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The copy in front of me (and pictured) has a maroon label which I cannot see listed anywhere else for a US copy. Although there is no mention of USA on the label, there does seem to be mention of Vanguard NY on rear left of sleeve [see my image]. My belief is that it is a US copy. I can't find another copy bearing the VRS - 9160 catalogue number with a maroon label for any other country. The label istelf has "Vanguard" arced across the top with "Recordings for the connoisseur" below with the lancer image below that but stretching between "for" and "the". If this history [see https://www.bsnpubs.com/new/vanguard.pdf , page 1 par near foot of the page] is to be believed, then this was the colour used for the earliest in the Vanguard 9000 series. "The second Vanguard label as used on the 12 inch 9000 monaural series is maroon with silver print. “VANGUARD” in block letters above the center hole. The Lancer logo is above the center hole but below the Vanguard name. While the maroon label was used for monaural, a black label with silver print was used for stereo." The rear sleeve appears to be a top and bottom flip back sleeve