Hi,

I just bought the record and was wondering if the Monarch pressing of the record is the Instrumental version or the vocal version?

 

Thanks

John

I think it was the Canadian release that had the instrumental on flip, if memory serves me right

Edited April 19, 20205 yr by Blackpoolsoul

5 hours ago, Blackpoolsoul said:

I think it was the Canadian release that had the instrumental on flip, if memory serves me right

Cheers mate. I can never remember if it was the Renfro release or the Monarch release.

John

Yes it is the Canadian Bell 45 that features those mindless instrumentals on both sides.

Sounds more like the vocal channel issue is just down due to a miss hap in the process.

The Canadian mis-press, which features the instrumental tracks on both sides, is actually quite rare. Clearly a cock-up somewhere down the line - I can only think the pressing plant was sent the instrumentals by mistake.

However, it’s clear the mistake was soon spotted and I guess the 45 was swiftly withdrawn and then repressed with the vocals.

Have to say I like both the instrumental tracks very much. Here’s Destination You...

 

1 hour ago, Amsterdam Russ said:

The Canadian mis-press, which features the instrumental tracks on both sides, is actually quite rare. Clearly a cock-up somewhere down the line - I can only think the pressing plant was sent the instrumentals by mistake.

However, it’s clear the mistake was soon spotted and I guess the 45 was swiftly withdrawn and then repressed with the vocals.

Have to say I like both the instrumental tracks very much. Here’s Destination You...

 

I believe it was an even bigger mess with labels reversed 😀

1 minute ago, Blackpoolsoul said:

I believe it was an even bigger mess with labels reversed 😀

Had completely forgotten about that, and you're spot on - they are reversed.

51 minutes ago, Blackpoolsoul said:

I believe it was an even bigger mess with labels reversed 😀

Yes, mine has reversed labels, but I brought this up a few years ago on a previous thread and someone said their copy had labels the correct way around. May only be a few though.

As a matter of interest, I wonder if the vocal got a Aanadian release, or were they all instrumentals.

1 minute ago, Mick Holdsworth said:

Yes, mine has reversed labels, but I brought this up a few years ago on a previous thread and someone said their copy had labels the correct way around. May only be a few though.

As a matter of interest, I wonder if the vocal got a Aanadian release, or were they all instrumentals.

As I mentioned earlier, it was repressed with the vocal tracks on. The 45 with the instrumentals on it is not common at all and would have been withdrawn from sale once the mistake was spotted.

44 minutes ago, Amsterdam Russ said:

As I mentioned earlier, it was repressed with the vocal tracks on. The 45 with the instrumentals on it is not common at all and would have been withdrawn from sale once the mistake was spotted.

 

48 minutes ago, Mick Holdsworth said:

Yes, mine has reversed labels, but I brought this up a few years ago on a previous thread and someone said their copy had labels the correct way around. May only be a few though.

As a matter of interest, I wonder if the vocal got a Aanadian release, or were they all instrumentals.

What value would you put on it please ?

14 minutes ago, Blackpoolsoul said:

 

What value would you put on it please ?

No idea. If memory serves me well, Anglo American had one for sale a few years back at £200, but I really wouldn't swear to that. Pretty certain though that it's the only time I've seen it on a dealer's list.

Could be wrong, but I don't think it's widely known that the mis-press exists. 

Just looked and there's one listed on Discogs at $99. Link here...

https://www.discogs.com/sell/release/13595471?ev=rb

 

3 minutes ago, Amsterdam Russ said:

Just looked and there's one listed on Discogs at $99. Link here...

https://www.discogs.com/sell/release/13595471?ev=rb

 

Had one of these for ages stuck into my sales box a lot cheaper that I proposed to many and advertised for what it was; 'an instrumental'. Still that didn't even invite the most adventurous DJ's or collectors.

Must admit that even I who love my instrumentals when they are a 'tune', standing on their own, I didn't fancy that instrumental one bit. Maybe it's stil there in the 'junk' pile... a 99 cents to 99 dollars jump !

1 hour ago, Amsterdam Russ said:

As I mentioned earlier, it was repressed with the vocal tracks on. The 45 with the instrumentals on it is not common at all and would have been withdrawn from sale once the mistake was spotted.

Well, I might just be talking nonsense. I've always taken it as fact that the vocal tracks did get a Canadian release, but now I can't find anything to prove that. Discogs has 38 listed, but only one Canadian - the instrumental.

Can anyone confirm if there was actually a Canadian release of the vocal tracks?

47 minutes ago, Amsterdam Russ said:

Can anyone confirm if there was actually a Canadian release of the vocal tracks?

Think it is only instrumental. Only got to see the instrumental Canadian the few times I did. Never a vocal. Yet...

12 minutes ago, Tlscapital said:

Think it is only instrumental. Only got to see the instrumental Canadian the few times I did. Never a vocal. Yet...

Thanks, Timmy. Looked a bit further but still can't find any reference to a Canadian vocal release. No idea what made me think it was re-pressed.