recent vinyl finds
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Well this is a bit of a turn up for the books, I have found that just about every compilation record that carries a well known name - such as Cocteau Twins, has been well documented and it's pretty much impossible to discover something unknown that no collector, DJ, record dealer seems to not know something about, this was until last weekend. I did a clear out of my mum's garage on Saturday to make up some boxes for a fair in Reading the following day. I came across an album I have no memory of ever having or even it's origins so I did a bit of research to find out more. I found absolutely nothing. I've had a couple of 7"s for years that are still a mystery but this album (pictured below) was something quite different. The label, the bands compiled on it, Cocteau Twins alongside punk band Conflict was very odd to see, but I couldn't find anything on Discogs etc so took it along to the fair and asked as many sellers as I could. I even bumped into Mark Lamarr who also drew a blank, none of the traders at the fair, some who are specialists in mid 80's Indie, Mute/Factory etc said they had never seen or heard of this album before. I rebuffed several offers too as it is probably worth something to the right collector and I would rather know more about it before passing it on. The labels show 4 tracks on each side, the labels and rear of sleeve may state this however... there are 6 tracks on each side!
The disc came in a black bin bag type inner sleeve with the Circuit logo on one side, the labels are printed as proper labels with performance rights details but no dates and the envelope sleeve has the Circuit logo embossed on the front. The label address on the rear is important as it is for the studio where Mute Records recorded the early albums by Depeche Mode, Yazoo etc. To add extra spice to the mystery when I played both sides of the record it actually plays Dionne Warwick's greatest hits.
So, it could be some bizarre art project from pre-Mute days, an in-house only promo (but I would have assumed the music would have matched the labels/sleeve notes. It's quite a mystery and I LOVE a good mystery record, I've dropped Mute Records an email about it in the hope they may know more but it is a curio that I needed to share in case anyone knows more and can shed further light on such a find.
- when I worked at virgin/emi we created promo samplers like this all the time (must have done over a thousand of them in my time)Gnash
- unusal not to have a "not for sale / resale" line, or "promotional use only" - also doesn't have a DPRO number.Gnash
- coulda been a noob marketing manager who would have got shit after it was printedGnash
- You had me up to Dionne Warwick :D. Someone's degree work i'd guess.kingsteven
- Yes, the DW connection kinda spoilt it for me but I've never come across such an item as this beforeGardener