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Came across this by accident on Ebay, i've got the other press which is white & red with a bell sound stamp in the run out 

This one has ARP & Bell Sound stamped in the run out 

Your thoughts would  be appreciated 

Kev :hatsoff2:

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On 27/10/2016 at 13:22, Kev John said:

Came across this by accident on Ebay, i've got the other press which is white & red with a bell sound stamp in the run out 

This one has ARP & Bell Sound stamped in the run out 

Your thoughts would  be appreciated 

Kev :hatsoff2:

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Had no response on this thread in 7yrs 

Just giving this a long awaited bump up.......!

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7 hours ago, Sebastian said:

Most likely just a case of a different pressing plants done at the time of initial release. Slightly different typesetting on the red/black vs. white/red labels.

Hi Sebastian

Showed it to a few collectors at our Beer And record  club none had seen a copy & 1 collector as most of the label releases on the label never seen a Red copy of the record 

Also no other Front Page releases had a full RED label only this realease !

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Agree with Sebastian. There's even 3 different pressing plants involved for their previous one so... But indeed I don't remember seing that all red variant press... Must be rarer some outside of Detroit and about at least.

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Just like to trow this image out there with the date 11/2/1974 written on the label !

Is this just someone writing a date when they got it or could it be something about the date of release ?

or i'm clutching at straws......! 

Yet discogs put release circa 1970

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It is from 1970 or very early 1971. Was reviewed in Billboard Magazine in the January 9, 1971 issue.

The red/black variant is seemingly a whole lot rarer, but I can find two copies that have gone through ebay, is one of those yours?:

https://gripsweat.com/item/122134258864/northern-soul-the-victones-my-baby-changes-front-page-m-rare-red-1st-press

https://gripsweat.com/item/402760659091/victones-my-baby-changes-northern-soulsweet-soul-45-front-page-hear

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3 hours ago, Sebastian said:

It is from 1970 or very early 1971. Was reviewed in Billboard Magazine in the January 9, 1971 issue.

The red/black variant is seemingly a whole lot rarer, but I can find two copies that have gone through ebay, is one of those yours?:

https://gripsweat.com/item/122134258864/northern-soul-the-victones-my-baby-changes-front-page-m-rare-red-1st-press

https://gripsweat.com/item/402760659091/victones-my-baby-changes-northern-soulsweet-soul-45-front-page-hear

The 2016 buy is mine Sebastion  that's why i quoted 1st press American seller quoted 1st 

Headbonedaddy was the seller 

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5 hours ago, Kev John said:

Just like to trow this image out there with the date 11/2/1974 written on the label !

Is this just someone writing a date when they got it or could it be something about the date of release ?

or i'm clutching at straws......! 

Yet discogs put release circa 1970

45Cat.com place it December 1970 and Billboard mag feature it in it's January 9th 1971 edition (page 50)...

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Bit more info 

The only  difference is the 2 record run outs  is the ARP stamp on the RED issue

All the etched info is exactly the same  & the Bell Sound  on both records in the same place between etched  info

 

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Here's another copy that sold in May 2015:

https://www.rootsvinylguide.com/ebay_items/the-victones-my-baby-changes-front-page-1001-red-lbl-tempts-sound

 

So it was mastered and plated at Bell Sound.

Whichever pressing plant it was that pressed the red/white labelled release didn't add anything to the run-out grooves.

But when ARP pressed the red/black release, they used copies of the Bell Sound plated stamper and added their "ARP" stamp to the run-out grooves.

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On 06/12/2023 at 10:13, Sebastian said:

It is from 1970 or very early 1971. Was reviewed in Billboard Magazine in the January 9, 1971 issue.

The red/black variant is seemingly a whole lot rarer, but I can find two copies that have gone through ebay, is one of those yours?:

https://gripsweat.com/item/122134258864/northern-soul-the-victones-my-baby-changes-front-page-m-rare-red-1st-press

https://gripsweat.com/item/402760659091/victones-my-baby-changes-northern-soulsweet-soul-45-front-page-hear

I think the 2021 Ebay sale is the one I bought. Seemed so cheap. 

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