DURAN DURAN debut album 1981 - PORTUGAL LP 1st press, price code "DB" VERY RARE

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	$		21

PT28

DURAN DURAN

Album 

12" Vinyl Record - Long Play 33 RPM

Stereo

Album first published in 1981

Portugal release & press

catalog: EMI / Valentim de Carvalho, 11C 076-64382

VERY RARE 1st Portuguese press

original 1st release with "DB" price code

VERY RARE

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About Duran Duran debut album Portuguese releases

“The first album released in Portugal by Duran Duran was for many weeks a “sleeper” apparently destined to flop, but a major promotional campaign by Valentim de Carvalho, EMI licensee in Portugal, create national interest and it soon topped the LP chart. The group visited Portugal to make live appearances on the top Sunday television show “O Passeio dos Alegres” run by leading disk jockey Julio Isidro. Another key factor in breaking the group in Portugal was an outstanding video clip built around the “Girls on Film” track and this title topped the single chart, too” (Bilboard Magazine, 1982)

“The Duran Duran phenomenon in Portugal was very strong. In fact “Planet  Heart” reach #1 on charts, when in UK charts this singles had only reached the #12 position. Many times I heard on EMI international meetings that the Duran Duran portuguese success showed them that Duran Duran was not an English phenomenon only. Released in 1981, the Duran Duran debut album sold 70,000 records in Portugal, and it didn’t sold more because several times we didn’t have more copies in stock, and during 1981 and 1982 we were consecutively forced to make new records to be released to the market. Only in 1982 their debut album reached the #1 Portuguese chart position (in 1981 it reached only #2) and its Portuguese Gold Record Award (for sales over 50,000) was reached only in 1982 too.” (David Ferreira, editor chief of Valentim de Carvalho  in the eighties, interview published in 2010 by DN magazine).

Yes, it’s true. The unexpected, gradual (and long) increase of the success of the Duran Duran’s debut album in Portugal, forced Valentim de Carvalho, EMI licensee in Portugal, to consecutively make new editions to be released during 1981 & 1982 to the Portuguese insatiable market . This fact, permits that today  we can distinguish several different 1981/82’s Portuguese releases or releases variations of this album, which constitutes a pleasant universe for any record collector or Duran Duran fan.

We can identify the following FIVE Portuguese releases:

*  1st release  - catalog: 11C 076-64382 / 1st  matrix press  / price code “DB” - [Jul/Set-1981]

*  2nd release - catalog: 11C 076-64382 / 1st  matrix press  / price code “G” -  [Set/Dec-1981]

*  3rd release -  catalog: 11C 076-64382  / 2nd matrix press// price code “G” -   [December 1981 - 1982]

*  "Círculo dos Leitores" Special Club 1st Edition - catalog: CL015  -   [December 1981 - 1982]

"Círculo dos Leitores" Special Club “DD” Edition - catalog: CL015  - code: “DD” -   [December 1981 - 1982]

For each of this releases we can identify some label or sleeve variations - these variations were resulted from slight different labels and sleeves that were needed to be reprinted for each new portion of records subsequently produced to refill the empty stocks.

About “price codes” - All albums released by Valentim de Carvalho's have a "price code" printed on the sleeve and sometimes on the inner sleeve too. Usually, this price code is one or two alphabetic characters, printed on the back cover inside a small circle. Because in the 70’s and the 80’s the price code  were constantly changed, these price code are very helpful to date when each specific record  was released to the market – in this case, we know that in SET-OUT/ 1981 “DB” was replaced by “G” price code.

About Portuguese pressings: Portuguese records market was a small market and usually a low number of copies were made for each release. Knowing that up to 36,000 records can be manufactured from just one lacquer, we can understand that the same lacquer /  matrix set  could be used in several subsequently releases – and in this case, the 2nd press / lacquer starts to  be used on Dec/81 only.  

In the following table you can find the specific details of each Portuguese release or release variations I have identified until now:

DURAN DURAN - Duran Duran (1981 debut album) - Portuguese releases

Release or Release version

Catalog numbers

Press date etched on vinyl

Price code printed on backcover and Inner

"CIRCULO DOS LEITORES"  red sticker on back cover

Colour of the rectangle on the center of the label

Colour of the bar on the bottom of the sleeve's spine

printed on sleeve & inner sleeve

printed on labels

Regular releases

1st release

11C 076-64382

11C 076-64382

[no date]

DB

[no sticker]

Cadet Grey

 Purple

1st release - sleeve variation

11C 076-64382

11C 076-64382

[no date]

DB

[no sticker]

Cadet Grey

Blue

2nd release

11C 076-64382

11C 076-64382

[no date]

G

[no sticker]

Cadet Grey

Purple

2nd release - sleeve variation

11C 076-64382

11C 076-64382

[no date]

G

[no sticker]

Cadet Grey

Blue

3rd  release

11C 076-64382

11C 076-64382

10/XII/81

G

[no sticker]

Mint Green

Purple

3rd  release - sleeve variation

11C 076-64382

11C 076-64382

10/XII/81

G

[no sticker]

Mint Green

Blue

"Círculo dos Leitores" Club: Special Editions - with a different catalog number and one red sticker on backcover

1st Special Club Edition

CL 015

CL-015

10/XII/81

[no code]

YES

Green Cream

Purple

1st Special Club Edition - sleeve variation

CL 015

CL-015

10/XII/81

[no code]

YES

Green Cream

Blue

"DD" Special Club Edition

CL 015

11C 076-64382

10/XII/81

DD

YES

Mint Green

Purple

"DD" Special Club Edition – label variation

CL 015

CL-015

10/XII/81

DD

YES

Dark cream

Purple

the release / release variation of the album here in auction is yellow highlighted  on the table. If you are interested in other releases or release variations, please look my other ebay auctions, where it could be possible that you find some of them still available

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The album I'm selling here is from the

RARE 1st Portuguese press

original 1st release with "DB" price code

with
no press date etched on vinyl run out grooves

[1st lacquer / mothers sets press - Jun/1981]
&
price code "DB" printed on back cover and on inner sleeve

[early releases price codes, used until OUT/81]

&

standard sleeve and labels

[purple bar on the spine / cadet blue rectangle on the label]

(please see other specifics details of this release on the table above)

DEBUT ALBUM OF THIS GREAT NEO ROMANTIC GROUP

inner sleeve with lyrics

labels with Portuguese rim text

Condition*:

Sleeve: EX  (slight ring wear)

Record: VG+

Labels: EX+

Inner sleeve: EX- (slight ring wear and slight creasing)  [inner sleeve with lyrics]

Sheets / Inserts: -/-  [no sheets or other inserts]

* - The vinyl condition was evaluated by visual observation only, I never listen this record

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Europe

Rest of the World

Portugal

Europe

Rest of the World

1

4.00

5.50

6.50

1

5.00

8.00

10.00

2 or 3

5.00

7.00

8.00

2 or 3

7.00

11.00

18.00

4 to 8

6.00

9.00

11.00

4 to 7

7.00

18.00

26.00

9 to 16

7.00

11.00

18.00

double records counts as 2 records

And the shipping price could be even better if we combine 12" records with 7" singles