Later Pressings Info
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Later Pressings Info
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**NEW** IDENTIFY LATER PRESSINGS
Later pressings of generally hit or sometimes non-hit but steady selling 45s are an interesting category not much covered beyond the Beatles. In the days pre Punk, some records could be on catalogue, ie not deleted, but usually only available by Special Order, or maybe bigger shops would stock them in the Oldies section. The most famous 'non hit' that was repressed from 1956 to 1965 is Joe Turner 'Corrine Corrina'. There are many likely combinations, but us stating them doesn't mean they all exist, but it's just an example of what there could be. 1956 Silver Letters Tri. 1959 Silver Top Tri. 1960 Silver Top Round. 1963 London-Atlantic. 1965 Atlantic with a London number. There could be a myriad of different variants, eg a 1956 silver tri looks different to a 1958 one as does a 1960 round to a 1962 one. We hear of a collector who found 25 variants of Tornados 'Telstar' which goes to extremes, but may appeal to today's collector who collects not for the music, but the variants, like coins & stamps. Certain Gold Londons from 1955-57 were repressed in 1960-61 with round centres but still using the old stock of Gold labels. Reasons why a small batch were repressed would need work knowing when a film was reissued or the song used in a TV show. You'd find out why Red Foley 'Hearts Of Stone' from 1955 was repressed in 1961 still using the 1955 glossy Gold label stock. Later Pressings does not concern itself with Reissues on new labels and/or numbers, but the original release with the original catalogue number but clearly looking like a pressing from a later era. We'll not bother detailing Beatles reissues post 1976, but this page will grow as we find anything odd worth showing a later pressing. We'll only show ones we have in stock to give an accurate date of the repress which only seeing the actual record can tell. Enjoy! THE FIRST RECORD shown is CAPITOL 1957, with 3 clear label repressings that can be dated by comparison. COMPARISON is the answer, shuffle a million 45s & you'll pick up the knowledge! Differences can be very subtle, label size, paper type & size, typeface, centre pressing contours, matrix stampings, vinyl thickness etc etc. Yours for the reading! eg 1954: 1958 press means RELEASED 1954, showing the 1958 PRESS |
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ˆ1957: 1st 1957 press
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ˆ1957: 1957-8 press
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ˆ1957: 1958-60 press
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ˆ1954: 1955-56 press
also exists as a rare silver tri version with 'Blackboard Jungle' film credit |
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ˆ1954: Rare 1964 press
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ˆ1956: 1961 press
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ˆ1957: 1961-62 press
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ˆ1957: 1963 press
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ˆ1959: 1962 press
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ˆ1961: 1965 press
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ˆ1961: 1982 UK press
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ˆ1961: Rare 1973 press
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ˆ1964: late 1977-79 press
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ˆ1967: 1972 chart hit press
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ˆ1967: 1974-75 press
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ˆ1967: 1977-79 press
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ˆ1967: 1973 chart hit press
this exists with the 1967 label, but the centre 'bump' gives it away as a 1973 press |
ˆ1968: 1975 press
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ˆ1961: 1964 press
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ˆ1956: 1959-61 press
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ˆ1966: 1975 press
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ˆ1972: 1983 press
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ˆ1968: 1971 chart hit press
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ˆ1973: 1977 press
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ˆ1955: 1958 press
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ˆ1960: 1964 press
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ˆ1966: 1967-68 press
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ˆ1967: 1968 press
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ˆ1961: 1965 press
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ˆ1962: Rare 1967 press
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ˆ1972: 1974 press
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ˆ1961: 1966 press
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ˆ1970: 1975 press
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ˆ1958: 1961 press
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ˆ1960: 1963 press
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ˆ1960: 1965 press
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