Stranglers Peaches Original Blackmail FREE 4 PS 45 1977 Sex Pistols Damned Punk
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THE STRANGLERS
'PEACHES' c/w 'GO BUDDY GO' U.A. FREE 4 EDITED PROMOTION-ONLY RELEASE
COMPLETE WITH THE UNRELEASED 'BLACKMAIL' PICTURE SLEEVE, 1977
THIS IS THE ALL-TIME STRANGLERS RARITY, IT'S WHAT HAS OVER THE YEARS COME TO BE KNOWN AS THE 'BLACKMAIL' SLEEVE - THE COVER WAS PULLED BEFORE THE RELEASE DATE BY UNITED ARTISTS RECORDS AS THE 'RANSOM NOTE' STYLE LETTERING ON THE COVER WAS MAKING THE NEWS AT THAT TIME AND THE LABEL FELT THAT IT WOULD BE TOO MUCH OF A RISK TO RELEASE THE SINGLE IN THIS COVER & THEREFORE A QUICK DECISION WAS TAKEN TO WITHDRAW ALL COPIES THAT HAD BEEN PRINTED UP BEFORE THE ACTUAL SINGLE WAS RELEASED IN 1977..
MOST OF THE SLEEVE'S WERE DESTROYED BUT A SMALL NUMBER ESCAPED INTO THE HANDS OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC, MOST BEING ONES THAT WERE SENT AS ADVANCE COPIES TO THE MUSIC PRESS & RADIO DJ's AT THE TIME AND SOME OF THESE INCLUDED THE SPECIAL PROMOTION-ONLY 'EDITED' VERSION OF THE SINGLE WHICH CARRY THE 'FREE 4' CAT NUMBER - THESE HAVE THE WORD 'CLITORIS' REPLACED BY THE WORD 'BIKINI' IN AN OBVIOUS BID TO AVOID THE SINGLE BEING BLANKED FOR AIRPLAY TIME..
ON THE RARE OCCASION'S THAT THIS ITEM TURN'S UP, IT IS NEARLY ALWAYS WITH JUST A STANDARD STOCK COPY OF THE SINGLE BUT TO FIND ONE WITH THIS 'CENSORED VERSION' 45 INCLUDED IS NOW VERY DIFFICULT & THIS ITEM HAS ALWAYS BEEN ON EVERY HIGH-END PUNK COLLECTOR'S WANT'S LIST, ALSO MAKING IT INTO RECORD COLLECTOR MAGAZINE'S ALL-TIME TOP 10 WORLDWIDE PUNK RARITIES..
THE ONLY DOWNSIDE TO THIS ITEM IS THAT THERE IS SOME WRITING ON THE REAR OF THE PICTURE SLEEVE (See Pic's) THAT OBSCURES TWO OF THE LETTER'S IN THE 'GO BUDDY GO' TITLE BUT THAT ASIDE, AND LET'S BE HONEST, IT'S FAR FROM BEING A CATASTROPHE, THE REST OF THE SLEEVE WHICH HAS THE ALL-IMPORTANT 'DELGA CREDIT' TO THE LOWER RIGHT ON THE REAR, IS FINE WITH A CONSERVATIVE GRADING OF VG++ WITH THE DISC BEING IN EX CONDITION AND THE WRITING ASIDE, THIS IS ONE OF THE BETTER EXAMPLE'S I'VE EVER COME ACROSS IN OVER 30 YEARS OF COLLECTING..
POSTAGE - UK BUYERS = £2.75 1ST CLASS RECORDED DELIVERY (NEXT DAY SPECIAL EXTRA)
POSTAGE - FOREIGN BUYERS = DEPENDENT ON COUNTRY PLUS COST OF INTERNATIONAL SIGNED FOR DELIVERY
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