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PhilMH 11th Mar 2024		Vinyl Album Pink Floyd - The Dark Side Of The Moon	Image 3205873, the front-page ad from Billboard dated February 24th 1973, actually says "Album available March 1", which was a Thursday; both March 3 and March 10 were Saturdays, and nothing was ever released on that day of the week. Billboard's cover date was always a Saturday, and Billboard's date doesn't correlate to a release date.
PhilMH 9th Mar 2024		Vinyl Album Cissy Houston - Cissy Houston	P.S. the 1995 Ichiban Soul Classics CD claims that the Commonwealth United release was in June 1970, but doesn't quote a catalogue number for it, whereas it does quote the number for this Janus reissue, which apparently was in September 1970, just after C.U. had collapsed and Cissy's contract was sold to Janus. The CD was reissued in the UK in 2012 as PRESENTING CISSY HOUSTON, with the same tracks as the Ichiban CD, but as I don't own it, I don't know what it says about the original LP.
PhilMH 9th Mar 2024		Vinyl Album Cissy Houston - Cissy Houston	This Janus version would be from 1970 or 1971; the 1969 date applies to the record's original recording and planned release on the Commonwealth United label as PRESENTING CISSY HOUSTON, but it appears that version was only released in the UK on Major Minor in 1970; there is no US Commonwealth United release listed here, nor at Discogs, nor Rate Your Music.
PhilMH 8th Mar 2024		Vinyl Album The Journeymen - Coming Attraction	According to Michel Ruppli's Capitol discography, the bulk of this album was recorded at The Padded Cell in Minneapolis on June 1, 1962; "Jack The Sailor" appears to be a studio recording, done in NYC on March 24, 1961. THE JOURNEYMEN: John Phillips,Scott McKenzie(vo,g) Dick Weissman(g,bjo). (Session #8294) NYC,March 24,1961 23574-24 River,she comes down Cap.4625,T/ST 1629,CD 7-98536-2 23575 Jack the sailor Cap.T/ST 1770 THE JOURNEYMEN: John Phillips,Scott McKenzie(vo,g) Dick Weissman(g,bjo). (Session #8494)(Live,The Padded Cell) Minneapolis,June 1,1962 24298 Old Joe Clarke's blues Cap.T/ST 1770,CD 7-98536-2 24299 Dark as a dungeon - - 24300 Johnny Booker - 24301 Do-me-am-a-day unissued 24302 The waggoner's lad Cap.T/ST 1770,CD 7-98536-2 24303 I am a poor and rambling boy - 24304 I never will marry - 24305 Born in Bethlehem - 24306 In the evening - 24307 Benny unissued 24308 Cotton mills girls Cap.T/ST 1770,CD 7-98536-2 24309 Metamorphosis - 24310 One quick Martini unissued 24311 How mountain girl can love - 24312 Gypsy rover Cap.T/ST 1770
PhilMH 29th Feb 2024		Vinyl Album The Velvet Underground And Nico - The Velvet Underground And Nico	I think Oakfield Avenue Music (apparently Lou Reed's publishing company from 1972 onwards) came before Sunbury Music (RCA UK's publishing company); Lou Reed's US RCA singles before mid-1973 show Oakfield Avenue as the sole publisher, but from the "Vicious" single onwards he shared publishing with RCA's BMI publisher Dunbar Music (in the US, Sunbury was RCA's ASCAP affiliate, and Sunbury Music Ltd. in the UK represented both Dunbar and Sunbury). I'm not sure where exactly Copyright Control comes in (and that's not a publisher as such, that's just the term used by record companies when the songs publisher(s) in the release country can't be determined, or hasn't yet been established) - my guess is that this was used for Reed's previous publisher Three Prong Music, which is the publisher listed on the US Verve singles by this band, and Reed probably hadn't signed a UK (or international?) publishing deal then.
PhilMH 27th Feb 2024		Vinyl Album The Electric Flag - A Long Time Comin'	Hi guys, I suspect that the texta blacking out and stickers on sladesounds' copy was done by a US one-stop on behalf of an importer in the UK; this was very common for US Columbia imports brought in by Aussie import shops. If the stickers actually have the CBS logo on them, as it sounds like 78rpm-maniac's copy does, then those would be authorized exports by US CBS for their affiliates in other countries; I would imagine that copies for US bases would fall into that latter category.
PhilMH 25th Feb 2024		Vinyl Album Louis Armstrong - Hello, Dolly! This Is Louis Armstrong And The All Stars	Looks like a simple typo, 1984 instead of 1964. [Mod: corrected]
PhilMH 23rd Feb 2024		Vinyl Album Joe Liggins And The Honeydrippers - Great Rhythm And Blues Oldies, Volume 6	P.P.S. Billboard to the rescue! The April 6th, 1974 issue lists the first six volumes in this series, including this one, on the New LP/Tape Releases pages, all appearing under Popular Collections on page 69. Given that Billboard was post-dated, release in either late March or early April was likely.
PhilMH 23rd Feb 2024		Vinyl Album Joe Liggins And The Honeydrippers - Great Rhythm And Blues Oldies, Volume 6	P.S. There are no copyright registrations for this or any other Blues Spectrum release in 1973 or 1974 at all; maybe Johnny Otis didn't believe in such niceties!
PhilMH 23rd Feb 2024		Vinyl Album Joe Liggins And The Honeydrippers - Great Rhythm And Blues Oldies, Volume 6	The 1974 date possibly comes from Discogs - the entry there shows 1974 without a source, and also without label images, but this was also released in France on EMI's Columbia label, and that version shows (P) 1974 on the labels and (P) 1975 on the back cover. The correct year might be 1973, if the UK issue is anything to go by!
PhilMH 20th Feb 2024		Vinyl Album Gordon Lightfoot - Lightfoot	Per wikipedia,the first recorded version was by Bonnie Dobson in 1960. Other pre-Lightfoot versions were recorded by Joe and Eddie in 1963, and The Chad Mitchell Trio in 1964.
PhilMH 20th Feb 2024		Vinyl Album Gordon Lightfoot - Lightfoot	And Ewan MacColl's mistress, later wife, Peggy Seeger, preceded everyone by being the first person to perform it (if not record it), because it was written for her.
PhilMH 20th Feb 2024		8-Track Deep Purple - 24 Carat Purple	As with MADE IN JAPAN, Purple is the label here, with EMI just being the corporate brand (and I don't actually see its logo here!)
PhilMH 20th Feb 2024		8-Track Deep Purple - Made In Japan	EMI didn't become a label until mid-1973, with the merger of the pop rosters of Columbia, Parlophone, and HMV. An EMI logo in conjunction with another logo (e.g. the three just named, or Capitol, Stateside, etc.) is just a corporate logo indicating that the other label was part of the EMI group.
PhilMH 15th Feb 2024		CD Album Bob Marley And The Wailers - Legend	The set number (i.e. the real catalogue number) of that 2002 set would be 314 586 714-2; Universal followed PolyGram's previous practice of allocating numbers to each disc or tape in a multi-disc or multi-tape set. It would be USA or Canada, as only North American PolyGram and Universal followed that numbering convention; in the UK, Europe and rest of the world apart from Japan, the set number was 586 714-2, i.e. without the 314 at the beginning. Have a look at the undersides of the discs and the inner rings, there might be a manufacturer's name present which could help pin the country down.
PhilMH 13th Feb 2024		CD Album Diana Ross And The Supremes - Collection Series	Hi Helen, CD launch was definitely late 1982 in Japan, and March 1983 for the rest of the world - GRAMOPHONE magazine in the UK devoted much of their March 1983 issue to the launch. I'm starting to wonder if the Australian release of this catalogue number in August 1983 had the same title as the linked European issue; this one shows the logo of the Sanity store, so may perhaps have been a later exclusive edition for them. Anyway, this one can be kept separate from the Europe issue because the label is different - and I don't know why most (but not all!) of the UK Spectrum issues became Karussell for the Australian market, perhaps there was a problem with the Spectrum name?
PhilMH 12th Feb 2024		CD Album Diana Ross And The Supremes - Collection Series	Both the back insert and the disc circumference show a copyright year of 1993; 1982 was when this compilation was first issued in another format, there were no CDs in Australia in that year, only in Japan, with the rest of the world following in March 1983. This catalogue number is listed as a new release in Platterlog dated 23rd August 1993, though with the title given as "Stop! In The Name Of Love", and also incorrectly listed as an import - many titles distributed by Pickwick or Karussell Ltd. in Australia were imports, but not the releases on Karussell or Spectrum.
PhilMH 12th Feb 2024		Vinyl Album Eric Clapton - Eric Clapton's Rainbow Concert	There seem to be a few of the mispress about - Discogs lists 40 owners for it; the Elvin Bishop catalogue number was 2429 116, having the same last three digits, so I imagine the pressing plant operator mixed up the catalogue numbers somehow (probably just saw the 116 and grabbed the wrong tape or stamper).
PhilMH 9th Feb 2024		CD Album The Velvet Underground And Nico - The Velvet Underground And Nico	This catalogue number was also released in Australia, appearing in Platterlog's new release listing of 2 September 1996. Given the absence of an Australian pressing on this site and others, it is very likely that the copies sold here were the Made in Germany ones, though it is also possible that UK copies made it here to be distributed by the local PolyGram company, so this is another one where "Made in Europe/EU" does not necessarily equate to "released only in Europe or the EU", and it should be made International.
PhilMH 5th Feb 2024		CD Album Aretha Franklin - Sweet Bitter Love	I agree that this should be UK, because of the copyright credit for the UK Sony company, plus MCPS rights society.
PhilMH 30th Jan 2024		Vinyl Album Simon And Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water	This should be merged with the existing UK entry from 1970, as the catalogue number is the same;this is just a later pressing of an already in-catalogue item, not a "reissue" as Discogs would have it.
PhilMH 24th Jan 2024		Vinyl Album Dionne Warwick - Heartbreaker	The AL8-8006 catalog number would date from 1983, when RCA became co-owner of Arista.
PhilMH 18th Jan 2024		Vinyl Album Elvis Presley - For LP Fans Only	Indeed, and the cover and labels refer to BMG Music, which didn't come into being until 1987. The 1984 edition of this LP was PL81990 [Mod. changed to '89]
PhilMH 11th Jan 2024		CD Album Diana Ross And The Supremes - Every Great #1 Hit	The catalogue number starting with 37463 means that this is an October 1991 or later reissue via PolyGram; in 1987, Motown was still distributed by MCA, and the catalogue number then was MCD09038MD, plus the company name then was still Motown Record Corporation, it didn't become Motown Record Company, L.P. until June 1988.
PhilMH 8th Jan 2024		Vinyl Album The Original Johnny Otis Show - The Original Johnny Otis Show	Hi lorangrecords, per my previous comments, Savoy Jazz labels with SJ Records, Inc. company credit at the perimeter are 1984 and later. Prior labels without Jazz and showing Arista Records, Inc. company credit are 1976 to the end of 1983, so your copy would fit into the Arista period and be the original 1978 release. I assume that Jazz was added to the label name because Arista sold the Savoy holdings to different companies, with the gospel catalogue going first to Prelude Records and then ultimately to Malaco Records in Jackson, Mississippi, where it remains to this day. The jazz/r &b catalogue is now owned by Concord Music Group.
PhilMH 6th Jan 2024		Vinyl Album The Shadows - The Shadows Greatest Hits Vol. 3	EMI did not exist as a label for releases to the public before mid-1973. Before that, if an EMI logo appeared in combination with another logo such as Columbia, Parlophone, His Master's Voice, Capitol, Stateside, etc, that just indicated that the label in question was a part of the EMI group, and did not indicate that EMI was a label or part of the label name (though EMI in Australia at least stretched the point by sometimes putting the EMI and Tamla Motown logos together - although the TM logo was designed by one of EMI's UK designers, it was owned by Motown Record Corporation, and not by EMI, and the logo was used in other countries where EMI didn't have the rights to Motown). So, for this one the label is just Columbia. Release date could be late 1968 or early 1969 - Michael DeLooper's listing doesn't give a date for it, but Discogs has December 1968 for SCXO 7891 by Johnny Farnham.
PhilMH 27th Dec 2023		CD Album Judas Priest - Painkiller	Hi guys, 18th September 1990 was a Tuesday, so I wonder if that was actually the US release date? Platterlog shows this as a new release in their update on Monday 24th September, so the release date could have been that day or the previous Friday, the 21st. For what it's worth, I would keep both the CBS and Columbia pressings together on this entry, because I doubt that you would find a separate date documented anywhere for the Columbia pressing - Sony most likely just considered that a new pressing of an already in-catalogue item. The CBS brand was changed to Columbia worldwide (except Japan and Spain, where the name was owned by different companies) as of 1st January 1991, so that would be the earliest date for the Columbia disc. Incidentally, Sony in Australia have still been showing the CBS brand on the packaging of some discs (repressings and reissues) for the last 30+ years, even a new "Gold" series of older albums with new catalogue numbers a couple of years ago (e.g. a couple of early Dylans) still have CBS on the package. I don't know if there's any legal distinction between what's used on the package and what's on the actual item, but I would have thought that CBS, Inc. would be frowning on the continued use of their name. There's at least one precedent for such action, though, when ABC-Paramount Records in the USA became just ABC Records when ABC's partnership with Paramount Theatres ended in 1966? 1967? - I have B.B. King LPs purchased in the 70s that have ABC-Paramount logos on the covers but just ABC on the labels.
PhilMH 25th Dec 2023		CD Album Sam Cooke - Greatest Hits	The notes say, "Probably the best single-disc collection of Sam Cooke hits ever." Or, there's this one.
PhilMH 23rd Dec 2023		Vinyl Album The Neapolitan Mandolins Of Eduardo Alfieri - Mandolins In The Starlight	Hi WM, I had a look at the Aussie Festival label singles matrices in 45cat, and the matrices here suggested an issue date around June 1969. However, a news item in Cash Box issue dated 27th September 1969 stated that Festival's distribution of Durium was to start on October 1st, which makes me wonder whether Festival maintained two similar but separate matrix number sequences for singles and albums? Anyway, October 1969 is the earliest possible date for this, going by Cash Box.
PhilMH 14th Dec 2023		Vinyl Album Various Artists - Soul Sounds	"My Ancestors" was also covered by Jimmy Cliff on his self-titled Trojan LP, where it is credited to "Tapp", that being Demetriss Tapp, a/k/a Mrs. Bob Tubert. The BMI database currently shows the writers as Bob Tubert and Demetriss Tubert.

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