Troggs-Mixed Bag 1969 UNIQUE BRAZIL 1ST PRESS PROMO MINTY DIFF FRONT & BACK CVR

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Troggs-Mixed Bag (RGE Discos XRLP-6.266) MINT vinyl with M- sleeve. Low minimum bid. 
One of the hardest Troggs LPs to find which is a superb collection of their late ‘60s singles plus four oddball tracks. Quite frankly, it's probably my favorite Troggs LP and I've decided to keep my Page One UK edition and part with this curiosity that I've had for over 2 decades. 
Cherry copy of 1969 first pressing from Brazil with a unique back cover graphic that includes a band photo. Also the front cover has “the Troggs” placed in the middle of the circular graphic which is also unique (all other pressings I’ve seen don’t have the band name placed in the center nor the band photo on the back).
You probably won’t ever run into a Brazilian pressing again, and I’ve never seen it listed in any Troggs discography which probably came out a month or two later than the Page One edition (officially released on December 13,1968). 
Note: this is a very unique promotional copy with an embossed promo stamp in the top left corner with the shiny album slicks (that feel like stats) stuck to a white sleeve. There's also a 1.5" x 3" brown box "stain" on the B/C. I bought this from a dealer in Brazil who assured me that this is how the record was originally issued. No doubt it was pressed in a truly minuscule quantity in this very rare edition, which was probably only made for limited promotional use. 
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The title of Mixed Bag was an appropriate description of this rather scrapheap Troggs assembly, as it wasn't really a regular album. Instead, it was a budget-priced compilation matching eight songs that appeared on British and American singles in 1968 with four others that made their first appearance on the LP. Although all but one of the tracks was a Troggs original ("Hip Hip Hooray" being the lone exception), and although there were a few solid cuts, overall it was disappointing due to the weakness and surprisingly low energy of many of the songs. "Hip Hip Hooray" was somewhat puerile bubblegum, and "Little Girl," a small British hit, was a lame attempt by Reg Presley to keep milking the pop ballad style he'd used the much better effect in earlier hits like "Love Is All Around." In brighter news, the old salacious Troggs sound surfaced to good effect in "Say Darlin'"; "You Can Cry if You Want To" was one of Presley's better soft numbers; and both "Purple Shades" and "Maybe the Madman" were two of the band's best ventures into psychedelia, albeit of the rather tongue-in-cheek sort. All of the best numbers, however, were the ones most likely to show up on later best-of compilations, making it only of interest to collectors and completists.
(AllMusic Review by Richie Unterberger)   Track Listing:
Side One A1 Surprise Surprise Written-By – R. Presley A2 You Can Cry If You Want To Written-By – R. Presley A3 Say Darlin' Written-By – C. Britton A4 Marbles And Some Gum Written-By – P. Staples A5 Purple Shades Written-By – R. Presley A6 Heads Or Tails Written-By – C. Britton
Side Two B1 Hip Hip Hooray Written-By – G. Stevens, J. Carter B2 Little Girl Written-By – R. Presley B3 Maybe The Madman Written-By – C. Britton B4 Off The Record Written-By – P. Staples B5 We Waited For Someone Written-By – R. Presley B6 There´s Something About You Written-By – R. Bond