The Cure Rare Original UK LP Seventeen Seconds Earliest 1st Press Fix 004 A1 B3
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An absolute 1st Pressing of this classic LP by the Cure.
A1 B3 stamped in the Dead wax with the name Strawberry.
Matrix / Runout (Side A, stamped variant 1): FIX 4 A // 1?ESTR 11 18 STRAWBERRY Matrix / Runout (Side B, stamped variant 1): FIX 4 B // 3?E STR 13 8 STRAWBERRY
The numbers after ESTR on this record do not correspond with any of the variants below!!!
Textured Sleeve and Date Coded Inner 15804(Presuming this is 15/4/1980)The LP was released in April 1980.
Audio is Excellent...Sounds Brilliant. Nice and clear to my ear.
As described above.
Here is some info on the LP:
The Cure ?– Seventeen Seconds Label: Fiction Records ?– FIX 004, Fiction Records ?– 2383 574 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Textured Sleeve  Country: UK Released: 22 Apr 1980 Genre: Electronic, Rock Style: New Wave, Post-Punk Tracklist A1 A Reflection 2:08 A2 Play For Today 3:40 A3 Secrets 3:19 A4 In Your House 4:07 A5 Three 2:36 B6 The Final Sound 0:52 B7 A Forest 5:54 B8 M 3:03 B9 At Night 5:54 B10 Seventeen Seconds 4:00 Companies, etc. Phonographic Copyright (p) – 18 Age Record Co. Ltd. Copyright (c) – Polydor Ltd. Recorded At – Morgan Studios Published By – APB Music Co. Ltd. Mastered At – Strawberry Mastering Lacquer Cut At – Strawberry Mastering Pressed By – PRS Ltd. Manufactured By – Polydor Ltd. Distributed By – Polydor Ltd. Marketed By – Phonogram Ltd. Distributed By – Phonogram Ltd. Credits Artwork [Cover Art] – Bill Smith (19), The Cure Bass – Simon Gallup Drums – Laurence Tolhurst Engineer – Mike Dutton*, Mike Hedges Engineer [Assistant] – Andrew Warwick, Nigel Green Guitar, Vocals – Robert Smith Keyboards – Matthieu Hartley Photography By – Andrew Douglas Producer – Mike Hedges, Robert Smith Producer [Assistant] – Chris Parry, L*, M*, S* Written-By – Tolhurst*, Hartley*, Smith*, Gallup* Notes Textured sleeve, custom Fiction Records labels. There are two pressings of this album with identical catalog number FIX 4 stamped into the run-out area.  On this edition the rear cover states FIX 004, while a later issue uses FIXD 4. Both have the same '2383 574' number on the sleeve.
[sleeve] Available on cassette FIXC 004 Recorded at Morgan Studio One Thank you Flood, Graham, Rita, Alex, Marg and John ? 1980 18 Age Record Co. Ltd. © 1980 Polydor Ltd. Record manufactured & distributed in the U.K. by Polydor Ltd.
[labels] All titles published by APB Music Co. Ltd. ? 1980 18 Age Record Co. Ltd. Marketed and distributed by Phonogram Ltd.
Catalog numbers:  FIX 004 - on spine, back cover & labels. 2383 574 - on back cover.
Durations stated above are hand timed and do not appear on the release.
Tracks numbered sequentially across both sides. Barcode and Other Identifiers Matrix / Runout (Side A, stamped variant 1): FIX 4 A // 1?ESTR 13 STRAWBERRY Matrix / Runout (Side B, stamped variant 1): FIX 4 B // 3?E STR 14 8 STRAWBERRY Matrix / Runout (Side A, stamped variant 2): FIX 4 A // 1?ESTR 11 STRAWBERRY Matrix / Runout (Side B, stamped variant 2): FIX 4 B // 3?E STR 11 STRAWBERRY Matrix / Runout (Side A, stamped variant 3): FIX 4 A // 1?ESTR 13 STRAWBERRY Matrix / Runout (Side B, stamped variant 3): FIX 4 B // 3?E STR 13 11 STRAWBERRY Matrix / Runout (Side A, stamped variant 4): FIX 4 A // 1?ESTR 14 3 STRAWBERRY Matrix / Runout (Side B, stamped variant 4): FIX 4 B // 3?E STR 16 3 STRAWBERRY Matrix / Runout (Side A, stamped variant 5): FIX 4 A // 1?ESTR 1 11 1 STRAWBERRY Matrix / Runout (Side B, stamped variant 5): FIX 4 B // 3?E STR 11 1 STRAWBERRY



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