Depeche Mode "Construction Time Again" Original 12" LP 1983

Sold Date: January 25, 2022
Start Date: January 18, 2022
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Depeche Mode "Construction Time Again" Sire/Mute Records - 9 23900-1,   1983
Disc is Excellent, looks new and unplayed.  Outer Sleeve is in Excellent with a gold promo stamp on the front. Inner sleeve is VG with an approx. 3" split at the front left. See pictures.
THIS IS A GREAT FIND!

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 – Construction Time Again Label: – 1-23900,  – 9 23900-1,  – 1-23900,  – 9 23900-1Format: , LP, Album, Repress, Allied Pressing Country:Released:Genre:Style: Tracklist Hide Credits A1Love, In Itself4:27A2More Than A Party4:30A3Pipeline6:08A4Everything Counts4:24B1Two Minute Warning Engineer [Assistant] –  Written-By – * Engineer [Assistant] –  Written-By – * 4:10B2Shame3:50B3The Landscape Is Changing Written-By – * Written-By – * 4:46B4Told You So4:25B5And Then...5:40 Companies, etc. Phonographic Copyright ℗ –  Copyright © –  Marketed By –  Published By –  Published By –  Recorded At –  Mixed At –  Mastered At –  – △5149 Pressed By –  Credits Design –  Engineer [Tonmeister] –  Illustration –  Performer [Depeche Mode] – , , *, * Photography By [Cover Photography] –  Producer – ,  Written-By – * (tracks: A1 to A4, B2, B4, B5) Notes Allied repressing variant as indicated by an "A" embossed on center of labels.

Usually came with a "Super Saver Series" sticker added to the shrink wrap.

Inner label catalog number: 1-23900
Spine catalog number: 9 23900-1

Recorded at The Garden, London.
Mixed at Hansa Mischraum, Berlin.

Marketed by Warner Bros. Records Inc., a Warner Communications Company.
© ℗ 1983 Sire Records Company.
Made in U.S.A.

[inner sleeve]
M.L. Gore (Sonet)
A. Wilder (PRS)
© Sonet Records and Publishing Ltd. for the world Assigned to Emile Music (ASCAP) for the U.S.A. and Canada.

Includes printed inner sleeve with lyrics.
Also available on Cassette.

Some copies issued with "Lent For Promotional Use Only" gold stamped on sleeve.

"SLM △" in the runout etching indicates that the lacquer disc was processed at, and the metal parts used to manufacture the record were made at Sheffield Lab Matrix.

US LP releases with the same catalog #:

2) Sire ® upper right to the SIRE logo, pressed by Allied Record Company (this one)



Barcode and Other Identifiers Barcode (Text): 0 7599-23900-1 Matrix / Runout (Runout groove etchings side A, variant 1): ∆5149 1-2 1 23900A SH2 B-18479-SH2 SLM Matrix / Runout (Runout groove etchings side B, variant 1): ∆5149 1-2 1 23900B SH2 B-18480-SH1 SLM Matrix / Runout (Runout groove etchings side A, variant 2): ∆5149 1-2 1 23900A SH2 B-18479-SH2 SLM Matrix / Runout (Runout groove etchings side B, variant 2): ∆5149-X 1-1 1 23900B SH1 B-18480-SH1 SLM Matrix / Runout (Runout groove etchings side A, variant 3): ∆5149 1-1 1 23900A SH1 B-18479-SH1 SLM Matrix / Runout (Runout groove etchings side B, variant 3): ∆5149-X 1-1 1 23900B SH2 B-18480-SH2 SLM Matrix / Runout (Runout, stamped, sides A & B): "stamped balloon" Rights Society: ASCAP Pressing Plant ID (Embossed on labels): A
This will make a great addition to any collection!
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