Format: 7″
Release date: 21/5/1984
Label: Stiff
Catalogue No.: BUY 201
Secondary Cat. No.: –
Barcode: none
Chart Position: 17
Release notes: –
Tracks:
One Better Day
Guns
Spent 7 weeks in the Top 75, peaking at no. 17 in June 1984.
Sleeve
Glossy paper sleeve. The rear is intentionally inverted
Poster Sleeve
The poster sleeve comes in either gloss or matt finish
The poster sleeves are a lot more common than the standard sleeve
Labels
Variant 1
Label profile: 44mm lip, 32mm ring, 26mm ring. No gripper ring
Label profile: 44mm lip, 38mm hole. No gripper ring
Mastered at The Town House, London W12, pressed by CBS, Aylesbury
Runouts – any combination of A1, A2 and B1, B2:
A-Side: BUY 201 A1 TOWNHOUSE / BUY 201 A2 TOWNHOUSE
B-Side: BUY 201 B1 TOWNHOUSE / BUY 201 B2 TOWNHOUSE
Variant 2
Label profile: slope from 57mm to 43mm, 32mm ring. No gripper ring
Lacquer cut by Denis ‘Bilbo’ Blackham at Tape One, London W1. Possibly pressed by Spartan, Wales
Runouts:
A-Side: BUY 201 A-1 BILBO TAPE ONE / B-Side: BUY 201 B-1 BILBO TAPE ONE
I also have a pressing of variant 2 but one side has the variant 1 CBS label profile (lip, rings)
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)
Michael Caine 7″ – BUY 196 (1984)
Promo
Label profile: 44mm lip, 38mm hole. No gripper ring
Promo designed to look like a Test Pressing
Mastered at The Town House, London W12, pressed by CBS, Aylesbury
Runouts:
A-Side: BUY 201 A2 TOWNHOUSE / B-Side: BUY 201 B2 TOWNHOUSE
See also:
7″ Picture Disc – PBUY 201
12″ – BUYIT 201
7″ Reissue – Virgin VS 791 sticker (1985)
12″ Reissue – Virgin VS 79112 sticker (1985)
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