JB Sex Machine LP pressing question

Jonny_Paycheck

I'm not well versed in the pressing order of King LPs - but I've had three different runs of this title: blue King, black King, orange King. I've always assumed the order on those to be 1-2-3 but I wanted to double check.

SoulOnIce

Actually, by 1971, I'm pretty sure all King JB 1st presses
had the black/orange or black w/multicolor logo labels...I
would be inclined to think a blue label press was either a
later press (when they reverted to the blue) or maybe an oddball
press, Canadian, etc...of course, with King, it's hard to tell -
they seem to have 20 variations of pressings for every LP...
but my JB albums from 1971 (Hey America, Sho Is Funky, etc) all
have the Black label...

spelunk

Actually, by 1971, I'm pretty sure all King JB 1st presses
had the black/orange or black w/multicolor logo labels...I
would be inclined to think a blue label press was either a
later press (when they reverted to the blue) or maybe an oddball
press, Canadian, etc...of course, with King, it's hard to tell -
they seem to have 20 variations of pressings for every LP...
but my JB albums from 1971 (Hey America, Sho Is Funky, etc) all
have the Black label...

I'm inclined to agree with that, it fits in with how they pressed the 45s as well.

Jonny_Paycheck

I highly doubt that this blue label is a late 70s repop... I am far more inclined to believe it was one of the last LPs pressed on that style label as the cover appears equally if not more old than the other versions I have.

1970 is the date of the first pressing of this LP btw.

SoulOnIce

1970 is the date of the first pressing of this LP btw.

Yeah, I had just looked it up but wrote '71 by mistake -
still, albums that came just before and just after had
the black label...I still would not be surprised to learn
that there were blue label OG's, though, if only because of
the erratic nature of King's pressings.

LaserWolf

erratic nature of King's pressings.