Format: LP
Release date: 26/9/1980
Label: Stiff
Catalogue No.: SEEZ 29
Secondary Cat. No.: –
Barcode: none
Chart Position: 2
Release notes: –
Tracks:
Baggy Trousers
Embarrassment
E.R.N.I.E.
Close Escape
Not Home Today
On The Beat Pete
Solid Gone
Take It Or Leave It
Shadow Of Fear
Disappear
Overdone
In The Rain
You Said
Return Of The Los Palmas 7.
Spent 48 weeks in the top 100 peaking at no.2 in its second week in October 1980.
Certified Gold (100,000) on 30th September 1980, Platinum (300,000) on 23rd December 1980.
Sleeve
Variant 1
Front-laminated
Variant 2
Front-laminated, alternate pose. These are much less common than the standard sleeve above.
Variant 3
Non-laminated glossy sleeve
Stickers
Inner
Side opening with a large curved cut-out.
Most laminated sleeves came with a silk paper inner.
Most non-laminated sleeves came with a silk card inner
Labels
Variant 1 – CBS (small credits)
Variant 2 – CBS (large credits)
Variant 3 – PRT
Variant 4 – Sonopress, Germany
Variant 1
Small faint credits. Label profile: 63mm lip, 32mm ring
Variant 2
Larger bolder credits. Label profile: 63mm lip, 32mm ring
Variants 1 & 2 – pressed at CBS, Aston Clinton.
Runouts – A2 / B1, B2 or B5; A3 / B4; A4 / B1, B2 or B4; A5 / B2, B5 or B6; A6 / B1, B2, B5 or B7:
A-Side: SEEZ – 29-A2 NUTS TO SCRIBES STERLING / SEEZ-29-A3 NUTS TO SCRIBES / SEEZ-29 A4 NUTS TO SCRIBES STERLING / SEEZ 29 A5 ARUN NUTS TO SCRIBES / SEEZ 29 A6 NUTS TO SCRIBES ARUN
B-Side: SEEZ-29-B1 RIGHT IS RIGHT BESTIS BEEST STERLING / SEEZ-29-B2 RIGHT IS RIGHT BEST IS BEST STERLING / SEEZ -29-B4 RIGHT IS RIGHT BEST IS BEST ! STERLING / SEEZ 29 B5 A RIGHT IS RIGHT / SEEZ 29 B6 BEST IS BEST - / SEEZ 29 B7 ARUN
A5, A6, B7 (possibly all of them) lacquer cut by Arun Chakraverty at Master Room, London W1
A2, A4, B1, B2, B4 (possibly all of them) mastered at Sterling Sound, New York
Label variant 1 is primarily found in the laminated sleeves.
Label variant 2, or a combination of variant 1 on one side and variant 2 on the other (see below), are generally found in the glossy sleeves
Some copies exist with label variant 1 on one side and variant 2 on the other!
Misprint
Misprinted variant 2 B-Side label: track 6 credited to ‘McPerson’. These seem to be found on later B5/B6/B7 pressings.
Variant 3
Label profile: 92mm edge lip, 32mm ring. Larger bolder credits
Pressed by Precision Records & Tapes Limited (PRT)
Runouts:
A-Side: SEEZ 29-A 3 x / B-Side: SEEZ 29-B 3 x (the ‘3’ is faint at 3 o’clock, x is at 9 o’clock representing one or two letters)
Most of these appear translucent pale red when held in front of a bright light.
These are found in the non-laminated sleeve.
Variant 4
Labels omit ‘Made in England’ at the bottom. Label profile: 74mm lip, 32mm ring
Pressed by Sonopress, Germany.
Most of these appear translucent pale red when held in front of a bright light.
These are found in the non-laminated sleeve.
Test-Pressing
This one is variant 3, the PRT pressing
SEEZ 29 Madness “Absolutely”
This is the second pressing – no know faults!
From Polygram
See also:
Virgin OVED 134 (1985)
Virgin OVED 134 with barcode (1988)
In Print
Songbook
52-page songbook ‘KY 16049’ features 8 tracks from ‘Absolutely’, 4 from ‘One Step Beyond…’
1980E01