45-SLEEVES - HOME
Revised 14/10/12

CBS
OZ Labels and Company Sleeves 1963-1990

Labels

Small box
Larger box
Logo re-disigned
BA 221001 - 1963
to
BA 221202 - 1965
BA 221495 - 1968
to
.
BA 222022 - 1973
to
.
CBS Australia set up in 1963 as a fully owned Australian subsidiary of the giant US CBS network. The new CBS label replaced the Coronet label .
The label was swallowed up by the giant SONY MUSIC Corporation and now releases as Columbia having also taking over the EMI Columbia label as well.
Mostly orange
More yellow
   
BA 222042 - 1973
to
BA 222189 - 1975
BA 222228 - 1976
to
BA 222968 - 1983
BA 3352 - 1984
to
.
650823 - 1987
to
.
Bar codes
655784 - 1990
to
.
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Sleeves
Range
Front
Back
Details
No 1 a
BS 221001 - 1963
to
.
Dull orange
 Cut straight  Plastic sleeve  
No 1 b
.
to
.
Bright orange
   Cut straight  Plastic sleeve  
No 1 x
.
to
BA 221260 - 1966
Mismatch
Production error
   Cut straight  Plastic sleeve  
Sleeve assembly differences (back of the sleeve)
A
Inside flaps starts at the top
of the sleeve
B
Inside flaps starts about 10 mm down from the top of the sleeve
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No 2 a
BA 221260 - 1966
to
.
Thick print
   Cut straight  Inside glued A  
No 2 b
.
to
.
Thick print
   Cut straight  Inside glued A  
No 2 c
.
to
.
Thick print
   Cut straight  Inside glued A  
No 3 a
.
to
.
Thin print
   Cut straight  Inside glued B  
No 3 b
.
to
BA 222022 - 1973
Thin print
   Cut straight  Inside glued B  
No 4 a
BA 222042 - 1973
to
.
11 Hargrave St.
East Sydney, Australia
   Cut straight  Inside glued A  Apr 1974 / Sep 1977
No 4 b
.
to
.
11 Hargrave St.
East Sydney, Australia
   Cut straight  Inside glued B  
No 4 c
.
to
1977
Flimsy paper
11 Hargrave St.
East Sydney, Australia
   Cut straight  Inside glued B  
No 5
1977
to
.
Normal paper
15 Blue Street
North Sydney, Australia
   Cut straight  Inside glued B  Apr 1979
No 6
.
to
.
Normal paper
No address
Text on the back
   Cut straight  Inside glued B  
No 7
.
to
.
Normal paper
No address
Text on the front
   Cut straight  Inside glued B  
No 8
1982
to
.
Normal paper
No address
Text on the back
   Cut straight  Glued left/right  
No 9
.
to
.
Thick paper
No address
Text on the front
   Cut straight  Inside glued B  
No 10
.
to
1984
Thick paper
No address
Text on the back
   Cut straight  Inside glued  Nov 1984
From this point, all sleeves are made of semi stiff cardboard.
No 11
.
to
1987
No address
   Cut straight  Inside glued  
No 12 a
1984
to
.
"Cassette Single" 
   Cut straight   Inside glued  
No 12 b
.
to
.
"Cassette Single" 
   Cut straight  Inside glued  
No 12 c
.
to
.
"Cassette Single"
   Cut straight  Inside glued  
No 12 d
.
to
.
"Cassette Single" 
   Cut straight  Inside glued  
No 13 a
.
to
.
"Cassette Single"
removed
   Cut straight  Inside glued  
No 13 b
.
to
.
   Cut straight  Inside glued  
No 13 c
.
to
.
   Cut straight  Inside glued  

 
No 13 d
.
to
1990
   Cut straight  Inside glued  
Sleeve for promotion records
P 1
1983
to
1984
   Cut straight  Inside glued  
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Contact for corrections
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Thanks to Graham Wells, Australia for scans in this section
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Thanks to Jim Barnes - Top 40 Research - Australia  for scans in this section
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Thanks to Eneko Zumalde, Spain for scans in this section
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45 Discography for CBS Records from Global Dog Productions
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