THE LURKERS - FULHAM FALLOUT - PROOF SLEEVE AND RARE DEALER PROMOTIONAL INFO
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YOU ARE BIDDING ON A UNIQUE LURKERS PROOF SLEEVE FROM 1978
AFTER THE SUCCESS OF THEIR EARLY SINGLES AND FIRST LP THERE WAS A MASSIVE PUSH TO PROMOTE THEIR SECOND LP TO RECORD SHOPS WHO WERE BEGINNING TO BITE INTO THE NEW WAVE PHENOMENON.
BEGGARS HAD DONE A DEAL WITH A MAJOR LABEL TO DISTRIBUTE THEIR RECORDS AND SO THERE WAS A MASSIVE PUSH ON THE LURKERS SECOND LP BY THEIR PROMOTION TEAM (ISLAND OR EMI).
TO PROMOTE FULHAM FALLOUT INTO SHOPS A SMALL NUMBER OF PROOF SLEEVES WERE MADE UP SO THAT REPS COULD GO AND PRE SELL THE LP. AT THIS TIME FULHAM FALLOUT WAS MARKETED AS THE FIRST NEW WAVE LP "PACKAGED IN A FULL COLOUR GATEFOLD SLEEVE (WITH A COLOUR PAINTING SUITABLE FOR FRAMING)". THIS WAS NOT STRICTLY TRUE AS - FOR EXAMPLE - THE EARLY ULTRAVOX (1977) LPS ON ISLAND WERE GATEFOLD. BUT THESE PROMOTIONAL GUYS ALWAYS TRIED HARD TO SELL RECORDS!!
ANYWAY. THESE PROOF SLEEVES WERE OF THE FRONT AND BACK OF THE GATEFOLD AND THE INNER OF THE GATEFOLD. PLEASE NOTE THAT THEY ARE PROOFS AND SO ARE LP SIZED BUT DO NOT HAVE FLAPS FOR PUTTING TOGETHER AS AN LP. THEY JUST HAVE A FOLD IN THE MIDDLE AND NOTHING ON THE BACK. THEY ARE PERFECT FOR FRAMING AND TOTALLY UNIQUE.
THERE WERE PROBABLY NOT MORE THAN 20-30 PRINTED FOR THE REPS TO TAKE INTO SHOPS ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND THIS ONE ONE THAT SURVIVED. I HAVE NOT SEEN OR HEARD OF ANOTHER.
AS WELL AS THE PROOF SLEEVE - THAT COMES IN TWO PARTS AS THE PICTURES SHOW - THE REPS WERE ALSO GIVEN A UNIQUE DOUBLE SIDED LP SIZED PROMPT SHEET. ON THE ONE SIDE WAS A BLACK AND WHITE PICTURE OF THE LP COVER AND ON THE OTHER WAS A HISTORY OF THE BAND A LIST OF UPCOMING GIGS IN MAY/JUNE 1978 AND DEALER INCENTIVES.
SO A SHOP THAT PRE ORDERED 25 COPIES WOULD GET A BEGGARS BANQUET SWEATSHIRT
THE TOP TEN SALESEMEN WHO SOLD THE MOST COPIES OF FULHAM FALLOUT INTO SHOPS (AND TOP TWO REGIONAL MANAGERS) WOULD GET EITHER
"A WEEKEND IN A FULHAM BASEMENT AS HONOURED GUESTS OF THE LURKERS"
OR
"A CASE OF WINE EACH (WITH POSSIBLW OPTIONS ON DELIVERY BY THE LURKERS"
AS YOU CAN SEE THIS WAS A VERY LIGHT HEARTED PROMOTION!!
I THINK THAT IF YOU ARE A PUNK/NEW WAVE/LURKERS FAN OR BEGGARS COLLECTOR THIS WOULD BE A GREAT ADDITION TO YOUR COLLECTION.
PLEASE ASK ANY QUESTION AND THIS WILL BE SENT WITH SIGNED FOR DELIVERY (IF IT SELLS) AND FULL INSURED.
