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Member	Item		Review/Comment
rocket666 12th Jul 2024		Vinyl Album Carpenters - The Singles 1969-1973 (1974)	@Ade agreed; but is that extra (30 sec.-ish) beginning from 'Close To You'; and is it on all versions?
rocket666 12th Jul 2024		Vinyl Album Jonathan Kelly's Outside - .... Waiting On You (1974)	Quick wiki google shows Ledingham is Mr Kelly's birth name.
rocket666 24th Jun 2024		Vinyl Album Elton John - La Grande Storia Del Rock (1981)	Apart from different keyboards and musicians on each version, this cd seems to be very '72/ 73/'74 centric, apart from 'Pigeon and 'Pilot - oh and Tiny Dancer. Big clue though is early b- side times about 3.34 mins and GYBRd version at 4.00 ish; as shown in cover scan here.
rocket666 3rd Jun 2024		Vinyl Album Shirley Bassey - You Take My Heart Away (1977)	MONTH is incorrect; charted 25th JUNE 1977 (UK).
rocket666 10th Jan 2024		Vinyl Album Harry Chapin - Anthology Of Harry Chapin (1985)	Identical? How so when cat no begins 9... and no barcode given here?
rocket666 30th Oct 2023		Vinyl Album Brotherhood Of Man - Save Your Kisses For Me (1978)	NO, no no. Not Woolies; Marks and Spencer's own brand. At least see 10 to 11 0'clock on label rims.
rocket666 20th Apr 2023		Vinyl Album Gérard Dole - Danses Traditionellles Des Cajuns De Louisiane (1978)	google - tit fer (tee fair); Louisiana French name for a triangle! Never stop learning.
rocket666 7th Feb 2023		Vinyl Album Arizona Smoke Revue - A Thundering On The Horizon (1981)	Gene Vogel is pseudonym for Steve Knightley for this groups' albums and tours (see sketch on label), as he was signed up elsewhere as part of his own concurrent bands.
rocket666 25th Jan 2023		Vinyl Album Elton John - Tumbleweed Connection (1977)	Though spine not visible, it can be seen from sticker on front cover and cat no. on 'booklet front', that this reissue did not (immediately) get a new cover. Clearly new labels throughout this reissue set straight away.
rocket666 14th Jan 2022		Vinyl Album Ellis - Riding On The Crest Of A Slump (1972)	Re - gregs - my copy as detailed above. 5 banded tracks on A side and 4 banded tracks on B side. Are you confusing the sides? Do you have a copy with the labels swopped over in error? - & robo - I find your calculations correct, but possibly not needed. If A-side plays about 19:34 and B-side 18:30 all must be as entered. So if gregs' copy is jumbled a bit he must have a rarity.
rocket666 9th Dec 2021		Vinyl Album Free - The Free Story (1975)	Here we can see on the rear sleeve - side 3, tracks 4 & 5 get their proper non-Free artist credit!!
rocket666 9th Dec 2021		Vinyl Album Free - The Free Story (1975)	Here we can see on the rear sleeve - side 3, tracks 4 & 5 get their proper non-Free artist credit!!
rocket666 4th Oct 2021		Vinyl Album Elton John - Tumbleweed Connection (1970)	I think the October 30th date could be correct; and delays may refer to the US issue (4th January 1971). The 'delay' in charting to 16th January publication date (surveys a week or more earlier) possibly due to competing with the 'Elton John' album which - according to The Official Charts Company - only charted for 2 weeks on release in May 1970 (nos 48, then 60). It then returned to the chart from first week of Feb 70 to July 70, only reaching it's no5 peak the first week of March; then just managed 5 weeks in the top ten. 'Tumbleweed ....' begins its 20 week chart run at no41 before zooming into the top ten at no9 both album now competing with - and encouraged by the 'Your Song' single. This album gets a better 11 weeks in the top ten (peak no2 for 3 weeks), it drops from the chart in late June however. That is two or three weeks before 'Elton John' drops off!! The earlier album being the one with the hit single..
rocket666 2nd Aug 2021		Vinyl Album Elton John - Best Live Rarities Of Elton John (1976)	Well spotted leonard, thanks very much.
rocket666 1st Aug 2021		Vinyl Album Elton John - Best Live Rarities Of Elton John (1976)	Well after a bit of a check around I still got little good idea. First thought B matches to the BR. Music cds from Belgium in the mid 80's; or simply B for Belgium. Then searching the Hallmark and Pickwick labels' european albums on here, there is nowhere a similar 'B.....' cat. no. So let's cheat and do discogs - it's there, 1976, and only with the UK cat. no.. Dead end again. Ok, last chance cover picture quite unusual. Am just going to Google the artist...... bye. Should have expected that.... No result! Will just say for now only member owning this is from Germany.....
rocket666 29th Jul 2021		Vinyl Album Elton John - Best Live Rarities Of Elton John (1976)	The UK SHM 942 has a different sleeve and only that cat. no. on it. And that is listed with a 1978 date; which I believe is wrong and should as this - 1976 (APRIL 1976 in fact).
rocket666 9th Feb 2021		Vinyl Album Stevie Wonder - Hotter Than July (1984)	Inner sleeve dedicated to Martin Luther King.
rocket666 9th Feb 2021		Vinyl Album Stevie Wonder - Love Songs (1984)	Just done a little research here and I do appear to have the Dutch version/ release. Will add it as such later.
rocket666 9th Feb 2021		Vinyl Album Stevie Wonder - Love Songs (1984)	My label states "Made in E.E.C.", no mention of London except address on rear sleeve AND cat no. STARLP-8501 (hyphen on rear sleeve and spine; not on label). AND label is STAR RECORDS. !!
rocket666 9th Feb 2021		Vinyl Album The Watersons - Frost And Fire (1965)	Have a copy with various small, label differences; but same blue colour. Bottom of rear sleeve states 'Printed in England by Robert Stace' and sideways title and artist missing.
rocket666 21st Oct 2020		Vinyl Album Elton John - Best Live Rarities Of Elton John (1976)	This is a low country - probably Holland - issue; see label cat number with the omnipresent Hallmark disc inside!! (clearly).
rocket666 21st Sep 2020		Vinyl Album Nilsson - Aerial Pandemonium Ballet (1973)	Jun/ Jul '71 is US issue date; held over in UK due to little fame/ prior exposure/ confusion over not writing (hit) 'Everybody's Talking' (and delay here of 'The Point' also). Held over in fact untill the hype of '......Schmilsson' waned a bit too! Wiki only ever seems to use one (first) issue date.
rocket666 20th Sep 2020		Vinyl Album Foreigner - Head Games (1979)	Thanks shipmate! AND Foreigner guitarist Mick Jones born in Portsmouth, UK.
rocket666 10th Sep 2020		Vinyl Album Foreigner - Head Games (1979)	In navy toilets are known as the head or heads. Don't know why, though I was an apprentice at H M Dockyard Portsmouth for 4 years, '71 - '75. Tenuous idea I concede!
rocket666 9th Sep 2020		Vinyl Album Johnny Cash - Hymns By Johnny Cash (1971)	Snuck on to UK album chart for 2 weeks under title 'Johnny Cash' according to 'Guinness Book of..... '.
rocket666 9th Sep 2020		Vinyl Album Johnny Cash - Johnny Cash's Greatest Hits Volume 1 (1967)	Eventually hit UK albums chart over two years later in Oct 1969; and stuck about for almost 6 months, in the wake on '....San Quentin'.
rocket666 8th Sep 2020		Vinyl Album Johnny Cash - This Is Johnny Cash (1969)	Listed just as 'Johnny Cash' by Whitburn this charted on US Billboard main chart for 2 wks in Oct 1969.
rocket666 8th Sep 2020		Vinyl Album Johnny Cash And The Tennessee Two - Story Songs Of The Trains And Rivers (1969)	This 'reissue' hit US Billboard main album chart for 2 wks in Dec 1969.
rocket666 8th Sep 2020		Vinyl Album Johnny Cash - The Fabulous Johnny Cash (1958)	Managed to enter US Billboard main album chart 8th Dec 1958; therefore 1969 date must be wrong!!
rocket666 8th Sep 2020		Vinyl Album Wings - Venus And Mars (1975)	I have regular 'Made in Gt Britain' copywith nipped PCTC inner sleeve. Plus PCTC 254 - 'Made in Germany', with label text much as 'Made in Gt. Britain' version; yet in the no nips, all square 1C 062-96 623 inner sleeve. Scans to follow soon...

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