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Body and Soul white sleeve

Posted: 26 Apr 2015, 18:58
by stufarq
The wiki says the white sleeve edition of Body and Soul is a German repressing from 1990.

Ultimate Resource Guide says it's a UK pressing from 1984.

I'd always been under the impression it was German (presumably cos I'd read that somewhere), but I first became aware of it when I saw it in a UK record shop. (Can't remember when - certainly post-Floodland, but I can't be sure if it was before or after 1990.)

Anyone know which is correct?

Oh, they give different release dates too - wiki says 4th June, URG 18th June. Anyone?

Posted: 26 Apr 2015, 19:10
by robertzombie

Posted: 27 Apr 2015, 18:37
by stufarq
Yeah, I know some sources say that. But why does URG say it was available in 1984? And how did I see it in a UK record store if it was a short-lived German mispressing that was withdrawn after only a few weeks? Do we have a definitive answer anywhere?

Posted: 28 Apr 2015, 01:47
by Dan
I bought my white sleeved Body & Soul from a UK record fair in April 1990, the seller had it labelled as being French. (Whether it's French or German I don't know, I'm just reporting what the seller had it stickered as.)

On the back of the sleeve it has this at top right:
249 362-0 (D) [to be more accurate, it's a D with a circle round it.]
France: WE 221

And at the bottom it has:
Manufactured in Germany by Record Service GmbH. Alsdorf. Presse en Allemagne par Record Service GmbH. Alsdorf.

The only date to appear on it is 1984.

Perhaps the D with a circle round it refers to Deutschland. So maybe it was for release in both Germany & France.

I can't compare it to the UK sleeve as I bought my UK version too late to get a proper sleeve and it's in a generic sleeve. The labels however are slightly different between it and the UK version.

Posted: 28 Apr 2015, 10:17
by robertzombie
It's a German pressing. French would've been MPO.

Posted: 28 Apr 2015, 11:07
by mh
I bought mine in IIRC 1989 or 1990, but I won't be able to check specifics about it until the weekend.

Posted: 28 Apr 2015, 11:46
by stufarq
So those would probably tie in with the German 1990 pressing.

Anyone buy one in 1984 or have on that's a UK pressing rather than a German one?