Found this info on "Keith Hirsch´s CD Resource" :

The Rolling Stones, Sticky Fingers (US/Japan, Rolling Stones Records (CBS),
catalog number CK 40488, disc says "MADE IN JAPAN" along perimeter but has
"MADE BY DISTRONICS" stamped in mirror band)

Hirsch´s lists is full of good information, but this one is a single-source-
info ! - and I haven´t been able to find anything else about this release !

Anybody out there who can help ?

Will appreciate any info, - and especially photos !

Do know, - by experience, - - that this site is a little complicated regarding photo-uploads, -
so will be so pleased, - if mailed directly, - henrikbb@live.dk

Thank You - All ! ! !

Interesting thread Henri. When was the release date? I know in the early days of cd's, many disc's were pressed in Japan for the US. As CD's became more popular and they started hitting the used bins I would search these pressings out. RCA was one of the labels that did this. Three disc's that come to mind are Elvis Presley's Rocker and Return Of The Rocker comps and Bowies Ziggy Stardust cd's. Sold here in the US but have Made In Japan on the disc. The early MFSL cd releases were also pressed in Japan. I have Meddle, DSOTM and The Wall that were pressed in Japan. Anybody else know of similar release, Stones or otherwise?

Scotty
Irvine, CA

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HenrikBB

The Rolling Stones, Sticky Fingers (US/Japan, Rolling Stones Records (CBS),
catalog number CK 40488, disc says "MADE IN JAPAN" along perimeter but has
"MADE BY DISTRONICS" stamped in mirror band)

Maybe [www.discogs.com] can help - there are 153 versions of 'Sticky Fingers' releases listed ....

Did you see also this Thread: [forums.stevehoffman.tv] ?



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Thanks a lot for your comments !
and this is what is so fantastic with IORR ! -
you get inputs and inspiration !

The Hoffman-thread, - did actually see it earlier, - perhaps latenite, -
redwine, - and never paid it real attention, -
but that let me to "Still Life", - made in West-Germany by Polydor -
Very interesting, - when talking Early CDs !

I use Discogs frequently, - but no help here on the actual case, -
BUT - was let to the subject "Target-CD" - and then to a fantastic list,
made by a Dutch guy, - Rudi, - (Earshot) -
and then it expanded.
What I thought was 4 CBS-titles, - Made in Japan, - for the European market,
suddenly grew to 16 titles, - probably ´84 - ´86 - when the Austrian plant
took over the European production.

Why is it always like that, - collecting The Stones !

Regarding the Sticky, - which I asked about, - maybe a similar thing
happened in the US, - although I haven´t been able to find any listing
about the subject ? Furthermore it seems a little odd, that NONE titles
appears in the Discogs-archive, - when, at least, - 4 of the European releases
does ! - ?

The only US-release, - Made in Japan, - I KNOW to exist, -
is "Rewind" - released 1984, - and the first Stones-album which had it´s
first-release in the CD-era, - and is NOT CK, - but RSR

The Hirsch-info, - Made in Japan, - Made by Disctronics -
I think can be neglected, - as Disctronics seems to be a plant, located
in Huntsville, Alabama !

The "Jeff56"-info from the Hoffman-thread, - Hmmm, -
Sticky Fingers, CK 40488, matrix CK 40488 1A1 73 Made in Japan, - sounds reliable, -
but requires, that the CK-serie was started up in Japan, - and from 1986
continued be manufactured in USA.

Still find it strange that no CK-titles, - Made in Japan - has appeared
in any listings ! - ?

Maybe I can ask all you collectors out there, to check your US-CK-releases,
- and see if some of them are Made in Japan !

Any feedback will be more than welcome !

A little quote to myself :
One logical explanation to a Japanese manufactured SF, - CK 40488, - would
be, - if the demanding for copies were so big, that Columbias own
pressing-plant couldn´t keep up, - so a quantum was ordered
from the Japanese plant . . . .
- in style and manner as the US-manuf. - and they added "Made in Japan" - on the CD
- Then our "Jeff56" would have a little gem in his collection, -
but basically I don´t believe in Japanese manufactured CK XXXXX CD´s !
I´m sure some of them would have popped up somewhere.
Anyway, - it´s not an "early CD" - it will have to be from 1986 -
at the earliest . . .



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