RSO (Red Cow) CD list

How now, RED cow?

Chris C

 

My list of Bee Gees RSO red cow CDs:

Bee Gees' 1st
Odessa
Best of Bee Gees
Greatest
Living Eyes
Rare Collection (Japan)
Staying Alive - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Bee Gees (zweitausendeins)

All of the above except the Greatest set are silver. I have a Best of Bee Gees from around the same time as a Polydor disc, both originate from West Germany

The "zweitausendeins" compilation has been replaced to feature the Polydor logo on later pressings, the original came in a 2-CD fatbox with a small RSO cow (outlined in white) on the front cover just below the b&w picture of the Bee Gees which makes it easy enough to spot. Some sellers on eBay Germany use the "zweitausendeins" in their listings but many do not so you have to go over them with a fine tooth comb as the release is simply titled Bee Gees.

 

I picked up a red cow RSO release of Cream's Disraeli Gears #823 636-2 made in West Germany today for $5.00.
Not too bad!

 

There was a '70's TV commercial with the RSO Cow in Animation,talking about the then-recent issues of "Saturday Night Fever","Grease" and one more Lp ( I Forget Now which one it was!)...Do anyone here know if someone has it on You Tube?

 

Is the Silver-with-Red-Cow "Time Pieces" that is shown in the original post a Dennis Drake mastering or not?

How is its sound quality (in any event)?
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I've got both Derek & The Dominoes' LAYLA and IN CONCERT on RSO CDs. Layla is West German, IN CONCERT is Japanese.

 

bumping this thread with a question: I just picked up Cream - Disraeli Gears here in Tokyo (P33W-50004), which has manufactured by Polydor K.K. Japan and the date of 1985 (I) on the back, the cover has P33W-50004 (823 636-2) below the RSO cow...yet the disc says Made In W. Germany with just the 823 catologue number...so is this a WG for Japan pressing? I didnt even know there was such a thing (????) I was thinking maybe this is the wrong disc inside, and how come it says made in Japan on the back, does that refer to just the artwork???

 

Found a nice Cow at my local thrift today

 

Here's the WG numbers :
831 320 Rainbow Concert
811 697 461 Ocean Blvd (both silver and red faces)
829 649 There's one in Every Crowd
831 519 EC was Here
813 582 No Reason to Cry
823 276 Slowhand
813 581 Backless
800 093 Just One Night (silver and red)
827 579 Another Ticket
800 014 Timepieces (silver and red)
811 835 Timepieces 2
823 277 Layla
831 416 Derek & Dominos in Concert (Japan only?)
827 576 Fresh Cream
823 636 Disraeli Gears
827 578 Wheels of Fire
823 660 Goodbye
827 577 Live Cream I
823 661 Live Cream II
821 937 Backtrackin'
825 094 Blind Faith

I do not have German copies of History of & Cream Greatest. I listed the number for D&D In Concert for completeness sake but my copy is a Polydor, not RSO.