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ODEON
NO Labels and Company Sleeves 1955-1974

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Labels (Norwegian recordings)
MSON 5 - 1958
MSON 9 - 1958
45 ND 7334 - 1958
to
45 ND 7348 - 1959
45 ND 7351 - 1959
to
ND 7436 - sep 1964
45 ND 7401 - 1960
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.
In Norway, the label was distributed by Iversen og Frogh A/S (later Carl M. Iversen A/S) until 1968.
In 1969, EMI's Norwegian subsidiary EMI Norsk A/S was established and Odeon became one of their labels.
Here is a (very incomplete) discography for the Norwegian recordings.
ND  7438 - feb 1965
to
ND  7447 - 1966
ND  7447 - 1966
to
ND  7523 - 1974
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Labels (Foreign recordings)
DSON 1 - 1958
45 R 4343 - 1957
to
45 R 4468 - 1958
UK Parlophone numbering
45 R 4483 - 1958
to
45 R 4499 - 1958
UK Parlophone numbering
SD 5946 - aug 1963
to
SD 5958 - mar 1964
Swedish numbering
DK 1619 - may 1964
to
DK 1622 - jun 1964
Danish numbering
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EP (1955-1962)
Norwegian recordings
Swedish recordings
Foreign recordings
UK Parlophone issues
GEON 1 - 1955
to
GEON 64 - 1962
GEOS 1 - 1955
to
GEOS 53 - 1957
CGEP 1 - 1955
to
CGEP 21 - 1957
GEP 8548 - 1956
to
GEP 8638 - 1957
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Sleeves
Range
Front
Back
Details
No 1
1957
to
.
Rough paper - waxy inside
 Cut straight  Glued bottom/right  
No 2
.
to
1959
Rough paper - waxy inside
Labels distributed by
Iversen og Frogh A/S
   Cut straight  Glued bottom/right  
No 3
1959
to
.
Thick paper
Labels distributed by
Iversen og Frogh A/S
   Curved top  Inside glued  
No 4
.
to
.
Thick paper
Black/blue
   Curved top  Inside glued  
No 5
.
to
1963
Later  issues in picture sleeves
Thinner paper
Black/lighter blue
   Curved top  Inside glued  
No 6
1969
to
.
Most issues in picture sleeves
   Curved top  Inside glued  
No 6
.
to
ND 7523 - 1974
Most issues in picture sleeves
Colour Hits series (blue vinyl)
No 7
45 R 4483 - 1958
to
45 R 4499 - 1958
   Cut straight/notch  Glued left/right  
EP
EP 1
1955
to
1958
Later issues in picture sleeves
Thin cardboard
   Cut straight  Glued left/right  
Christmas sleeves
C 1
GEON 6 - 1955
to
,
   Cut straight  Folded in plastic  
C 2
1958
to
,
Red/light green
"Merry Christmas"
   Curved top  Inside glued  
C 3
.
to
1961 (?)
Darker red/green
"Merry Christmas"
   Curved top  Inside glued  
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