GENESIS: Foxtrot - SUPER-RARE UK 1974 VERSION - ONE-OFF LABEL DESIGN

	£		25
	$		33

GENESIS: Foxtrot (Charisma, CAS 1058, 1974 copy, LP)
This is a very rare version of Foxtrot. It is from late 1974 - the only two known copies still in the possession of the original owners date it. At this point, Charisma's manufacturing and distribution partner, B&C, was in dire straits financially and no UK sleeve manufacturer would accept to print sleeves for them. During this period (and even into the start of Phonogram's taking over and putting Charisma on a proper financial footing), sleeves were manufactured by Bruin B. V. in Zaandam, Holland. Records, however, were still pressed by EMI.
Right, so here's an odd one. The sleeve is the expected Bruin B. V. one from this part of 1974 but the record is not an EMI pressing. It has a bit of a look of Saga about it but I am not sure about that. Certainly B&C started using Saga in 1974 for its own label records (and got into more trouble, which led to the bankruptcy and Saga buying it, thinking they were getting Charisma too, which they weren't).
So, the label is a throwback at this point. It is on the large Mad Hatter label design at a point that the UK design had moved to a small Hatter design. It also has different typeface to UK labels and different elements and non-standard credits, whilst still advertising that is was marketed by B&C Records. It may even have been pressed outside of the UK, though still intended for the UK market. The labels do not match contemporary Dutch Charisma labels, which were glossier, and darker (and small Hatter) when this was made available in the UK.
There really are not many of these out there.
The sleeve is VG+ and the record plays at EX apart from a few clicks on the intro to Watcher of the Skies and the occasional random tic. Note that the record is very lightly 'dished' but this does not cause any audible problems.
Oddly, the only other copy of this I had was similary dished. Could that help identify who pressed it?
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