What's with January 14, 1963, and May 7, 1963? Are there other dates too? Had never noticed this till now.

Random examples follow.

I always thought those dates were the dates when the individual labels' logos (trademarks).  But, it appears that some printing errors were made.  I'm sure that the Jan 1963 date was One-derful's, and May 1963 was M-Pac's.  Interesting that the earlier One-derfuls have the Jan date, and the later ones have the May date, while the earlier M-Pacs have May, and the later have Jan, and ALL the Mar-V-Lus have just copyright 1963, and Midas, Toddlin' Town and Halo have NO copyright date (as do the earliest of all 3 with copyright dates,

Some Mar-V -Lus 45's have this for a copyright date ...

Yes, but only those very late re-issues.  The original "Twine Time" only has C1963.

Is this a reissue too ??

23 minutes ago, RobbK said:

Yes, but only those very late re-issues.  The original "Twine Time" only has C1963.

The blue background around the cloud, was the earliest, from Fall 1963.  The yellow and green was a reprint from mid 1964.  Not sure about that Du-ettes.  That's the proper design for the late '63 release, but the blue looks too "greenish".  But, now I see that using the month with the date may have been haphazard.

Every promo copy of the Du-Ettes on collector's frenzy uses the label design I posted.

Also not all M-Pac 45's have a date on them - M-Pac #7201(blue label) - Harold Burrage- "Master Key", M-Pac #7204- Harold Burrage- "I'll Take One"

and M-Pac #7210 - "That's A Friend" have no month or year for the copyright date on the label. 

14 minutes ago, the yank said:

Every promo copy of the Du-Ettes on collector's frenzy uses the label design I posted.

Also not all M-Pac 45's have a date on them - M-Pac #7201(blue label) - Harold Burrage- "Master Key", M-Pac #7204- Harold Burrage- "I'll Take One"

and M-Pac #7210 - "That's A Friend" have no month or year for the copyright date on the label. 

None of mine have a date until 7207.  They started the date with 7207.  I think those earlier numbers containing a date were 2nd pressings.

23 minutes ago, Mark Bicknell said:

As stated above, it seems that the DJ issues had different colours, and had the copyright month, when the stockers didn't.  That's the opposite of most labels, whose DJ issues are less elaborate.

No doubt the guys @ Secret Stash UK (across on Facebook) will give you the full sp as they can be in touch with the Leaners.

See recent 'Secret Stash' article on here for more info on the site.

Edited May 22, 20169 yr by Roburt

On 22 May 2016 at 00:11, Roburt said:

No doubt the guys @ Secret Stash UK (across on Facebook) will give you the full sp as they can be in touch with the Leaners.

See recent 'Secret Stash' article on here for more info on the site.

lol

The Du-ettes style label above - that is a Nuclear explosion isnt it.? Or Atomic.? Not a tree.........

6 hours ago, KevH said:

The Du-ettes style label above - that is a Nuclear explosion isnt it.? Or Atomic.? Not a tree.........

Yeah!  That record is "The BOMB!"

Is this design original or re-issue?

That's an original.