45-SLEEVES - HOME
Revised 23/9/11

M7
OZ Labels and Company Sleeves 1971-1978

Labels
1971 or 1972
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1971
Australia 6/71 
1971
Kangaroo and Bell Bird 
1971
Bell Bird
LW 4502 - 1971
to
LW 45192 - 1972
LW = Australian issues
LW 4542 - 1971
LW 45122 - 1971
LW 45162 - 1971
In 1977, M7 Records was taken over by 7 Network (TV conglomerate) and renamed 7 Records.
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If you consider the two first digits  (45) in the record no as a second prefix and the last digit as a code (2 for Australian and 1 for US recordings,  the first series contains 20 records from (45) 0 (2) to (45) 19 (2).
The LW (Australia) and LN (US) prefixes ran concurrently.
1972
Kangaroo and Bell Bird 
LW 45192 - 1972
LN 45101 - 1971
to
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LN = US issues
.
to
LN 45131 - 1971
LN 45141 - 1972
US Artist
Bell Bird logo
MS 001 - 1972
MS 002 - 1972
to
MS 200 - 1976
LW 4542 - 1975
Reissue
MS 191 - 1976
to
MS 233 - 1978
Label renamed
MSS 207 - 1977
UK Spiral recording
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Sleeves
Range
Front
Back
Details
No 1
0 - 1971
to
19 - 1972
Tempo distribution
 Cut straight  Inside glued  
No 2
MS 001 - 1972
to
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Independent
 
   Cut straight  Inside glued  
No 3
.
to
1976
 
   Cut straight  Inside glued  
No 4
MS 200 - 1976
to
MS 233 - 1978
   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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45 Discography for M7 Records from Global Dog Productions
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