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Japanese LPs Guide to Reference

EMI/Odeon Label

Example:EP's List

TITLE
Japanese EP #4
TRACK LISTING
SIDE 1
Long tall Sally
Matchbox
SIDE 2
I feel fine
Slow down
RELEASE DATE
21th December.1980
FRONT
BACK
DISK
4-3 4-3 4-3 4-3
FRONT COVER CLOSE UP
BACK COVER CLOSE UP
LABEL CLOSE UP
4-3 4-3 4-3 4-3
4-3
LYRIC SHEET
(Slip Sheet Type)
EMI/Odeon type-1
CATALOG NUMBER
EAS-30004
VINYL COLOR
BLACK
MIX
SIMULATED STEREO-except "I feel fine"-stereo
Cover: "Toshiba EMI kabusikigaisya"
Label: MFD. UNDER LICENCE BY TOSHIBA-EMI LTD. IN JAPAN
SYMBOL/PRICE
I-900YEN
COMMENTS
Reissue of #4-1.
"JASRAC" logo mark was printed on the label.














EMI/Odeon Label Variation...Back to the EP List

Company name "JASRAC"
logo
the word
"COMPACT"
credit
(P) statement TRADE MARK Variation
MFD. UNDER LICENCE BY TOSHIBA-EMI LTD. IN JAPAN Yes Yes - Yes EMI/Odeon Type-1
- Yes Yes EMI/Odeon Type-2-1
- Yes - EMI/Odeon Type-2-2


Label Variation #1 ...Company name

All of the EMI/Odeon label issues, its company name "MFD. UNDER LICENCE BY TOSHIBA-EMI LTD. IN JAPAN" was printed at the perimeter of the label.

label 4-3
On label, look for:
The words "MFD. UNDER LICENCE BY TOSHIBA-EMI LTD. IN JAPAN" was printed at the perimeter.
4-3
On back cover, look for:
"TOSHIBA EMI" was printed at the bottom.


Label Variation #2 ..."JASRAC" logo mark

All of the EMI/Odeon label issues, "JASRAC" logo mark was printed at the center-right of the label.

label 4-3
On label, look for:
"JASRAC" logo mark was printed at the center-right of the label.
4-3
JASRAC=
Japanese Society for Rights of Authors, Composers and Publishers

cf. -->JASRAC Home page


Label Variation #3 ..."COMPACT" credit

The Japanese 12 EPs (EAS-30001-12) have the word "COMPACT" on the label, while the EPs from "The Beatles EPs Collection (Box Set)" don't have this word on the label.

label 4-3
The Japanese 12 EPs (EAS-30001-12) have the word "COMPACT" on the label.
4-3
The Beatles EPs Collection (Box Set) .
The word was removed from the label.


Label Variation #4 ..."AN EMI TRADE MARK" credit

????????

label 4-3
Usual EPs have the word "AN EMI TRADE MARK" under the EMI/Odeon logo mark.
4-3
Magical Mystery Tour
(TOKP-7412-3) .
The word "AN EMI TRADE MARK" was removed from the label.











Mixing...Mono and Stereo...Back to the EP List

All series were always issued on Stereo??????.


Catalog Number
Mono
Stereo
EAS-30001
-
Yes
EAS-30002
-
Yes
EAS-30003
-
Yes
EAS-30004
-
Yes
EAS-30005
-
Yes
EAS-30006
-
Yes
EAS-30007
-
Yes
EAS-30008
-
Yes
EAS-30009
-
Yes
EAS-30010
-
Yes
EAS-30011
-
Yes
EAS-30012
-
Yes











Manufacturer's Catalog Number...Back to the EP List

Prefix Label Vinyl
OP Odeon Black
OP Odeon Red (Ever Clean)
AP Apple Black
AP Apple Red (Ever Clean)
EAS EMI/Odeon Black
EAS EMI/Odeon Red
BRP (Collection Box Bonus EP) EMI/Odeon Red
TOKP (Final Vinyl series) EMI/Odeon Black

From 1964-1968, the 12 unique Japanese EPs and Magical Mystery Tour were numbered in the form OP-4XXX.
The change from the Odeon to the Apple label starting in 1969 also resulted in the reissue of all EPs in the form AP-4XXX, with the exception of Magical Mystery Tour, which was not reissued (but, in the "final Vinyl" series, it was reissued as TOKP-7412-3). Only the prefixes of the reissues were changed; the numbers remained the same. For example, Japanese EP #2 (OP-4036) was reissued as AP-4036.
The 12 U.K. EPs were issued on the Apple label starting in 1970 and sequentially numbered in the form AP-45XX.
The 12 Japanese EPs were reissued on the EMI/Odeon label starting in 1980 and sequentially numbered in the form EAS-300XX.











Vinyl Color...Back to the EP List

EMI/Odeon Label
"Black Vinyl"
EMI/Odeon Label
"Clear Red Vinyl"
Comments
disk disk "Clear Red Vinyl" was different from the "Ever Clean Red Vinyl".












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