Type 1 :1958to ± 1964. 3 variants of Belgian spirograph sleeves with the labels distributed by Gramophone Belgium at that time: HMV, Odeon, Capitol, Liberty, Parlophone, MGM.
Type 2a:1961to 1964. 4 variants of Belgian Gramophone sleeves with the 9 labels distributed by Gramophone Belgium at that time: Odéon, Parlophone, MGM, Pathé, His Masters’ Voice, Columbia, Capitol, UNITED ARTISTS and HEBRA. These are the four ‘United Artists‘ variants. See ‘UNITED ARTISTS’ label on the right side of the sleeve. Bilingual sleeve: one side in dutch, other side in french. At the bottom there is an advert for GRAMOmagazine: ‘wordt uitgegeven voor de platenliefhebbers / est édité pour les discophiles’
Type 2b: 1961to 1964. 4 variants of Belgian Gramophone sleeves with the 9 labels distributed by Gramophone Belgium at that time: Odéon, Parlophone, MGM, Pathé, His Masters’ Voice, Columbia, Capitol, ENCORE! and HEBRA. These are the four ‘ENCORE‘ variants. See ‘ENCORE !’ label on the right side of the sleeve. Bilingual sleeve: one side in dutch, other side in french. At the bottom there is an advert for GRAMOmagazine: ‘wordt uitgegeven voor de platenliefhebbers / est édité pour les discophiles’
Type 3 a & 3b:From end 1964 – 1965 – beginning 1966. Two types of sleeves with “honeycomb” design, front and rear.Trilingual sleeve: Dutch text on one side, french text on the other side. On the upper left side: “n.v. gramophone s.a. THE BELGIAN MEMBER OF EMI INTERNATIONAL GROUP”. The Belgian single Michelle/Drive My Car was sold in this type of sleeve.
Type 4:From mid 1966to 1967 ?. Very nice HMV sleeve front & rear. On the front are ads for electrical products, on the rear we see the 11 record labels distributed by Gramophone Belgium: Trianon, Encore!, Stateside, Parlophone, Liberty, Pathé, HMV, Columbia, Odéon, Capitol and Markal. The Belgian single Yellow Submarine/Eleanore Rigby was sold in this sleeve.
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