Wings Of A Dove, UK, 1983

Format: 7″
Release date: 12/8/1983
Label: Stiff
Catalogue No.: BUY 181
Secondary Cat. No.: –
Barcode: none
Chart Position: 2
Release notes: –

Tracks:
Wings Of A Dove
Behind The 8 Ball

Spent 11 weeks in the top 100, peaking at no. 2 in early September 1983, their second most successful single
Certified Silver (200,000) in September 1983, their last single to be certified

‘Wings Of A Dove’ master page

Sleeve

Variant 1

Glossy card sleeve with embossed dove and ‘MADNESS’ on front, top wide-curve opening

Embossed dove

The shadow is usually light grey, some sleeves use a slightly darker card and darker grey, almost black print

Variant 2

Glossy card sleeve with embossed dove and ‘MADNESS’ on front, top small-curve opening

Variant 3

Glossy paper sleeve

Misprinted sleeve

As variant 1 but without song title at top. I’ve only ever seen one of these – does anyone else have one?

Labels

Label profile: 44mm lip, 32mm ridge, 26mm ring

Label profile: 44mm lip, 38mm hole

Lacquer cut by Denis ‘Bilbo’ Blackham at Tape One, London, W1, and pressed by CBS, Aylesbury

Runouts – any combination of A1, A2, A3 and B1, B2, B3 (with the possible exception of A3/B1):

A-Side: BUY.181.A1 BILBO.TAPE ONE LOOK UP AT THE ROOF TOPS. / BUY.181-A2 BILBO.TAPE ONE LOOK UP AT THE ROOF TOPS. / BUY 181 A 3 BILBO.TAPE ONE LOOK UP AT THE ROOF TOPS.
B-Side: BUY-181-B1 BILBO TAPE ONE AT THE ARSE OF A CROW / BUY.181.B2 BILBO.TAPE ONE AT THE ARSE OF A CROW / BUY.181.B3 BILBO.TAPE ONE AT THE ARSE OF A CROW