Vinyl Albums - Comments by mowdamowda

Vinyl Albums - Comments by mowdamowda

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Member	Item		Review/Comment
mowdamowda 14th Sep 2024		Vinyl Album Neil Young - After The Gold Rush (1970)	When this was released in Australia it was not gatefold, so no shot of Neil on the couch, and had no lyric sheet.
mowdamowda 14th Sep 2024		Vinyl Album Neil Young - Harvest (1972)	I bought this album in Brisbane the week it was released and there was no lyric sheet with the album. Australian manufacturers were that cheap and stingy, would regularly make gatefold albums just single sleeve. I can't remember any Oz Neil Young album in the 70s being issued with the lyric sheet. Harvest was the 1st NY album released here with a gatefold. NY, Everybody, and Goldrush were all single sleeve.
mowdamowda 28th Aug 2024		Vinyl Album Various Artists - Prime Cuts (1975)	The publishing date of 1975 for tracks 3 & 4 on side 2 of this album would suggest the release date is 1975 and not 1974.
mowdamowda 7th Nov 2021		Vinyl Album Neil Young - On The Beach (1974)	ady_lister In Australia, in the 60s and 70s, the manufacturing of records was pretty pathetic. Thin flimsy covers and never a gatefold for any artist (well rarely). The price of an album was $5.50. The manufacturing cost to make a gatefold? A measly 20 cents. So they invariable said 'no' and we went without. However, when On The Beach was released here, they made it a gatefold! (no gatefolds for Neil's first three albums, but this one they do. Gives you an idea of the thinking, well, lack of, that held sway out here.
mowdamowda 31st Jul 2020		Vinyl Album Eric Clapton - Eric Clapton (1975)	Yes, I bought this album in Oz the day it was released and the tracks are flipped on the Aussie one. Not only that, after about 45 seconds into 'Slunky' the balance changes radically and for the remainder of the album volume is about 25% left channel - 100% right channel. (or vice versa). BTW, the version shown here is a later RSO pressing. The original was Polydor
mowdamowda 5th Mar 2020		Vinyl Album Frank Sinatra - In The Wee Small Hours (1955)	I'm pretty sure the release date for this 12" is the same as the 10" and the 7" EPs. All released on the 25th April 1955. Not 1956 http://www.11fifty.com/Site_108/1955_-_In_the_Wee_Small_Hours.html
mowdamowda 7th Dec 2019		Vinyl Album Various Artists - Rock Generation Volume 2	back cover is for Volume 1, not 2. :-(
mowdamowda 6th May 2017		Vinyl Album John Martyn - So Far So Good (1977)	A very good compilation, which John had no involvement in. The live version of I'd Rather Be The Devil is unique to this release. This track eventually had an official CD release as the bonus track on the 2000 remaster of Solid Air
mowdamowda 5th May 2017		Vinyl Album Pearls Before Swine - City Of Gold (1971)	Album cover has artist as Thos. Rapp / Pearls Before Swine
mowdamowda 5th May 2017		Vinyl Album Pearls Before Swine - The Use Of Ashes (1970)	Side 1 track two, album cover has it listed as "From The Movie" label has it listed as "From The Movie Of The Same Name"
mowdamowda 4th May 2017		Vinyl Album Pearls Before Swine - These Things Too (1969)	From wiki: The album sleeve showed a 15th-century painting of Christ by Giovanni Bellini. The picture was removed from the version of the album issued in Germany because it showed Christ's nipple exposed
mowdamowda 4th May 2017		Vinyl Album Pearls Before Swine - One Nation Underground	This West German pressing was distributed by 'Rosy Records" (?) From Discogs: Base Record - Italian (Bologna) indie label operating between January 1979 and April 2010. This release has the same poster insert as the U.S. original release.
mowdamowda 2nd May 2017		Vinyl Album Donovan - H.M.S. Donovan (1971)	Okay, upon further investigation Dawn changed from the orange to the purple label somewhere in 1971. HMS Donovan was released in July 1971. My suggestion would be the label change happened midway through the pressing of HMS Donovan. Quite a fanciful hypothesis is it not? http://imgur.com/a/2J4B8
mowdamowda 2nd May 2017		Vinyl Album Donovan - H.M.S. Donovan (1971)	I'm surprised to hear that. I was a huge Donovan fan and when I heard this album was coming out had one specifically imported to Oz from the U.K. If there was a label change in the space of 4 weeks from release, I'll accept it. Will have to do a little research on this to find out what's what.
mowdamowda 30th Apr 2017		Vinyl Album Donovan - H.M.S. Donovan (1971)	The purple labels are the first issue (well, obviously not). :-(
mowdamowda 27th Apr 2017		Vinyl Album Davy Graham And Bert Jansch - Davy & Bert (2014)	This is a 10 inch album released on Record Store Day 2014 and limited to 1,000 copies
mowdamowda 25th Apr 2017		Vinyl Album Bert Jansch - From The Outside (1985)	Only 500 pressed. Blues All Around Me is only available on this release. It started life as the instrumental Kingfisher on the Avocet album by Bert and Martin Jenkins from 1978. It was left off the 1993 Hypertension CD release of From The Outside It was also left off the 2001 Castle Music CD release of From The Outside It has also been left off the 2016 remastered Earth Recordings CD release of From The Outside A rerecorded version did surface on 1990's Sketches with the new title of The Old Routine.
mowdamowda 24th Apr 2017		Vinyl Album Black Sabbath - Vol. 4 (1980)	Why does the label state "Powderworks"? Is 7 Records the distributor? From Wikipedia: Powderworks Records is a record label established in 1977. Its headquarters are based in Brisbane, Australia. It is the home of Midnight Oil. Aside from recording, it made the Australian pressings of stuff on other labels, such as RCA, Columbia & Mute Records from 1978 to 1987
mowdamowda 23rd Apr 2017		Vinyl Album Bert Jansch - A Rare Conundrum (1977)	Most of these tracks were previously released in 1976, on the Danish Exlibris release "Poor Mouth"
mowdamowda 23rd Apr 2017		Vinyl Album Bert Jansch And Martin Jenkins - Avocet (1978)	Second album by Bert to be released on the Danish Exlibris label, this one in 1978. Was licensed to Charisma in February 1979.
mowdamowda 23rd Apr 2017		Vinyl Album Bert Jansch - Poor Mouth (1976)	Charisma left these songs sitting on the shelf for a while and the Danish Ex-Libris label released this album in 1976. Nearly a year after the original recordings Charisma finally released A Rare Conundrum in May 1977. Dragonfly, Candyman and Three Dreamers were dropped for the Charisma release, but they added Looking For A Home, Cat And Mouse and 3 A.M.
mowdamowda 19th Mar 2017		Vinyl Album The Yardbirds - Heart Full Of Soul (1965)	From the times on the label it would appear the Canadian issue has the alternate take of "I Wish You Would" and not the 45 take (which is 2.18) This take would also incorrectly appear on the 1971 LP "Remember ... The Yardbirds"