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Originally posted by germcevoy:[..]

I usually see 2 or 3 on ebay a year but mostly with reserve prices that are never met. I don't have it myself but my mate has a copy that I can look at whenever. Saves me £1200

Living way outta the way in Australia, i figured the only way i was ever gonna see one was to buy one myself. I imagine they're far and few between down this way.

sholbech22

15 years

Originally posted by smouch:I think the gold / brown vinyls are essentially one and the same. Were they released individually or as part of the 4 play pack? ie; black 4 play, yellow 4 play, orange 4 play, white 4 play and gold / brown 4 play? A definitive list of the authentic 3 - out of control 7" vinyls would be nice. Have trawled the net re same but the best that I can find is the wanderer.org site. Anyone?

To the best of my knowledge "The GOLD limited ones being offered on EBAY are FAKE". My suggestion (from 20 years of collecting) is 'not to buy this one or understand that if you do this is suspect (IMO). Now what make this look even more suspect is that the sleeve that is displayed with the record has the word 'GRAFOTONE' written on back, which makes it look even more like the first release.

I will / can tell you that the first original version has the markings UTKM on an orange/yellow CBS label. Other than that there are many re-issues of 'Three 7"' most of which came in the 4 play sets in various colours (yellow, orange, white), as mentioned above, or in the original orange/yellow without the UKTM markings with or without either CBS inc/Made in England. HOWEVER THE BROWN WASN'T part of the 4 play pac and is simply a missprimt (to my knowledge there are less than 5-10 of these missprints and i've only seen 1 or 2 come up on ebay in 5-10 years of watching)

Lastly to add additional information the only limited (numbered) vinyl from the early days of production was the first 'Three' 12 inch, and as every U2 fan knows there were only 1000 of these produced with numbering in blue or black pen!

For reference:
http://u2discography.free.fr/u2/index.html (BEST SITE for Vinyl)
http://www.u2wanderer.org/ (VERY GOOD)

http://www.u2-3.com/thefamous1000/ (listing of the first 12"-Three)

germcevoy

15 years

Originally posted by smouch:[..]

Living way outta the way in Australia, i figured the only way i was ever gonna see one was to buy one myself. I imagine they're far and few between down this way.

yup. Would be impossible to tell how many there are still in existence. I bet loads have been binned or lost during house moves and similar. Keep yours safe.

sholbech22

15 years

Originally posted by germcevoy:[..]

yup. Would be impossible to tell how many there are still in existence. I bet loads have been binned or lost during house moves and similar. Keep yours safe.

I see you'ver registered it... NICE!!! (BTW you outbid me!)

smouch

15 years

Originally posted by germcevoy:[..]

yup. Would be impossible to tell how many there are still in existence. I bet loads have been binned or lost during house moves and similar. Keep yours safe.

Yep, considering its just over thirty years old, you would have to presume that maybe about 30% of the original 1000 have been lost due to natural attrition as you say. I'll certainly be keeping mine safe.

PS: Sorry bout the outbidding. For what its worth, I got into a whole lotta trouble with the missus for getting it. The conversation after the auction ended went something like this:

me: hey babe, remember that U2 record on ebay i was looking at?
her: what record?
me: an early U2 vinyl, really rare, any way I won it
her: how much was it?
me: $xxxx
dead silence for a short period,
her: you spent how much on a vinyl record ????
me: er, about $xxxx, you remember me telling you about how i was gonna bid on it dont you?
her: uh, no you never mentioned that to me.
me: yeah i did, surely you remember!

the tone of the conversation sorta went downhill from there!

haytrain

15 years

Originally posted by smouch:

me: hey babe, remember that U2 record on ebay i was looking at?
her: what record?
me: an early U2 vinyl, really rare, any way I won it
her: how much was it?
me: $xxxx
dead silence for a short period,
her: you spent how much on a vinyl record ????
me: er, about $xxxx, you remember me telling you about how i was gonna bid on it dont you?
her: uh, no you never mentioned that to me.
me: yeah i did, surely you remember!

the tone of the conversation sorta went downhill from there!

Haha, awesome

germcevoy

15 years

Tell her you bought it as an investment. She might settle for that.

You : 'this was 1.49 originally, now it's worth $xxxx. In another 30 years...
Her : ahh

jofice

15 years

Originally posted by germcevoy:Tell her you bought it as an investment. She might settle for that.

You : 'this was 1.49 originally, now it's worth $xxxx. In another 30 years...
Her : ahh

Hmmm I might try that for the Super Deluxe DVD box

smouch

15 years

Originally posted by germcevoy:Tell her you bought it as an investment. She might settle for that.

You : 'this was 1.49 originally, now it's worth $xxxx. In another 30 years...
Her : ahh

I did try the "its a great investment for the future" tact, but she didn't really go for it. When she saw the original 1.49 price tag it made it even harder for her to understand the concept of how it was largely okay to be paying about 66000% extra for it! Thankfully, she took herself off shoe shopping the following weekend which sorta got me off the hook. I had to promise that id leave it a while before i bought anything off eBay again. A promise ive, unfortunately, already broken!

sholbech22

15 years

Originally posted by smouch:[..]

Yep, considering its just over thirty years old, you would have to presume that maybe about 30% of the original 1000 have been lost due to natural attrition as you say. I'll certainly be keeping mine safe.

PS: Sorry bout the outbidding. For what its worth, I got into a whole lotta trouble with the missus for getting it. The conversation after the auction ended went something like this:

me: hey babe, remember that U2 record on ebay i was looking at?
her: what record?
me: an early U2 vinyl, really rare, any way I won it
her: how much was it?
me: $xxxx
dead silence for a short period,
her: you spent how much on a vinyl record ????
me: er, about $xxxx, you remember me telling you about how i was gonna bid on it dont you?
her: uh, no you never mentioned that to me.
me: yeah i did, surely you remember!

the tone of the conversation sorta went downhill from there!

NICE!!

The top two items on my collectors lists are the numbers U2-Three 12" and the AUS 'Pride' clear 12".... in both cases my wife has seen the value on Ebay and understands that one day I will be purchasing them... (I have also promised her a vacation if/when i do!)

cheers
sH22

yseilys

15 years