The Stranglers Peaches Original Black Mail Sleeve & Promo Single
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Selling my late brothers record collection and he only bought rare and quality collectible stuff for investment purposes .
THIS IS A GENUINE ORIGINAL COVER AND SINGLE ... NOT A COPY The Stranglers Peaches Original Black Mail Sleeve and promo single Mega ultra Rare very sort after some say the holly grail in record sleeves .single in excellent condition not scratch up . Cover vgc some creases 2 little tears top left 2ml nothing drastic but thought I’ll point it out but took pics to show but pictures don’t do it justice really . But still very rare and collectible This is the genuine article and very very rarely come up for sale IF EVER
The Stranglers second single Peaches b/w Go Buddy Go on United Artists Records from 1977 in the Mega rare original 'Blackmail' sleeve. According to an issue of Strangled Magazine in the 1980s there are only a handful of these in existence possibly as few as ten, so said a United Artists employee who was charged with destroying the sleeves as the band didn't approve the design.
Original copies of the disc were then sold to the public in a plain white sleeve until the pink peach sleeve was issued due to the songs commercial success.
Definitely the original sleeve and not one of the bootleg copies printed in recent years. Not pristine as you can see from the pics, but this was the condition it was in when I got it which I was so pleased to do as it is so Mega Mega rare
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sleeve
‘Peaches’ ‘blackmail’ sleeve (UK)
The original withdrawn picture sleeve for the release of the band’s second single is a legendary rarity. The band pulled its release due to the similarity between the blackmail style lettering and that used by the Sex Pistols. Their record company UA destroyed the vast majority but a few escaped the furnaces and leaked out. It is uncertain how many actually survived, estimates of around 50 copies seem accurate. Some radio promos were sent out in the ‘blackmail sleeve. The sleeve was bootlegged in the early/mid 2000’s, with a repress of the promo, and these appeared on either clear or black vinyl. Sadly these bootlegs fooled some unsuspecting collectors who paid large sums for them. To scupper the bootleggers, the ‘blackmail’ sleeve was given an official re-release, with a green vinyl single, for Record Store Day in 2014. The original sleeve only occasionally comes up for sale and has even achieved over £1000 when the promo was included… Sleeve value £750+
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