UK: Two different pressings. The first has matt green injection moulded labels, the second has gold labels. Both pressings came in the picture sleeve and both can be found in the Phonogram company sleeve.
Songs: Blitzkrieg Bop/Havana Affair
Number: Sire/Phonogram 6078 601
Year: 1976
Country: UK
UK 1st press.
UK 2nd press.
In Phonogram company sleeve.
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Japan: As always with the japanese singles, one stock version and one white label promo.
Songs: Blitzkrieg Bop/Havana Affair
Number: Philips SFL-2122
Year: 1976
Country: Japan
Stock version.
Promo version.
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France: Here the single came out with a nice full color photo of the band with Tommy chewing bubble gum! No "real" promos exists but some copies are stamped with "Promo not for sale" in french.
Songs: Blitzkrieg Bop/Havana Affair
Number: Philips 6078 503
Year: 1976
Country: France
With promo stamp.
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Holland: Another nice PS, the dutch version have two live tracks on the B-side. Note that the picture of the first album on the back is the US press with cut corner and not the dutch pressing on Philips this single was supposed to promote!
Songs: Blitzkrieg Bop//California Sun/I don't wanna walk around with you
Number: Philips 6078 505
Year: 1976
Country: Holland
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US: There are four versions of this one. No picture sleeve. A funny thing is that Blitzkrieg is consistently misspelled on all records! Blitzkreig...
Title: Blitzkrieg Bop/Havana Affair and Blitzkrieg Bop/Blitzkrieg Bop
Number: Sire SAA-725
Year: 1976
Country: United States
The "normal" version with Havana Affair on the B-side. Both tracks in stereo. Issued
with the green/white ABC Records company sleeve.
A promo version with Blitzkrieg Bop in mono and Havana Affair in stereo and white
labels. The black star marks the A-side.
An alternative promo white label-version with Blitzkrieg Bop in mono and stereo.
Stock version with mono on side A and Havana Affair
in stereo on the back.
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UK, official reissue: Last year Rhino released the single together with Record Store Day. The record is made to look like the injection moulded labels that was used in the 70's but these ones are made of paper.
Title: Blitzkrieg Bop/Havana Affair
Number: Rhino/Sire 8122797365
Year: 2012
Country: UK
The "single" version that's a bonus track on recent CDs is actually a mono promo version?
ReplyDeleteI suppose so. The stereo versions from the singles are the same as on the album. The "single version" must be the mono but I havn't heard the cd track...
ReplyDeleteI was wondering about that also
ReplyDeleteAs I know there isn't another version of Blitzkrieg Bop
Bonus track on Rhino CD reisuess are labeled as single version
Bass and guitar are mixed in both channels, not as on lp version
There is also a different version in silver injection moulded labels. Anyone know this?
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