U2 3 OUT OF CONTROL FIRST PRESS 12" EP 1979
  €   1,000
  $   1,163

 


€ 1000 Sold For
Jan 1, 2020 Sold Date
Dec 25, 2019 Start Date
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  Ireland Country Of Seller
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HERE IS THE VERY RARE FIRST PRESSING OF U2'S FIRST EP "OUT OF CONTROL" b/w "STORIES FOR BOYS" AND "BOY/GIRL" (THERE WAS ONLY 1,000 MADE FOR FIRST PRESS) RELEASED ON CBS AS 12" MAXI SINGLE,FROM 1979 VINYL HAS SCUFF LINES AND MINUTE HAIRLINES ON SURFACE GRADED MODESTLY AS VG BUT PLAYS VERY WELL HOUSED IN CBS SUNBURST SLEEVE BUT DOES NOT HAVE THE Ltd. EDITION NUMBER AND STICKER,HAS "BANG 1" WRITTEN IN THE DEAD WAX ALSO THE 4 BAND MEMBERS NAMES ARE WRITTEN ON BOTH SIDES OF THE RECORD IN THE DEAD WAX eg BONO.ON THE LABEL IS PRINTED MADE IN ENGLAND ALSO IRELAND IS SPELLED CORRECTLY SEE PHOTOS SHIPS WORLDWIDE BY REGISTERED POST WITHIN 48 HRS

U2 3 Vinyl Background Information

  • This vinyl record was the first EP U2 released as U2.
  • The U2 3 record was released 22 September 1979.
  • It sold out in Ireland in a day.

  • f 1,000 records were pressed and are  highly sought after collector’s item. It was only available to purchase in Ireland. Each record was hand pressed ,CBS Records was the former name of Sony Records Ireland and is emblazoned on the vinyl cover. Jackie Hayden, who also signed U2 to CBS records joined Hot Press Magazine in 1983 and later became their General Manager.

    What’s interesting about this vinyl record is that Jackie Hayden etched the names of the members of the band onto both sides of each vinyl. 

    • CBS U2 3 V3-1 BANG BONO ADAM THE EDGE LARRY
    • There’s even a stick boy scratched on one side of vinyl
  • The record was produced by Chas de Whalley of CBS Records and remixed by The Boomtown Rats soundman Robbie McGrath.
  • The R.R.P was £1.49
  • It was recorded in Ireland in Windmill Lane Recording Studios.
  • The Vinyl consists of three songs:
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