Second press same Year.
This variant has label matrices printed on left-side of labels and side identifiers on right-side. Labels credit six engineers.
Front laminated, flipback sleeve. The same sleeve like https://www.discogs.com/release/13034167-Velvett-Fogg-Velvett-Fogg
Corrected label variant from the 1969 UK first issue.
Replaces the earlier misprinted label crediting only David Hunt.
Shows the full list of six engineers as per studio documentation.
Not a repress — both label variants belong to the original 1969 issue and use the same A-1 / B-1 stamped matrices and laminated flipback sleeves.
All later reissues (vinyl and CD) consistently reproduce this corrected six-engineer credit, making it the reference version used by the label after correcting the initial misprint.
✅ VARIANT A — “Engineer: David Hunt” (1 engineer)
• This is the earliest pressing.
• It is a label printing error.
• It is the rarest variant.
• Matrices: NSPL 18272 A-1 T / B-1 T (same on all 1969 variants).
• Sleeve: fully laminated flipback, identical to the corrected variant.
• Notes for Discogs: clarify that this variant exists only due to an early label misprint on the first batch of 1969 labels.
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✅ VARIANT B — “Engineers: 6 names” (corrected label)
• This is the second variant, corrected.
• Same year: 1969.
• Same matrices as Variant A (A-1 T / B-1 T).
• This is the version Pye considered “correct” and the basis for all later reissues.
• Notes for Discogs: explicitly state that this is not a later pressing; it is a corrected label printed during the same 1969 run, following the misprinted first batch.
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✅ VARIANT C — Early repress without flipback (≈1970)
• Third identifiable version, issued slightly later as an early repress.
• Sleeve: NOT flipback — non-flipback laminated or semi-laminated sleeve.
• Matrices: often hand-etched (not stamped) but still based on A-1 / B-1 metalwork.
• Label: uses the corrected 6-engineer credit, same label artwork as Variant B.
• Year: circa 1970, not 1969.
• This is an early UK repress, distinguishable by the non-flipback sleeve and etched runouts, but not a modern reissue.