Hi everyone

Can anyone give me some background on the Imperial (part of Liberty) demos - the white ones and the multi-coloured green & beige ones?

Is there a rule of thumb about which ones are rarer, or are some East/West coast, or some similar kind of differentiation please?

Cheers

Richard

Anyone got any info please?

Cheers

Richard

Surely someone knows something ? Unless it's another one of my daft questions?

Cheers

Richard

mmmmm ask me one about sport....

Don't know anything about them but i do have one

It's Fats Domino "It keeps raining" It's on White Imperial Audition copy and i bought it for £2 back in 1977 !

Andy

Don't know anything about them but i do have one

It's Fats Domino "It keeps raining" It's on White Imperial Audition copy and i bought it for £2 back in 1977 !

Andy

wrong era Imperial.

wrong era Imperial.

Where in his post did he put a date period on them ?

He said White I got White ! End Of

Edited April 7, 201213 yr by allnightandy

how it works is the black & white ones correspond to the first lot under the Liberty ownership.

The stock labels for these are this:

The promos this:

The green & beige ones come partway through the 661XX series.

Stock it's this:

Promo it's this:

Of course with any label change over there are probably records appearing on both variants around the changeover period.

Such as:

Where in his post did he put a date period on them ?

He said White I got White ! End Of

Liberty period dude, it's right there.

Thanks Kris! Much appreciated mate

I'm interested in the 'crossover' period now - like the "I'll Never Forget You" on both the coloured and WDJ - which is best?

Also - wasn't the O'Jays "No Time For You" also on both coloured and WDJ?

Plus, even if the promos are different - are the issues always the same colour per release?

Cheers

Richard

Edited April 7, 201213 yr by Premium Stuff

I don't know which is best, I think from memory there are a mix of styrene & vinyl on both designs.

I just checked the other O'Jays one you mentioned & you're right, it has the same variations.

Must have been a pretty long changeover period.

I have not seen the other stock variation (black/white/pink) on either of the O'Jays doing a quick search so maybe they were just pressing promos at a couple of different places & one place had more of the black/white labels than the other.

Who knows for sure though?

I don't know which is best, I think from memory there are a mix of styrene & vinyl on both designs.

I just checked the other O'Jays one you mentioned & you're right, it has the same variations.

Must have been a pretty long changeover period.

I have not seen the other stock variation (black/white/pink) on either of the O'Jays doing a quick search so maybe they were just pressing promos at a couple of different places & one place had more of the black/white labels than the other.

Who knows for sure though?

Quality stuff - thanks Kris - top class

Guess the 'white demo' mania will out with us in the UK though

Cheers

Richard

early example of the new stock color

coupled with the old promo

Just did a search through some earlier titles & the O'Jays "I'll Never Forget You" on 66162 is the earliest example of the new promo design to come up.

Out of interest, Canada seems to have used the black/pink/white stock label for longer on their releases as well. A title like Cher "Bang Bang" on 66160 has the green/black stock in the US but the black/white/pink in Canada.

66179 California Suns is the latest one I've found which has both promos.

Have yet to find any with both stock variants.

thought the white label vinyl copies were east coast and the green and beige styrene one west coast

thought the white label vinyl copies were east coast and the green and beige styrene one west coast

maybe, but the AC Jones 66150 wlp I have is vinyl pressed at Monarch on the west coast.

could be an anomaly though as I guess no one knows for certain.