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The Walk by The Cure, album cover

First-year pressing

The Walk 1983 UK Pressing (ficsx 18)

The Walk by The Cure

Artist
The Cure
Title
The Upstairs Room / The Dream / The Walk / Lament
Label
  • Fiction Records ficsx 18
Country
UK
Released
July 5, 1983
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 18 A // 1∇ 420 R 4Side A, stamped, var.1
  • FICSX 18 B // 1∇420 RSide B, stamped, var.1
  • FICSX 18 A // 1 ∇ 420 R 2Side A, stamped, var.2
  • FICSX 18 B // 2 ∇ 420Side B, stamped, var.2
  • FICSX 18 A // 2 ∇ 420 R 11 2Side A, stamped, var.3
  • FICSX 18 B // 2 ∇ 420 11Side B, stamped, var.3
  • FICSX 18 A // 2 ∇ 420 R 1 1 3Side A, stamped, var.4
  • FICSX 18 B // 2 ∇ 420 1 1 3Side B, stamped, var.4
  • FICSX 18 A//1∇ 420 R 1 1 1Side A, stamped, var.5
  • FICSX 18 B//2∇ 420 1 1 4Side B, stamped, var.5
  • FICSX 18 A//1▽ ​420 R 1 ↾ ​ 4Side A, stamped, var.6
  • FICSX 18 B//2▽ 420 1 1 1Side B, stamped, var.6
  • FICSX 18 A // 1 ∇ 420 R 12 4Side A, stamped, variant 7
  • FICSX 18 B // 1 ∇ 420 R 1 1Side B, stamped, variant 7
  • FICSX 18 A//1∇ 420 R 1 1 8Side A, stamped, variant 8
  • FICSX 18 B // 1∇420 R 12 1 3Side B, stamped, variant 8
All 30 pressings of The Walk