This is a reissue of Acquiring the Taste from PolyGram Germanys Motive budget series. This may have come out after the band split in the early '80s. The cover is inaccurate as the long term lineup are shown as they were in the late '70s, and the sleeve doesn't show founding former members Phil Shulman and the late Martin Smith, yet it has John Weathers, who joined a year after the original album was released.
You don't get the eye-catching graphics or lyrics that came with the first edition, which would make this a bargain bin find three decades ago, yet I paid maybe over $10 US for mine (around as much as on here), and its five times as much on eBay! Still I wanted the album on import and this is how I would get it in person by chance and without going online.
Acquiring the Taste couldn't have been a better title given the bands sophisticated and perplexing styles many of their prog peers hadn't even touched upon. GG never were fashionable or an image type act if you like. They are still one of the most misunderstood and underrated bands of the '70s. They maintain their cult status with pride to this day.
Hard core fans and completists would likely seek out this version though even the US one is streets ahead in design as I've explained earlier. Still value for money though.

This edition of the album highlights Ozzys name apparently to cash in on his rising solo career at the time. Nothing wrong with that. This is a good album for beginners, highlighting early days.

This is technically 1988s The Hits repackaged with "I Don't Wanna Lose You" and "One Lonely Night" replaced with "Golden Country" and "Keep the Fire Burnin'" and the track order rearranged. Either way, this is a good collection for casual and novice fans.
One thing that struck me about this album is the jewel-box edition I found at Walmart was made in México, which has been the case with many recent Sony and EMI pressings. It says on the seal on the back.
Part of Sonys Playlist budget series that also has ELO and Heart to name a few.

This pirate release has more material than the official remaster does. Theres still enough material here for a Volume 2 and 4 (other bootlegs have done this already). All thats lacking is a clean version of "Maxine" (which I first heard on a solo Harrison bootleg) or "Like a Ship", which are only on the legal Rhino edition however.
This album makes Dylan tolerable for those of us who aren't fans of his, or if you're a fan of one Wilbury and not the other, theres something for everyone.
There are similar pirate 2 CD/1 DVD trilogies like this of other Beatles and related releases, which can outshine their regulation counterparts. No label is given, as the pirates who pulled this off may be doing so in secret. This collection is a precursor to the authorised one with more material and value for money.

I bought this collection thinking it was made in Canada. Can't tell exactly. Still interesting to have. All the same songs these compilations usually have, knowing Lennons solo track record is painfully short compared to his peers. However, if its early days for you being a fan, maybe this'll get you started. If you've been at it for donkeys years, or if you're a completist, you'd at least have a nice metal box and booklet to go with it. This is part of a series that includes The Moody Blues and Elvis Presley to name a few. These are sold as impulse items at the chemists or supermarkets, as well as a media chain or two.

I saw this at the shop, but when I first did, I didn't bother 'cos it was just another comp with the same old hits, but then I decided to get it, trying to find something on short notice and on a budget. When I took it home and had a listen, I discovered some tracks had radio edits I didn't have already, like with "Steppin' in a Slide Zone" and "Tuesday Afternoon". Completists and novice fans alike will want this album. This was probably to fill the gap between Octave and Long Distance Voyager, sold by the infamous TV label K-Tel.

I got a copy like the one above and it claims to be from the UK, but I'm looking at the bottom of the discs saying "Mfd. by EMI Mfg.", which is usually seen on CDs made in the US and Canada, when UK editions would say "EMI Swindon" referring to the town in Wiltshire, England where they used to have a plant before consolidating EU product production on the continent. I was hoping for an import, and it's usually pirates that mislead me on their origin. I was able to get this cheap because it has been superceded by last year's definitive remaster, making most older versions seem inferior when one has a listen. It is a replica of the LP, a method usually done in Japan and unofficially in Russia, complete with the photos and poster lyric sheet. It even has a serial number like the original vinyl release.
As for the album itself, what can be said that hasn't already? It shows how far the band had grown since Beatlemania and even 'Sgt Pepper'. The precursor of solo careers maybe? It's hard to sum it up in one go.
Capitol told me its an import after all so now I have all the UK albums that way.

This may be a bootleg.

Maz took off "Pray for That Sunshine".

This might be a pirate from the mainland as EMI would be releasing it officially, not Universal. If you know the labels, seeing the wrong one is the first sign that the missus didn't sign off on it.