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07. Nowhere Man / What Goes On (O 923 171)
(Update: 27th. March 2020)
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#7-1 Nowhere Man / What Goes On (Export Press for Switzerland / Green label (ALLE rim): O 923 171)
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TRACK LISTING
SIDE 1
 Nowhere Man   (Lennon - McCartney)
SIDE 2 What Goes On  (Lennon - McCartney - Starkey)
RELEASE DATE
 March 1966 / First Press
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jacket Some copies were pasted a sticker printing the words "Special Edition O 923171" on the front cover and back cover.
 jacket Picture sleeve.
Backside: first picture for "Barbala Ann (The Beach Boys)"
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jacket jacket label
Odeon dome logo and EMI logo were printed at the upper right corner of the back cover. "ELECTROLA  GESELLSCHAFTM.B.H KÖLN" was printed at the bottom of the back sleeve. The Club Editions Ex Libris can also be identified by the "3.90" price sticker.
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label label Green label and Odeon logo mark in white was printed above the center hole.
On both sides, Odeon dome logo mark and master number were printed at the left side of the center hole.
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label label With the sticker of the record number "O 923 171" on label side one (and two).
"GEMA" logo was printed on the both sides of the label. 		label
The rim print was: "ALLE HERSTELLER. UND URHEBERRECHTE VORBEHALTEN ÜBERSPIELUNG ÖFFENTLICHE AUFFÜHRUNG UND RUNDFUNKSENDUNG UNTERSAGT"
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label label "MADE IN GERMANY (straight)" and 45 in a triangle were printed at the bottom of the label.
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RECORD LABEL
 Odeon Green Label Type-1
CATALOG NUMBER
 O 923 171
MIX
 MONO
MATRIX No. Side1 7XCE 18380-1
Side2 7XCE 18381-1
VINYL COLOR
 BLACK
CENTER Full size center hole
RECORD COMPANY'S NAME
 Label
 Odeon
Sleeve
 Odeon / ELECTROLA  GESELLSCHAFT M.B.H KÖLN
COVER DESIGN/ PHOTO/ NOTES
 Robert Whitaker (from an October 1964 photo session)
PRINTER CREDIT
 -
PRODUCER
 George Martin
COMMENTS
 Grammoclub Ex Libris Club(*) edition released in Switzerland only.
Green label and Odeon logo mark in white was printed above the center hole.
"MADE IN GERMANY (straight)" and 45 in a triangle were printed at the bottom of the label.
Most of this sleeves has an original Ex Libris price sticker on back: "Fr. 3.90"

The Original Odeon label single's appear in two slightly different styles. The first of these styles, features the following print around the rim of the label:

ALLE HERSTELLER. UND URHEBERRECHTE VORBEHALTEN ÜBERSPIELUNG ÖFFENTLICHE AUFFÜHRUNG UND RUNDFUNKSENDUNG UNTERSAGT
(All rights of the manufacturer reserved. Copying, public performance, and radio broadcast prohibited.)

1st. Issue:
SLEEVE: Picture sleeve. Backside: first picture for "Barbala Ann (The Beach Boys)"
LABEL: Green Odeon label, white logo and black print (Made in Germany straight)

2nd. Issue:
SLEEVE: Picture sleeve. Backside: advert for Lipstick, line under picture
LABEL: Green Odeon label, white logo and black print (Made in Germany straight)

History: This Swiss Club Special Edition pressing Single of The Beatles was available exclusively and only to a very limited number of members of the Swiss EX LIBRIS record and book club in 1965. You´ve had to spend quite a high amount of money to become a member of EX LIBRIS. All the many other Swiss record shops (and there were some really great ones amongst them) have sold mainly the German, French and British pressings of the Beatles latest recordings. The British originals sold best. Ex Libris wasn´t considered a very hip shop at all, and so only a small number of people went to ever shop there, but few of them would decide to go for any records by the Beatles, and that´s why they ARE so incredibly rare!! Only around 500 copies of them have sold.

(*)Grammoclub Ex Libris Club (Ex Libris Records):
Swiss record club, label, publisher, and stores. The label belongs to Migros (famous Swiss Supermarket chain). Their releases were never available from any supermarkets, but only to members of the fairly small Ex Libris club. The label was originally called "Grammoclub Ex Libris" (during the 50s and the 60s), but was shortened to Ex Libris towards the mid 60s. Only club members were allowed to buy from their shops. You've had to pay a fairly high fee in order to become a member of them, which is something that only a few wealthy elder people were able to do. In retrospect they mainly seem to have sold their records to some older folks, or to some family-people: They've usually bought Classical Music, Easy Listening, Jazz, Kiddie-Records, and the likes -- only few of their buyers would be interested in Rock 'N' Roll, or Beat back then, therefore only a few copies of their nowadays highly collectable releases by the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, and Elvis Presley (Golden Boy LP) seem to have sold. Most of the young Swiss people would shop someplace else, because they could not afford to pay for the high membership fee in order to buy such a Rolling Stones LP or 45 from Ex Libris.

"GEMA**/BIEM***" :a marking that indicates what company is responsible for the copyright payments for the material released on the record to the proper publishers. It is important to remember that a record with the above-mentioned marking isn't necessarily made in Germany but which was intended for sale in Germany.


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