I note that Manship is auctioning a Bobby Valentin Fania LP on a Venezuelan press...I have always been under the impression that these were latter day re-presses...is that not the case?
Many titles from the mighty caralogues of Fania, Tico, Cotique and Allegre were all readily available and being imported into the UK during the early 90's...London was awash with them...I used to swap them up at Tower Records in Piccadilly as they were so cheap.
The covers are very thin card and are copies of the original US releases with an additional label logo and/or the US catalogue number details often blocked out. There was also an import sticker on the back of them, which was hard to remove. Label-wise, they were more often than not on the later designs -i.e. the Bobby Valentin albums (as all three of the 60's titles were available) was originally on the gold Fania label with original name font, rather than the multicoloured one.
Yes, I believe these are legal reissues, but were they also available in large numbers in the US, France etc (plenty of them over here in Japan), and does anyone know exactly when they were pressed up...late 80's...early 90's?
I note that Manship is auctioning a Bobby Valentin Fania LP on a Venezuelan press...I have always been under the impression that these were latter day re-presses...is that not the case?
Many titles from the mighty caralogues of Fania, Tico, Cotique and Allegre were all readily available and being imported into the UK during the early 90's...London was awash with them...I used to swap them up at Tower Records in Piccadilly as they were so cheap.
The covers are very thin card and are copies of the original US releases with an additional label logo and/or the US catalogue number details often blocked out. There was also an import sticker on the back of them, which was hard to remove. Label-wise, they were more often than not on the later designs -i.e. the Bobby Valentin albums (as all three of the 60's titles were available) was originally on the gold Fania label with original name font, rather than the multicoloured one.
Yes, I believe these are legal reissues, but were they also available in large numbers in the US, France etc (plenty of them over here in Japan), and does anyone know exactly when they were pressed up...late 80's...early 90's?