Karussell - Latest Updates

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Comment by leonard:

Made new Australian entry on Karussell from images added to European entry.

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Comment by PhilMH:

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?

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Comment by Helen Willemse:

No CD's in 1982 in the Netherlands either and certainly not from this label. Karussel came much later.
First CD's for sale came from Japan in 1985... I believe Marrillion was one of the first?
Anyway, this CD is not from 1982, the compilation was but on LP and maybe on tape.
And what Phil says ..
Submitter probably missed the 1993 on the back... just glad I am not the only one making this mistake lol!

[Mod: changed to 1993 ftb. There are now 2 entries with this cat#, but with a different title. Probably this is a later reissue]

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Comment by PhilMH:

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.

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Comment by Helen Willemse:

Isn't this a rererere-issue from the 1982 LP "Dynamic Diana" ?

First CD's were released in 1985?
Label on CD first released 1989/90's?