Updated on 23rd December 2022

...............TYRANNOSAURUS REX...............

 
Above images by Bob Lampard, Jean-Louis Rancurel, and Pete Saunders

Commercial single and a (freebie) promotional single
issued with the U.S. "A Beard of Stars" album

...............Ride a White Swan / Is It Love/Summertime Blues...............

 

 

 

Issues #1a and #1b were released at the same time. Issue #2 was released a short time later.

U.S.A.

Blue Thumb 7121

issue #1a pressed in Scranton, Pennsylvania

Released December 1970


Side 1                                      Side 2

Run-out etchings:
Side 1
S45 - 66212 - H3
Δ (the letters I A M are inside the triangle)

Side 2
S45 - X - 66218 - F1#3
Δ (the letters I A M are inside the triangle)

U.S.A.

Blue Thumb 7121

issue #Test Pressing

Released December 1970

Front                                         Back

SORRY NO IMAGE JUST YET

U.S.A.

Blue Thumb 7121

issue #Test Pressing

Released December 1970

Side 1                                      Side 2

U.S.A.

Blue Thumb 7121

issue #1b pressed in Winchester, Virginia.
Same layout as issue 2 but having no star
(I have been informed that this particular
type layout  has the L.A. etching too).
Thanks for that info Bobby)

Released December 1970

Side 1                                      Side 2

Run-out etchings:
Side 1
S - 45 - 66212 - J-2..
▬◄
2

Side 2
S - 45 - 66213 - J-2..
▬◄
2

U.S.A.

Blue Thumb 7121

issue #1b pressed in Scranton, Pennsylvania

Released December 1970


Side 1                                      Side 2

Run-out etchings:
Side 1
S45 - 66212 - H3#2
Δ (the letters I A M are inside the triangle)

Side 2
S45 - 66213 - H3#2
Δ (the letters I A M are inside the triangle)

U.S.A.

Blue Thumb 7121

issue #2 pressed in Los Angeles, California

Released December 1970


Side 1                                      Side 2

Run-out etchings:
Side 1
S - 45 - 66212 - J-2.
1 *

Side 2
S - 45 - 66213 - J-2.
1 *

Below you can see the particular pressing plants "marker" in the runouts

SCRANTON, PENNSYLVANIA

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA

WINCHESTER, VIRGINIA

JACKSONVILLE, ILLINOIS
Issues #a, #b, and #c were all issued at the same time free with the album "A Beard of Stars"

U.S.A.

Blue Thumb SP-6115/6

issue #a pressed in Los Angeles, California
and Jacksonville, Illinois

Issued 1971

Highest position in American Billboard charts: 76
Number of weeks in American Billboard charts: 6

Side 1                                         Side 2

Run-out etchings:
Los Angeles

Side 1
SPRO-6115 - F1.
1 *

Side 2
SPRO-6116 - F1.
1 *

Jacksonville:-
Side 1
SP 6115 6115 F2 #2
0

Side 2
SP 6116 6115 F2 #3
0

 

U.S.A.

Blue Thumb SP-6115/6

issue #b pressed in Winchester, Virginia

Issued 1971


Side 1                                      Side 2

 

Run-out etchings:
Side 1
SPRO-6115 - F3
▬◄

Side 2
SPRO-6116 - F3
▬◄

 

U.S.A.

Blue Thumb SP-6115/6

issue #c pressed in Jacksonville, Illinois

Issued 1971


Side 1                                      Side 2

Run-out etchings:
Side 1
SP 6115 6115 F2 #2
0

Side 2
SP 6116 6115 F2 #3
0

U.S.A.

Blue Thumb SP-6115/6

here's an oddity:
labels of issue #c & #a on same disc
This particular disc was pressed in Jacksonville, Illinois

Issued 1971

Side 1                                      Side 2

Run-out etchings:
Side 1
SP 6115 6115 F2 #2
0

Side 2
SP 6116 6115 F2 #3
0

U.S.A.

Blue Thumb SP-6115/6

here's a similar oddity:
labels of issue #a & #c on same disc.
(The reverse of directly above)
This particular disc was pressed in Jacksonville, Illinois

Issued 1971

Side 1                                      Side 2

Run-out etchings:
Side 1
SP 6115 6115 F2 #2
0

Side 2
SP 6116 6115 F2 #2 (the #2 is unconfirmed)
0

CANADIAN RELEASE

Canada

Blue Thumb BLU-7121

Released December 1970


Side 1                                      Side 2

Run-out etchings:
Side 1
BLU 7121 - A
K M

Side 2
BLU - 7121 - B
KZ M





 

 

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