I apologise for closing/opening this topic but I said I'd reopen it if I had something relevant to add.
I spoke to the man himself John Manship this morning about various matters, and mentioned this, the Kelly Garrett record and whether it was legit, licensed, bootleg or what.
His answer? He didn't really know one way or another and said exactly the same as I did above - who actually does know everything about these records, how are we supposed to know who made them, where they made them and how they made them. His term repro meant the same as my term second issue did - it's not an original, which is all you need to know really.