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by **In The Margins** » Mon Feb 22, 2010 12:10 pm

The sleeve insert reads "Made in Germany by Warner Music Manufacturing Europe EW 773 3984-27781-2"

and the disc reads "EW 773 427 781-2 Made in the EU"

No mention of Sweden at all.

by **Voodoo Billy** » Mon Feb 22, 2010 12:37 pm

It's funny to see how some of the rarities of the past are now quite common and reasonable on Ebay. I searched second hand shops for months in the mid '80s for an original "Pictures" 7" and the UK "Shine So Hard" with the inner and the "Rescue" 12" singles but you seem to be able to pick then all up for about a fiver these days.

My two favourite items are probably the '85 Glastonbury double album bootleg (though sadly only black vinyl) titled "Do It Clean" and the US DJ 12" for Dancing Horses which came in a black and white picture sleeve. Only ever saw the bag once, in a shop in Leeds, about '89. I had most of the contents already which I think were the promo CD, the cassette, vinyl and promo video. The price of about £50 seemed a little high just to get the bag and promo sheet and I've never seen one since.

by **Mr. Brian** » Mon Feb 22, 2010 12:50 pm

In The Margins wrote:The sleeve insert reads "Made in Germany by Warner Music Manufacturing Europe EW 773 3984-27781-2"

and the disc reads "EW 773 427 781-2 Made in the EU"

No mention of Sweden at all.

I think the only way to know for sure is to go ahead and send it in to the VilliersTerrace Headquarters Laboratory division and have them run a battery of tests on it.

by **black francis** » Mon Feb 22, 2010 12:52 pm

Don't trust him. He said the same thing about my copy of Playboy with Drew Barrymore. I'm still waiting for the results.

by **Mr. Brian** » Mon Feb 22, 2010 12:54 pm

black francis wrote:Don't trust him. He said the same thing about my copy of Playboy with Drew Barrymore. I'm still waiting for the results.

it's not from Sweden

by **black francis** » Mon Feb 22, 2010 12:58 pm

Thank God.

by **Mr. Brian** » Mon Feb 22, 2010 12:59 pm

True. I picked up one of the original Pictures 45s for cheap not too long ago.

Voodoo Billy wrote:It's funny to see how some of the rarities of the past are now quite common and reasonable on Ebay. I searched second hand shops for months in the mid '80s for an original "Pictures" 7" and the UK "Shine So Hard" with the inner and the "Rescue" 12" singles but you seem to be able to pick then all up for about a fiver these days.

by **Grumpy_Jimbo** » Mon Feb 22, 2010 1:56 pm

I've never really been to much of a collector but I do have a copy of the rejected mix of "Heaven Up Here" which I bought at a record fair in 1982.... Only other rare things I would claim to have is aTHE press kits for the "Grey" and "Evergreen" Albums....

by **In The Margins** » Mon Feb 22, 2010 2:01 pm

Grumpy_Jimbo wrote:I've never really been to much of a collector but I do have a copy of the rejected mix of "Heaven Up Here" which I bought at a record fair in 1982....

Can that be made into mp3s and shared on the internet? Please????

by **Mr. Brian** » Mon Feb 22, 2010 2:04 pm

In The Margins wrote:Can that be made into mp3s and shared on the internet? Please????

Yes please, I can't believe i don't already have this actually. I'm not even sure I knew this existed.

by **Grumpy_Jimbo** » Mon Feb 22, 2010 2:58 pm

In The Margins wrote:Can that be made into mp3s and shared on the internet? Please????

How Much....................???

Ok.... I'll try and get it done over the couple of weeks, my USB turntable is fecked... So I'll need to borrow my mates to get it downloaded........

Will let you know when I do it and will post it online somewhere.....

by **Voodoo Billy** » Mon Feb 22, 2010 3:09 pm

Thank you Jimbo, that would be great. From the response it sounds like you've got the ultimate Bunnymen collectable there (did it come in a picture sleeve?).

by **Grumpy_Jimbo** » Mon Feb 22, 2010 3:31 pm

Voodoo Billy wrote:Thank you Jimbo, that would be great. From the response it sounds like you've got the ultimate Bunnymen collectable there (did it come in a picture sleeve?).

It's identical sleeve etc... to the usual copy, I can't imagine it's really that rare there was a good few thousand copies issued.........

Also to be fair there is virtually very little difference in the mix.........

by **Mr. Brian** » Mon Feb 22, 2010 3:40 pm

Grumpy_Jimbo wrote:It's identical sleeve etc... to the usual copy, I can't imagine it's really that rare there was a good few thousand copies issued.........

Also to be fair there is virtually very little difference in the mix.........

Oh so it's not like the Porcupine one (Happy Loss) where there were different arrangements or anything like those that ended up on the Porcupine remaster?

by **tonywojo** » Mon Feb 22, 2010 3:56 pm

geeks

i hated it when i recorded it

the bass drum was too high

my vocals were too low

there were no keys

and will hogged the limelight

mind u my voice was the best it has ever been

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