Format: 7″
Release date: 17/4/1981
Label: Stiff
Catalogue No.: BUY 112
Secondary Cat. No.: –
Barcode: none
Chart Position: 4
Release notes: –
Tracks:
Grey Day
Memories
Spent 10 weeks in the top 75 peaking at no.4 in May 1981
Certified Silver (200,000) in May 1981.
Sleeve
Variant 1
Glossy card sleeve with top wide curve cut-out
Variant 2
Matt paper sleeve with top wide curve cut-out. These are fairly uncommon, usually found with the ‘blue shoe’ label
Labels
Variant 1
Label profile: 44mm lip, 32mm & 26mm rings
These are very common.
Label profile: 44mm lip, 38mm hole
Lacquer cut by Arun Chakraverty at Master Room, London W1, pressed by CBS, Aston Clinton
Runouts – any combination of A1, A2 and B1, B2, B4:
A-Side: BUY-112-A1 ARUN / BUY-112-A2 ARUN
B-Side: BUY-112-B1 PLAY QUIETLY / BUY-112-B2 ‘PLAY QUIETLY’ / BUY-112-B4
Variant 2
Label profile: slight slope from 62mm to 52mm, 32mm ring
These are also very common.
Images from Discogs (not in my collection)
There are some copies dinked with 4-prong press, possibly done post-production – quite rare
Label profile: slight slope from 62mm to 52mm, 38mm hole
Vinyl appears translucent red when held in front of a bright light
Lacquer cut by Arun Chakraverty at Master Room, London W1, pressed by Precision Records & Tapes, Mitcham, Surrey
Runouts – usually A3/B3 (A4 is uncommon):
A-Side: BUY 112 A3 x ARUN y / BUY 112 A4 ARUN x y
B-Side: BUY 112 B-3 x PLAY QUIETLY y (x = number 1, 2 or 3, y = one or two letters, eg. K, AE)
Variant 3
Label profile: 44mm lip, 32mm & 26mm rings
Label profile: 44mm lip, 38mm hole
Alternate B-Side label. Not common – these are usually found with the ‘blue shoe’ A-Side label (below)
Lacquer cut by Arun Chakraverty at Master Room, London W1, pressed by CBS, Aston Clinton
Runouts – A1 and either B1 or B2:
A-Side: BUY-112-A1 ARUN
B-Side: BUY-112-B1 PLAY QUIETLY / BUY-112-B2 ‘PLAY QUIETLY’
Variant 4
Label profile: 44mm lip, 32mm & 26mm rings
‘Blue shoe’ labels are much less common than the ‘white shoe’. Most come with this B-Side label.
Lacquer cut by Arun Chakraverty at Master Room, London W1, pressed by CBS, Aston Clinton
Runouts – any combination of A1, A2 and B1, B2:
A-Side: BUY-112-A1 ARUN / BUY-112-A2 ARUN
B-Side: BUY-112-B1 PLAY QUIETLY / BUY-112-B2 ‘PLAY QUIETLY’
Variant 5
Label profile: 44mm lip, 32mm & 26mm rings
This combination of labels is the rarest.
Lacquer cut by Arun Chakraverty at Master Room, London W1, pressed by CBS, Aston Clinton
Runouts:
A-Side: BUY-112-A2 ARUN / B-Side: BUY-112-B1 PLAY QUIETLY
Promo
No special promo was produced for this single.
Test Pressing
Label profile: slight slope from 62mm to 52mm, 32mm ring
Vinyl appears translucent red when held in front of a bright light
Lacquer cut by Arun Chakraverty at Master Room, London W1, pressed by Precision Records & Tapes, Mitcham, Surrey
Runouts:
A-Side: BUY 112 A3 ARUN I B / B-Side: BUY 112 B-3 I PLAY QUIETLY B
In Print
Sheet Music
4-page sheet music ‘KY 16163’
1981C01