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Fotheringay on original pink Island label…

Posted by r3c0rdc0113ct0r on October 29, 2013
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Hard to find on the original pink Island label, this 1970 one-off Fotheringay album (they disbanded in January 1971) in particular features some sublime guitar from Jerry Donahue (definite future influence for Mark Knopfler) as well as top class vocals from Sandy Denny (no wonder she was the only other vocalist to appear on a Led Zeppelin LP). The more folky/renaissance style tracks work better for me than the country influenced ones but it’s still an essential addition to your record collection:

ILPS-9125-Fotheringay-label ILPS-9125-Fotheringay-front

Rare Vertigo Swirl advertisements…

Posted by r3c0rdc0113ct0r on October 29, 2013
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I recently found two examples of original UK music press ads promoting 2 singles from Affinity and Jade Warrior. With a bit of photoshop cleaning up and retouching, here they are reproduced in their cleaned up state:

affinity advert  jade warrior demon trucker ad

Spooky Tooth, Al Stewart and Lindisfarne updates

Posted by r3c0rdc0113ct0r on October 26, 2013
Posted in: CBS, Charisma Pink Mad Hatter, Island. Leave a comment

Three new additions to the pink Island and orange CBS labels as well as the very first LP issued on the newly redesigned Charisma label which utilised an existing drawing by Sir John Tenniel of the Mad Hatter and other images from “Alice In Wonderland” and this design has become known as the  ’pink Mad Hatter’ variant.

CAS-1057-Lindisfarne-label S-65726-Al-Stewart-label ILPS-9080-Spooky-Tooth-label

Updates featuring Steely Dan, Dave Mason and even the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band!

Posted by r3c0rdc0113ct0r on October 19, 2013
Posted in: CBS, Liberty, Marmalade, Probe. Tagged: , , , , . Leave a comment

Some recent additions on the Probe, CBS, Liberty and Marmalade labels:

SPB-1062-Steely-Dan-label S-80360-Dave-Mason-label lbs-83122-nitty-gritty-dirt-band-label Marmamalde-608104-Auger-Driscoll-label

Rare singles and new additions on Vertigo, CBS, Island, Mooncrest, Charisma and B&C Records

Posted by r3c0rdc0113ct0r on October 19, 2013
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There are new sections for singles on pink Island, CBS orange, B&C Records, Charisma pink scroll and Mooncrest as well as a rare addition on Vertigo. Click the labels to go to each singles section featuring Traffic, Titanic, Atomic Rooster, Nazareth, Rare Bird and Manfred Mann.

WIP-6017-Traffic-2 CBS-5365-Titanic CB-131-Atomic-Rooster-label CB-120 MOON1-Nazareth 6059-012-Manfred-Mann-label

 

More singles to be added to each section as they are acquired. Keep coming back for updates.

More Led Zeppelin variations…

Posted by r3c0rdc0113ct0r on October 16, 2013
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Thanks to Jonáš Zdenēk from Prague who’s spotted another Led Zeppelin label variation, this time on the Swan Song “The Song Remains The Same” UK release.

SSK-89402-label-variant-1SSK-89402-label

 

The labels are nearly identical, the publishing credits and band name and album title are positioned differently. Both of these pre-date the later label style which is shown below:

song-remains-the-same

Recent updates on CBS, Liberty and B&C Records

Posted by r3c0rdc0113ct0r on October 12, 2013
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featuring Santana, Andy Roberts, Canned Heat and The Sunshine Company. Click the labels to go to each album’s page:

S-63815-Santana-label lbs-83120-sunshine-company-label lbs-83303-liberty-canned-heat-cookbook-label CAS1034-Andy-Roberts-label

Black Sabbath revisited…

Posted by r3c0rdc0113ct0r on October 8, 2013
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just come back from a weekend away and happened to call in at Mapledurham water mill…

water mill

but it looks so much more atmospheric if you give it Marcus Keef’s ‘false colour photography’ treatment, like this:

mapledurham false colour

Unfortunately the estate was closed at the time and I couldn’t get to the exact same location as Keef to shoot his album cover shot for Black Sabbath’s debut album. But it’s only about 40 feet away (the other side of the tree hanging down on the left) from where Keef was in early 1970…

VO6

Gary Moore’s ‘Skid Row’ on orange CBS label added…

Posted by r3c0rdc0113ct0r on September 20, 2013
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…along with The Gun from 1968. A couple of hard to find UK original 1st pressings on the orange CBS label. The Gun is also available in a mono version. Notable for a couple of reasons; a very young Gary Moore (17 at the time) plays on Skid Row, and The Gun’s LP features a successful single release of “Race With The Devil” which was covered by female metal band Girlschool in 1980 as part of their debut album “Demolition”. The cover art for The Gun was by Roger Dean and is reputed to be his very first album cover

S-63965-skid-row-front S-63552-Gun-front