Prod. by Roger & Claudette Tokarz for Sirocco Prods.
An Advent Recording.
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Neil Forbes 20th Feb 2015
| | Thought I wasn't too far off the mark on my last post, RC! You've pretty-much confirmed what I said! |
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Record Collector 20th Feb 2015
| | Explosive Hits '75 was released on HMV and the last to do so before it switched to EMI for the follow up screamer |
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Neil Forbes 20th Feb 2015
| | Well, Explosive Hits '75 was a budget-price issue as well, even though it was(I think) issued on one of EMI's "flagship" labels(HMV or Columbia). I think those Explosive Hits LPs or their successors were moved over to the EMI or EMI-International label in 1976.
As for the price....$3.50 may seem cheap by today's standards, but even as a budget price, it was a lot of dough back then! And that's the funny thing, you'd walk into a second-hand record shop today and pick up a copy of Explosive Hits '75 and likely pay the same for it...$3.50! |
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Record Collector 20th Feb 2015
| | That's how much explosive hits '75 was priced at |
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Neil Forbes 20th Feb 2015
| | RC, you're such a tease! Tasty Treats, I assume, is another Peppers album, right? But we never saw it here because neither EMI or any other company sought to licence it for Australian issue, full-price or budget-price... Am I getting warm? But this LP valued at 19 bucks! Whew! I don't think I paid any more than $3.50 when I bought it brand new from the Axis rack at a mixed business on Stockton(my old stamping ground) many moons ago! |
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Record Collector 20th Feb 2015
| | This album is now valued at $19 not a bad price |
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Record Collector 20th Feb 2015
| | That's because it's never released over here |
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Neil Forbes 20th Feb 2015
| | Tasty Treats, RC? Sorry! Don't remember that one! |
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Record Collector 20th Feb 2015
| | And not forgetting another album called tasty treats |
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Neil Forbes 20th Feb 2015
| | I recall it being on that album! Interesting thing here, Track(Pepper Box) turns up on Explosive Hits '75, Taste Of Pepper.... LP issued on Axis in '74, original Stateside single - Recording First Published 1973!(I love the way Brit. labels used to show the issue year on them!). |
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Record Collector 20th Feb 2015
| | This was one of 2SM'S power plays and featured on Explosive Hits '75 |
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Neil Forbes 20th Feb 2015
| | My guess is, this is another album that EMI Australia thought would not mean much to Aussie record-buyers, so rather than issue the LP on a major label at full-price(they issued Pepper Box c/w Pinch Of Salt as a single on Stateside), they'd issue the album as an Axis budget release instead. I don't think EMI really cares much about sales figures for their budget labels,
They bung 'em together an' put 'em out... If'n they sell a copy or a thousand, sweet! If not, who gives a.....!(you fill in the blank!) |
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Record Collector 20th Feb 2015
| | pepper box only stayed on the charts for nine weeks so it came and went with a grain pinch of salt very good RC keep it up |
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Record Collector 20th Feb 2015
| | A-B sides of the single release |
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Record Collector 20th Feb 2015
| | Track One Side One |
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Neil Forbes 20th Feb 2015
| | The actual album title appears on the rear of the cover, rather than the front(apart from on the labels). I was prompted to upload this after Record Collector made a passing ref...ref... re... Aaaaachoooo!(sorry, too much "pepper"!) reference to the album in recent posts. Thought I'd give you all a look at this "mysterious" album!
.....Gesundheit! |
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