U2 - Three 3 12" Out Of Control FIRST EDITION - SUPER RARE
£
800
$
1,060
£ 800
Sold For
Oct 16, 2014
Sold Date
Sep 27, 2014
Start Date
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Great Britain
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Description
The ultimate U2 collectible!
quote from discogs.com/U2-Three/master
Three was produced as a 12 inch and subsequently a 7 inch, with an initial run of 1,000 individually numbered copies. It has been reissued four times since then, but it remains a hard item to track down and wasn't released on CD until 2008 as part of the bonus disc with the reissue of Boy, U2's first album. The track order was determined by a listener poll on Dave Fanning's radio show. Callers chose "Out of Control" to be the A-side of the record, with "Boy/Girl" and "Stories for Boys" as runners-up, constituting the B-side of the record.
About the 12" version: First release, 1000 copies made, is numbered with sticker on CBS sleeve. Band members names inscribed on both sides of the vinyl in the dead wax. Ireland spelled correctly on label, "Made in England" on bottom.
This is my copy, but it does not have a numbered sleeve???
Then I found this:
quote from irishrock.org/irodb/bands/u2.html
There are also 1st pressing labels in un-numbered CBS bags, suggesting either more than 1000 were actually pressed and the excess copies were sold, or some of the original 1000 became separated from their original stickered bag.
BINGO
It needs to be in the hands of a real U2 collector
The condition of the vinyl is EX+, a small amount of spindle wear, a few surface hairline scratches but nothing audible. I have played it and it sounds great. The sleeve is VG+
Not seen on ebay for years
see here U2-Three-Out-of-control-rare-hand-numbered-1st-edit
U2 - THREE - FIRST PRESSING - Out Of Control 12-7951 A1
