
but theres no indication of either on this. i only ever recall seeing pressing rings this small on Columbia Santa Maria (CSM) and RCA Music Club pressings.

and the pressing ring on the label area is tiny, maybe less than a 1" radius. and, no, that machine stamped number 1 is Not an upsidedown "T", which would indicate a Terra Haute pressing (its not). Whether its The Beach Boys, Bee Gees or First Aid Kit, that sibling vocal blend is the secret sauce in some of the most spine-tingling moments in popular music. The "1" is 180-degrees across from the other matrix number.Īnother odd thing is the labels do Not have a 2-letter pressing plant ID after the matrix number that would indicate where it was pressed at. its the label area and matrix etchings is where it gets strange.īoth labels have the same printed catalog numbers of SD 33-340 and ST-C-70195/6 on them, but the matrix numbers are machine stamped and are as follows- Vintage Records, CACTUS, Blues ROCK Albums, CACTUS Album, Cactus Records, Cactus lps, Vinyl Albums, Vinyl lps, Vinyl Records, 1970 Records. Its obviously an original 1970 pressing as the jacket is identical to my white label pressing from the Monarch plant even has the same cut-out hole on the upper left corner. This is pretty much the first instrumental hip hop album ever.

Just found a random copy this morning at one of my local second-hand shops, and its a variant that i cant find here. The Cactus Album by 3rd Bass is considered a critically acclaimed record that earned an.
