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A nice example of the early press of this single by mod revival band, Purple Hearts. Silver injection moulded labels. Card sleeve. 
Purple Hearts are an English mod revival band, formed in 1977 in Romford, eastern Greater London. They were often considered one of the best English mod revival groups, the NME calling them "one of the few mod bands to actually cut it on rock 'n' roll terms"

Purple Hearts – Frustration Label:Fiction Records – FICS 007
Format:Vinyl, 7", Single Country:UK Released:16 Nov 1979 Genre:Rock Style:Mod, New Wave, Power Pop
AFrustration BExtraordinary Sensations
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Fiction Records Copyright © – Polydor (UK) Limited Published By – And Son Music Ltd. Mastered At – Strawberry Mastering Lacquer Cut At – Strawberry Mastering Pressed By – PRS Ltd. Design [Sleeve] – Rob O'Connor Illustration [Front] – Brett Ewins Producer – Chris Parry Written-By – Manton, Stebbing Runouts are stamped except for "O.H.M.S." with is etched (and inverted).
The individual stamped numbers that follow "ESTR" and/or "STRAWBERRY" or "O.H.M.S." are plate marks that vary for each stamper. "Variants" are shown as illustrations, but the disks are otherwise exactly the same.
℗ 1979 Fiction Records © 1979 Polydor (UK) Ltd