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A Forest by The Cure, album cover

First-year pressing

A Forest 1980 UK Pressing (FICSX 10)

A Forest by The Cure

Artist
The Cure
Title
A Forest
Label
  • Fiction Records FICSX 10
Country
UK
Released
April 1980
Format
12", 45 RPM, Single

Runout and matrix codes

Etched or stamped in the dead wax between the last track and the label. If yours match, you have this pressing.

  • FICSX 10 A // 1∇ ESTR 12 2 STRAWBERRY.Side A runout, variant 1
  • FICSX 10 B//1∇ESTR 1 11 9 STRAWBERRY.Side B runout, variant 1
  • FICSX 10 A//1∇ ESTR 1 11 6 STRAWBERRY.Side A runout, variant 2
  • FICSX 10 B//1∇ESTR 1 11 7 STRAWBERRY.Side B runout, variant 2
  • FICSX 10 A//1∇ ESTR 11 2 STRAWBERRY.Side A runout, variant 3
  • FICSX 10 B//1∇ESTR 1 11 1 STRAWBERRY.Side B runout, variant 3
All 27 pressings of A Forest