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label | waterfront |
| code | DAMP 114 | |
| pictures | standard graphic layout (from the black/silver variation): front sleeve, back sleeve, back sleeve detail, side a label (two types) black/silver sleeve with defective print |
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| matrix | handwritten side a, two types of matrix DMX 71211 ®2B (the letter ‘B’ is written over an ‘A’) DMX 71211 ®2 side b: DMX 71212 ®2C |
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| labels | printed in many different vinyl colours, allegedly in 500 copies for each colour. however, some of them (purple, black) appear less frequently than others, and may have been made in lesser quantities. from terry searle: I do remember asking Frank (Cotterell, owner of Waterfront) about the number of copies, and he was rather vague. In fact I asked him all about the number of pressings of the various coloured Bleaches etc... And gave hime some of the ball park figures that we have come up with... eg. Blue LTD to 1500 pressings, purple, yellow = 300 copies, Red, green = 500 copies and so on. He said these seem about right. And told me that they never kept any actual records of the pressing quantities of each LP. I also guessed at about 20 (thereabouts) copies of the test pressing, and he thinks that is a reasonable figure. all sleeves are made with the same cardboard stock, and have a 'flat' spine, except for the black vinyl issue, where it's 'rounded'. the silver ink has a metallic finish. there are two types of labels, the differences are the text size, and the presence or not of an extra line of credits, 'Licensed from SUB-POP (U.S.A.)' under the track titles. NB: when they run out of coloured sleeves, leftover black/silver sleeves were used. also, there may be combinations of vinyl/sleeve/matrix/label different from those listed in this page the overall quality of these releases is less than optimal: the sleeves are uncoated so they are easily scratched and prone to ring wear the sleeves often have bent corners and split spines the labels often have surface defects and irregular silver ink printing the records, even when new, have a fair amount of background noise at the beginning of 2013 several fakes and counterfeits on vinyl of various colours started to be sold on ebay and by the usual uk and german shops and websites. |
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thanks to cedric vanoverstraten and christain rüh
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pictures | side a label |
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| notes | side a matrix: DMX 71211 ®2 white labels, may be both blank or have handwritten text on side a. from terry searle, about the curious 'NIRAVANA' writing: it was written on the LPs by mistake by non-English speaking employees at the plant, who were obviously in charge of printing the test presses. According to Frank this appears on all tests presses, and was the source of much amusement to himself and his partner at Waterfront, along with English speaking employees. plain white sleeve with central hole. some copies, sold directly by frank cotterel, have an accompanying letter of authenticity written and signed by him. |
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colour | black |
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| notes | side a matrix: DMX 71211 ®2 label type: with extra credits line rounded sleeve spine black/silver sleeve |
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colour | yellow |
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| pictures | record, sleeve |  |
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| notes | side a matrix: DMX 71211 ®2B label type: without extra credits line black/yellow sleeve |
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| variation | side a matrix: (?) label type:without extra credits line black/silver sleeve |
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colour | purple |
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| notes | side a matrix: DMX 71211 ®2 label type: without extra credits line purple/silver sleeve |
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colour | red |
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| pictures | record, sleeve |  |
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| notes | side a matrix: DMX 71211 ®2B label type: without extra credits line orange/silver sleeve |
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| variation | side a matrix: DMX 71211 ®2 label type: without extra credits line |
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colour | red-orange |
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| notes | side a matrix: DMX 71211 ®2 side a label with extra credits line side b label without extra credits line black/silver sleeve |
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colour | light blue |
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| pictures | record, sleeve | |
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| notes | side a matrix: DMX 71211 ®2B label type: without extra credits line light blue/silver sleeve |
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| variation | side a matrix: DMX 71211 ®2 label type: without extra credits line |
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| thanks to christian rüh | ||||
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colour | blue |
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| pictures | record, sleeve | |
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| notes | side a matrix: DMX 71211 ®2 label type: without extra credits line black/blue sleeve |
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| variation | side a matrix: DMX 71211 ®2B label type: with extra credits line black/silver sleeve |
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| variation | used for promotion. 1-sheet band "biography" with handwritten note. |
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thanks to peter cloet
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colour | green |
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| pictures | record, sleeve, outer sleeve | |
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| notes | side a matrix: DMX 71211 ®2 label type: without extra credits line. green/silver sleeve. 1992 tour special edition, includes a (green) 60x40 cm poster with the front sleeve picture, and an outer sleeve with the tour dates on the back. this outer sleeve is made of cotton fabric, and sometimes it has been wrongly described as a t-shirt. some unfolded copies of the poster have been used for promotion. |
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