When I was a youngster, I absolutely loved those “can you spot the difference?” games in the back of magazines that presented two, almost identical pictures side by side, where in which the object was to find the subtle differences between the two pictures. I was pleasantly surprised when I discovered, almost by accident, that several of the doubles in my collection were different issues, and therefore had very subtle differences. I thought to myself, hmm, why not create a “can you spot the difference?’ game for the readers of The Prudent Groove?
Presented below are five pictures, each picture containing two albums. Can you spot the difference between them? Answers to each are located in the comments… DON’T CHEAT!




Herb Alpert’s Tijuana Brass – Whipped Cream & Other Delights
1) Stereo logo in top left. 2) Catalog # in top right. 3) Catalog # in bottom right.
Meco – Star Wars and Other Galactic Funk
1) “By Meco” in top right.
Beastie Boys – Licensed to Ill
1) “Also on cassette” in top right. 2) Barcode in top right. 3) Def Jam logo in top left. 4) Credits in bottom left.
Cypress Hill – Cypress Hill
1) Barcode in top right. 2) Credits under track names. 3) Logo in bottom right. 4) Logo and credits in bottom left.
Creedence Clearwater Revival – Creedence Clearwater Revival
1) “4” in bottom right corner.