U2 Boy (Extremely rare 1980 US 11-track white label test pressing for their debut LP release in the States. This copy has nice 'for the limited purposes of testing and review' Warner Brothers custom white labels & is complete with the label copytracklisting sheet dated November 17 1980. Test pressings like this seldom, if ever, left the factory but the clues as to the origins of this amazing item may be the inclusion of a two sheet bio on official 'Islandbio' headed paper & a 10" x 8" more...
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U2 Under A Blood Red Sky (Rare 1983 UK green label test pressing for the 8-track vinyl mini-LP, recorded live in Boston, Denver and West Germany in May 1983. With plain green labels and 'IMA3A-3U-1-3' / 'IMA3B' in the run out grooves, housedin a regular picture sleeve. The sleeve has a seam split and some general edgewear. Despite a number of hairline marks on the vinyl, the disc plays through without any skips or jumps) more...
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U2 War (Rare 1983 UK green label test pressing for the 10-track vinyl LP featuring the singles Sunday Bloody Sunday & New Year's Day. With plain green labels and housed in a regular gatefold picture sleeve. The sleeve has two seam splits [one inthe top and one in the bottom edge of the back of the gatefold] plus some general edgewear. There are a number of hairline marks/scuffs on the vinyl and the sound quality has deteriorated with quite a lot of background noise, however there are no skips or jumps. This copy is therefore graded as good. Still a highly collectable U2 item ILPS9733) more...
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U2 One (1992 UK Island 2-track black label 7" vinyl test pressing, also includes Lady With The Spinning Head. With small handwritten 'A' and 'B' stickered labels) more...
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U2 Electrical Storm CD 2 (Rare 2002 UK Island label test pressing CD for the for Part 2 of the official 2-CD single set release, also including Bad/40/Where The Streets Have No Name. This is a genuine pre-production blank CD test pressing NOTa CD-Recordable. Housed in a custom stickered jewel case CIDX808) more...
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U2 I Will Follow - Live (Very scarce 1981 UK one-sided 7" test pressing, featuring the b-side from the Gloria single, with hand annotated blue labels & 'Town House' machine stamped in the run-out along with the catalogue number & matrices. Thevinyl looks barely played - very few of these would have been produced & certainly never sold to the public in this form!) more...
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U2 A Day Without Me (Very scarce 1980 UK one-sided 7" test pressing for the single release, with hand annotated plain white labels & a rubber stamped '1 Aug 1980' release date one side. The catalogue & matrix numbers - 'WIP6630 A1-U' - are machine stamped in the run-off. The vinyl reveals only light evidence of play. No doubt very few of these escaped the pressing plant & were certainly never sold to the public in this form - ideal for the serious U2 collector!) more...
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U2 Songs Of Innocence (Super rare original 2014 US black vinyl LP test pressing, one of just 300 copies quietly sent to independent retailers ahead of the official release - a clever tactic in order to make the album eligible to qualify for this year's Grammy Awards. This example remains factory sealed in its original shrink - unopened, unplayed, mint condition. Complete with barcode sticker on the reverse of the plain white sleeve) more...
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U2 Angel Of Harlem (1988 UK Island 2-track black label 7" vinyl test pressing, also includes A Room At The Heartbreak Hotel. With small handwritten 'A' and 'B' stickered labels) more...
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U2 Angel Of Harlem (Scarce 1988 French Island label test pressing vinyl 7" for the single [IS402] with A Room At The Heartbreak Hotel on the b-side. The yellow labels are printed with 'échantillon' along with spaces for 'No', 'Editeur', 'Face'and 'Date' to be added on both sides, this copy has no hand writting added to the labels, comes housed yellow & blue company sleeve) more...
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U2 Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses (Rare 1992 German Island label test pressing CD for the picture disc single release, also including a great version of the Rolling stones track 'Paint It Black', a version of the Creedence Clearwater Revival song 'Fortunate Son' and the Temple Bar Remix of title track. This is a genuine pre-production blank CD test pressing NOT a CD-Recordable) more...
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U2 The Fly (Rare 1991 Japanese only 2-track test pressing 3" CD for the snap-pack single release, also including Alex Descends Into Hell For A Bottle Of Milk/Korova 1. This is a genuine pre-production blank CD test pressing NOT a CD-Recordable) more...
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U2 One (Rare German Island label 'Unverkäufliche Musterplatte' white label wide centre vinyl 7" test pressing for the 1992 single release, also includes Lady With The Spinning Head. The label on both sides are hand-annotated detailing the catalogue number [115164 ] & side letter, housed in a plain white sleeve which also has the catalogue number written and has been affixed with the studio engineer's hand-written library tag) more...
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U2 Even Better Than The Real Thing (Rare German Island label 'Unverkäufliche Musterplatte' white label wide centre vinyl 7" test pressing for the 1992 single release, also includes Salome. The label on both sides are hand-annotated detailing thematrix number, housed in a plain white sleeve which also has the matrix number written and has been affixed with the studio engineer's hand-written library tag) more...
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U2 The Fly (Rare Australian Phonogram solid centre white label vinyl 7" test pressing for the 1991 single release, also includes 'Alex Descends Into Hell For A Bottle Of Milk/Korova 1'. The 'A' side label is hand-annotated detailing the cataloguenumber [868884-7], side letter and artists name, housed in a die-cut plain sleebe with 'From: Phonogram Australia' written plus also has been affixed with the studio engineer's hand-written library tag) more...
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U2 Even Better Than The Real Thing (Rare French Polygram 'MPO Echantillion' white label wide centre vinyl 7" test pressing for the 1992 single release, also includes 'Salome'. The labels on this are printed with MPO Echantillion and has spaces for 'Editeur', 'Face', 'No' and 'Date' to be written, the B side has clearly been marked with a hand-written 'B', comes housed in a rice sleeve which has the catalogue number, record label name and date hand-annotated and has been affixed with t more...
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U2 One (Rare French 'MPO Echantillon' white label wide centre vinyl 7" test pressing for the 1992 single release, also includes 'Lady With The Spinning Head'. The 'A' side label is hand-annotated detailing the catalogue number, record company name and dated 23/1/92, housed in a generic rice sleeve which has been affixed with the studio engineer's hand-written library tag) more...
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U2 The Fly (Rare Spanish Island white label wide centre vinyl 7" test pressing for the 1991 single release, also includes 'Alex Descends Into Hell For A Bottle Of Milk/Korova 1' on the b-side. Housed in a clear plastic sleeve which has been affixed with the studio engineer's hand-written library tag dated 9/30/91) more...
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U2 Even Better Than The Real Thing (Rare Spanish Island white label wide centre vinyl 7" test pressing for the 1992 single release, also includes 'Salome' on the B-side. Housed in a clear plastic sleeve which has been affixed with the studio engineer's hand-written library tag) more...
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U2 The Fly (Rare French Island silver 'Face 1/2' injection moulded label wide centre vinyl 7" test pressing for the 1991 single release, also includes 'Alex Descends Into Hell For A Bottle Of Milk/Korova 1' on the b-side. Housed in a white die-cut sleeve which has been hand-annotated with the catalogue number, artist name and country plus date stamped '28 Aout 1991' plus the sleeve has been affixed with the studio engineer's hand-written library tag) more...
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U2 Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses (Rare pair of Dutch Island white label wide-centred black vinyl 7" test pressings for the 1992 single release with 'Paint It Black' on the flip sides; these were cut to check the sound quality of the pressing,long before the commercial run was undertaken. Each record has a different matrix number [A1/B1 & A2/B2], the labels on each are blank and come housed in their own plain white sleeve which has been affixed with the studio engineer's hand-writ more...
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U2 The Fly (Rare pair of German Island 'Unverkäufliche Musterplatte' white label wide-centred black vinyl 7" test pressings for the 1991 single release with 'Alex Descends Into Hell For A Bottle Of Milk/Korova 1' on the flip sides; these were cutto check the sound quality of the pressing long before the commercial run was undertaken. Each record has a different matrix number [A1/B1 & A2/B2], the labels on each are blank and come housed in their own plain white sleeve hand-annotated d more...
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U2 Mysterious Ways (Rare UK Island 1-sided white label vinyl 12" test pressing for A-Side of the 1991 single release [12IS509] with the matrix number 'A-4-2'. The label is blank without any handwritten details and comes housed in a white paper sleeve which has been affixed with the studio engineer's hand-written library tag) more...
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U2 Angel Of Harlem (Rare German Island 'Unverkäufliche Musterplatte' custom white label double sided vinyl 12" test pressing for the 1988 single release [611920] with 'A Room At The Heartbreak Hotel' & 'Love Rescue Me' on the flip side - this wascut to check the sound quality of the pressing long before the commercial run was undertaken. This disc has the matrix number 'A1/B1' and has 'Unverkäufliche Musterplatte' labels which just have the catalogue number hand written, come housedi more...
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U2 Angel Of Harlem (Rare German Island 'Unverkäufliche Musterplatte' custom white label double sided vinyl 12" test pressing for the 1988 single release [611920] with 'A Room At The Heartbreak Hotel' & 'Love Rescue Me' on the flip side - this wascut to check the sound quality of the pressing long before the commercial run was undertaken. This disc has the matrix number 'A1/B2' and has 'Unverkäufliche Musterplatte' labels which just have the catalogue number hand written, come housedi more...
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U2 Angel Of Harlem (Rare German Island 'Unverkäufliche Musterplatte' custom white label double sided vinyl 12" test pressing for the 1988 single release [611920] with 'A Room At The Heartbreak Hotel' & 'Love Rescue Me' on the flip side - this wascut to check the sound quality of the pressing long before the commercial run was undertaken. This disc has the matrix number 'A2/B2' and has 'Unverkäufliche Musterplatte' labels which just have the catalogue number hand written, come housedi more...
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U2 Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses (Rare Dutch Island white label wide-centred black vinyl 7" test pressing for the 1992 single release with 'Paint It Black' on the flip side; this was cut to check the sound quality of the pressing, long beforethe commercial run was undertaken. This record bears the European catalogue number with matrix endings A-2 & B-2 and also shows the UK catalogue number [since the master was UK pressed] with matrix endings A-5 and B5. Housed inside a plain w more...
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U2 Even Better Than The Real Thing - Test Pressing (Rare German wide-centred plain white label 7" test pressing for the 1992 single release. The B-side label has been annotated by the sound engineer 'N.G. pops this copy only', referring to a sound defect on this pressing [N.G. meaning No Good]. Matrix endings are A1/B1 with additional BH-A-2 and BH-B-2 on each side. Housed inside a plain white sleeve. It would be normal for a test pressing with a sound defect to be destroyed but this more...
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U2 Chat With The Stars (Rare UK test pressing for the limited edition interview LP picture disc. Produced in extremely small numbers to check alignment & quality prior to commencement of the final production run. The disc itself appears plain white with a black rim. A rare and unusual collectable that seldom appears for sale ZUFG002) more...
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U2 Zooropa LP Test Pressing (Superb 1993 full 10 track vinyl test pressing LP made more desirable by the country of origin, Zimbabwe [Not usually known for the source of U2 and rock rarities]. This unusual pressing comes complete with what appears to be a DJ's tracklisting guide listing tracks and timings as well as fade notes, presumably for broadcast. Housed in the ZMC Record Company titled die-cut sleeve. A superb overseas rarity for any collector) more...
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