gerant les Droits d'Enregistrement et de Reproduction Mecanique) handles the copyrights for 52 different countries.


#1-2 Les Beatles (3rd. Press? "Odéon Orange Label": OSX 222)
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TITLE LES BEATLES (with The Beatles)
CATALOG NUMBER OSX 222
RELEASE DATE Unknown / Third Press? (First Press: 11th. December 1963)
TRACK LISTING SIDE 1 SIDE 2
It Won't Be Long Roll Over Beethoven
All I've Got To Do
 Hold Me Tight
All My Loving
 You Really Gotta Hold On Me
Don't Bother Me
 I Wanna Be Your Man
Little Child
 Devil In Her Heart
Till There Was You
 Not A Second Time
Please Mr. Postman Money
FRONT -->Click! BACK -->Click! SIDE 1 -->Click! SIDE 2 -->Click! DISK
label label label label label
INNER SLEEVE FRONT COVER CLOSE UP BACK COVER CLOSE UP
cover-up label Odeon logomark and catalog No. "OSX 222" were printed at the upper left of the front cover. label Odeon logomark and catalog No. "OSX 222" were printed at the upper right of the back cover.
Housed in a twin-flipback printed cover (Semi wrap-around cover).
BACK COVER CLOSE UP
label "Recording produced by George Martin" was printed at the bottom of the back cover.
BACK COVER CLOSE UP
label "Please Please Me U.K. press" was introduced on the back cover because this album was the first issue in France. label "DILLARD & Cie, lmp. Paris" is Printer's name?
BACK COVER CLOSE UP LABEL CLOSE UP
label label The song title of the 3rd. track of side-2, "YOU REALLY GOT A HOLD ON ME", was printed "YOU REALLY GOTTA HOLD ON ME" on both the back cover and label.
LABEL CLOSE UP
label label label label
The word "B.I.E.M. CHAPPELL" was printed on the label of side_A instead of "BIEM" logo in box. According to Mr. Aurie, records with the BIEM, BIEM CHAPPEL or DR logos were pressed in the 60s - but the SACEM logo did not appear on French records before 1971/1972. (Thanks!)
LABEL CLOSE UP
SIDE-1 SIDE-2 Matrix No. is
Side-1: XA R  777  21B      M6  231498
Side-2: XA R  778  21B      M6  231499
label label
OTHER ITEM
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LABEL Odéon Orange Label with black print
MIX MONO
MATRIX No. SIDE 1 XA R  777  21B      M6  231498
SIDE 2 XA R  778  21B      M6  231499
VINYL COLOR BLACK
RECORD COMPANY'S NAME
 ODÉON
RECORDING PUBLISHED CREDIT -
COVER FORM Single type. Housed in a twin-flipback printed cover (fully laminated printed cover).
PRINTER CREDIT DILLARD & Cie, lmp. Paris
COVER DESIGN/ PHOTO/ NOTES Photo: Robert Freeman
INNER SLEEVE Plain White Inner Sleeve
PRODUCER George Martin
COMMENTS
 This is The Beatles' debut album in France.
The French albums were largely the same as those in the UK, although some early releases were retitled, and the equivalents of Please Please Me and With The Beatles were issued in reverse order.

Odéon Orange label (maybe 3rd. Press);
Odéon France was changed from a green label to a dark blue label shortly after Les Beatles (OSX 222) was released, then changed from blue to orange in 1965.

*BIEM (Bureau International des Societes Gerant les Droits d'Enregistrement et de Reproduction Mecanique) handles the copyrights for 52 different countries.


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