SickthingsUK - Greatest Hits (Release Information)

Detailed Release Information

This is not a complete list of every known variant release. If you have another variant feel free to send in scans and info.

The original 'Greatest Hits' came in relatively simple packaging after the excesses of 'Billion Dollar Babies' and 'Muscle Of Love', a standard sleeve (sometimes in extra thick card), with matching inner sleeves.
The album featured several remixed tracks or single edits.

Country:

USA

Format:

Label:

Warner Brothers

Cat. Number:

W 2803

Release Date:

1974

Notes:

First pressing with inner sleeves. Two palm tree label variants, one with words on the WB shield and one without (the earlier copy). There's also a "RCA Music Services" club version with addition club cat. number R-113970.

Country:

USA

Format:

Label:

Warner Brothers

Cat. Number:

BSK 3107

Release Date:

1974

Notes:

Second (?) pressing with different cat. number and slightly different labels.

Country:

USA

Format:

Label:

Warner Brothers

Cat. Number:

W 2803

Release Date:

1974

Notes:

Promo copy with a promo sticker on the front cover and wording on the labels.

Country:

USA

Format:

Label:

Warner Brothers

Cat. Number:

BSK 3107

Release Date:

1977

Notes:

1977 reissue with inner sleeves and different WB palm tree labels. "Winchester Pressing". The second label has slighty different type setting. The third example is another type setting variant.

Country:

USA

Format:

Label:

Warner Brothers

Cat. Number:

BSK 3107

Release Date:

1978+

Notes:

1978 reissue, inner sleeves, with WB beige/lines labels.

Country:

USA

Format:

Label:

Warner Brothers

Cat. Number:

BSK 3107

Release Date:

Mid-1980s

Notes:

1980s pressing using the WB Beige/shield labels. Second variant label is a Columbia House record club version which also adds "manufactured by Columbia House" at the bottom of the back cover.

Country:

USA

Format:

Label:

Friday Music

Cat. Number:

FRM-2803

Release Date:

2013

Notes:

180gm reissue from Friday Music.

Country:

USA

Format:

Tape

Label:

Warner Brothers

Cat. Number:

L5W 2803

Release Date:

1974

Notes:

Black tape with white writing in old style slip case

Country:

USA

Format:

Tape

Label:

Warner Brothers

Cat. Number:

M5 3107 (C170296)

Release Date:

1974

Notes:

White tape with black writing, in normal cassette case. BMG club edition on the right, with a third variant without barcode box. The last is a Columbia House version.

Country:

USA

Format:

Tape

Label:

Warner Brothers

Cat. Number:

M5 3107 (C170296)

Release Date:

1974

Notes:

Columbia House edition. Clear tape with white writing.

Country:

USA

Format:

8 Track Tape

Label:

Warner Brothers

Cat. Number:

M8 3107

Release Date:

1970s

Notes:

Black cartridge with rather cheap looking sticker.

Country:

USA

Format:

8 Track Tape

Label:

Warner Brothers

Cat. Number:

WB L8W 2803

Release Date:

1970s

Notes:

Black cartridge with rather better label. Came with slip cover.

Country:

USA

Format:

8 Track Tape

Label:

Warner Brothers

Cat. Number:

WB L8W 2803/S 113970

Release Date:

1970s

Notes:

Another 8-Track cartridge, this time white.

Country:

USA

Format:

Reel to Reel

Label:

Warner Brothers

Cat. Number:

WST 2803-C

Release Date:

1974

Notes:

7½ ips, ¼", 4-Track Stereo, 7" Cine Reel.

Country:

USA

Format:

Label:

Warner Brothers

Cat. Number:

3107-2

Release Date:

1980s

Notes:

Standard CD reissue with booklet including images from the vinyl edition.

Country:

USA

Format:

Label:

Warner Brothers

Cat. Number:

W2 3107

Release Date:

1986

Notes:

ARC Club edition with slightly different cat. number. Second backing is a BMG club example with text in the place of barcode (also has BMG text on disc)..

Country:

USA

Format:

Label:

Warner Brothers

Cat. Number:

3107-2

Release Date:

1990s

Notes:

Budget edition

Country:

USA

Format:

Label:

Warner Brothers

Cat. Number:

R2 511384

Release Date:

2010s

Notes:

Reissue in gatefold card sleeve.

Country:

Format:

Label:

Warner Brothers

Cat. Number:

K56043

Release Date:

1974

Notes:

First UK pressing, cover is thicker than normal card, with inner sleeves and palm tree labels.

Country:

Format:

Label:

Warner Brothers

Cat. Number:

K56043

Release Date:

Early 80s

Notes:

Early 80s reissue without the inner sleeves and in normal thickness card cover.

Country:

Argentina

Format:

Label:

Warner Brothers

Cat. Number:

14.202

Release Date:

1974

Notes:

First pressing with inner sleeves.

Country:

Australia

Format:

Label:

Warner Brothers

Cat. Number:

W 2803

Release Date:

1974

Notes:

Unusual pressing as it comes in a gatefold sleeve.

Country:

Australia

Format:

Label:

Warner Brothers

Cat. Number:

7599-27330-2

Release Date:

1997

Notes:

Standard CD.

Country:

Brazil

Format:

Label:

Warner Brothers

Cat. Number:

7599-27330-2

Release Date:

1997

Notes:

Standard CD. Supposedly remastered.

Country:

Canada

Format:

Label:

Warner Brothers

Cat. Number:

W 2303

Release Date:

1974

Notes:

Early pressing including inner sleeves.

Country:

Canada

Format:

Label:

Warner Brothers

Cat. Number:

KBS 3107

Release Date:

1974

Notes:

Early pressing including inner sleeves. Different cat. number to the one above as has a "C" under the cat. number on labels.

Country:

Canada

Format:

Label:

Warner Brothers

Cat. Number:

BSK-3107

Release Date:

1974

Notes:

Columbia House Record Club edition. Different cat. number but no more infomation.

Country:

Canada

Format:

Label:

Warner Brothers

Cat. Number:

KBS-3107

Release Date:

Early 80s

Notes:

Early 80s pressing with inner sleeve. WB beige/lines labels with two slightly different typesettings. Some copies spell "Hello Hooray" as "Hello Hurray" on the label.

Country:

Canada

Format:

Label:

Warner Brothers

Cat. Number:

KBS 3107

Release Date:

Late 90s+

Notes:

WB beige/shield labels. Two minor label variants

Country:

Canada

Format:

Tape

Label:

Warner Brothers

Cat. Number:

CWX-2803

Release Date:

1974?

Notes:

Early white cassette with white label and black writing. Normal case.

Country:

Canada

Format:

Tape

Label:

Warner Brothers

Cat. Number:

CWX-2803

Release Date:

1980s?

Notes:

Later black cassette with white writing on black label. "Dolby HX Pro B NR". Right variant with bar code added.

Country:

Canada

Format:

Tape

Label:

Warner Brothers

Cat. Number:

M5 3107

Release Date:

1980s?

Notes:

Another tape version, Black with black label, with a different cat. number. Eample is a Columbia House version (the second number on the spine).

Country:

Canada

Format:

8 Track Tape

Label:

Warner Brothers

Cat. Number:

8WM-2803

Release Date:

1974

Notes:

Yellow cartridge.

Country:

Canada

Format:

Label:

Warner Brothers

Cat. Number:

CD 3107

Release Date:

1986

Notes:

Standard CD.

Country:

Canada

Format:

Label:

Warner Brothers

Cat. Number:

W2 3107

Release Date:

1986

Notes:

Columbia House edition with different cat. number.

Country:

Colombia

Format:

Label:

Warner Brothers

Cat. Number:

WEA 10534

Release Date:

1974

Notes:

No more information.

Country:

Colombia

Format:

Label:

Warner Brothers

Cat. Number:

23(1031)00145

Release Date:

1974

Notes:

No more information.

Country:

Ecuador

Format:

Label:

Warner Brothers

Cat. Number:

LP-80029

Release Date:

1974

Notes:

No more information.

Country:

Europe

Format:

Label:

Warner Brothers

Cat. Number:

WB 56 043

Release Date:

Late 1980s.

Notes:

Made in Germany but available around mainland Europe. Beige WB/lines label with inner sleeves.

Country:

Europe

Format:

Label:

Warner Brothers

Cat. Number:

WB 56 043 (W 2803)/France (WE 321)/ K 56 043

Release Date:

Late 1980s.

Notes:

Made in Germany but available around mainland Europe. Beige WB/Shields label with inner sleeves. The cover uses the WB 56 043 number while the labels have K 56 043.

Country:

Europe

Format:

Label:

Warner Brothers

Cat. Number:

256 043

Release Date:

Late 1980s.

Notes:

Made in Germany but available around mainland Europe. Standard CD with booklet.

Country:

Europe

Format:

Label:

Warner Brothers

Cat. Number:

7599-27330-2

Release Date:

Late 1980s.

Notes:

Made in Germany but available around mainland Europe. Comes with booklet. Later copies somes in a card slipcase (the white images below) as part of a series of uniform re-releases by various bands. Later versions have "759927330-2.2 11/97" as matrix number, supposedly signifying a remaster. Earlier copies have "229256043-2.2 R".

Country:

France

Format:

Label:

Warner Brothers

Cat. Number:

56043 (W 2803)

Release Date:

1974

Notes:

Palm tree labels with inner sleeves.

Country:

Germany

Format:

Label:

Warner Brothers

Cat. Number:

WB 56043 (W 2803)

Release Date:

1974

Notes:

WB palm tree labels. "Hello Hooray" titled "Hello Hurray" on label.

Country:

Germany

Format:

Label:

Warner Brothers

Cat. Number:

WB 56 043

Release Date:

Late 70s/Early 80s

Notes:

WB beige/lines labels. "Hello Hooray" titled "Hello Hurray" on label. "Strawberry mastering".

Country:

Germany

Format:

Label:

Warner Brothers

Cat. Number:

WB 56 043

Release Date:

1983+

Notes:

WB beige/shield labels. Different number on labels to the next version. "Hello Hooray" titled "Hello Hurray" on label.

Country:

Germany

Format:

Label:

Warner Brothers

Cat. Number:

K 56043/WB 56 043

Release Date:

1983+

Notes:

WB beige/shield labels, inner sleeves, with "Hello Hooray" spelt "Hello Hurray". A miss-press exists on which both sides play side one (labels are correct so hard to spot without playing.

Country:

Germany

Format:

Tape

Label:

Warner Brothers

Cat. Number:

K456043

Release Date:

Notes:

Comes with Black, Light Gray, or clear cassette, the later presumably being the latest.

Country:

Greece

Format:

Label:

Warner Brothers

Cat. Number:

WB 0708 and 56043

Release Date:

1974

Notes:

"includes insert" which presumably means inner sleeves. Other vague information including differing ca. numbers suggest at least two label variants - palm tree and beige/lines.

Country:

Greece

Format:

Label:

Warner Brothers

Cat. Number:

6302270006

Release Date:

2001

Notes:

Digipak with 8 page booklet.

Country:

Italy

Format:

Label:

Warner Brothers

Cat. Number:

K 56043 (W 2803)

Release Date:

1974

Notes:

Stiff card sleeve and inner sleeves.

Country:

Japan

Format:

Label:

Warner Brothers

Cat. Number:

P-8485W

Release Date:

1974

Notes:

White label promo with "sample" sticker on front cover, and inner sleeves. Translation sheet. "Hello Hooray" spelled corectly on label, suggesting there is a palm tree labeled version out there as well?

Country:

Japan

Format:

Label:

Warner Brothers

Cat. Number:

P-8485W

Release Date:

1974

Notes:

Obi and inner sleeves. Translation sheet. "Hello Hooray" called "Hello Hurray" on label. The fact that the promo above has it spelled correctly and this version doesn't would suggest this is a later version with the WB beige/lines labels.

Country:

Japan

Format:

Label:

Warner Brothers

Cat. Number:

WPCP-4546

Release Date:

10th November 1991

Notes:

Obi, booklet and translation sheets

Country:

Japan

Format:

Label:

Warner Brothers

Cat. Number:

WPCP-4546

Release Date:

2006

Notes:

2006 reissue. No other infomation.

Country:

Japan

Format:

Label:

Warner Brothers

Cat. Number:

WPCP-4546

Release Date:

31st May 2017

Notes:

SHM-CD remastered reissue in mini-replica LP sleeve.

Country:

Mexico

Format:

Label:

Warner Brothers

Cat. Number:

GWEA-5111

Release Date:

1974

Notes:

Retitled "Los Grandes Exitos De Alice Cooper".

Country:

Mexico

Format:

Label:

Warner Brothers

Cat. Number:

LWB-5111

Release Date:

1981

Notes:

Retitled "Los Grandes Exitos De Alice Cooper".

Country:

Netherlands

Format:

Label:

Warner Brothers

Cat. Number:

WB 56 043 (W 2803)/WB 56043-U

Release Date:

1974

Notes:

No More Information

Country:

New Zealand

Format:

Label:

Warner Brothers

Cat. Number:

WBS 2803

Release Date:

1974

Notes:

Comes with a double-sided insert.

Country:

Russia

Format:

Label:

Warner Brothers

Cat. Number:

4607173157515

Release Date:

2007

Notes:

There are various counterfeit Russian releases bnut this one seems official.

Country:

Russia

Format:

Label:

Warner Brothers

Cat. Number:

2-551040

Release Date:

2015

Notes:

CD reissue.

Country:

Sweden

Format:

Label:

Warner Brothers

Cat. Number:

BSK 3107

Release Date:

1974

Notes:

"Hello Hooray" listed as "Hello Hurray" on label. No other infomation.

Country:

South Africa

Format:

Label:

Warner Brothers

Cat. Number:

WBC 1248

Release Date:

1974

Notes:

Includes inner sleeves.

Country:

South Africa

Format:

Label:

Warner Brothers

Cat. Number:

WBXD 61

Release Date:

1991

Notes:

Includes inner sleeves.

Country:

South Korea

Format:

Label:

Yegrin

Cat. Number:

AR 1086

Release Date:

Notes:

Cheap red/white cover counterfeit release.

Country:

Spain

Format:

Label:

Warner Brothers

Cat. Number:

HWBS 321-65

Release Date:

1974

Notes:

Printed inner sleeves.

Country:

Spain

Format:

Label:

Warner Brothers

Cat. Number:

56 043

Release Date:

1982

Notes:

Appears to have a unique sleeve which uses the innner sleeve images for the outer cover with added text. The second green labels are ALSO claimed to be 1982... and does mention 1982 on the label.

Country:

Spain

Format:

Tape

Label:

Warner Brothers/Hispavox ‎

Cat. Number:

CH 380

Release Date:

1974

Notes:

No more infomation.

Country:

Sweden

Format:

Label:

Warner Brothers ‎

Cat. Number:

W2803

Release Date:

1974

Notes:

Includes inner sleeves.

Country:

Venezuela

Format:

Label:

Warner Brothers ‎

Cat. Number:

150.017

Release Date:

1974

Notes:

Back cover has titles in English and Spainish.

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