REZ / WHY WHY WHY - COLLECT 002 BOOTLEG - B SIDE

LABEL HISTORY

COLLECT (BOYS OWN) IS AN 'OFFSHOOT' LABEL OF JUNIOR BOYS OWN RECORDS

OFFICIALLY ONLY 7 RECORDS WERE RELEASED THROUGH COLLECT BETWEEN 1992 AND ABOUT 1994.

THE FIRST RELEASE ON COLLECT WAS A WHITE LABEL PROMO OF LEMON INTERUPT'S - DIRTY (GUITAR) - THIS APPEARS ON THE VINYL NUMBERED 'COLLECT 001' - THIS WAS A - ONE SIDED 12"

GENUINE COPIES OF THIS HAVE 'DAM0NT AUDI0 LTD' SCRATCHED INTO THE RUN OUT GROOVE ON THE BLANK SIDE AND 'COPYMASTERS', 'MILES', 'COLLECT 001 A' & 'DAM0NT' SCRATCHED INTO THE RUN OUT ON THE PLAYABLE SIDE (SEE THE 'COPYMASTERS' SCRATCH BELOW)

THE COPY I HAVE ALSO HAS 'LEMON INTERUPT DIRTY (REMIX)' WRITTEN IN PENCIL ON THE BLANK SIDE

SOME OTHER COPIES MAY VARY BUT THE GENUINE ONES HAVE 'COPYMASTERS' IN THE RUN OUT FOR SURE

COLLECT 001 - DIRTY GUITAR

THIS IS THE FIRST OF THE BOOTLEGS - WITH THREE DISTINCT DISCREPANCIES FROM THE GENUINE 'COLLECT' 12" (SEE IMAGES BELOW):

1. THE LABEL HAS THE CATALOGUE NUMBER 'COLLECT 001' ON IT, WHEREAS...

2. THE RUNOUT GROOVE HAS THE CATALOGUE NUMBER 'COLLECT 003'

3. THE FINAL AND MOST COMPELLING PROOF OF THIS BOOTLEG IS THE INCLUSION OF THE TRACK 'DARK SKY DUB (PART 2)':

IN 1992 DARREN EMERSON & RICK SMITH REMIXED SHAKESPEARS SISTERS TRACK 'BLACK SKY - THE REMIX WAS ENTITLED 'DUB EXTRAVAGANZA PART 2' AND WAS AVAILABLE ON A 'LONDON RECORDS' PROMO ONLY 12" (LONXDJ 330) (THERE WAS ALSO A GREEN EYED DUB MIX - RELEASED ON A SHAKESPEASR SISTER SINGLE CD) - THE 'DUB EXTRAVAGANZA PART 2' MIX APPEARS HERE ON THIS 12" AS 'DARK SKY DUB (PART 2)'

THE INCLUSION OF A TRACK BY ANOTHER ARTIST FROM ANOTHER LABEL ON WHAT IS SUPPOSED TO BE A JUNIOR 'COLLECT' RELEASE IS BAFFLING - AS WELL AS THE TRACK NAME CHANGE - WHICH DOES NOT APPEAR ANYWHERE ELSE - I ASSUME WAS DONE TO MAKE IT APPEAR AS AN UNDERWORLD TRACK

THESE POINTS, AS WELL AS THE SHODDY LABEL COPY AND NON TOMATO / JUNIOR STYLE FONT (SEE IMAGE) PROVE THIS TO BE A FAKE.

THE 'CLUB' REACTION / SUCCESS OF THE PROMO RELEASE OF 'REZ ' PROMPTED JUNIOR BOYS OWN TO RELEASE THE TRACK TO A MUCH WIDER AUDIENCE.

IN DOING THIS THERE WAS A CHANGE WHEN THE OFFICIAL RELEASE WAS ISSUED...

INSTEAD OF THE TRACK 'WHY WHY WHY' - JUNIOR RELEASED 'REZ' WITH THE SIMILAR SOUNDING 'COWGIRL' (BASICALLY REZ WITH INSANE 'EVERYTHING EVERYTHING' VOCALS)

THE RELEASE OF 'REZ / COWGIRL' WAS ISSUED ON THE JUNIOR BOYS OWN LABEL BUT WITH THE CATALOGUE NUMBER COLLECT 002 - TO THE UNTRAINED EYE THIS RELEASE LOOKED JUST LIKE ANY OTHER JUNIOR BOYS OWN RELEASE AT THE TIME - WITH THE SAME SLEEVE AND LABEL AS EVERY OTHER JBO RELEASE AT THE TIME (SEE BELOW) - THE VINYL WAS ALSO BLACK AND NOT PINK ON THIS RELEASE.

 

COWGIRL HAS BEEN RELEASED AND RE-RELEASED SEVERAL TIMES (ESPECIALLY ON THE US LABEL WAX TRAX) HOWEVER THE BOOTLEG VERSION OF THIS RELEASE (SHOWN AT THE TOP OF THE PAGE) WHICH FEATURES 'REZ' AND 'WHY WHY WHY' AND IS PRINTED ON THE SAME SHODDY LABEL AS THE DIRTY BOOTLEG - THE CAT NUMBER ON THE LABEL AND RUN OUT GROOVE CORRESPOND THIS TIME BUT IS NOT PRINTED ON PINK VINYL

(THERE ARE ALSO SOME BOOTLEG REMIXES NOT DONE WITH THE AUTHORITY OF THE BAND - THESE ARE EASY TO SPOT AND NOT WORTHY OF FURTHER MENTION IN THIS PIECE - MOST ARE LISTED IN THE DISCOGRAPHY)

THERE IS HOWEVER A VERY POOR PINK VINYL BOOTLEG OF COLLECT 002 - WHICH HAS THE SAME TRACKLISTING AS THE GENUINE PINK VINYL (AND SIMILAR LOOKING LABEL) BUT IS AN ENTIRELY DIFFERENT COLOUR TO THE GENUINE PROMO (SEE PICTURE BELOW - TAKEN FROM DIRTY SITE CONTRIBUTOR 'NEGATIVE 1' OWN SCAN)

REZ / WHY WHY WHY - 'SHOCKING' PINK VINYL - COLLECT 002 BOOTLEG

PRESSING VINYL

THE ULTIMATE REASON WHY THIS BRIGHT PINK 12" IS A BOOTLEG IS BASICALLY DOWN TO THE COLOUR OF THE VINYL - IT IS VERY EASY TO MIX BLACK VINYL WAX...HOWEVER TO CREATE A COLOURED VINYL, DIFFERENT WAX COLOURANTS NEED TO BE ADDED TO THE MIXTURE

THE FIRST AND ONLY VERSION OF THE PINK VINYL REZ WAS PALE PINK - UNLESS SOMEONE WAS THERE AT THE CREATION (MIXING) STAGE OF THE VINYL (LIKE MIXING PAINT) IT IS ALMOST VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO RECREATE THE EXACT SAME COLOUR AGAIN WITHOUT KNOWING THE RED TO WHITE VINYL MIX USED TO CREATE IT IN THE FIRST PLACE.

PRESSING VINYL IS USUALLY A STANDARD CHARGE (OF SAY £500 FOR 500 COPIES)...THE MAIN COST INVOLVED IS THE PRESSING OF THE 'MAIN PLATE' THE ACTUAL IMPRINT OF THE RECORD - AFTER THIS IS MADE THE COSTS OF CREATING VINYL IS RELATIVELY CHEAP - SO IN THEORY IF YOU CAN MAKE £10 ON EACH RECORD YOU NEED SELL ONLY 50 TO GET YOUR MONEY BACK - THUS THIS IS WHY RARE ITEMS ARE BOOTLEGGED...

I DON'T KNOW THE ACTUAL COSTS OF PRESSING VINYL BUT I DON'T THINK THIS IS FAR OUT...

COLLECT 003 - MMM...SKYSCRAPER I LOVE YOU

THE OFFICIAL COLLECT 003 IS LISTED BY JUNIOR BOYS OWN AS 'CENTURAS - ARCADIA EP' - HOWEVER THE BOOTLEG COLLECT 003 IS ACTUALLY 'MMM...SKYSCRAPER I LOVE YOU' (SEE IMAGE ABOVE)

THERE ARE FOUR REASONS WHY THE COLLECT 003 'MMM...SKYSCRAPER I LOVE YOU' 12" IS A BOOTLEG:

1. THE LABEL STATES THAT THIS RELEASE IS COLLECT 003, HOWEVER LIKE THE BOOTLEG COLLECT 001 DETAILED ABOVE - THE COLLECT 003 BOOTLEG HAS COLLECT 001 IN THE RUN OUT GROOVE.

2. 'MMM...SKYSCRAPER I LOVE YOU' WAS RELEASED ON THE 'BOYS OWN' LABEL IN 1993. IT WAS FIRST PROMOED ON THIS LABEL WITH THE CAT NUMBER: 'BOIXDJ13' THEN WITH A FULL RELEASE IN A FULL PICTURE SLEEVE - THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN NO REASON TO RELEASE IT ON AN OFFSHOOT LABEL

3. HOWEVER THE MOST CONCLUSIVE PROOF TAHT THIS ONE IS A BOOTLEG IS THAT THERE ARE 4 TRACKS ON THIS 12" - THE 4TH TRACK - THAT DOES NOT APPEAR ON THE 3 TRACK 'BOYS OWN' VERSION OF THIS IS ENTITLED 'MMM' - AND IS IN FACT NOT UNDERWORLD AT ALL - BUT A FEMALE VOCAL - WITH 'GET YOUR BODY MOVING' LINES...

4. THE SAME DOGDY ARTWORK AND FONT PERSIST ON THIS 12" AS WELL (SEE ABOVE)

SUMMARY

THERE HAVE BEEN, TO MY KNOWLEDGE, NO OTHER 'COLLECT BOYS OWN' BOOTLEGS - ALL THOSE THAT EXSIST ARE OF UNDERWORLD TRACKS - MOST OF WHICH WERE REALLY RARE ORIGINALLY AND ARE SOUGHT AFTER BY FANS - HENCE THE BOOTLEGGING

TO FURTHER QUANTIFY THE BOOTLEGS DETAILED ABOVE I HAVE INCLUDED AND IMAGE OF A GENUINE COLLECT 12" WHICH I BELIEVE TO BE THE SOURCE OF THE BOOTLEG LABELS.

ABOVE IS COLLECT 004 - THE DUST BROTHER E.P. - FOURTEENTH CENTURY SKY AND THERE ARE FOUR TELL TALE SIGNS THAT SHOW THIS IS A GENUINE COPY

1. YOU WILL SEE THAT THE REVERSE LABEL ABOVE LOOKS NOTHING LIKE THE REVERSE LABLES OF THE 'BOOTLEGS' - WITH A MORE 'JUNIOR STYLE' FONT USED

2. THE 'TITLES' LABEL ON THE LEFT LOOKS VERY SIMILAR TO THE BOOTLEGS - WITH THE SAME 'COLLECT BOYS OWN' FONT - ALTHOUGH THE FONT THAT NEEDED TO BE CHANGED (I.E THE TRACKLISTING) IS ENTIRELY DIFFERENT ON THE BOOTLEGS

3. THE MAIN SIGN HOWEVER IS THE COPYWRIGHT DETAILS THAT RUN AROUND THE BLACK PART OF THE LABEL - THIS STATES:

'ALL RIGHTS OF THE MANUFACTURER AND OF THE OWNER OF THE RECORDING WORK RESERVED. UNORTHORIZED PUBLIC PERFORMANCE, BROADCASTING, COPYING OF THIS RECORD PROHIBITED. MADE IN GREAT BRITAIN.'

4. AS WELL AS THE COLLECT 004 IN THE RUN OUT GROOVE - 'DAMONT' (THE PRESSING PLANT NAME) IS IN THE RUN OUT ON BOTH SIDES - THIS AGAIN DOES NOT APPEAR ON THE BOOTLEGS

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