Originally posted by: MoveAlong
Seeing as how it's still sealed in the original plastic, I guess we'll never know

. I should try to pick up one of those picture discs some day. They're on ebay all the time.

I should say, the cover is definitely different but I'm sure the recording is not. There is a picture of the booklet on the back cover and it looks exactly the same as the original one as well.

I have two other, regular copies of this as well: the original, well-played and well-scratched copy that I owned back in 1977 or 78, and one I picked up around 1989 or 90 that I think was also sealed in plastic. I remember being pleased that I found one I could play without the scratches, so it definitely has been opened and played since, but being a record collector at that point I took much better care of it. I'm sure I'll pick up the picture disc someday.

And then there was the Star Wars soundtrack. Oddly enough, instead of getting the original soundtrack record for me for a birthday or Christmas present, my aunt bought me the Electric Moog Orchestra version instead by mistake. In the end I'm glad she did, because it was way weirder than the real soundtrack, and contributed to my unique Star Wars childhood in the same way I think that seeing the Holiday Special air long before I ever saw the films did. It also probably explains a few things about my... personality.

--SKot