The Damned – Machine Gun Etiquette Album – White Label Test Pressing Greece 1980, Polygram Records 40.002
MGE Amazing Greek Test Pressing
Yet another item of great beauty Numbnuts.
This one is the Test pressing of the first Greek issue in 1980.
It has the typical Greek Test Pressing labels with some funny Greek writing on it.
I used to have a Greek bird who would have happily translated for us but sadly she ran off with a French Lorry driver called Pierre Longbucket.
Anyway rest assured it probably says “Sample”…
No shit Sherlock!
See below for the “Condition” and Matrix / Runout details.
Tracklist:
A1 – Love Song
A2 – Machine Gun Etiquette
A3 – I Just Can’t Be Happy Today
A4 – Melody Lee
A5 – Antipope
A6 – These Hands
B1 – Plan 9 Channel 7
B2 – Noise Noise Noise
B3 – Looking At You
B4 – Liar
B5 – Smash It Up (Part 1)
B6 – Smash It Up
Condition:
Sleeve:VG
Vinyl: EX+
Notes:
The sleeve shows edgewear and several marks (mostly repaired)
while the vinyl got only a few light paper scuffs and some thin line scratches per side.
Not any hard feelable scratch. Vinyl Looks and Sounds great!
THIS IS A WHITE LABEL TEST PRESSING MADE IN GREECE.
USUALLY 4-5 COPIES MANUFACTURED AND DISTRIBUTE TO THE SOUND PRODUCERS
TO CHECK THE SOUND QUALITY. INCREDIBY RARE!
Damned, The – Machine Gun Etiquette
Label: PolyGram / Chiswick
Catalog#: 40.002
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: Greece
Released: 1980
Genre: Alternative Rock, Punk
On the back sleeve:
(P) 1979 Chiswick Records
Manufactured and distributed by EMI Records Ltd. (+ UK EMI address)
The wording STEREO 40.002 is printed over an EMI cat# (0C – 062 63 363), which is still barely visible.
Greek PolyGram addresses (for Athens and Thessaloniki) appear on the bottom left.
The wording E.D.T. 7911 R.S. appears on the bottom right.
On the record labels:
Cat# 40.002 appears on both labels.
Underneath that, 40.002 S 1 appears on side A; 40.002 S 2 on side B.
BIEM
(P) 1980 PolyGram MFD. by G.P.I. S.A.
Made in Greece
Comes with thin cardboard inner sleeve.