When I was in the Army "overseas" as we used to say in polite company, I used to pick through the PX's Schwann Catalogue and they would order anything they could get, which was usually anything fairly current.
I think it was C,S, N & Y's 4 way street that I ended up with 4 copies because of warping. Other times I relished in vinyl sourced from the UK and Germany when I could get it as it almost always seemed superior. The rumour, true or not, that US vinyl was recycled, paper labels and all, was the cause of scratchy, crappy, vinyl seemed quite believable in the early 70's. That I met quite a few LP lovers in the service that repeated this only seemed to add credence to what was probably just someone's speculation. Maybe.
