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ODEON
DE Labels and Company Sleeves 1954-1978

Labels
Carl Lindström
Carl Lindström
Electrola
Electrola
OBL 37 29003 - 1954
to
OBL 37 29075 - 1954
45 O 29104 - 1957
to
45 O 29140 - 1957
45 O 29134 - 1957
to
45 O 29184 - 1958
O 20958 - 1958
45 O 29198
to
O 23 023 - 1965
Odeon Records was founded in 1903 by Max Straus and Heinrich Zuntz of the International Talking Machine Company in Berlin, Germany. It was named after a famous theatre in Paris, whose classical dome appears on the Odeon record label. 
O 22495 - 1963
to
O 23 979 - 1969
O 922 915 - 1965
Special Edition 
Made for the Swiss book club EX-LIBRIS 
1969
to
1976
1976
to
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1978
to
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Sleeves
Range
Front
Back
Details
No 1
1954
to 
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Carl Lindström
   Cut top - high  Inside glued  
No 2
.
to 
1957
Carl Lindström
   Cut straight/notch  Glued left/right  
No 3
1957
to 
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Electrola
   Cut straight/notch  Inside glued  
No 4
.
to 
1959
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For sleeve details
(different colours/types)
See Electrola Records
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 Cut straight/notch  Inside glued  
No 5
1959
to 
.
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For sleeve details
(different colours/types)
See Electrola Records
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   Cut straight/notch  Inside glued  
No 5 x
.
O 21 527 - 1960
.
As above
When they got a hit selling faster than the picture sleeves could be delivered, the company sleeve was used with a special print.
   Slightly curved top  Inside glued  
No 6
1960
to 
.
..
For sleeve details
(different types)
See Electrola Records
..
   Cut straight  Inside glued   
No 7
1963
to 
.
   Cut straight  Inside glued   
Thematic sleeves
T 1
O 22495 - 1963
to 
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Folklore
   Cut straight/notch  Inside glued   
Artist sleeves
A 1
O 21637 - 1961
to 
O 21837 - 1961
Vittorio
The Odeon logo was later overprinted when the artist moved to Columbia.
   Cut straight  Inside glued   
A 2
O 22554 - 1963
to 
O 22838 - 1964
45 O 29492  to 45 O 29531
The Beatles
   Cut straight  Inside glued   
EP sleeves
EP 1
.
to 
.
   Cut straight  Stitched left/right  
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Contact for corrections
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Thanks to Karl-Heinz Decker, Germany for scans in this section
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Thanks to Johan Alberda, Berlin Germany for scans in this section
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Thanks to Bernd Rüttgers, Wuppertal, Germany for scans in this section
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