Sold Date: April 2, 2019
Start Date: March 26, 2019
Final Price: £770.00 (GBP)
Bid Count: 2
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Selling my late brothers record collection and he only bought rare and quality collectible stuff for investment purposes .

THIS IS A GENUINE ORIGINAL COVER AND SINGLE ... NOT A COPY The Stranglers Peaches Original Black Mail Sleeve and promo single Mega ultra Rare very sort after some say the holly grail in record sleeves .single in excellent not scratch up . Cover vgc some creases 2 little tears top left 2ml nothing drastic but thought I’ll point it out but took pics to show . But still very rare and collectible This is the genuine article and very very rarely come up for sale IF EVER

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‘Peaches’ ‘blackmail’ sleeve (UK)

The original withdrawn picture sleeve for the release of the band’s second single is a legendary rarity. The band pulled its release due to the similarity between the blackmail style lettering and that used by the Sex Pistols. Their record company UA destroyed the vast majority but a few escaped the furnaces and leaked out. It is uncertain how many actually survived, estimates of around 50 copies seem accurate. Some radio promos were sent out in the ‘blackmail sleeve. The sleeve was bootlegged in the early/mid 2000’s, with a repress of the promo, and these appeared on either clear or black vinyl. Sadly these bootlegs fooled some unsuspecting collectors who paid large sums for them. To scupper the bootleggers, the ‘blackmail’ sleeve was given an official re-release, with a green vinyl single, for Record Store Day in 2014. The original sleeve only occasionally comes up for sale and has even achieved over £1000 when the promo was included… Sleeve value £750+