Records that you have that were immediately withdrawn

I've got that and Beatles Alpha Omega on 8 track. Somewhere.

 

I got that Body Count one if I remember correctly it got pulled the very next day after it came out.

 

I don't know how long it took to get them withdrawn, but I have the first Moby Grape album before Don' s finger was airbrushed out, the Stones Some Girls album before some of the girls objected and the naked Blind Faith cover.

 

I also have "Body Count" with "Cop Killer". I found it (without a case) years ago at a pawn shop.
I also used it to great effect when some snotty neighbours upstairs had a wine & cheese party that went on too long and too late. They had always complained about whatever I played in the past but this UPSET them.

 

That's rare? I fished mine out of a used bin for five bucks! The US one is on Columbia, yes?

 

U2 Negativland vinyl
1st version of Pere Ubu's Art of Walking
The Great Lost Kinks Album
Kinks "Scrapheap/Surviviors" single with Ray singing Scrapheap
Lothar and the Hand People 1st with Woody Woodpecker

 

Funny, I've never actually seen a copy without "Qu'ran" (aside from the anniversary edition). It's even on the original US CD.

 

That was actually the standard release in many countries. In fact, it was years before I managed to track down a version of the album that didn't include 'Qu'ran'.

EDIT: Snap!

 

Is this the reissue you are talking about? I saw one of these in the late 90's and never bought it. I showed it to a friend of mine and he bought it. I didn't know this was withdrawn or I would have bought it. Do you know why it was pulled?:

http://www.discogs.com/Lothar-And-T...ingLothar-And-The-Hand-People/release/2577463

 

Badfinger - Head First, it was out for a bit on CD but it's out of print now as far as I know. Also, Badfinger's Wish You Were Here. It came out in 74 for a few weeks then Warner Brothers pulled it due to Stan Polley. It's available on CD now though. I read somewhere Pink Floyd were planning to change the name of their album of the same name but after the Badfinger album was pulled they didn't have to worry about it.

 

Sandy Denny - BBC Sessions 1971-1973
http://www.sandydennyofficial.com/music/sandy-denny/the-bbc-sessions-1971-73/

This was released in 1997, but was immediately withdrawn due to a legal dispute. However, 3500 copies had already been distributed to stores those copies quickly sold out. I got mine through eBay a couple years later...it wasn't cheap.

Now there is the Live At The BBC box set with 3CDs and 1DVD.

 

I ended up with this one, but got it from a classmate after I missed out on the initial release. Despite knowing it was the recalled version he sold it to me for $5, because he was desperate for money so that he could buy something else from another student. Hint: he wasn't buying another CD with the money.

 

God forbid they use the same title a third time. I always wondered what the story was with "Money" and "Shine On" since Badfinger did all of them first.

 

Probably plenty that I can't think of or don't know about. Two that spring to mind are:

The Beta Band's original 'Squares' CD single (backed with 'Won'), cancelled because another band released a song using exactly the same obscure sample at exactly the same time. The b-side was transfered to the replacement ('Broke') and 'Squares' came out in a different form later on. I'd pre-ordered it from the UK and it shipped pre-release, before it was officially pulled. Just checked on Discogs to confirm that this 'rarity' is indeed practically worthless! I guess all the copies of it were dumped on the market at some later point.

Guided by Voices' 'Motor Away' 7" mispress, with an unmixed version of their 'The Opposing Engineer Sleeps Alone' cover in place of 'Color of My Blade' on the flip. This doesn't actually appear to be all that rare either, and maybe it doesn't even qualify as 'withdrawn'!

 

I got Negativland's U2 at Camelot Records in the mall, right off the shelf for a pittance.

 

Fleetwood Mac "Shrine 69." The version of "Whole Lotta Shakin Going On" has a verse that was edited between the promo copies and the official release. Lyric in question was "come on over baby, .... ..... ...."

 

Ray Charles - Singular Genius - The Complete ABC Singles - 5CD-set, Concord. This set was withdrawn fairly quickly after its release when the Charles family/estate withdrew their permission to release it. I got one of the last copies from an internet store.

 

Flame cover on CD as well.

 

I have that LP, too. I bought it new.

I don't know how long it was out, but I have the 'John Lennon - Shaved Fish' CD pre-noise reduction. I bought this new.

 

I actually still have my cassette of that! By the time I bought the vinyl the cover had been replaced.

 

Cristina 'Is That All There Is'. Was due to come out on Island/Ze until Leiber and Stoller's publishers nixed it.

 

Nah, it was more like four months. There was a lot of controversy (and the song was even released as a single), before Warners reedited and rereleased it under stockholder pressure.
Supposedly they shipped half a mil, meaning there's probably as many albums out there with "Cop Killer" as without.

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cop_Killer_(song)

 

Van Halen- Best of Volume One. Very early CD's had a version of "Running With The Devil" that was edited and arranged differently from the standard version. The mix is the same but the bridge and verses are chopped up differently. Quickly discovered and withdrawn.

 

I have the Skynyrd KBFH CD that I bought at a record show before it was supposed to come out...only it never did come out. It was released years later but not as the complete tracklist if I recall correctly, as an "authorized bootleg" in a paper type sleeve, like a music.com thing.