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MPS labels

BlastkidBlastkid 240 Posts
edited December 2006 in Strut Central
Can anyone give me any info on the MPS-label colors?Are the red ones always the originals? When did they use the black ones, etc...thanks in advance!

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  • 6fran506fran50 266 Posts
    maybe some help

    http://www.fmi.uni-passau.de/~schneide/discogr/saba/
  • roistoroisto 879 Posts
    Older releases have pink labels. When MPS signed a distribution deal with BASF in ca. 1972 (?), the label was changed to red. Many early titles, including those first released on Saba, were reissued with red labels. Black labels were used from ca. 1977.

    Some copies may have a first issue cover and a second issue vinyl. Covers that have a catalog # starting with CRM are second issues.
  • BlastkidBlastkid 240 Posts
    Thanks!
  • FunkoffFunkoff 65 Posts
    its wierd thing with mps-es - i got copy of charly antolini "in the groove" from 1972 with black label and there is no 'CRM' before catalogue number.
    which issue is that?
    the record i so good i dont really care, but its good to know what im holding on my shelf
  • roistoroisto 879 Posts
    If it has a black label, it's a third pressing from the very late 1970's.
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