- yes, i should've thought of that, and searched on zg*1*, not zgw* for any others in the series: i didn't think of doing this, even though i'm familiar with the decca london (''american'' !) third cat# letter market indicator from the hl series singles *and* the ha/sha series lps.
- is there intelligent thought in a cat-sitting ppint. ?
(& it could've been any of the other first eight (?or ten?) lps in the series i saw and auto-ignored...)
Hi ppint, Decca's 70s catalogues have a symbol next to this catalogue number indicating that one or more tracks are reprocessed stereo, with the others (if any) being true stereo. Not having the album, and not being familiar with Jamie's release practices, I can't say whether or not there are true stereo versions of any of these tracks.
Also, the third letter in the prefix is a variable export availability code, as per Decca's usual practice with London and other labels. Other letters used in the ZG series (which ran up to at least 136 in 1975) were E (from Hickory), J (from Steady in Jamaica), L (from GNP Crescendo), M (Bang, for two Neil Diamond comps), P (Laurie, a Chiffons reissue) and U (various sources, including Hi, which was the source of the aforementioned 136, CHARLIE RICH SINGS THE SONGS OF HANK WILLIAMS AND OTHERS).
jamie released their original lps in both mono and stereo: were their stereo versions also simply rechanelled mono - or even actually mono, with labels stating stereo slapped into the presses - ?
- or did decca just not bother to use stereo tapes for this 1970 mid-price or budget revival release ?
n.b. rechannelled mono recordings - fake stereo - best listened to mixed back down to mono.
there's very little information given on the back of the uk sleeve - i don't know about the other countries' releases of the album. i'm not sure there was more than one other release in the ZGW100 series of lps - and literally all i can now remember about that is i decided not to buy it without even picking it up: i wonder what it was...
Added label layout variation fmc, the word Stereo placed on left side rather on top of spindle hole as in image #'s 469347 and 469349. Also, there is difference in the language on tops and bottoms of both sets of labels. Size of the London box is different also.