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I've noticed that there has been several copies of this scarce album for sale the last month (at least nine!!!) which leads me to believe that it has either been reissued or bootlegged. Anyone that can confirm this?

Imagine those poor people that have paid $500+ for a reissue

Boot-leg me thinks, sure if this album had been re-issued it would have been noted buy the good folk here.

Deserves a re-issue as there are some real nice tracks especially the Visionares "Message From His Imperial Majesty" one of my fav roots tracks.

Was the original on coloured vinyl?

Cover looks too new also.

http://cgi.ebay.com/THE-TWELVE-TRIBES-O ... tsupported

The reason I'm not entirely certain it's a bootleg is because I think that if The Twelve Tribes of Israel ever were to reissue it they would probably just do it and not write too much about it.

seems like a bootleg..
It doesn't make sense if colored copies of that record were made back in the days.. The record itself was never sold..only given away to members of the the twelve tribe..

Vinyl is usually color-pressed as a marketing thing( you are more tend to buy a record that is green, yellow, blue,than the 'normal' black ones .. )
http://www.dancecrasher.co.uk/colouredvinyl2.html

and if you look very carefully... you can see the label has a different design as wel...

different color of the heart.
the blue circle seems to have a different shape ( not completely around the label )
the letters 'showcase vol 1' seems to be on a different location (lower )

sleeve is also different than those listed on popsike.. Text in the upper left corner is missing..

furthermore there's also text missing on the label.. there's should be 3 textlines above the title..+ a second copyright control sign.

Whether it's a re-issue or a bootleg, it's been sold a few times recently by (what appears to be) a few different sellers, who all priced it as if it was an original.

talking about bootleg, one which has been is the 12" Don't mash up creation by Sharon Little and people still pay 75£ for it, not the price of an original but way more expensive than a self made copy
and it's always the same seller who sells it i think

so if it's a botleg , it's a shame that sellers like Deadly Dragon...sell it like an original. I risk to buy it for very high price!