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#05 Beatles For Sale (SMO 83 790/73 790)
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#5-1 Beatles For Sale (STEREO 1st. Press / Odeon White & Gold label type-1 (ALLE rim): SMO 83 790)
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TITLE BEATLES FOR SALE
CATALOG NUMBER SMO 83790 / ZTOX 5581
RELEASE DATE 15th. December 1964? /First Press
TRACK LISTING SIDE 1 SIDE 2
No Reply Eight Days A Week
I'm A Loser
Words Of Love
Baby's In Black Honey Don't
Rock And Roll Music
Every Little Thing
I'll Follow The Sun
I Don't Want To Spoil The Party
Mr. Moonlight
What You're Doing
Kansas City Everybody's Trying To Be My Baby
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label label label label label
INNER SLEEVE FRONT COVER CLOSE UP BACK COVER CLOSE UP BACK COVER CLOSE UP
label label label "STEREO" Gold Sticker was pasted at the upper left of the front cover. Catalog No. "SMO 83 790" was printed at the upper left of the front cover. label
Notes: Derek Taylor
Photo: Robert Freeman.
BACK COVER CLOSE UP
label "PRINTED IN GERMANY" was prnted at the right side of the back cover.
LABEL CLOSE UP
label The word "STEREO" and Odeon logomark were printed at the top of the label. label label
"MADE IN GERMANY" and ST 33 in a circle for stereo 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"
LABEL CLOSE UP
label label Catalog number "SMO 83 790" was printed at the right side of the label.
"GEMA" logo was printed on both sides of the label.
OTHER ITEM
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LABEL Odeon White and Gold label type-1
MIX STEREO
MATRIX No. SIDE 1 YEX 142 - 1
SIDE 2 YEX 143 - 1
VINYL COLOR BLACK
RECORD COMPANY'S NAME LABEL Odeon
SLEEVE EMI/Odeon
RECORDING PUBLISHED CREDIT Recording first published 1964.
COVER FORM Single type. Housed in a fully laminated German printed cover.
PRINTER CREDIT -
COVER DESIGN/ PHOTO/ NOTES Notes: Derek Taylor
Photo: Robert Freeman
INNER SLEEVE Odeon Original Inner Sleeve type-2-1
PRODUCER George Martin
COMMENTS
Odeon White & Gold label type-1:
The Original Odeon label (stereo) LP's appear in two slightly different styles. The first of these styles, features the following print around the rim of the label:

ALLE RECHTE DES PLATTENHERSTELLERS UND EIGENTÜMERS DES AUFGENNOMMENEN WERKES VORBEHALTEN.
VERVIELFÄLTIGUNG, ÖFFENTLICHE AUFFÜHRUNG. RUNDFUNKSENDUNG UNTERSAGT
(ALL RIGHTS OF THE OWNER OF SHEET MANUFACTURER AND BEEN EXCLUDED WORK RESERVED. COPYING, PUBLIC PERFORMANCE. RADIO BROADCAST PROHIBITED)

In mid 1966, the rim print was changed on all Odeon releases to read:

URHEBER. UND LEISTUNGSSCHUTZRECHTE, BESONDERS VERVIELFÄLTIGUNG
(AUSSER ZUM PERSÖNLICHEN GEBRAUCH), VERMIETUNG. AUFFÜHRUNG, SENDUNG, VORBEHALTEN
(COPYRIGHT AND  PROPERTY RIGHTS, ESPECIALLY REPRODUCTION (EXCEPT FOR PERSONAL USE), RENT, PERFORMANCE, BROADCAST)

Housed in a fully laminated German printed cover 'SMO 83 790' numbered cover with a fully intact "gold" STEREO sticker.
Stereo copies pressed prior to the elimination of mono are found with a large, round, gold stereo sticker (A.K.A. "Mirror Ball mark"). Stereo copies of those same LP's and of the next few (stereo-only) LP's are normally found with a smaller, rectangular stereo sticker. Later stereo LP's are found either with the contents of the stereo sticker printed on the cover itself or without any stereo sticker.
  • 1st. Press: STEREO Only (Odeon SMO 83 790) 1964. Dec. / Odeon White & Gold label type-1 (ALLE rim)
  • 2nd. Press: STEREO ( SMO 73 790) 1966 / Odeon White & Gold label type-2 (URHEBER rim) 
  • 3rd. Press: STEREO (SMO 73 790) 1968? / EMI/Odeon Blue Label
  • 4th. Press: STEREO (1C 062-04 200) 1975 / EMI/Odeon Blue Label
  • 5th. Press: STEREO (1C 072-04 200) 1976 / EMI/Odeon Blue label or Odeon Light Green label
  • 6th. Press: STEREO (1C 072-04 200) 1977 / Apple Label
  • 7th. Press: STEREO (1C 072-04 200) 1981 / Odeon Light Green label (DMM)

* BEATLES For Sale SWISS special edition ODEON SMO 983790
Original German pressing for export to the Swiss market and sold through the media chain " ex libris " . ODEON White /Red /Gold label . SMO 983 790 . way rarer than the  "yellow"  label edition . has the six digit export number on label .



#5-2 Beatles For Sale (STEREO 2nd. Press / Odeon White & Gold label type-2 (URHEBER rim) : SMO 73 790)
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#5-3 Beatles For Sale (STEREO 3rd. Press / EMI/Odeon Blue Label Type-1: SMO 73 790)
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TITLE BEATLES FOR SALE
CATALOG NUMBER SMO 73 790
RELEASE DATE 1968? / 3rd. Press
TRACK LISTING SIDE 1 SIDE 2
No Reply
Eight Days A Week
I'm A Loser
Words Of Love
Baby's In Black Honey Don't
Rock And Roll Music
Every Little Thing
I'll Follow The Sun
I Don't Want To Spoil The Party
Mr. Moonlight
What You're Doing
Kansas City Everybody's Trying To Be My Baby
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
Unknown
label "STEREO" Gold Sticker was pasted at the upper left of the front cover. Catalog No. "SMO 73 790" was printed at the upper left of the front cover. label label
Catalog number "SMO 73 790" was printed at the right corner of the back cover.
BACK COVER CLOSE UP
label "ELECTROLA  GESELLSCHAFT M.B.H KÖLN" was printed at the bottom of the back cover.
LABEL CLOSE UP
label "EMI / Odeon" logo mark in black ink was printed at the top of the blue label. label label
"MADE IN GERMANY" and ST 33 in a circle for stereo edition were printed.
The 4th. label style, the rim print was: "URHEBER. UND LEISTUNGSSCHUTZRECHTE, BESONDERS VERVIELFÄLTIGUNG
(AUSSER ZUM PERSÖNLICHEN GEBRAUCH), VERMIETUNG. AUFFÜHRUNG, SENDUNG, VORBEHALTEN"
LABEL CLOSE UP
label Catalog number "SMO 73 790" was printed at the right side of the label.
"GEMA" logo in a box was printed on both sides of the label.
OTHER ITEM
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LABEL EMI/Odeon Blue Label type-1
MIX STEREO
MATRIX No. SIDE 1 YEX 142 - 1
SIDE 2 YEX 143 - 1
VINYL COLOR BLACK
RECORD COMPANY'S NAME LABEL EMI/Odeon
SLEEVE EMI/Odeon / ELECTROLA  GESELLSCHAFT M.B.H KÖLN
RECORDING PUBLISHED CREDIT Recording first published 1964.
COVER FORM Single type. Housed in a fully laminated German printed cover.
PRINTER CREDIT -
COVER DESIGN/ PHOTO/ NOTES Photo: Robert Freeman / Notes: Tony Barrow
INNER SLEEVE Unknown
PRODUCER George Martin
COMMENTS
EMI/Odeon Blue label type-1:
"EMI / Odeon" logo mark  in black ink was printed at the top of the blue label.
"GEMA" logo in a box was printed on both sides of the label.
"MADE IN GERMANY" and ST 33 in a circle for stereo edition were printed.

EMI / Odeon Blue label variations:
Type-1: GEMA logo in a box / ST 33 in a circle
Type-2: GEMA without box / ST 33 in a circle
Type-3-1:GEMA without box / ST 33 in a oval
Type-3-2:GEMA without box and (P) 196X / ST 33 in a oval
Type-4: 062 with "LC" mark / ST 33 in a oval
Type-5: 072 with "LC" mark / ST 33 in a oval

The change to the blue label came during the second half of 1968, some months before  the  change to the EEC catalog numbers.
Several LP's are known with blue labels and the old "SMO" number."  The change from the  old  logo  to  the  new  logo  happened  around catalog number 74 411. The EEC numbering began just after 74 490.

For Domestic issue
  • 1st. Press: STEREO Only (Odeon SMO 83 790) 1964. Dec. / Odeon White & Gold label type-1 (ALLE rim)
  • 2nd. Press: STEREO (SMO 73 790) 1966 / Odeon White & Gold label type-2 (URHEBER rim)
  • 3rd. Press: STEREO (SMO 73 790) 1968? / EMI/Odeon Blue Label
  • 4th. Press: STEREO (1C 062-04 200) 1975 / EMI/Odeon Blue Label
  • 5th. Press: STEREO (1C 072-04 200) 1976 / EMI/Odeon Blue label or Odeon Light Green label
  • 6th. Press: STEREO (1C 072-04 200) 1977 / Apple Label
  • 7th. Press: STEREO (1C 072-04 200) 1981 / Odeon Light Green label (DMM)
*The EEC numbering mean the country of release can been readily identified from the first two characters :
     1C = Germany
     2C = France
     3C = Italy
     4C = Belguim
     5C = Holland
     7C = Sweden
    10C = Spain
    11C = Portugal
    14C = Greece
Special note for Spain - "1J" instead of "10C" was used for several years (1969 to 1977, as from the "Get Back" single) to refer to records manufactured by EMI-Odeon in Spain, before the international "European codification". All references with "1J" were replaced by "10C" as from 1977.

* GEMA (Gesellschaft für musikalische Aufführungs- und mechanische Vervielfältigungsrechte.) was started in 1915 and handles the copyright in Germany.



#5-4 Beatles For Sale (STEREO 4th. Press / EMI/Odeon Blue Label Type-2: 1C  062-04 200)
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TITLE BEATLES FOR SALE
CATALOG NUMBER 1C  062-04 200
RELEASE DATE 1969 / 4th. Press
TRACK LISTING SIDE 1 SIDE 2
No Reply
Eight Days A Week
I'm A Loser
Words Of Love
Baby's In Black Honey Don't
Rock And Roll Music
Every Little Thing
I'll Follow The Sun
I Don't Want To Spoil The Party
Mr. Moonlight
What You're Doing
Kansas City Everybody's Trying To Be My Baby
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
Unknown
label "STEREO" Gold Sticker was not pasted at the front cover. Catalog No. "1 C 062-04 200" was printed at the upper left of the front cover. label label
Catalog number "SMO 73 790" was printed at the right corner of the back cover.
BACK COVER CLOSE UP
label "ELECTROLA  GESELLSCHAFT M.B.H KÖLN" was printed at the bottom of the back cover.
LABEL CLOSE UP
label "EMI / Odeon" logo mark in black ink was printed at the top of the blue label. label label
"MADE IN GERMANY" and ST 33 in a circle for stereo edition were printed.
The 4th. label style, the rim print was: "URHEBER. UND LEISTUNGSSCHUTZRECHTE, BESONDERS VERVIELFÄLTIGUNG
(AUSSER ZUM PERSÖNLICHEN GEBRAUCH), VERMIETUNG. AUFFÜHRUNG, SENDUNG, VORBEHALTEN"
LABEL CLOSE UP
label Catalog number "1C 062-04 200" was printed at the right side of the label.
"GEMA" logo (box removed) was printed on both sides of the label.
OTHER ITEM
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LABEL EMI/Odeon Blue Label type-2
MIX STEREO
MATRIX No. SIDE 1 YEX 142 - 1         1C062-04200-A-1
SIDE 2 YEX 143 - 1         1C062-04200-B-1
VINYL COLOR BLACK
RECORD COMPANY'S NAME LABEL EMI/Odeon
SLEEVE EMI/Odeon / ELECTROLA  GESELLSCHAFT M.B.H KÖLN
RECORDING PUBLISHED CREDIT Recording first published 1964.
COVER FORM Single type. Housed in a fully laminated German printed cover.
PRINTER CREDIT -
COVER DESIGN/ PHOTO/ NOTES Photo: Robert Freeman / Notes: Tony Barrow
INNER SLEEVE Unknown  (Plain White Inner Sleeve?)
PRODUCER George Martin
COMMENTS
EMI/Odeon Blue label type-2:
"EMI / Odeon" logo mark  in black ink was printed at the top of the blue label.
"GEMA" logo (box removed) was printed on both sides of the label.
"MADE IN GERMANY" and ST 33 in a circle for stereo edition were printed.

EMI / Odeon Blue label variations:
Type-1: GEMA logo in a box / ST 33 in a circle
Type-2: GEMA without box / ST 33 in a circle
Type-3-1:GEMA without box / ST 33 in a oval
Type-3-2:GEMA without box and (P) 196X / ST 33 in a oval
Type-4: 062 with "LC" mark / ST 33 in a oval
Type-5: 072 with "LC" mark / ST 33 in a oval

The change to the blue label came during the second half of 1968, some months before  the  change to the EEC catalog numbers.
Several LP's are known with blue labels and the old "SMO" number."  The change from the  old  logo  to  the  new  logo  happened  around catalog number 74 411. The EEC numbering began just after 74 490.

For Domestic issue
  • 1st. Press: STEREO Only (Odeon SMO 83 790) 1964. Dec. / Odeon White & Gold label type-1 (ALLE rim)
  • 2nd. Press: STEREO (SMO 73 790) 1966 / Odeon White & Gold label type-2 (URHEBER rim)
  • 3rd. Press: STEREO (SMO 73 790) 1968? / EMI/Odeon Blue Label
  • 4th. Press: STEREO (1C 062-04 200) 1975 / EMI/Odeon Blue Label
  • 5th. Press: STEREO (1C 072-04 200) 1976 / EMI/Odeon Blue label or Odeon Light Green label
  • 6th. Press: STEREO (1C 072-04 200) 1977 / Apple Label
  • 7th. Press: STEREO (1C 072-04 200) 1981 / Odeon Light Green label (DMM)
*The EEC numbering mean the country of release can been readily identified from the first two characters :
     1C = Germany
     2C = France
     3C = Italy
     4C = Belguim
     5C = Holland
     7C = Sweden
    10C = Spain
    11C = Portugal
    14C = Greece
Special note for Spain - "1J" instead of "10C" was used for several years (1969 to 1977, as from the "Get Back" single) to refer to records manufactured by EMI-Odeon in Spain, before the international "European codification". All references with "1J" were replaced by "10C" as from 1977.

* GEMA (Gesellschaft für musikalische Aufführungs- und mechanische Vervielfältigungsrechte.) was started in 1915 and handles the copyright in Germany.



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