Just bought a copy of Funky Sisters Do It Do It but it's on Auroro and not Aurora? Anyone got any info on this?

 

Plain grey label copy with the wrong spelling of the label name - as far as I'm aware it's a genuine release

There are 3 presses of the Aurora release - the coloured label is the proper one - the two plain label releases are bootlegs

Same here, I have a Grey AURORO Copy which understand is the first original release

I'm not sure about this. The Auroro labelled copies appear to be a completely different, unrelated label to the Bell-distributed Aurora label.  There are no other Aurora/Auroro releases which appear with those label characteristics. The Auroro copies have typesetting which tie it to a Specialty press (typeset at Keystone). Both these facilities were in Pennsylvania. All other Aurora releases were pressed at Bestway in New Jersey.

Maybe a scenario of a local release getting picked up by a larger concern, but with such a closely related name and the same catalogue number? Unlikely. I suspect this is a bootleg for a local market in the States done near the time of release. Youtube clip comments state that the Soul Woman side got heavy airplay in Pittsburgh—a common source of such unofficial releases.

53 minutes ago, garethx said:

I'm not sure about this. The Auroro labelled copies appear to be a completely different, unrelated label to the Bell-distributed Aurora label.  There are no other Aurora/Auroro releases which appear with those label characteristics. The Auroro copies have typesetting which tie it to a Specialty press (typeset at Keystone). Both these facilities were in Pennsylvania. All other Aurora releases were pressed at Bestway in New Jersey.

Maybe a scenario of a local release getting picked up by a larger concern, but with such a closely related name and the same catalogue number? Unlikely. I suspect this is a bootleg for a local market in the States done near the time of release. Youtube clip comments state that the Soul Woman side got heavy airplay in Pittsburgh—a common source of such unofficial releases.

Exactly the same understanding for the Auroro release.