Linda Ronstadt
Greatest Hits
Asylum 106-2 EUROPE: 253 055 (on inserts)
Asylum 106-2 (on disc)
made in USA for US market
color scheme: light blue background with purple reticle and black lettering
genre: rock/pop
LP originally issued 1976


MADE IN USA | | BY PDO, with nothing etched around the center hole (a).
This disc can also be found with MADE IN USA BY PDO etched around the center hole (b).
Matrix number: 7599 64106-2 2893 039 02 #
Known suffixes: (a) R, (b) G, L


MADE IN USA | | BY PDO
This version carries the catalog number E2-106, indicative of a Columbia House record club release (c).
Matrix number: 7599 64106-2 2893 039 01 #
There is nothing etched around the center hole.


Front cover of the eight-page booklet (m).


Rear tray insert "Printed in U.S.A." without barcode, and with new logo (x).
This tray card was also used, briefly, for the West German target disc,
and, most commonly, for the non-target US pressings.


Rear tray insert "Printed in U.S.A." and "Manufactured by Columbia House Under License" without barcode (y).
Note the catalog numbers have changed to reflect the Columbia House number.
There is nothing printed on the reverse.
The Columbia House disc variation is found with this tray insert.
The booklet associated with this states "Printed in U.S.A." on page seven and has the E2-106 number on page eight (n).
This back inlay was also used for the Columbia House variation of the WG target CD (see separate listing).

Disc and paper insert combinations summary:
(a) + (m) + (x)
(b) + (m) + (x)
(c) + (n) + (y)

Notes: While all USA-pressed target CD's are relatively scarce, this is one of the more common examples.
That doesn't mean you are likely to find one in the used bins any time soon, but it does show
up on eBay from time to time.

10/09/20 *