This's been in the back of my head for a while now. Not a matter of life and death, just a record and artist I love. So I'd like to know if there's a story to understand with it. It's about the "rarer" title version. Trying to put the pieces together with modern i-technology, I manage to find out that it was firstly credited 'dearly beloved' and only last 'my dear beloved' apparently. Which is the copy I have.

The promo copies only bear the title 'dearly beloved' and they are followed by the stockers from the same respective two pressing plant. I've found one promo from yet a third pressing plant (ABC ?) for which I've never seen a stocker of though. Few other promo Scepter numbers from that same pressing plant seem to have had the same fate.

Now apparently the story could be that only one pressing plant continued to supply the demand and likely pressed some more with that little twist variation in the title as 'my dear beloved' for what ever reason. That is supposedly the rarer version title. Odd thing is that most of these seem to have been thrown into the sales stalls as of most of these seem to have drilled cut-out. Anyone knows better ?

 no "stocker" of this number were pressed from this pressing plant

 then  no stocker press with the alternative 'my dear...' title

 then  AND 

 

 

 

Edited July 23, 20177 yr by tlscapital

These look like they were all pressed at RCA factories. I'm guessing they are as follows:

First image: RCA Hollywood. The use of Franklin Gothic for artist and title is consistent with some of the Fantasy/Galaxy label releases which RCA pressed there at the time.

Second lot of scans: RCA Rockaway.

Last line: RCA Indianapolis.

If anyone can confirm the deadwax label codes (H for Hollywood, I for Indianapolis and R for Rockaway) that would help, but these look far more like RCA jobs than anything else.

I've got the "My Dear Beloved" variation - matrix info is 60709 2, what looks like an XY and an I for this side.

The "Do You Believe It" side has 60710 2, an XY (?) and an I.

Edited July 24, 20177 yr by the yank

Thanks! As I thought the My Dear Beloved variant is an Indianapolis press.

14 minutes ago, garethx said:

Thanks! As I thought the My Dear Beloved variant is an Indianapolis press.

Now we are yet to find Indianapolis on the map... the search goes on dear Watson... (LOL !)

Edited July 24, 20177 yr by tlscapital

The west coast one must be pretty scarce. Never seen one in the flesh.