Vinyl Albums - Comments by MicSmith

Vinyl Albums - Comments by MicSmith

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Member	Item		Review/Comment
MicSmith 22nd Dec 2021		Vinyl Album Fleetwood Mac - Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac (1968)	The release date shown (24 February 1968) was a Saturday, so I wonder if this was released on 23 February - Friday's being standard at the time in the UK?
MicSmith 23rd Mar 2021		Vinyl Album Peter Gabriel - Peter Gabriel (1984)	This reissue was released in March 1985. I’m trying to tie this down to a specific week.
MicSmith 23rd Mar 2021		Vinyl Album Genesis - Foxtrot (1985)	Regarding the year of release I have a cutting showing this album and Peter Gabriel first solo album appearing in the CHC series of budget releases. The cutting is dated March 1985 and most probably came from Sounds (or Melody Maker or NME). I’m trying to tie this down more accurately.
MicSmith 29th Dec 2020		Vinyl Album [no artist listed] - Twelve Top Hits (1970)	Given the inclusion of The Beatles song Let It Be I suggest this was released late in March 1970 not February 1970 as the Beatles song wasn't released until March 1970.
MicSmith 22nd Nov 2020		Vinyl Album Elton John - Empty Sky (1969)	Well it exists as a mono mix and a very small number of serious collectors have a copy. There are photos of it here on discogs: https://www.discogs.com/Elton-John-Empty-Sky/release/4095537 I saw a mono sleeve in a record shop in Cardiff when I was going the University visits in 1981 trying to decide where to study. It was £5. I would imagine this was a stereo copy in a mono sleeve but I never thought seriously of buying it mainly because interest in mono records wasn't really there for me (or generally speaking) at that time. Someone posted on Hoffman the other day that he recently bought a mono copy in among a bunch of albums and was going to report back on his copy but I haven't seen his follow up post yet. With the 50th anniversay of this album having long passed without sign of a reissue I wonder if it'll ever be made more widely available now to be honest.
MicSmith 19th Oct 2020		Vinyl Album Elton John - Tumbleweed Connection (1970)	While researching Genesis release dates this year I came across a reference to the release of Tumbleweed Connection having to be rescheduled due to issues with the elaborate sleeve/booklet. I believe it was intended to be released on 13 November (possibly after being scheduled for the date given on here and on Wikipedia) but was delayed to an as yet unconfirmed date. The album entered the UK charts on 16 Jan 1971 which suggests a release sometime in December in fact. I also came across a copy of a music paper that was dated 26 December 1970 (not sure which paper but not Sounds - possibly Disc and Music Echo) and this included an advert for this album saying it was 'available now' and I wonder therefore if this also suggests a December release. (I realise adverts can appear weeks after release for a number of reasons). I've got a few music papers from December 1970 so will see if I can find anything else pointing to this delay. But the October 30 date is certainly wrong.
MicSmith 12th Apr 2020		Vinyl Album Gary Moore - Back On The Streets (1978)	Although this album is given a 1978 release date I believe it was released in January 1979, with the Back in the Streets single (a faded version of the album track) issued in December 1978. The single was originally to appear in October 1978 as per its listing on the 45cat page but I believe it was delayed until the December release.(See Martin C. Strong The Great Rock Discography). I was a big GM fan at this point and was eagerly awaiting the appearance of this record after the dissolution of Colosseum II and my strong recollection of knowing about the release of the album was seeing Gary and his Thin Lizzy friends appear on OGWT early in 1979. My brother bought the album on the back of this appearance and I taped it from his vinyl shortly after but before Parisienne Walkways was issued as a single. Also full page adverts for the album didn't start to appear in the UK music papers until January 1979 another indication that it appeared that month.
MicSmith 19th Jan 2016		Vinyl Album Genesis - Foxtrot (1985)	This reissue with new catalogue number appeared in 1985 not 1986.
MicSmith 19th Jan 2016		Vinyl Album Genesis - Trespass (1970)	There are Phonogram copies of this from 1975/76 that still the retain the Scroll Logo on the right panel of the inner sleeve. My copy of this edition was purchased new in January 1977 at a UK high street store and didn't come with the lyric sheet (although that might have been due to it becoming detached in the shop as opposed to it not being part of the package).