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| TITLE | WITH THE BEATLES | ||||
| CATALOG NUMBER | O 83568 / OPX 82 | ||||
| RELEASE DATE | 11th. December 1963/First Press | ||||
| TRACK LISTING | SIDE 1 | SIDE 2 | |||
| It Won't Be Long | Roll Over Beethoven |
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| All I've Got To Do |
Hold Me Tight | ||||
| All My Loving |
You Really Gotta Hold On Me |
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| Don't Bother Me |
I Wanna Be Your Man |
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| Little Child |
Devil In Her Heart |
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| Till There Was You |
Not A Second Time |
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| Please Mister Postman | Money | ||||
| FRONT -->Click! | BACK -->Click! | SIDE 1 -->Click! | SIDE 2 -->Click! | DISK | |
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Odeon logomark and catalog No. "O 83 568" were printed at the upper left of the front cover. |  |
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| Catalog No. "83 568" were printed on the back cover. | "PRINTED IN GERMANY" was printed at the bottom of the back cover. | ||||
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"ELECTROLA GESELLSCHAFT M.B.H KÖLN" was printed at the bottom of the back cover. | ||||
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Side 2: Sleeve and label incorrectly spells track 3 as "You Really Gotta Hold On Me" | |||
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| "MADE IN GERMANY" and 33 in a
triangle for mono edition were printed. The 1st. label style, the rim print was: "ALLE RECHTE DES PLATTENHERSTELLERS UND EIGENTÜMERS DES AUFGENNOMMENEN WERKES VORBEHALTEN.@VERVIELFÄLTIGUNG, ÖFFENTLICHE AUFFÜHRUNG. RUNDFUNKSENDUNG UNTERSAGT" |
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Catalog number "O 83568" was printed at
the right side of the label. "BIEM" and "GEMA" logo were printed on both sides of the label. |
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OTHER ITEM
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| LABEL | Odeon Green label | ||||
| MIX | MONO | ||||
| MATRIX No. | SIDE 1 | XEX 447 - 1 |
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| SIDE 2 | XEX 448 - 2 | ||||
| VINYL COLOR | BLACK | ||||
| RECORD COMPANY'S NAME | LABEL | Odeon | |||
| SLEEVE | ELECTROLA GESELLSCHAFT M.B.H KÖLN | ||||
| RECORDING PUBLISHED CREDIT | - | ||||
| COVER FORM | Single type. Half vinyl-coated cover | ||||
| PRINTER CREDIT | - |
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| COVER DESIGN/ PHOTO/ NOTES | Photo: Robert Freeman | ||||
| INNER SLEEVE | Unknown | ||||
| PRODUCER | George Martin | ||||
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COMMENTS
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This is The Beatles'
debut album in Germany. Odeon Green label: Odeon is a German label founded by Max Strauss and Heinrich Zunz, named after a theatre in Paris. It became an EMI subsidiary upon EMIfs formation in 1931. With branches running in several territories including Brasil, France, and Japan, Odeon remained an EMI subsidiary until the end of the LP era, in some markets as Odeon and in others as EMI Odeon. Odeon was the main label for German Beatles records until 1968, when the records were given the Apple labels, still distributed by Electrola. As an example, "With The Beatles", with a green Odeon label (being a mono LP), as opposed to white/gold labels for the stereo counterparts. The excerpt from the back cover shows the Electrola GmbH imprint. First 5 albums were released in both stereo and mono (except "The Beatles Beat": mono only)
For Domestic issue
(from Steve Hoffman Music Forums) Backside on cover "WITH THE BEATLES" in green letters, "Letzte Meldung (Latest News)" in blue letters. *BIEM (Bureau International des Societes Gerant les Droits d'Enregistrement et de Reproduction Mecanique) handles the copyrights for 52 different countries. * GEMA (Gesellschaft für musikalische Aufführungs- und mechanische Vervielfältigungsrechte.) was started in 1915 and handles the copyright in Germany. *DMM: Direct Metal Mastering (DMM) is an analogue audio disc mastering technique issued by Neumann in cooperation with Teldec and Toolex in 1982. Unlike conventional disc mastering, where the mechanical audio modulation is cut onto a lacquer-coated aluminum disc, DMM cuts straight into metal (copper). The galvanic procedure that follows is not as complicated as the process for lacquers, and we can make stampers/matrixes directly from these plates, which can then be used for pressing. |
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