11 Dec 2012

Stray Cats s/t lp, various releases part II

Well, after a little break ( 2 and 1/2 years to be precise ) I am slowly trying to add some more material to this blog. And I will of course continue with the first lp with it´s different pressings from around the planet. Special thanks to Jon for giving me the boost to continue with this blobloblob.. thing.

UK              Stray 1


Maybe the most famous pressing of debut lp, although nothing fancy here. Except the original merchandise sheet which my copy still has.


Ireland       Stray 1
   
      The only different thing to regular UK issue is the centre label,typical Arista blue-grey with "Made in Gt.Britain" text.


Spain     I-203.295     Ariola Eurodisc

The white label promo of Spanish pressing. Regular cover.

France     203295      Arabella Eurodisc

Very basic issue with only minor different details.

South Africa    ASTJ103   licensed to and distributed by RPM record company

Again, there is nothing greater than life with this release but having a South African pressing is... well, nice !

Yugoslavia    LPS-1039 Sokoj    (manufactured by Jugodisk)



What really makes this one collectable is that side A only has five tracks. Storm The Embassy was omitted for political reasons. Yugoslavia was part of socialist block ( although it was probably the most "western" ) and they couldn´t release a song which was a straight attack against Soviet Union and Iran. Bright dark-yellow labels are also nice : )

Mexico         LAE-355

Back cover of Mexican press has the song names printed in Spanish, centre label typical early pin-up style. Otherwise very basic.

Mexico     MLM-5385  Rockollector series 3




Mexican re-pressing from 1988, part of Rockollector series of lp´s. Different cover, different Arista label and insert sheet with info about the artist written in spanish. Yummy, to say the least : )

And that´s all folks for now. Next update sometime in future, sooner or later. Still some pressings to add before moving to next stage. Whatever it will be...










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