Three Cool Cats

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Rear

A Rem(F)ake of Joe Pope's first Deccagone release, I suspect that they weren't released until after Feb 1978, copying the font used on the fourth genuine release Sure To Fall/Money . This version is by far the most common and is easily differentiated from Rem(F)ake #3 by looking at the matrices.

Clearly the stamper is made from an original with additions to the writing in the run-off grove, including going over the 'C' in Cats, adding a 'J' after the 'C' in Cool and the addition of poor quality lines between the newly added catalogue number and two elements of the original.

The first release of Decca material from the fan club label. As with the other singles in the series it remained core material until 2007 for those brief seconds of canter not previously copied until a the needle drop expert Dr Ebbetts located a prime set and made an excellent transfer on his new Decca release The Decca Audition.

I am currently struggling to verify exactly what an original disc looked like, even the multiple guides, web sites and discs I have reviewed , there appears to be confusion.

Probably the truth of the matter is that like the first release by fan club label there were more than one colour variation made.

Side 1

Side 2

Orig

1

Orig

2

Green

Matrices TBC

Blue

Yellow

Clear

Red

Brown

Green (darkening)

Clear

ORIGINAL

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