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RARE - MOTLEY CRUE - TOO FAST FOR LOVE - 1981 - 2ND PRESS - LEATHUR RECORDS- Black logo & white label. VG+.

Album cover still has cellophane wrapper. Insert/lyric sheet in excellent condition. I bought this record from new and over it's lifetime it has been well looked after. This is a hard record to find especially in this premium condition.

FOUR versions on the Leather label exist alll with there own unique insert/lyric sheet. In addition, Vince's hair is different on all four and Nikki uses two different poses.

First Press - All black and white cover

Second Press Alternate Insert - Red cover logo and white labels

Third Press - Red logo and black labels 

FYI - In the MÖTLEY CRÜE video documentary from 2012 called "MÖTLEY CRÜE : Audiobiography Episode 1. - Too Fast For Love" Vince Neil confirmed that there are four versions of the Too Fast For Love album on Leathür Records

FIRST PRESS

The First Press is the rarest and most valuable. Only 900 copies were made.* The most recognizable characteristic is the all black and white album cover. Another unique feature is that there are no sunglasses on the the back of the album (as seen on all the other versions) and Vince has the same "big" hair as on the insert. The vinyl has white labels

SECOND PRESS

The album cover has the same upgraded features as the Second Press Alternate Insert. The labels on the vinyl are still white. 

THIRD PRESS

The Third Press cover looks like the second pressings but with one significant difference. On the bottom of the back of the album it says "Greenworld Distribution, Torrance, California". The vinyl has black labels, this is unique to the Third Press. Another unique feature is that the word "LOVE" in the title Too Fast For Love on the labels has dots over "O" (Ö), just like in the MÖTLEY CRÜE logo.

GREENWORLD RECORDS

On January 29, 1982 MÖTLEY CRÜE signed a deal with Greenworld Records Limited who manufactured and distributed the Third Press Leathür Records LP and the remaining stock of the First and Second Pressings (often seen with a green sticker on the cover that says "Greenworld Distribution"). The album was part of what is referred to as a "pressing & distribution" deal