Edited on 17th February 2024
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Although
"Wig-Wam Bam" remained largely true to the style of the Sweet's previous
recordings, the vocals and guitars had a harder,
more rock-oriented sound,
largely because it was the first Chinn-Chapman single on which only members of
Sweet played. In January 1973 "Block Buster!" became the Sweet's first single
to reach number 1 on the UK chart, remaining there for five
consecutive weeks.
After their next single "Hell Raiser" was released in May and reached number 2
in the U.K.
At the end of 1973, the band's name evolved from "The Sweet" to "Sweet". The
change would be reflected in all of their releases from 1974 onward.
WIG-WAM BAM | BLOCKBUSTER |
HELL RAISER | THE BALLROOM BLITZ |
WIG-WAM BAM | |
↓ Angola Wig-Wam Bam 1972 ↓ |
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↓ Argentina Wig-Wam Bam 1972 ↓ |
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↓ Australia Wig-Wam Bam (different fonts
& year: 1772) 1972 ↓ |
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SORRY NO IMAGE JUST YET |
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↓ Brazil Wig-Wam Bam 1972 ↓ |
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↓ Chile Wig-Wam Bam
5th January 1973 ↓ |
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↓ Ecuador Wig-Wam Bam 1972 ↓ |
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↓ France Wig-Wam Bam 1972 ↓ |
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↓ Germany Wig-Wam Bam 1972 ↓ |
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↓ Germany Wig-Wam Bam (re-release) 1977 ↓ |
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↓ Holland Wig-Wam Bam 1972 ↓ |
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↓ Israel Wig-Wam Bam 1972 ↓ |
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↓ Italy Wig-Wam Bam November 1972 ↓ |
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↓ Japan Wig-Wam Bam 1972 ↓ |
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↓ Kenya Wig-Wam Bam 1972 ↓ |
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Madagascar Wig-Wam Bam 1972 ↓ |
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↓ Malaysia Wig-Wam Bam (various artists EP) 1972 ↓ | |
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Mexico Wig-Wam Bam (promo) 1973 ↓ |
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↓ New Zealand Wig-Wam Bam 1972 ↓ | |
↓ Portugal Wig-Wam Bam
(at least 4 variations of the label) 4th
December 1972 ↓ |
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↓ South Africa Wig-Wam Bam 1972 ↓ |
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Southern Rhodesia Wig-Wam Bam 1972 ↓ |
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↓ Spain Wig-Wam Bam 1972 ↓ |
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↓ Turkey
Wig-Wam Bam (blue and red backs) 1972 ↓ |
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Yugoslavia Wig-Wam Bam
(2 editions) 1972 ↓ |
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↓ U.S.A. Wig-Wam Bam (promo and release) September 1973 ↓ |
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↓ UK Wig-Wam Bam 1st September 1972 ↓ |
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↓ U.S.A. It's Lonely Out There (promo) June 1973 ↓ | |
BLOCKBUSTER | |
↓ UK
Blockbuster (EMIdisc single-sided-acetate) 1973 ↓ |
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↓ UK
(CBS pressing) Blockbuster (1 word and 2 words) 5th January 1973 ↓ |
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U.K. (RCA pressing) Blockbuster 5th January 1973 ↓ |
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↓
U.K. (unknown CBS pressing) Blockbuster 5th January 1973 ↓ |
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↓ Angola Blockbuster 1973 ↓ | |
↓ Argentina Blockbuster 1973 ↓ |
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↓ Australia Blockbuster 1973 ↓ |
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SORRY NO IMAGE AS YET |
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↓ Canada Blockbuster 1973 ↓ |
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↓ Ecuador Blockbuster 1973 ↓ |
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↓ El Salvador Blockbuster
(at least 4 versions) 30th April 1973 ↓ |
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↓ France Blockbuster 1973 ↓ | |
↓ Germany Blockbuster 2 versions (larger 1 of Side 1) 1973 ↓ |
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↓
Greece Blockbuster 1973 ↓ |
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↓ Holland Blockbuster 1973 ↓ |
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Republic of Ireland Blockbuster 5th January 1973 ↓ |
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↓ Israel Blockbuster 1973 ↓ |
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↓ Italy Blockbuster January 1973 ↓ | |
↓
Japan Blockbuster 13th January 1973 ↓ |
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↓
Madagascar Blockbuster 1973 ↓ |
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↓ New Zealand Blockbuster
(error & corrected) 1973 ↓ |
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↓ Peru Blockbuster 1973 ↓ |
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↓Portugal Blockbuster
12th February 1973 ↓ |
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↓Singapore Blockbuster 1973 ↓ |
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SORRY NO IMAGE AS YET |
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↓
Southern Rhodesia Blockbuster 1973 ↓ |
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↓Spain Blockbuster 6th March 1973 ↓ |
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↓ Turkey Blockbuster 1973 ↓ |
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↓ U.S.A. Blockbuster (acetate, promo & edited release)
4th May 1973 ↓ |
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↓Yugoslavia Blockbuster 1973 ↓ |
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HELL RAISER | |
↓ UK Hellraiser (acetate, promo and release) 27th April 1973 ↓ |
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↓ UK Hellraiser (mismatched
pair of labels in style and colour) 27th April 1973 ↓ |
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↓ UK Hellraiser (mismatched pair of labels in style) 27th April 1973 ↓ | |
↓ UK (made in France and exported) Hellraiser 27th April 1973 ↓ |
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↓ Argentina
Hellraiser 1973 ↓ |
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↓ Australia Hellraiser 1973 ↓ | |
↓ Brazil Hellraiser 1973 ↓ | |
↓ France Hellraiser 1973 ↓ | |
↓ Germany Hellraiser 1973 ↓ |
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↓ Germany Hellraiser (re-release) 1977 ↓ |
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↓ Germany Hellraiser (re-release
#2) 1977 ↓ |
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↓
Greece Hellraiser 1973 ↓ |
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Holland Hellraiser 1973 ↓ |
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↓ Republic of Ireland Hellraiser 27th April 1973 ↓ | |
POLYDOR visible here --------> | |
Another copy and another POLYDOR visible here --------> | |
↓
Israel Hellraiser 1973 ↓ |
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↓
Japan Hellraiser 1973 ↓ |
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↓ New Zealand Hellraiser 1973 ↓ |
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↓ Rhodesia Hellraiser 1973 ↓ |
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↓ Spain Hellraiser (promo EP) 1973 ↓ |
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↓ Spain Hellraiser (promo & release) 1973 ↓ |
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↓ Turkey Hellraiser (red or purple strip on back cover) 1973 ↓ |
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SORRY NO IMAGE JUST YET |
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THE BALLROOM BLITZ | |
↓ U.K. The Ballroom Blitz 14th September 1973 ↓ |
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↓ U.K. The Ballroom Blitz
(cut at 42rpm) 14th September 1973 ↓ |
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U.K. The normal side 1 runout etching is RCA 2403 A1 but any version with this etching was cut at 42-RPM ↓ | |
↓
This copy has the wrong B side (Perry Como's
Sing) The Ballroom Blitz 14th September 1973 ↓ |
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made in Holland for the U.K. The Ballroom Blitz 14th September 1973 ↓ |
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↓ Angola The Ballroom Blitz 1973 ↓ |
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↓ Argentina The Ballroom Blitz 1973 ↓ |
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↓ Argentina The Ballroom Blitz (EP) 1973 ↓ | |
↓ Australia The Ballroom Blitz
(standard & reversed top text) 1973 ↓ |
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↓
Brazil The Ballroom Blitz 1973 ↓ |
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↓ Chile The Ballroom Blitz 1973 ↓ |
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↓ Colombia The Ballroom Blitz ↓ | |
↓ El Salvador The Ballroom Blitz (Orange
copy and black copy with error) 1973 ↓ |
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↓
France The Ballroom Blitz September 1973 ↓ |
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↓ Germany The Ballroom Blitz 1973 ↓ |
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↓
Greece The Ballroom Blitz
(1st & 2nd editions) 1973 ↓ |
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↓
Guatemala The Ballroom Blitz 1974 ↓ |
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↓ Holland The Ballroom Blitz 1973 ↓ |
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↓ Republic of Ireland The Ballroom Blitz 14th September 1973 ↓ | |
↓ Israel The Ballroom Blitz
1973 ↓ |
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↓ Italy The Ballroom Blitz September 1973 ↓ | |
↓ Japan The Ballroom Blitz
1973 ↓ |
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SORRY NO IMAGE JUST YET |
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↓ Madagascar The Ballroom Blitz 1973 ↓ | |
↓ Mexico The Ballroom Blitz
(error back cover "PARA Para") 20th
November 1973 ↓ |
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↓ Mexico The Ballroom Blitz (corrected back cover) 20th November 1973 ↓ | |
↓ Mozambique The Ballroom Blitz 1973 ↓ |
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↓ New Zealand The Ballroom Blitz 1973 ↓ |
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↓ Peru The Ballroom Blitz 1973 ↓ |
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↓ Portugal The Ballroom Blitz 15th November 1973 ↓ |
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↓
Southern Rhodesia The Ballroom Blitz 1973 ↓ I bought these 2 records 41 years after they were made on the exact same machine but with different side 1 labels |
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↓
South Africa The Ballroom Blitz
(two label variations) 1973 ↓ |
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↓ South Africa The Ballroom Blitz (a single with both label variations) 1973 ↓ | |
↓ Spain The Ballroom Blitz (promo & release) 1973 ↓ | |
↓ Turkey The Ballroom Blitz 1973 ↓ |
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↓ Yugoslavia The Ballroom Blitz (different date font on labels) 3rd October 1973 ↓ | |