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The Chess Box

Written by cdcafe on March 27, 2024.

1-1, 1-2 recorded in Chicago, May 21, 1955
1-3 recorded in Chicago, September 1955
1-4 to 1-6 recorded in Chicago, December 1955
1-7 to 1-10 recorded in Chicago, February or April 1956
1-11 recorded in Chicago, 1956
1-12 recorded in Chicago, December, 1956
1-13 to 1-15 recorded in Chicago, May 1957
1-16 to 1-20 recorded in Chicago, February 1958
1-21 recorded in Chicago, 1958
1-22 to 1-24 recorded in Chicago, May 1958
2-1 to to 2-4 recorded in Chicago, September 1958
2-5, 2-6 recorded in Chicago, November 1958
2-7 recorded in Chicago, possibly November 1958, or January 1959
2-8, 2-9 recorded in Chicago, February 1959
2-10 to 2-13 recorded in Chicago, July 1959
2-14, 2-15 recorded in Chicago, March 29, 1960
2-16 to 2-20 recorded in Chicago, April 12, 1960
2-21 recorded in Chicago, January 1961
2-22 recorded in Chicago, August 1961
2-23 to 2-26 recorded in Chicago, January 1964
2-27 recorded in Chicago, February 25, 1964
3-1 to 3-4 recorded in Chicago, March 26, 1964
3-5 recorded in Chicago, August 1964
3-6 recorded in Chicago, December 1964
3-7 recorded in Chicago, 1965
3-8, 3-9 recorded in Chicago, September 1 or 2, 1965
3-10, 3-11 recorded in Chicago, April 13, 1966
3-12, 3-13 recorded in Chicago, November 1969
3-14 recorded in Lansing, Michigan, January 1971
3-15 to 3-17 recorded live at the Lanchester Arts Festival, Coventry, England, February 1972
3-18 probably recorded in New York, 1973
3-19, 3-20 recorded in New York, 1973

Incl. 36-page booklet

CD 1 – 1955 To 1958
1-1 Maybellene 2:18
1-2 Wee Wee Hours 3:02
1-3 Thirty Days 2:21
1-4 You Can’t Catch Me 2:42
1-5 No Money Down 2:56
1-6 Downbound Train 2:49
1-7 Brown Eyed Handsome Man 2:15
1-8 Drifting Heart 2:47
1-9 Roll Over Beethoven 2:22
1-10 Too Much Monkey Business 2:53
1-11 Havana Moon 3:06
1-12 School Day 2:40
1-13 Rock And Roll Music 2:30
1-14 Oh Baby Doll 2:36
1-15 I’ve Changed 3:04
1-16 Reelin’ And Rockin’ 3:15
1-17 Rockin’ At The Philharmonic 3:21
1-18 Sweet Little Sixteen 3:10
1-19 Johnny B. Goode 2:37
1-20 Time Was 1:56
1-21 Around & Around 2:38
1-22 Beautiful Delilah 2:13
1-23 House Of Blue Lights 2:24
1-24 Carol 2:46
CD 2 – 1958 To 1964
2-1 Memphis 2:10
2-2 Anthony Boy 1:52
2-3 Jo Jo Gunne 2:45
2-4 Sweet Little Rock’n’Roller 2:20
2-5 Merry Christmas Baby 3:11
2-6 Run Rudolph Run 2:43
2-7 Little Queenie 2:40
2-8 Almost Grown 2:18
2-9 Back In The U.S.A. 2:27
2-10 Betty Jean 2:29
2-11 Childhood Sweetheart 2:42
2-12 Let It Rock 1:45
2-13 Too Pooped To Pop 2:33
2-14 Bye Bye Johnny 2:03
2-15 Jaguar And Thunderbird 1:50
2-16 Down The Road Apiece 2:13
2-17 Confessin’ The Blues 2:07
2-18 Thirteen Question Method 2:12
2-19 Crying Steel 2:32
2-20 I’m Just A Lucky So And So 2:50
2-21 I’m Talking About You 1:48
2-22 Come On 1:48
2-23 Nadine (Is It You?) 2:35
2-24 Crazy Arms 2:12
2-25 You Never Can Tell 2:40
2-26 The Things I Used To Do 2:40
2-27 Promised Land 2:20
CD 3 – 1964 To 1973
3-1 No Particular Place To Go 2:41
3-2 Liverpool Drive 2:53
3-3 You Two 2:08
3-4 Chuck’s Beat 10:35
3-5 Little Marie 2:34
3-6 Dear Dad 1:48
3-7 Sad Day, Long Night 2:42
3-8 It’s My Own Business 2:10
3-9 It Wasn’t Me 2:32
3-10 Ramona Say Yes 2:40
3-11 Viva Viva Rock’n’Roll 2:00
3-12 Tulane 2:36
3-13 Have Mercy Judge 2:38
3-14 My Dream 5:56
3-15 Reelin’ And Rockin’ (Live) 7:02
3-16 My Ding-A-Ling (Single Edit, Live) 4:16
3-17 Johnny B. Goode (Live) 3:13
3-18 A Deuce 2:32
3-19 Woodpecker 3:33
3-20 Bio 4:22

Through The Past, Darkly (Big Hits Vol. 2)

Written by cdcafe on March 27, 2024.

Some copies came with a black hype sticker that read: “including Honky Tonk Women NPS-3”
Signature of the mastering engineer is stamped “sƒ”, but has been transcribed here as “sf”.

“Have You Seen Your Mother Baby, Standing In The Shadow?” has been electronically re-recorded to simulate stereo.

London Records, Inc.
539 West 25th Street
New York, N.Y. 10001

Published by Gideon Music Inc. (BMI)
Manufactured by Nanker Phelge Music Ltd.
An ABKCO Record Company
Distributed by London Records, Inc.

Printed in U.S.A.
A1 Paint It, Black 3:20
A2 Ruby Tuesday 3:12
A3 She’s A Rainbow 4:35
A4 Jumpin’ Jack Flash 3:40
A5 Mother’s Little Helper 2:40
A6 Let’s Spend The Night Together 3:29
B1 Honky Tonk Women 3:03
B2 Dandelion 3:56
B3 2,000 Light Years From Home 4:45
B4 Have You Seen Your Mother Baby, Standing In The Shadow? 2:33
B5 Street Fighting Man 3:10

The Best Of The Pink Floyd

Written by cdcafe on March 26, 2024.

Export issue, Red Label.
Columbia logos (on rear cover & both side of label) were hidden by Gold sticker sometimes.
A1 Chapter 24 3:36
A2 Mathilda Mother 3:03
A3 Arnold Layne 2:51
A4 Candy And A Currant Bun 2:38
A5 The Scarecrow 2:07
B1 Apples And Oranges 3:01
B2 It Would Be So Nice 3:39
B3 Paint Box 3:27
B4 Julia Dream 2:28
B5 See Emily Play 2:50

Hot Rocks 1964-1971

Written by cdcafe on March 26, 2024.

Similar to [r2670295], however this version features [l=Customatrix] “o” markings in the runout information on sides B & C. There are also no initials of “LH” (for “[a383212]”) next to the “STERLING” stamps either.

Runout Information (Variant 1):
Side A – All information etched, except “B” & “STERLING” are stamped.
Side B – All information etched, except “o”, “C” & “STERLING” are stamped.
Side C – All information etched, except “o”, “B” & “STERLING” are stamped.
Side D – All information etched, except “D” & “STERLING” are stamped.
A1 Time Is On My Side 2:50
A2 Heart Of Stone 2:49
A3 Play With Fire 2:15
A4 (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction 3:45
A5 As Tears Go By 2:45
A6 Get Off Of My Cloud 2:52
B1 Mother’s Little Helper 2:40
B2 19th Nervous Breakdown 3:52
B3 Paint It Black 3:20
B4 Under My Thumb 3:20
B5 Ruby Tuesday 3:12
B6 Let’s Spend The Night Together 3:29
C1 Jumpin’ Jack Flash 3:40
C2 Street Fighting Man 3:10
C3 Sympathy For The Devil 6:14
C4 Honky Tonk Woman 3:03
C5 Gimme Shelter 4:30
D1 Midnight Rambler (Live) 8:23
D2 You Can’t Always Get What You Want 7:28
D3 Brown Sugar 3:50
D4 Wild Horses 5:41

Acapulco ’22

Written by cdcafe on March 26, 2024.

Recor4d pressed For Or By A Registered User
A1 Hava Nagila 1:59
A2 Acapulco 1922 2:24
A3 Misirlou 2:46
A4 Lisbon Antigua 2:18
A5 Desafinado 3:14
B1 More 2:29
B2 Till Then 3:20
B3 Satin Doll 2:20
B4 I Left My Heart In San Francisco 2:29
B5 What Kind Of Fool Am I 2:59

Wipe The Windows, Check The Oil, Dollar Gas

Written by cdcafe on March 26, 2024.

? 1976 Capricorn Records Inc. (Spine)
© 1976 Capricorn Records Inc.

[l313656] The identifiable runout marking is a “Winchester” rifle: -?. WW – for Winchester Plant. The “W” in the 2nd position indicates “Warner”.

Runouts are etched, with the exception of the stamped STERLING.

Label reads: 2CX 0177
Recorded by The Sausalito Record Plant Remote Truck and The New York Record Plant Remote Truck
A1 Introduction 1:03
A2 Wasted Words 5:10
A3 Southbound 6:08
A4 Ramblin’ Man 7:06
B In Memory Of Elizabeth Reed 17:21
C1 Ain’t Wastin’ Time No More 5:40
C2 Come And Go Blues 5:05
C3 Can’t Lose What You Never Had 6:41
D1 Don’t Want You No More 2:47
D2 It’s Not My Cross To Bear 5:21
D3 Jessica 9:09

Axis: Bold As Love

Written by cdcafe on March 26, 2024.

RS 6281 on labels & inside liner, 6281 on front cover.

[l447694] Pressing from [l586613] masters, with similar labels (typeset) to U.S. repress [r1349108] by same catalog #.

Gatefold; includes Reprise inner sleeve, also variant from [r1349108]

Published by A. Schroeder Music Publishing Co., Ltd.

Track B2 listed in liner as “Castles Are Made Of Sand”; as above on label.

There are no track durations listed on this release

Runouts are etched except ‘P, o, º’ and most trailing numbers.
A1 EXP
A2 Up From The Skies
A3 Spanish Castle Magic
A4 Wait Until Tomorrow
A5 Ain’t No Telling
A6 Little Wing
A7 If 6 Was 9
B1 You’ve Got Me Floating
B2 Castles Made Of Sand
B3 She’s So Fine
B4 One Rainy Wish
B5 Little Miss Lover
B6 Bold As Love

Meet The Beatles!

Written by cdcafe on March 26, 2024.

Recorded in England. High Fidelity Recording.

2nd label mono variant pressings (Scranton) have ‘ASCAP’ after every title except “I Want To Hold Your Hand” (BMI). Black label with colorband. Issued with the first variation jackets with ‘Beatles’ on cover in tan to brown print. No producer credit on back cover.

According to “Price Guide for Beatles’ American Records” (6th ed.) by Cox & Daniels, this 2nd label variant was used for a sigificant part of the initial east coast production run, and were initially packaged with the first jacket variation (with no George Martin credit).

The number 3 appears bottom right of back cover indicating, Modern Album of Long Island, NY as printer of jacket.

Runouts are all stamped.

(Source: Tim Neely, Goldmine Record Album Price Guide, 5th Edition, p89)

A1 I Want To Hold Your Hand 2:24
A2 I Saw Her Standing There 2:50
A3 This Boy 2:11
A4 It Won’t Be Long 2:11
A5 All I’ve Got To Do 2:05
A6 All My Loving 2:04
B1 Don’t Bother Me 2:28
B2 Little Child 1:46
B3 Till There Was You 2:12
B4 Hold Me Tight 2:30
B5 I Wanna Be Your Man 1:59
B6 Not A Second Time 2:03

Alice Cooper’s Greatest Hits

Written by cdcafe on March 26, 2024.

? 1974 Warner Bros. Records Inc.
Made in U.S.A.

Comes with color printed inner sleeve with credits & picture.

On the labels of later reissues (1975-76), the rim text has the Warner logo and address with zip code, and the ‘RECORDS’ banner is included across the Warner shield. This 1974 release does NOT.

A1 I’m Eighteen 2:55
A2 Is It My Body 2:40
A3 Desperado 3:26
A4 Under My Wheels 2:44
A5 Be My Lover 3:18
A6 School’s Out 3:28
B1 Hello Hooray 4:16
B2 Elected 4:06
B3 No More Mr. Nice Guy 3:05
B4 Billion Dollar Babies 3:36
B5 Teenage Lament ’74 3:54
B6 Muscle Of Love 3:46

Sings The Songs That Made Him Famous

Written by cdcafe on March 26, 2024.

Cover states: Electronically Enhanced For Reproduction On Stereo Phonographs
Rear sleeve: “4” printed at lower right corner.

Capitol Record Club Edition of this album originally released in 1958 by Sun Records.

Labels say: Mfd. by Capitol Records, Inc. U.S.A.
A1 Ballad Of A Teen-Age Queen 2:08
A2 There You Go 2:12
A3 I Walk The Line 2:41
A4 Don’t Make Me Go 2:24
A5 Guess Things Happen That Way 1:47
A6 Train Of Love 2:20
B1 The Way Of A Woman In Love 2:11
B2 Next In Line 2:42
B3 You’re The Nearest Thing To Heaven 2:37
B4 I Can’t Help It 1:43
B5 Home Of The Blues 2:36
B6 Big River 2:28