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Post by abl on Dec 30, 2019 5:15:26 GMT -5
Hi all, Can anybody give me more info on this record I've had in my collection for nearly 40 years!! The b-side is not Duran Duran, it's some track I can't identify.
Many thanks, ABL.
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Post by poptrash on Dec 30, 2019 6:39:18 GMT -5
As a collector i find that very cool! I love mispresses!
If you can share the matrix code which is stamped in the vinyl (along the label) then it is easier to figure out what other song it is.
The matrix for side A is probably: EMI 5137 A-1U ...
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Post by abl on Dec 30, 2019 8:04:02 GMT -5
Thanks for the reply. I will check tonight when I get home. From what I remember the b-side sounded a bit like David Bowie. Speak later.
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Post by abl on Dec 31, 2019 5:38:53 GMT -5
Side A is: EMI 5137 A-1U with WILTF and RUM RUNNER etching (W is like a tiny harp)
Side B is: EMI 5157 B-1
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Post by redmumba on Dec 31, 2019 7:20:52 GMT -5
Side A is: EMI 5137 A-1U with WILTF and RUM RUNNER etching (W is like a tiny harp) Side B is: EMI 5157 B-1 A quick search on Discogs given the matrix number and apparently the artist is......(wait for it).... Roger Taylor! But not our Roger Taylor of Duran Duran, it's Roger Taylor of Queen: www.discogs.com/Roger-Taylor-Future-Management/release/1063901
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Post by abl on Dec 31, 2019 8:56:27 GMT -5
Well, in all these years of buying records I never realised that the 'matrix code' on the vinyl itself would reveal the artist! I played the single last night and the song is "Laugh Or Cry" - the b-side to the single you linked to! It does sound like Bowie, makes sense with the Queen link I suppose.
Thanks! A 39 year old mystery solved!
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Post by tfranson on Jan 2, 2020 10:26:31 GMT -5
So... how much is it worth? seems really Rare!
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Post by dafunk on Jan 2, 2020 12:03:11 GMT -5
Until your post I never heard about this mispress before. So I guess, the technician at the EMI pressing plant noticed his mistake very quickly and thus only a few copies were pressed. Maybe only a single one ;-) It's hard to tell how much it is worth, but for sure there are a few crazy collectors out there, DD and Queen as well... What you've read "ΨILTF" is more probably "ΨJEFF", which is, besides "RUM RUNNER", stamped on all original UK Pressings of Planet Earth.. But I've got some more questions: What style or colours do the labels have? Plain black or yellow company labels or with "corporate design" of that time? Does the vinyl itself have a solid centre with a small hole or a push-out centre with 3 or 4 conjunctions to a larger hole? Does the release have a picture sleeve? Thx! Edit: I've just checked www.durancollection.com and found a copy in Guille's collection.
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Post by abl on Jan 3, 2020 11:45:39 GMT -5
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Post by vermeerf on Jan 4, 2020 4:43:33 GMT -5
So your post was just an add?
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