U2 FLY ULTRA-RARE ORIGINAL'91 ISLAND ONE-SIDED 12" SINGLE TEST PRESSING STUNNING

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·       U2 featuring BONO - THE FLY -  VERY RARE ORIGINAL 1991 ONE-SIDED  TEST PRESSINGS 33.1/3 RPM 12" SINGLE - ORIGINAL 1991 ISLAND STEREO 12" SINGLE 422-868-885-1

·       ORIGINAL U.S. PRESSING

·       *** ULTRA-RARE ORIGINAL TEST PRESSING ***

·       PLAIN, GENERIC WHITE SPECIALTY RECORDS, OLYPHANT, PA LABEL WITH HANDWRITTEN ARTIST NAME, CATALOG AND MATRIX NUMBER AND DATE OF RELEASE AND NO OTHER DETAILS.

·       THIS IS THE ORIGINAL, AUTHENTIC, FIRST U.S. PRESSING; THIS IS NOT A REISSUE, AN IMPORT, OR A COUNTERFEIT PRESSING.

·       CLEAN, WEAR-FREE LABELS

·       FAIRLY THICK VINYL PRESSING On the scale from 1 to 10 (1 being the least, and  10 being the most severe), we assess the thickness of the vinyl as 7.

·       PLEASE NOTE: THE MATRIX NUMBER IN THE TRAIL-OFF VINYL (DEAD WAX) OF THE RECORD IS CONSISTENT WITH THE ORIGINAL, FIRST, 1991 PRESSING OF THIS RECORD

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"The Fly" was the first single pulled from U2's phenomenally successful 1991 album, Achtung Baby; it debuted the new direction for the band right out of the box with its whooshing, industrial, beat-driven sounds as opposed to the previously strident anthems and meditational tones with which the band made its name. Bono took on this character of the human fly (roll over, Franz Kafka -- op. ed.)  for the record and its subsequent tour: a man on the fly, winging his way toward an uncertain destiny. "The Fly"'s lyrics are based on so-called "truisms," a style of wacky aphorism Bono appropriated for his own work from the art of Jenny Holzer and Barbara Kruger that relies on text. "The Fly" and its slogans embrace the contradictions that the thinking and sensible man is confronted with when he enters the circus arena that is rock & roll, or perhaps his own mid-life crisis: "It's no secret that a liar won't believe anyone else." Bono told Bill Flanagan in the book U2 at the End of the World, "I always felt like "'The Fly'" was this phone call from hell, but the guy likes it there! Honey, I know it's hot here, but I like it!" The music itself underscores that same kind of contradiction. The verses honor the time-honored rock & roll treatment followed by a gospel-style chorus (yet another time-honored rock & roll tradition). The Edge conjures the voice of Eartha Kitt in his own chorus, "love, we shine like a burning star." Throughout "The Fly," heaven and hell on earth are captured within the at once heavenly and hellish art form: the rock & roll song (we must have missed the heavenly part -- op.ed).

 (EXCERPT FROM AN ONLINE REVIEW BY DENISE SULLIVAN, ALL MUSIC GUIDE  /ALLMUSIC.COM/)

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PLEASE NOTE: THIS TEST PRESSING APPARENTLY NEVER HAD A CUSTOM COVER;  THE ALBUM WILL BE SHIPPED IN A PLAIN, GENERIC [WHITE] CARDBOARD COVER. TEST PRESSINGS ARE RARELY – IF EVER – FOUND IN CUSTOM (STOCK) COVERS.

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·                               CONDITION:

·                               RECORD

 (IMPORTANT NOTE: unless otherwise noted, ALL records are graded visually, and NOT play-graded!; we  grade records under the strong, diffuse room light or discrete sunlight)

(a)          WE GRADE THE VINYL  AS  NEAR MINT. Some VERY LIGHT AND SUPERFICIAL abrasions – mostly sleeve scuffs -  are (barely) visible, but are probably inaudible,  and do not affect visual integrity or beauty of the vinyl. The original luster is very much intact, and the vinyl shines and sparkles almost like new.

(b)            The record is pressed on a RELATIVELY  thick, inflexible vinyl. This is NOT a thin, flimsy ('dynaflex' type),  vinyl, but not the thickest, most rigid vinyl, either.

(c)           Of course, this is a full-bodied ANALOG recording, and not an inferior, digital recording!!!

COVER : This reference pressing comes without any custom jacket, and will be shipped in its original plain, generic, white cardboard cover with a handwritten and typewritten data sheet affixed on one side (NOT GRADED SEPARATELY, BUT IN A NICE CONDITION OVERALL)

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