Format: 7″
Release date: 30/1/1984
Label: Stiff
Catalogue No.: BUY 196
Secondary Cat. No.: –
Barcode: none
Chart Position: 11
Release notes: –
Tracks:
Michael Caine
If You Think There’s Something
Spent 8 weeks in the Top 75, peaking at no. 11 in February 1984
Sleeve
Glossy card picture sleeve with wide curve side cut-out.
The glossiness of these covers varies to almost matt.
Labels
Variant 1
Label profile: 44mm lip, 32mm ring (some also have 26mm ring). No gripper ring
Label profile: 44mm lip, 38mm hole. No gripper ring
Lacquer cut by Denis ‘Bilbo’ Blackham at Tape One, London W1, pressed by CBS, Aylesbury
Runouts – any combination of A1, A2 and B1, B2:
A-Side: BUY-196-A1 BILBO TAPE ONE / BUY-196-A2 BILBO . TAPE ONE
B-Side: BUY-196 B1 BILBO TAPE ONE / BUY-196 B2 BILBO TAPE ONE
Variant 2
Label profile: slope from 57mm to 42mm, 32mm ring. No gripper ring
Lacquer cut by Denis ‘Bilbo’ Blackham at Tape One, London W1, pressed by Spartan Manufacturing, Caerphilly, Wales
A few of these are mis-pressed with the same A or B label on both sides
Runouts:
A-Side: BUY-196-A3 SW BILBO TAPE ONE / B-Side: BUY-196-B3 SW BILBO TAPE ONE
Jukebox sale
Ex-Jukebox stock were sold in plain sleeves with unique stamps
See also:
Our House 7″ – BUY 163 (1982)
The Sun And The Rain 7″ – BUY 192 (1983)
One Better Day 7″ – BUY 201 (1984)
Test Pressing
Lacquer cut by Denis ‘Bilbo’ Blackham at Tape One, London W1, pressed by CBS, Aylesbury
Runouts:
A-Side: BUY-196-A1 BILBO TAPE ONE / B-Side: BUY-196 B1 BILBO TAPE ONE
See also:
7″ Picture Disc – PBUY 196
7″ Promo – BUY DJ 196
12″ – BUYIT 196
7″ Reissue – Virgin VS 790 sticker (1985)
12″ Reissue – Virgin VS 79012 sticker (1985)
In Print
Sheet Music
Images courtesy of Jonathan Young – thanks
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