Vicky Vinyl’s Mushroom Records Reissue Series – Part 2 (Now with very rare Vol. 08 + RS ‘Get Your Rocks Off’ confirmed)

Volume 07:

Jimi HENDRIX – GOOD VIBES

Interesting recommendation on the cover regarding the pitch change.

Also available in clear blue and without labels, as well as on black PVC. This title seems to be the easiest one to find of all the Mushroom releases.

MATRIX: 1850 A/B

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This is the original TMoQ insert – did they ever produce this type of mcv record for this title? It also reminded me of the following find – definitely not officially a part of the Mushroom series but perhaps some Vicky Vinyl involvement here:

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Volume 08:

JEFFERSON AIRPLANE – TALES FROM THE MOTHERSHIP

Must be incredibly rare; also note the unusual color mix.

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Volume 09:

THE ROLLING STONES – AROUND IN A ROUNDHOUSE

What we can see so far is that Mushroom sometimes changed the title of these mostly TMoQ sourced masters or the insert – or both as in this case. Photo taken during the ‘female semi-nude’ stage invasion at one of the four Paris Palais des Sports concerts in the fall of 1970.

There may be other variations but these are all I could find.

MATRIX: 1812 A/B

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Volume 11 (I guess Mushroom skipped # 10):

THE BEATLES – HOLLYWOOD BOWL

For the last titles, Mushroom left covers and titles unchanged.

Also found with Idle Mind labels and on mcv- red and on black PVC.

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Volume 12:

THE BEATLES ON STAGE IN JAPAN – THE 1966 TOUR

For this release, I could so far only confirm mcv-blue and black PVC (the later with ‘smoking pig’ labels).

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Volume 13:

MORE GET BACK SESSIONS / GET BACK SESSIONS 2 is listed in HOTWACKS but no copy could be found so far. It likely does not exist.

 

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Volume 14:

Deep Purple – Woman From Tokyo

It appears that this title was only reissued on black PVC. The original was previously featured in this post.

 

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Volume 17:

Not listed in HOTWACKS: THE ROLLING STONES – GET YOUR ROCKS OFF

Matrix #: 2806-A / B / C / D

 

My hunch was correct then.

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Many thanks for the many extra images to my main contributor.

Vicky Vinyl’s Mushroom Records Reissue Series – Part 1

The inspiration for the Mushroom logo came from William Stout’s cover drawing for TMoQ’s Winter Tour 1973 / All Meat Music:

I would place most of the original multi-color releases from 1976 onwards, with re-pressings on Ruthless Rhymes following later.

Volume 1:

Re-issue of Phonygraf 1105, original review is linked here.

The first one in the series seems to say “with Wizardo” in the lower right, pointing at a Vicki Vinyl/Wizardo co-production.

These are most of the known variations:

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Volume 02:

 

The Mushroom label designation was added to the bottom of the insert. Compare with original:

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Volume 03: Led Zeppelin Blueberry Hill

PVC variations:

I wonder when the stamp was introduced (to let prospective buyers know that inside the shrink wrap was not a boring all black piece of PVC).

Cover variations:

 

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Volume 04:

Shades of mcv-green

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Volume 05:

Matrix: 1826 A/B

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Volume 06:

 

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I discovered this previously unlisted reissue of CSNY’s WOODEN NICKEL, which I would add to the Mushroom series as well. Both confirmed sightings were on blue m.c. wax:

Matrix reported as 1833 A/B.

Taken from the previous Canyon Records issue, also found with Dittolino labels and under the (earlier?) title BLUEBIRD LIVE

Also found with blank orange or green labels.

Battle of the Bootleg labels 2: ‘BRITISH BLUE JAM’ CBM 3426 vs. ‘THE GREAT ROCK’N ROLL CIRCUS’ Mushroom 1383′

Note the two color insert.

An almost two color variation, probably as a result of black PVC residue.

Released in 1972

Side 1: Yer Blues/ Whole Lotta Yoko/ Love In Vain*
Rock and Roll Circus December 11, 1968 and * London Roundhouse, March 14, 1971

Side 2: Midnight Rambler / Dead Flowers / Honky Tonk Women / Satisfaction
London Roundhouse, Chalk Farm, March 14, 1971

One of only three CBM releases that I have come across that are on colored vinyl (vinyl colors described as “smoky” and “red with black streaks” exist but they only appear colored when held to the light).

One color slip sheets:

 

The copyright notice is the same as the one on the cover in the lower left.

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On Mushroom

A1     Yer Blues Jam
A2     Led Zeppelin –     Riverside Blues         
A3     Cream (2) –     Hideaway         
B1     Who, The –     A Quick One         
B2     Cream (2) –     In The Bottom         
B3     Buffalo Springfield –     We’ll See         
B4     Buffalo Springfield –     Down To The Wire         
B5     Buffalo Springfield –     Come On

• Side 1 (GRC-1883-A)-1383-A MEL
• Side 2 (GRC-1883-B)-1383-B MEL

rollingstones.net writes “I checked the Side 1 source to see if it matched “The Rock & Roll Circus” on Trade Mark of Quality (TMoQ), Matrix: 1383 A/B. It doesn’t, the sound quality is much better than the TMoQ disc. The Roundhouse source is copied from the last track on Side 1 and Side 2 of the Trade Mark of Quality disc: “London Roundhouse” Matrix: 1812 A/B.”

http://www.rollingstonesnet.com/cbm.html

All that could have been compared is the “Yer Blues” jam basically, as none of the other tracks matched. It would also be nice to refer to the second album as being on the correct label, Mushroom. I have never seen this on the classic TMOQ label. While it is very nice to see CBM come out on top and given this amount of attention at all, this comparison falls a bit short in the end.

Pig’s Eye 6: Deep Purple ‘Woman From Tokyo’ :Mushroom

Side 1: Woman From Tokyo / Black Night / River Deep, Mountain High / Exposition / We Can Work It Out /Strange Kind of Woman

Side 2: Highway Star / Smoke On the Water /  When A Blind Man Cries / Help / Lalena

I was not able to find a verified source for this ‘Exs’ rated recording.

Re-issue on Mushroom Records.

Phonygraf 1106: THE ROCK & ROLL CIRCUS :King Kong / THE GREAT ROCK’N ROLL CIRCUS :Mushroom 4

With a little help from John Wizardo, I am guessing.

 

A1     John Lennon –     Yer Blues         
A2     Led Zeppelin –     Riverside Blues         
A3     Cream –     Instrumental         
B1     The Who –     A Quick One While He’s Away         
B2     Cream  –     Everybody         
B3     Buffalo Springfield –     We Will See         
B4     Buffalo Springfield –     Down To The Wire         
B5     Buffalo Springfield –     Come On

Quality rating: ‘Gs’ and a notch below that for the King Kong/CBM release shown here:

Mushroom reissues on colored vinyl – better artwork but why show the Rolling Stones, when they are not even featured on the album?

Phonygraf 1105: Neil Young with Crazy Horse :CBM 3940 /Mushroom

Source: Cleveland Music Hall on February 25 1970

“Young played six shows with Crazy Horse in February 1969 at The Bitter End in New York, but Cincinnati is the first show on the first proper tour with his band as he explains before “Broken Arrow”, “This is the first of a series of concerts with Crazy Horse, mostly in the east. Only one west coast gig.  Even though we live there we play here.”

They played ten shows over a month and this is one of the longest with sixteen different songs performed over an acoustic solo set at the beginning and a full band electric set in the second half.  “On The Way Home” opens the show and is followed by the Buffalo Springfield tune “Broken Arrow”, which Neil sings in a very shaky and out-of-tune voice.” 

The original set list was: (acoustic):  On The Way Home, Broken Arrow, I Am A Child, Helpless, Dance Dance Dance, Sugar Mountain, Don’t Let It Bring You Down, The Old Laughing Lady

(electric):  The Loner, Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere, Winterlong, Come On Baby Let’s Go Downtown, Wonderin’, It Might Have Been, Down By The River, Cinnamon Girl, Neil talking

Also available as CBM 3940. The quality rating is ‘Vgs’ while Phonygraf’s is ‘Vgm’ but due to the differences in the track listing, no label copied the other. Track list for the CBM LP:

Side 1: Down By The River/ Broken Arrow/ Loner
Side 2: Crazy Horse Int./ Downtown/ I’m Wonderin/ It Might Have Been/ Sugar Mountain (another version)/ Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere/ Winter Long

Mushroom then reissued the Phonygraf version on red and blue mcv: