BLEACH - UK 12"

first issue
label tupelo
code TUPLP6
notes 11 tracks
related items: uk mc and cd, fake picture and coloured vinyl 12"s

type test pressing / promo
matrix handwritten side a MPO TUPLP 6 A1 side b MPO TUPLP 6 B1
the "1" on side a looks like "^"
status
pictures side a label, side b label
notes black vinyl test pressing for the tupelo issue.
mayking company labels with printed and handwritten text, plain sleeve, some copies were used for promotion with a release info sheet
thanks to chris spicer

type defective / deleted
matrix handwritten side a MPO TUPLP 6 A1 side b MPO TUPLP 6 B1
the "1" on side a looks like "^"
status
pictures record
notes white label copies of the first white vinyl issue, pressed when changing the vinyl colour in the machine. they have a variable amount of coloured spots, and all are in bad conditions, with dents and scratchings, from having probably been thrown in the trash.
allegedly 5 copies were saved from destruction by a pressing plant worker, maybe more.
a couple of copies have a broken label

type retail
matrix handwritten side a MPO TUPLP 6 A1 side b MPO TUPLP 6 B1
the "1" on side a looks like "^", the "MPO" parts are scratched over
status
pictures front sleeve, back sleeve, side a label, record
notes first pressing, white vinyl. 300 copies.

a nearly perfect counterfeit appeared in 2006

type retail
matrix handwritten side a MPO TUPLP 6 A1 side b MPO TUPLP 6 B1
the "1" on side a looks like "^"
status
pictures front sleeve, back sleeve, record
notes second pressing, lime green vinyl, 2000 copies

a counterfeit on clear green vinyl appeared in 2006

type retail
matrix handwritten side a MPO TUPLP 6 A1 side b MPO TUPLP 6 B1
the "1" on side a looks like "^"
status
pictures front sleeve, back sleeve
notes third pressing, black vinyl

variation used for promotion with a 3-page press release
status
thanks to wouter mahu

variation distributed in greece by "a.s. penguin ltd" with a sticker on the back
status
thanks to wouter mahu

variation side a labels on both sides
status
thanks to chris gibson

variation side b labels on both sides
status
thanks to christian rüh

variation may contan an info card
status

variation defective side a label. this happens when two paper labels get stuck together during the pressing process.
status
thanks to christian rüh

warner reissues
label warner music
code 9878400341
notes picture inner sleeve. the labels have the same design as the us 12"

type retail
matrix handwritten side a 987870034-1+A OR side b 987870034-1+B OR
status
pictures front, back, sticker, barcode sticker, inner sleeve, side a, side b, side a label, side b label
notes 2002, first pressing, marbled white vinyl, 13 tracks, limited to 2500 (?) copies.
"back to vinyl ... 13 track version" sticker, the barcode on the back sleeve is covered by a sticker with the number 0 98787 00341 3

variation used for promotion with a sticker on the back sleeve
status
thanks to steven and wouter mahu

variation defective copy, missing the label on side b and in overall bad conditions. probably a rejected copy kept by a plant worker.
Comes without sleeve. Vinyl has few scratches, some tracks skip
status
thanks to david b.

type retail
matrix handwritten side a 987840034-1+A OR side b 987840034-1+B OR
status
pictures front, back, sticker, inner sleeve, side a, side b, side a label, side b label
notes 2002, second pressing, marbled white vinyl, 11 tracks.
"back to vinyl .. white vinyl" sticker, the barcode number is 0 98784 00341 6

variation used for promotion with a sticker on the back sleeve, misses the sticker on the front and the picture inner sleeve
status

variation different matrix: side a 987840034-1 A2 O side b 987840034-1 + B2 JA OR
status
thanks to william aitkenhead

variation defective copy, tracks of a paper label partially impressed in the groove area
status

type retail
matrix handwritten side a 987840034-1 A2 O side b 987840034-1 + B2 JA OR
status
pictures front, back, sticker, inner sleeve, side a, side b, side a label, side b label
notes 2006, clear vinyl, 11 tracks.
"back to vinyl ... coloured vinyl" sticker
thanks to william aitkenhead, nicolas toutain and damien gutierrez

variation different matrix: side a 987840034-1 A2 side b 9878400341 B-1
status
thanks to nicolas toutain

type retail
matrix handwritten side a 9878400341 A-1 side b 9878400341 B-1
status
pictures front, back, inner sleeve, side a label, side b label
notes 2010, black vinyl, 11 tracks. there may be a "made in england" sticker on the back
thanks to fábio campos