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I did come across a load of recently donated jukebox singles in a charity shop the other week, and there were a few of them without the coloured moulding, so I can see that being the case..
But I have two copies of Jon &Vangelis: I'll find my way home, and both are identical except one has the colour missing on only the B-side, but it has a small centre hole, so I'm wondering if this is just a missed stamp on that one.... and I couldn't go so far myself as to call it a "Mispress", it seems too minor a mistake to be significant to me.
Another topic this issue raises that I have been curious about, is in it's article on mis-pressed records.
It seems that any record with only a hair out of place (a stray blob of ink) can be called a mis-press, and sold at corresponding elevated price.
I understand that a collector of a particular band may find even the smallest detail an item of interest, but is there any point at which you have to say it's not a big deal?
My Catch Bull At Four (Cat Stevens) has the labels on the wrong sides, but doesn't get me jumping up and down... but I can understand if there is a difference in the music, or some other substantive change like publisher changes or songwriting credits, or the wrong colour vinyl then it would draw some interest...
but, for instance, I've debated whether to submit a scan of my A-Side label for R.E.M's Losing my Religion single to 45Cat, as it is a plain Warners label - completely unprinted - but of course, I could upload the image to almost any Warner release! Just not sure how thrilling it is.
And as for injection moulded labels for singles, I see them very often without the silver colour applied to one side or other... surely this is not uncommon enough, or exciting enough to be of interest to anyone, but some listings on ebay make a feature of these.
I usually read this in instalments over the course of the month, and just read the Beatles article...
It's well worth reading for Beatles historians, as it deals not so much with the Band itself, or what they got up to in Hamburg, but traces the history of the recordings that were made in those early days, and the various attempts to legitimately (And otherwise) to release them on record.
From the circumstances of recording, to the long journey the tapes have taken through the years, through studio and courtroom.
There's a note at the end of the article for next month's companion piece which promises to go into the content of the Star Club material, offer a guide to source materials, and compare edited and un-edited recordings that were released.