A: Livin' Thing

B: Fire On High

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Label:  Jet Records

Cat No:  JET UP 36184

Issue Date:  29 October 1976

Format:  Black Vinyl

Peak UK Chart Position:  04

Weeks On UK Chart:  12

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Notes:

Livin' Thing was issued with a tan coloured UA label, with :

1. Demo label on a 44 prong push out with large raised ring & very slightly raised inner circle.

2. 4 prong push out with large raised ring & very slightly raised inner circle.

3. Solid centre with very large indented/slopped circle with inner raised small circle.

4. 4 prong push out with large raised ring & very slightly raised inner circle. Rare Miss-Print with"45 RPM" missing from above the Cat. No on side A or B or both.

5. Solid centre with very large indented/slopped circle with inner raised small circle. Rare Miss-Print with"45 RPM" missing from above the Cat. No on side A or B or both.

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First ELO single on Jet Records that was distributed by United Artist.

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Livin' Thing was issued in plain white or black sleeves, some issues may also have come in Jet Records and brown UA sleeve as shown.

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The brown UA sleeves may have been discontinued in 1974, but an excellent 7" sleeve research site states they were still in use up to 1979, see 

http://45-sleeves.co.uk/UK/ua/ua-uk.htm

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There are two pressings.

 

First pressing with "UP 36184 A-1U" etched in the run out groove are the most common, but misses out 1 second at the beginning.

 

A second rare pressing with "UP 36184 A-2U" etched in the run out groove does NOT miss out the 1 second at the start, so is a superior pressing.

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The B side is identical on both pressings.

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See images. It is VERY hard to get a clear image of the matrix numbers

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Credit to Max Cawthray for this information.