Posted April 30, 201213 yr I have tried to search info on this record and still cant work out whether this is an original... any help would be appreciated Cheers Tony
April 30, 201213 yr That is DEFINITELY the late '70s L.A. pressed styrene Monarch pressing plant bootleg. You can see the Delta number 100,000 series etched into the run-out trail, which places it in the late 1970s. The numbers on the boot are 102881-X ("You Didn't Have to Leave"), and 102881 ("You Wouldn't Understand"). The original was only pressed on vinyl, as far as I know, and in an Eastern pressing plant. I believe that the original label colour was a different shade of red, and didn't have that margin between it's outer edge and the run-out trail (e.g. it filled out the area reserved for the label to its edge). I think that the font was also different in places.
April 30, 201213 yr Tony as Robb said mid 70s boot pressed a Monarch like many others done for the Uk scene at the time,here`s the Orig (Vinyl). Dave f.......
I have tried to search info on this record and still cant work out
whether this is an original... any help would be appreciated
Cheers
Tony