THE CURE Three Imaginary Boys - Original UK LP - Post Punk 10:15 Saturday Night

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THE CURE

Three Imaginary Boys

Original UK LP released on Fiction Records in 1979. Includes printed innersleeve.

FIX 1 A//1▼E   STR   /   FIX 1 B//1▼E   STR

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A fine year for alienation, 1979. The Clash made the apocalyptic London Calling; Manchester's Joy Division debuted with the brutally despairing Unknown Pleasures; Gerry Dammers and co. set the Midlands' malaise to a ska beat with The Specials. Meanwhile, in darkest Crawley, 20-year-old Robert Smith was forging his own take on the post-punk zeitgeist. Twenty-five years on, and in a beautifully repackaged edition, Three Imaginary Boys stands as one of that year's most audacious albums.

Forget about The Cure's later wallowings in gothic gloom and drawn-out suffering. After dark, Fiction Records' boss Chris Parry smuggled his budget-lite band into the studio where The Jam were recording All Mod Cons by day. Smith and the boys used that band's equipment to make midnight hay. From declamatory opener "10.15 Saturday Night", through the power-pop of "Grinding Halt" and the 999-sounding "Foxy Lady" to the lyrically abstract "Fire In Cairo" and psychedelia-tinged title track, TIB maintains a Japanese-water-torture insistence.

Recorded practically live over three nights with few over-dubs, the album is stark, angry and strafed with Smith's urgent guitar. Punk's predecessors and contemporary nightmares made it into the mix - "Object" evokes Ziggy Stardust-era Bowie; "Subway" could be sister to The Jam's "Down In The Tube Station At Midnight". Parry and engineer-cum-producer Mike Hedges gave the collection an icy veneer that upset Smith in 1979, but now feels starkly reflective of its moment.

Tracks Are :-

Side One

10:15 Saturday Night
Accuracy
Grinding Halt
Another Day
Object
Subway Song

Side Two

Foxy Lady
Meathook
So What?
Fire In Cairo
It's Not You
Three Imaginary Boys

Tracks are actually numbered 1-12 on the record label and are represented by symbols that correspond to the sleeve artwork. Actual titles do not appear on the release (though they were widely publicized and appear on other releases of this record, such as the cassette).

Released on 'Fiction Records' in 1979

Catalogue No. FICTION DELUXE FIX 1

Disc is in VG+ condition (some light surface marks)

Sleeve is in VG+ condition (small sticker mark / light wear)

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