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French Odeon Label: "Beatles Flash Back" Series
25. Penny Lane / Strawberry Fields Forever (2C006-04 475)
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 "Beatles Flash Back" Series


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#25-1 Penny Lane / Strawberry Fields Forever (1st. Press "Odeon Red Label Type-2-2": 2C006-04 460)
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TRACK LISTING
SIDE 1
Penny Lane (J. Lennon - P.  McCartney)
SIDE 2
Strawberry Fields Forever  (J. Lennon - P.  McCartney)
RELEASE DATE
1973 / First Press
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cantbuy cantbuy cantbuy Catalog number and EMI / Odeon logomark were printed at the upper left corner of the front sleeve.
"STEREO peut être utilisé avec un lecteur mono" = "STEREO can be used with a mono player" printed at the upper left of the front.
this issue is mono on both sides.
Art work: Jacques Combet (French engraver and graphic designer)
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cantbuy cantbuy  All 25 of these releases "BEATLES FLASH BACK" carried individual front picture sleeves and had a list of the whole series written on the back.
With Ⓙ mark on the Sleeve
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"IDN - MADE IN FRANCE." was printed at the right of the back cover.
"PATHÉ MARCONI EMI" logomark was printed at the bottom of the back cover.
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cantbuy Odéon Red Label with black print.
Odeon dome logo and catalog no. were printed on the label's center left.
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cantbuy cantbuy cantbuy cantbuy "SACEM" logo was printed on the label's center-right.
"MADE IN FRANCE" was printed at the right side of the center hole.
cantbuy cantbuy Credited to song writing: "J. Lennon - P. McCartney" on both sides.
Publisher's name was printed at the bottom.
With "STEREO" indicator, but Mono on both sides
OTHER ITEM
Has the original re-order tag attached.
(Sorry, I don't have it.)


CATALOG NUMBER 2C006-04 475
LABEL
Odéon Red Label with black print Type2-2 (with SACEM logo right)
MIX
MONO
MATRIX No. SIDE 1 0 44 75   A  21            M3  286 30 9
SIDE 2 0 44 75   B  21            M3  28 63 10
VINYL COLOR
BLACK
RECORD COMPANY'S NAME ODÉON
CENTER
Full size center hole
PUBLISHER'S NAME
SIDE 1
NORTHERN SONGS NCB
SIDE 2
CARAVELLE
RUNNING TIME
SIDE 1 2:18
SIDE 2
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PRODUCER George Martin
COVER DESIGN/ PHOTO/ NOTES Single pocket sleeve type.
Art work: Jean-Claude Trambouze (French graphic designer & illustrator)
COMMENTS
In 1972 and 1973, France issued a number of pre-Apple singles that had not come out in that country so far, but in many others. Some of them included re-releases of old jukebox singles, some of them were the original UK couplings (UK A-sides were sometimes given different B-sides for the French jukebox editions).
All 25 of these releases carried individual front picture sleeves and had a list of the whole series written on the back.

Odéon Red Label with black print Type2-2 (with SACEM logo right)
They were all issued an the red Odeon label with the dome on the left.
The Black star mark was printed on the A side.

The Flash Back series of 25 from 1972, many list as Stereo but are not. 17 are Stereo both sides.
3 are split.
  • (2C 006-04 453) P.S. I Love You (MONO) / I Want To Hold Your Hand (STEREO)
  • (2C 006-04 465) Thank You Girl (MONO) / All My Loving (STEREO)
  • (2C 006-04 472) Paperback writer (STEREO) / Rain (MONO)

5 of them are Mono both sides on both sets
  • (2C 006-04 452) She Loves You / I'll Get You (MONO)
  • (2C 006-04.456) Help! / I'm Down (MONO)
  • (2C 006-04 457) Long Tall Sally / She's A Woman (MONO)
  • (2C 006-04 458) Ticket To Ride / Yes It Is (MONO)
  • (2C 006-04 475) Penny Lane / Strawberry Fields Forever (MONO)
Pathé Marconi EMI:
French vinyl pressing and tape manufacturing plant. Operating under this name from 1972 until February 1990. Previously operating as Pathé Marconi.

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"

SACEM:
The Society of Authors, Composers and Publishers of Music or SACEM is a French professional association collecting payments of artistsf rights and distributing the rights to the original songwriters, composers, and music publishers. Founded in 1851, it is a non-profit non-trading entity owned and managed by its members according to the business model of a cooperative.



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