I was going through my collection and found these two Chinese (Hong-Kong?) "40 Licks"releases. I can't remember where I got them.
Anyone that can give me some more info?

Thanks in advance



Chris from Belgium

not me!

I'm no expert but I would call fakes!
Both the front covers say "40 Licks" but only 36 are listed.
On the top right picture some of the dates given are wrong, SFM 1971?, YCAGWYW 1973?
In the bottom right picture there are numerous spelling errors, Sbattered? Loxing My Touch?
But the real giveaway to me is the barcode on the bottom right which gives an ISBN number. ISBN stands for "International Standard Book Number".

Edit:
The top CD may be genuine as the Chinese government wouldn't allow Brown Sugar , Honky Tonk Women , Beast Of Burden and Let's Spend The Night Together to be included.
The bottom one is almost certainly a fake.
"Please note, there are also counterfeits presented in the form of 2 CDs in boxes separate sporting a logo HDCD , avoid, as are versions with huge mistakes in the song titles"
See here (in French, I used Google translate):
[doctorstonesblog.blogspot.co.uk]


"As we say in England, it can get a bit trainspottery"



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 2017-01-18 14:25 by Deltics.

Thanks Deltics!

Both jewel cases are still shrink wrapped (and I would like to keep it that way), so I can't have a look (/and listen) at (/to) the CDs inside....

Chris from Belgium