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ShadowKamelot
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PostPosted: Mon Nov 26, 2012 11:32 pm 
 

So I'm spinning my original pressing of Asia's "Alpha" when I noticed something strange: the B side's label is marked as The SOS Band, and has tracks from their record "On The Rise" on it. These two "records" are from different record companies, so I have no idea how this could've gotten mixed up. The songs on both A and B are Asia's, so I was wondering if anyone else has come across this. I doubt it's a bootleg because of the quality of both the label and vinyl, but I could be wrong.

Any input would be cool.
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korgull
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PostPosted: Tue Nov 27, 2012 1:51 am 
 

Both albums were released in July 1983 and must've been manufactured at the same plant. I'd guess someone just messed up when loading labels on a machine.

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ShadowKamelot
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PostPosted: Tue Nov 27, 2012 3:35 pm 
 

Hm, right you are. Cool, cool. I wonder if this could be worth any bit more than normal.

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Poisonfume
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PostPosted: Tue Nov 27, 2012 4:51 pm 
 

Or less... :oh shit:
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ShadowKamelot
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PostPosted: Tue Nov 27, 2012 9:30 pm 
 

^Or that. I have no idea. <_< Doesn't matter too much to me if that is the case, however.

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the_raytownian
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PostPosted: Tue Nov 27, 2012 11:11 pm 
 

I doubt it's got much value outside of a very limited market.
Asia aren't really a "cult"/"collector" band, if you know what I mean.

It's still neat, and I'd personally prefer to keep something like that in my collection for the novelty alone, but I don't suppose there is a big market for mispressed Asia records. Maybe if it were The Beatles or The Smiths or something, though.

Perhaps users on sites like Discogs would have a better-informed opinion on this though.
FWIW, there is no entry for a mispress version of the record on there... If nothing else, maybe you could add it and watch to see if any/how many users end up adding it to their wantlist to try to gauge the potential desirability/value of it.
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ShadowKamelot
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PostPosted: Tue Nov 27, 2012 11:25 pm 
 

That's a really good idea, I think I'll do that! And yeah, I just think it's cool as shit to have in my collection regardless. Not everyday you find a misprint of any kind of LP.

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Messiah_X
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PostPosted: Wed Nov 28, 2012 8:57 pm 
 

the_raytownian wrote:
I doubt it's got much value outside of a very limited market.
Asia aren't really a "cult"/"collector" band, if you know what I mean.


Ahem...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rnn0mwt0-hs

Depends on which Asia we're talking about :) (yes, I know this isn't the one we're talking about here, but it had to be done)

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the_raytownian
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PostPosted: Thu Nov 29, 2012 1:23 am 
 

I fail to see any reason why "it had to be done" since it's clear "that Asia" has nothing to do with "this thread", but okay...
I'm pretty sure there are/have been dozens of other bands called Asia, too.
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