Vinyl Album - Stackridge - Extravaganza - The Rocket Record Company

Vinyl Album

Artist:	Stackridge
Title:	Extravaganza
Label:	The Rocket Record Company
Country:	UK
Catalogue:	ROLA 1
Date:	1976
Format:	LP
Collection:	I Own It I Want It
Community:	3 Own
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Track	Artist	Title	Composer	Rating
A1	Stackridge	Spin Round The Room	Bowkett, Vernon	Rate
A2	Stackridge	Greasepaint Smiles	Bowkett, Bathos	Rate
A3	Stackridge	The Volunteer	Davis, Smegmakovitch	Rate
A4	Stackridge	Highbury Incident (Rainy July Morning)	Davis, Bowkett, Slater	Rate
A5	Stackridge	Benjamins Giant Onion	Bowkett, Bathos	Rate
A6	Stackridge	Happy In THe Lord	Welton	Rate
B1	Stackridge	Rufus T Firefly	Bowkett	Rate
B2	Stackridge	No One's More Important Than The Earthworm	Haskell	Rate
B3	Stackridge	Pocket Billiards	Bowkett	Rate
B4	Stackridge	Who's Taht Up There With Bill Stokes	Bowkett, Davis	Rate

Notes

Also released as PIGL 11

Images

Number: 1109689 THUMBNAIL Uploaded By: chrisb Description: front cover	Number: 1109692 Uploaded By: chrisb Description: gatefold inner LHS	Number: 1109693 Uploaded By: chrisb Description: gatefold inner Right hand side	Number: 1109690 Uploaded By: chrisb Description: cover rear
Number: 1109713 Uploaded By: chrisb Description: side 1	Number: 1109715 Uploaded By: chrisb Description: side 2

Comments and Reviews


Gian_paolo 13th Sep 2020		I'd also say this is a reissue not the original pressing. Apart from Island being pre-Emi distribution, I also see the cassette and 8.trk cartridge were only availabel with the "11" catalogue suffix. Also on Discogs they states this is a 1976 re-release



rocket666 8th Aug 2020		I still claim this to be the '75 reissue as ROLA (gatefold) and ROLL (single sleeve) clearly did not start until summer or autumn that year.



chrisb 24th Mar 2020		Hi rocket666, indeed it appears there were indeed many ROLL cat no’s. but very few ROLA.



rocket666 21st Feb 2020		Rather belated aside; from my contempory noted discography; (along with RAK and Rockin' Horse). I have written a third ROLA (ROLA 2) a reissue in '76 of the '73 Davey Johnstone solo album - presumably, as I don't have it, only the original - still a gatefold sleeve. Two other PIGL albums reissued in '76, both by Kiki Dee. PIGL 5 as ROLL 5 & PIGL 10 as ROLL 4..



Ade Macrow 20th Jul 2016		I have the initial copy, complete with press kit, somewhere Chez Macrow. I'll dig it out and see if anything more can be gleaned from the included papers.



Ade Macrow 20th Jul 2016		Rocket was indeed distributed by Island when it started and there are copies of this album with the label also having the Island' credit in white perimeter text. There were no extra goodies in any version of the disc, by way of posters or owt else. At the launch gig/party for Rocket Records - which some of us were invited to attend - as well as Elton, John Reid et al, there were also some senior Island honchos (not Chris Blackwell, though).



PhilMH 20th Jul 2016		Hi chrisb - pretty sure, Rocket was distributed by Island when it first started in 1973, and this September 1978 article from Billboard says that Rocket and EMI weren't renewing the deal that had been in place for 3 years, so the EMI issues were definitely after the Island ones. The original Island issue may well have been in January 1975 (1974 copyright date notwithstanding), but the EMI one would be around September/October 1975 at the earliest. Unfortunately the Billboard archives online don't seem to have any article from 1975 to confirm the distribution date change, and both wikipedia and Discogs make no mention of it. EDIT: forgot to mention that the non-gatefold EMI issues were prefixed ROLL, nicely matching the ROKN of the singles to give ROKN ROLL.



chrisb 19th Jul 2016		PhilMH, are you sure about your query re the chronology, as the change to ROKN prefix for the Rocket 45s (you suggest presumably with the change of distributor) looks like it happened a good 10 months (latter end of '75) after this album prefix change, soon after its release in Jan 75



chrisb 19th Jul 2016		Actually it seems there only ever were 2 ROLA cat number releases, ROLA 1 and ROLA 3



PhilMH 19th Jul 2016		I think the chronology might be back to front here. Rocket was originally distributed by Island, with the catalogue numbers having the PIGL prefix, and the train pointing to the left on the labels. When distribution changed to EMI, as on this release, the prefix changed to ROLA and the train pointed right. See also 45cat's UK singles discography for similar change in labels and prefixes (PIG to ROKN).



chrisb 18th Jul 2016		I'm not sure in this case there were additional goodies, but Ade may know more...



Gian_paolo 18th Jul 2016		So what are the differences between Rola 1 and Pigl 11? Bothe are gatefold... any insert, poster, sticker?



chrisb 18th Jul 2016		....and hence the ROLA 1 sleeves and labels are very rarely seen nowadays.



chrisb 18th Jul 2016		(Info form Ade Macrow- thanks Ade …..) ROLA 1 becomes PIGL 11. The ROLA series was Rocket's 'super deluxe' range , retailing at between £2.45-£2.75 an album rather than the then standard £2.15-£2.30 for an 'ordinary' LP. The higher price was usually due to to gatefold sleeves, stickers, posters or other such added matter. Quickly realising that this album wasn't selling in sufficient quantities at the higher price, Rocket swiftly downgraded it, moving it into their standard PIGL series, but -in error?- retained the deluxe packaging, whilst going to the trouble and cost of re-setting some packaging details, and labels. Note: publishing credits on the inner sleeve differ between ROLA 1 and PIGL 11, there's a Rocket logo on the back cover of ROLA 1, and the Rocket train on the labels are puffing off in opposite directions on the 2 releases

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