USSR "Hot Love" (EP from "Best of 1971")
(M62-36713-14)
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This EP contains four tracks, all of which are Top of the Pops recordings. Unlike other known Soviet vinyl releases, and indeed the equivalent UK versions, this is a mono disc. (The other USSR flexi-discs are mono however.)
The catalogue number is M62-36713-14, which reveals this was released in 1974. All of the tracks are from 1971, and all appeared on the UK "Best of" LP for that year, so it constitutes a belated spin-off release from that album.
Most of the known pressings are hard vinyl, and most vinyl editions came out in a variety of generic Melodiya sleeves, some of which are illustrated below. We have seen vinyl copies in these sleeves, but there are countless more in circulation and we have no way of knowing which were used for this particular release.
The catalogue number is M62-36713-14, which reveals this was released in 1974. All of the tracks are from 1971, and all appeared on the UK "Best of" LP for that year, so it constitutes a belated spin-off release from that album.
Most of the known pressings are hard vinyl, and most vinyl editions came out in a variety of generic Melodiya sleeves, some of which are illustrated below. We have seen vinyl copies in these sleeves, but there are countless more in circulation and we have no way of knowing which were used for this particular release.
Georgia pressing
This is a double-sided blue flexi-disc edition from Tbilisi in Georgia. (Since this is a flexi-disc it has a different catalogue number to the vinyl editions: Г62-04249-50.)
The picture cover uses an apple motif for some reason, and the inscription inside the apple translates as "Hot Love", the first track, which we therefore consider to be the record's official title.
The picture cover uses an apple motif for some reason, and the inscription inside the apple translates as "Hot Love", the first track, which we therefore consider to be the record's official title.
Latvia pressing
Leningrad pressings
The labels at the top are from pressings which are only known to us in generic sleeves. Below is a picture sleeve edition (the word on the front means "variety"), which had EPs featuring yellow labels, but this pressing did not appear until 1979. There are other versions of this yellow label, which are essentially the same but have slightly different details (for example the text alignment is slightly different). Variations like this are well known on Soviet labels and do not constitute seperate editions.
Moscow (Aprelevka) pressing
As with the Leningrad edition above, there are other slightly different labels in circulation (for example they may look a shade pinker, or have the text to the right of the play hole aligned differently). These are not considered seperate editions.