Kenny Rogers – The Gambler

This release sound great. My copy has both sides labeled as Side B. It took me a minute to figure out which was side A.

How do I know if I have an original or a re-issue?

I picked up a copy of this at a local store. All the markings on the wax say this is the version I have, but the jacket has "manufactured in Canada" on the back of the jacket and "printed in Canada" on the spine. My thought is someone mismatched jackets. Anyone else seen this?

My pressing of this is quite noisy. The wax is shiny. It was cleaned with the Squeaky Clean MKIII vacuum cleaner. I wonder if there were a lot of these made with the same hardware, losing its efficacy over time? First MFSL in my collection that looks great without any marks but noisy.

This is not a repress. It’s just the Jacksonville plant press and comes with the poster

My own copy has the same songs from side A on side B. Can someone else confirm?

Does this release have the color poster like the similar Santa Maria pressing, Kenny Rogers - The Gambler? My copy in hand has matrix runout etchings identical to this release but also has the poster.