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THE BEATLES / Please Please Me -LP- 1964 on ODEON WHITE & GOLD LABEL - ZTOX 5550 -

VINYL : Exellent +
Cover : Excellent+
First Press Matrix number is : SHZE 117-A-1 SHZE
14 track vinyl LP was only made for Export and distributed  to foreign military bases in West-Germany in very small limited numbers only and  a few were exported to Switzerland.
A MUST HAVE FOR ALL BEATLES RECORD COLLECTOR ---- EXTREMLY RARE !!!!!!!!


Odeon White and gold label type 1
14 track vinyl LP was only made for Export and distributed  to foreign military bases in West-Germany in very small limited numbers only and  a few were exported to Switzerland.

For Export issue:
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) As you can see on this record!

(In mid 1966, the rim print was changed on all Hörzu and 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)

TITLE PLEASE PLEASE ME CATALOG NUMBER ZTOX 5550 RELEASE DATE February 1964? / First Press for the export release TRACK LISTING SIDE 1 SIDE 2 I Saw Her Standing There Love Me Do (sim.stereo)
Misery P.S. I Love You (sim.stereo) Anna (Go To Him)
Baby It's You Chains Do You Want To Know A Secret
Boys A Taste Of Honey Ask Me Why
There's A Place Please Please Me Twist And Shout DISK Odeon logomark and catalog No. "ZTOX 5550" were printed at the upper left of the front cover. "Photo: Angus McBean" credit was  printed at the right corner (in white). BACK COVER CLOSE UP Odeon logomark and catalog No. "ZTOX 5550" were printed on the back cover. "ELECTROLA  GESELLSCHAFT M.B.H KÖLN" and "MADE IN GERMANY" and "GES GESCH" were printed at the bottom of the back cover. LABEL CLOSE UP "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 Catalog number "ZTOX 5550" was printed at the right side of the label.
"GEMA" and "BIEM" logo were printed on both sides of the label.
OTHER ITEM -
LABEL Odeon White and gold label type 1 MIX STEREO (except as noted) MATRIX No. SIDE 1 SHZE 117-A-1 SIDE 2 SHZE 117-B-1 VINYL COLOR BLACK RECORD COMPANY'S NAME LABEL Odeon SLEEVE ELECTROLA  GESELLSCHAFT M.B.H KÖLN (with "GES GESCH" credit)
RECORDING PUBLISHED CREDIT Recording first published 1963 COVER FORM Single type. Half vinyl-coated cover PRINTER CREDIT Unknown COVER DESIGN/ PHOTO/ NOTES Photo: Angus McBean / Notes: Tony Barrow INNER SLEEVE Odeon Original Inner Sleeve type-1 PRODUCER George Martin COMMENTS Odeon White and gold label type 1
14 track vinyl LP was only made for Export and distributed  to foreign military bases in West-Germany in very small limited numbers only　and  a few were exported to Switzerland (maybe).

For Export issue 1st. Press: MONO (OPX 5550): 1964?? / Odeon White & Gold label?? (I cannot confirm the existence.) 1st. Press: STEREO (ZTOX5550): 1964 / Odeon White & Gold label type-1 (ALLE rim.) First press matrix number: SHZE 117-A-1   SHZE 117-B-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 Hörzu (and 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)

This stereo versions of "Love Me Do" and "P.S. I Love You" have been created from the mono versions, because original master tapes are lost.

For Domestic issue 1st. Press: STEREO (SHZE-117): Feb. 1964 / Hörzu label type-1 (ALLE rim) 1st. Press: MONO (HZE-117): Feb. 1964? / Hörzu label type-1 (ALLE rim) 2nd. Press: STEREO (SHZE-117): 1966? / Hörzu label type-2 (URHEBER rim) 3rd. Press: STEREO (SHZE-117): 1966? / Hörzu label type-2 (URHEBER rim) / *Small logo sleeve 4th. Press: STEREO (SHZE-117): late 1960s? / Hörzu red label (type-3) 5th. Press: STEREO(1C 062-04 219): 1977? / Apple label HÖRZU: A TV magazine (owned by the Springer Group of Companies) got rights from the major German record companies to advertise (in their magazine) and sell selected product through their mail-order department to make it easier for people to buy product as in those days a lot more people lived outside / a far distance away from the bigger cities with their record shops.
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*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.


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