I was under the impression that the Superhype credit, while turning up briefly in the orange printed sleeve, was the only one in the turquoise sleeve (?)

I thought they reissued the turquoise one recently.

Although this is one of those records that I'd probably pass out on the shop floor if I found it in a record bin, like the solid blue triangle Dark Side Of The Moon, a Pink Scroll Genesis, Presley or Sex Pistols debuts, Please Please Me Stereo Gold or Butcher, I wonder, is there actually any difference in sound or vinyl quality with the turquoise sleeves and Superhype labelled ones over the "standard" orange?

...I know it's significance as regards to the earliness of press, and therefore being closer to the original tapes generationally, but is the difference that vast, as to warrant the extra bucks?

That nobody has ever seen this Led Zep record in this sleeve may not be indicative of the possibility of it's existence, as such a cross over point would necessarily be so brief as to have only a very few copies like it.

Poor Mr Abramovich!

Part of me (for a moment) does feel sorry for someone who lists something like this, as it may be intentional, or an honest belief that what they are selling is all whole and complete and as it oughta be....

..but this feeling evaporates when you see the price tag... they know at least it's worth money, so must have an inkling of why it is so valuable (as this person has in his description).

So they must know that anyone to whom this will appeal, and is being asked to part with this kind of cash is going to know all about it, or find such info.

It is very frustrating when only cursory descriptions are given on high value listings too... I mean, if you're selling a Joe Dolce single or some such, which is dime a dozen, then just state the obvious by all means... but I think the more expensive it is, the more expansive the potential purchaser has a right to expect you to be in the description.

More bucks... more details please!

(Photos especially: Matrix number snaps, multi angle shots spine close ups, spindle hole, labels even inside the cover!)

No, it's on the blue Epic label (check 45cat).... It is permanently imprinted on my brain, as it was of course, one of those odd super hits that never... ever... EVER... went away or left you alone!

These Dolce singles are on of those staple, or mainstay features of record bins in Charity stores and boot fair boxes everywhere I go....

...it's like it's stalking me!

Yes, Joe Dolce, Al Martino, and The Sound Of Music seem to be on tour together in the bargain bins of Britain.... always people want rid, but no takers, so they just keep appearing, like an unsettling rash in a sensitive area.

"Hello!... nice to see you again!"

they say.

"Aaaarrgh... Leave me alone!!!! you're haunting my brain now like some kind of waking nightmare!"

I feel like saying.

Absolutely!

What a fickle bunch people are... can't get enough of something one minute, dump it en masse the next.

Why is it you never see anyone make these records into clocks or ashtrays... but always pick a stonker to break your heart with. There's a pink scroll Genesis album on ebay at the mo with a clock stuck through it!

I almost wept, and as Auden would say:

"For the love of God people...Stop The Clocks!"