the volumes "gotta give her love" on astra yellow vinyl

The Volumes "Gotta Give Her Love" originally came out on the American Arts label sometime during the 1964-65 period. And what a great record it is.

Supposedly a year later this yellow vinyl release surfaced on the Pittsburgh based Astra label which I'm lead to believe was a long, long way from being legitimate.

This Steel City imprint just laughed in the face of licensing, royalties and all that boring stuff so the story goes.

I'd long heard of this yellow vinyl 45 through countless nights of record gossiping with fellow obsessives. But I'd never seen one.

But when I did - I couldn't help but marvel in its glow.

In the darkness of winter months it's like a blast of sunshine.

derek

In all my years I've seen loads of the American Arts release but few if any of the Astra ones.

It wouldn't suprise me one bit if these re-issues (coughs) are indeed much rarer than the legit ones.