My my, Smile at least, You can’t say no to these beauties from the East…
I don’t know if any of you have managed to get hold of this first batch of six Japanese mini vinyl replica CDs ahead of the official release. But if you have, I’m sure you’ll agree with what I said in my last piece regarding them, (01.03.2007 NEWS: FIVE SETS OF 17 JAPANESE MINI VINYL REPLICA CDs TO BE WON) the Japanese certainly do seem to have a great eye for detail.
For example, The Man Who Sold The World has the textured sleeve, just like the original. But even cooler than that is the fact that Aladdin Sane not only has the gatefold sleeve with the inner lyric bag, complete with the same mistake as the original, (incidentally, the mistake was carried on through every reissue!) but it also includes an exact mini reproduction of the original fan club application. Obviously all the other lyric inserts are present and correct too.
Now I’ve whetted your appetite even further, I guess you want to know if you’ve won a set. Well, if your name is in the list below, then you have…
aladinvein
angelbabe
looby88
rexer
slipaway
Nice to see Rexer finally win something on here after entering practically every contest for the past seven years or so…and yes, you have honestly won Rexy, this isn’t a wind-up. Well done to all of you, your CDs will be sent to you in three batches as we get them, and the first batch is sitting here ready and waiting for your addresses.
Btw, I think just two or three of the multitudes that entered got this wrong, and you all generally agreed that of the above albums the one that was released in the UK six months after it had been released in the US was The Man Who Sold The World.
The album was released early November 1970 with the cartoon cowboy sleeve on Mercury in the US and the infamous dress cover (above) was released late April 1971 in the UK on Mercury.
Speaking of Rex Ray and contests, stay tuned for what is another very exciting item on here shortly which combines both. I’m afraid you won’t be able to enter that one though Rex, so piss off!