First-year pressing
Passionate Friend 1981 UK Pressing (TEAR 512)
- Artist
- The Teardrop Explodes
- Title
- Passionate Friend
- Label
- Mercury TEAR 512
- Country
- UK
- Released
- August 1981
- 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.
- Tear 512.ASide A label
- Tear 512.BSide B label
- TEAR 512 A//2∇EM 1 1 1Side A runout, stamped, variant 1
- TEAR 512 B//1∇EM 1 1 3Side B runout, stamped, variant 1
- TEAR 512 A//1∇EM 1 1 1Side A runout, stamped, variant 2
- TEAR 512 B//1∇EM 1 1 1Side B runout, stamped, variant 2
Other UK pressings of Passionate Friend
- 1981Mercury Tear 57", 45 RPM, Single
- 1981Mercury TEAR 5 / Mercury Tear 57", 45 RPM, Single
- 1981Mercury Tear 5 / Mercury TEAR 57", 45 RPM, Single