Saravah

Saravah pressings / label design

LP Label 1: 1968 SH 10 001
white label, boxed (face & multicolour logo, text Editions SARAVAH and slogan "Il y a des années où l'on a envie de ne rien faire") with red track info text on this first LP of the series. (BIEM)

LP Label 2: 1968 to early 1971
white (white-ish/cream) label, boxed (face & multicolour logo, text Editions SARAVAH and slogan) with near black text (BIEM)
Example SH 10 019 original

note: some releases with the LP Label 2 design omit the face and have just a red logo.
These may be repros or another label variation - anyone know for sure? Any info welcome.

LP Label 3: 1971 to 1972
white (white-ish/cream) label, red logo (SARAVAH above and slogan below) with near black text (earlier ones with BIEM, SACEM since 1971)
Example SH 10 019 first reissue

LP Label 4: 1972 [SH 10 020] to 1975 [SH 10 05?]
brown print on white (white-ish/cream) label, solid brown wide banner across the middle of the label with white relief text (boxed SARAVAH and slogan, copyright, SACEM, 33t) with rotated track infos, etc. (similar layout to Metronome label)
Distribution: Discodis (although some over-runs were also included in RCA covers)
Example SH 10 019 second reissue

LP Label 5: 1975 + [distributed by RCA]
light blue label with bomb logo (cartoon style bomb, held by a hand with two bandaged fingers) and near black text. SARAVAH and slogan to the right. At least 3 variations exist of some albums pressed on this label with different text layouts.
Example SH 10 019 third reissue (exists in 2 or 3 versions)

see: http://discogs.futbolgratis.org/viewimages?label=Saravah

Pressings pre 1973 have no Distributor Price Code.
Price Code for gatefolds is usually Ⓤ (U in a circle).

The enigmatic Saravah slogan: Il y a des années où l'on a envie de ne rien faire "There are years when one wants to do nothing"