Love Over Gold

[Natara]

Hi I have an original UK 1st Press of Dire Straits - Love Over Gold that has this gold impressed circle on the back cover just below the Vertigo emblem on the top right corner. I have searched on Discogs and not found another copy with the same mark and was wondering if any of you Dire Straits fans either own another one or have seen another one like it?
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[struth]

Nope not seen it tmk. Never collected dire stuff and tbh there isn't much collectible stuff out there. That may be one ☝️

[Stratmangler]

Nat

Did you buy it back in the day, or is it a more recent acquisition?

I bought a copy when it came out.
There is no gold embossed anything on the back of the sleeve.
It was common practise for record companies to put some kind of stamp on promotional copies, such as the ones played in the record shop. Mostly you'd find "promotional copy not for resale" or similar.
Your golden disc could be one such stamp.

[Natara]

I found it in a Charity Shop maybe 3 years ago when I bought a bunch records including thre Dire straits LP's. I'm not a fan and bought them just to see if I might like them unfortunately I didn't.

Nat

Did you buy it back in the day, or is it a more recent acquisition?

I bought a copy when it came out.
There is no gold embossed anything on the back of the sleeve.
It was common practise for record companies to put some kind of stamp on promotional copies, such as the ones played in the record shop. Mostly you'd find "promotional copy not for resale" or similar.
Your golden disc could be one such stamp.

[Batty]

I have a german pressing of their debut album with the labels on the wrong side, collectable? no idea.

[Barry]

I have a german pressing of their debut album with the labels on the wrong side, collectable? no idea.

I have a couple of LPs where the labels are on the wrong side. Collectable? - well collectors will collect just about anything, if they are so inclined.

[Pete The Cat]

It was common practise for record companies to put some kind of stamp on promotional copies, such as the ones played in the record shop. Mostly you'd find "promotional copy not for resale" or similar.
Your golden disc could be one such stamp.

I recall that in the 80s radio station promotional copies of albums would have gold embossed stamps, although as you say there would normally be some writing to that effect also. Similarly, some "mid-price" releases of albums had them, but again they would usually include some writing to that effect.

Odd features added after the event to album sleeves (as opposed to, say, misprints) tend to point to some purpose affecting onwards sale, such as the practice of punch-holes, corner removal or notches in the spine.

Pete

[Barry]

I recall that in the 80s radio station promotional copies of albums would have gold embossed stamps, although as you say there would normally be some writing to that effect also. Similarly, some "mid-price" releases of albums had them, but again they would usually include some writing to that effect.

Odd features added after the event to album sleeves (as opposed to, say, misprints) tend to point to some purpose affecting onwards sale, such as the practice of punch-holes, corner removal or notches in the spine.

Pete

They were to denote that import duty/tax had been paid.

[2kings]

I have six copies of this album and non has the gold embossing.

[Natara]

Records that have labels reversed or spelling mistakes or tracks in the wrong order can be worth something but the gold impressed circle on this record cover has been put there on purpose by whoever printed it and I’m interested to find out why because no other copy I can find has the same thing. It’s never going to be worth anything I’m just intrigued.