Sonny Herman "what About Me" Utopia

[Reforee]

Train spotting time.

 

has anybody noticed the two label variants for the Sonny Herman track "What about me" on Utopia

 

one  label is a lighter blue than the other and one has an extra 2 lines of writing.

 

the lighter blue is say more like a Verve or Fontana blue, while the darker blue is an odd shade of blue

 

so before any conclusions are/ can be made I  was wondering if those who have a copy can let me know what shade of blue their copy is and is there any credits under the label number on the right hand side?

 

 I want to build up some info from others if possible to ascertain why possible label colour variant etc

 

cheers

 

Dave H

[Chalky]

Two scans from the net....

 

 

[Reforee]

 Hi Chalky

 

thanks for posting scans up, hoped someone would, should of gone to you first!

 

yep same as my 2 that's why I wondered why the difference, any significant reason?

 

if say anybody has a light blue with the 2 extra lines of credit or a dark blue without the extra credits that would make 4 variants?

 

Don't really want to consider the question of original or not as I don't know enough about release details and wanted to do some fishing out there to find out more, but it is certainly a different pressing.

 

Dave

[Quinvy]

Yes, I've had them both and wondered about it myself. Two different pressing plants maybe?

[Reforee]

Quinvy

 

Possibly true but would of thought the artwork would be identical?

 

Coupled with the fact it's a small label, I would of thought it didn't warrant 2 plants doing a run? 

 

Still wonder why 2 sets of credits are missing from the label on the light blue issue?

 

Perhaps we will never find out, like a lot of un answered questions regarding soul records. 

 

Dave

[Quinvy]

Quite a few copies have the labels on the wrong side. But there's very little difference so easily done.

[Steve G]

Quinvy

 

Possibly true but would of thought the artwork would be identical?

 

Coupled with the fact it's a small label, I would of thought it didn't warrant 2 plants doing a run? 

 

Still wonder why 2 sets of credits are missing from the label on the light blue issue?

 

Perhaps we will never find out, like a lot of un answered questions regarding soul records. 

 

Dave

 

Hi Dave, who knows how many they pressed. Naybe they re-pressed it with the additional credits, maybe they re-pressed it without the producers name. Just because it's a scarce disc (not rare), doesn't mean they didn't press a higher number or do two runs. Steve

[ricticman]

Steve,

 

 ' scarce '  v   ' rare '

 

Elaborate ?

 

pete

[Chalky]

Maybe it sold a few so a second run done, maybe the arranger wasn't happy with no credit?  

[Chalky]

Steve,

 

 ' scarce '  v   ' rare '

 

Elaborate ?

 

pete

 

Scarce means insuffucient to meet demand, rare means not many at all.

[ricticman]

Scarce means insuffucient to meet demand, rare means not many at all.

got it - thanks for that

[Tlscapital]

Scarce means insuffucient to meet demand, rare means not many at all.

yes and no; insufficient to satisfy the need or demand; not abundant: Meat and butter were scarce during the war. OR seldom met with; rare: a scarce book.

[Tlscapital]

Maybe it sold a few so a second run done, maybe the arranger wasn't happy with no credit?  

I tought so as well