Sat In Your Lap - UK 7" Single: Reissue

Reissue sleeves are paper, but are also identical to first issue picture sleeves.

Record labels are paper and also identical to first issue vinyl labels. However, reissues do not have any inscriptions in the run off vinyl on either side.

This reissue can also be found in the Single File box set.

Sat In Your Lap - UK 7" Single: First Issue

First issue picture sleeves are paper, and virtually identical to reissue sleeves.

The paper labels on first issue and reissue vinyl are virtually identical as well. The only way to tell them apart is by looking at the dead vinyl on first issue records. The A Side will have the inscription "Well Done J.B. 1st Dan", and the B Side will have the inscription "Thank You Donovan". Reissue vinyl does not have these inscriptions.

These are probably some of the easiest vinyl inscriptions to show you as the etching was done so largely and all in upper case lettering.

Sat In Your Lap - Canadian 7" Single

The Canadian release for Sat In Your Lap uses the exact same artwork that's found on the UK release. However, the quality of the paper between them is like night and day. The Canadian release uses extremely cheap quality paper, which causes the sleeve to rip quite easily. The artwork on the back of the sleeve is slightly cut off due to the blank side borders that have been created on this release. If anyone wants to see how much of the artwork is lost because of these borders, you can check out the UK release right here.

The other really annoying thing about this particular sleeve, which was also common with a lot of Canadian sleeves back in the day, is that the back of the sleeve was cut shorter all the way across, leaving this useless and exposed strip at the top front of the sleeve. This made it even more easier for picture sleeves to become damaged.

The other interesting thing are the record labels. When I originally picked this one up about 100 years ago, I was surprised to see that they used the exact same picture labels as the UK release, along with the exact same typeface. I guess they had some extra money in their budget that year.

Sat In Your Lap - Spanish 7" Single

The Spanish 7" single for Sat In Your Lap has the same artwork front to back as the UK release. However, the quality between the two are miles apart. The Spanish one looks like it was copied using a poor man's version of a colour photocopier. The song title is also listed on the front in Spanish.

The sleeve itself is paper, but it has a sort of waxy feel to it. At least it does to me, and it feels gross.

The single has a large centre hole and features both English/Spanish titles on both sides.