Velvelettes Demo label differences?

[Northern Soul Uk]

Does anyone know why there are 2 label designs for the Velvelettes - These things......
Thank you

Edited September 29, 2017 by Northern Soul UK

[Northern Soul Uk]

OK think I found out thanks. The one with the 'Soul' down the side is the West coast Demo.

[Robbk]

Right.  The top one is the West Coast styrene pressing from Monarch, in L.A.  The bottom one looks like a Midwest pressing from RCA (Indianapolis).

[Northern Soul Uk]

Great thanks RobbK, Just bought the top one, according to Manship it's the rarest of the 2. Never seen that label layout before.

[45cellar]

Yes, top one WEST COAST Monarch.

I thought possibly "ARP" for the bottom one looking at the label layout. If so it should have the "ARP" Stamp in the deadwax.

[Northern Soul Uk]

I don't have the bottom one 45celler, so I can't say

 

[Bo Diddley]

17 hours ago, 45cellar said:

Yes, top one WEST COAST Monarch.

I thought possibly "ARP" for the bottom one looking at the label layout. If so it should have the "ARP" Stamp in the deadwax.

Yes, the bottom one does have an "ARP" stamp

[45cellar]

4 hours ago, bo diddley said:

Yes, the bottom one does have an "ARP" stamp

Thanks for confirming

I usually find that there are at least 3 different pressing plants for each release.

The one below I would expect to find the "Nashville Matrix" Stamp.

www.popsike.com

 

As Robb points out, there were others involved such as RCA (Indianapolis) , etc.

 

 

[45cellar]

11 hours ago, Northern Soul UK said:

I don't have the bottom one 45celler, so I can't say

 

No problem.

Very nice on a DEMO, whichever pressing plant. Not many turn up that often, especially in top condition.