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COCTEAU TWINS The Pink Opaque 1986 LP US Relativity/4AD 1st Pressing EXCELLENT!
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January 18, 2025
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November 30, 2024
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COCTEAU TWINS
The Pink Opaque
1986 LP
Relativity/4AD
EMC 8040
The Cocteau Twins signed an international distribution agreement in 1985, and to mark the occasion—and to give Americans some exposure to what the band had previously recorded—4AD released a compilation album entitled "The Pink Opaque" in November. The album's ten tracks draw from material released from 1982 to 1984, and include songs from "Garlands", "Head Over Heels", "Sunburst and Snowblind", "The Spangle Maker", and "Treasure", as well as "Millimillenary", previously only available on a various artists cassette. "Wax and Wane," the earliest track on the album, had been re-mixed.
The record was completely play-tested EXCELLENT even with a few light surface marks. There is a little light surface noise before the record begins but quickly dissipates. Cover is Excellent too. This is a rare U.S. First Pressing. Discogs has copies starting at $28.00 for VG/G, which isn't so hot.
Matrix / Runout (Run-out side A, etched - Variation 5): EMC.8040.A F/W ¢ A-3
Matrix / Runout (Run-out side B, etched - Variation 5): EMC.8040·B A-5
