THE CURE A FOREST 1980 VERY DESIRABLE UK 12" VINYL VG+/VG+ PLAY TESTED FICSX 10
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Only the second time I have come across this. This one is far better than the last. I have enjoyed owning it for a short while, but I am more of an album person. 
Play tested, it is very clear. Yes, you will hear the odd light click in quite passages but it is very clean and the music jumps out.
The sleeve has no tears rips or writing. If you look carefully there is a number 31 written on the A-side label.
The record is now in a E-STAT fibre sleeve. It will be well packaged in a Music Max mailer
"A Forest" is a song by the English rock band the Cure. Co-produced by Mike Hedges and the band's Robert Smith, it was released as a single from the band's second album Seventeen Seconds on 8 April 1980. It was their debut entry on the UK Singles Chart, reaching number 31. The accompanying music video was first shown on BBC's Top of the Pops programme on 24 April 1980.
Recorded and mixed over seven days, along with the rest of the songs from the album, "A Forest" is representative of The Cure's 1980s gothic rock phase. The song has featured on the band's set lists for many years. Several versions have appeared on concert albums, and it was re-recorded, then subsequently remixed and released as a single from Mixed Up in 1990.
The Cure – A Forest Label: Fiction Records – FICSX 10 Format: Vinyl, 12", 45 RPM, Single Country: UK Released: Apr 1980 Genre: Rock Style: New Wave, Post-Punk
A A Forest 5:55 B Another Journey By Train 3:04
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – 18 Age Record Co. Ltd. Copyright © – Polydor Ltd. Published By – APB Music Co. Ltd. Lacquer Cut At – Strawberry Mastering Pressed By – PRS Ltd. Marketed By – Phonogram Ltd. Distributed By – Phonogram Ltd. Written-By – Tolhurst, Hartley, Smith, Gallup Published by APB Music Co Ltd ℗ 1980 18 Age Record Co. Ltd. © 1980 Polydor Ltd. Marketed and distributed by Phonogram Ltd.
Issued in a spineless top opening card sleeve with a die cut thumb section. The sleeve image to the front is the "positive" of the UK 7". The track on side A is the "Seventeen Seconds" album version. This pressing was the first commercially released 12" single by The Cure.
Durations not listed on the release. Runouts are stamped. Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, variant 1): FICSX 10 A // 1∇ ESTR 12 2 STRAWBERRY. Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, variant 1): FICSX 10 B//1∇ESTR 1 11 9 STRAWBERRY. Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, variant 2): FICSX 10 A//1∇ ESTR 1 11 6 STRAWBERRY. Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, variant 2): FICSX 10 B//1∇ESTR 1 11 7 STRAWBERRY. Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, variant 3): FICSX 10 A//1∇ ESTR 11 2 STRAWBERRY. Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, variant 3): FICSX 10 B//1∇ESTR 1 11 1 STRAWBERRY.


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