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➦ Genesis: ...And Then There Were Three, Charisma / Virgin CDSCD 4010, First UK "Pale Blue" PDO pressing for UK market - Variant A
| Images of the CD (click image to enlarge) |
| General notes |
| Label | Charisma Records / Virgin Records | IFPI
Mastering SID (details) |
Not present |
| Distributor | Virgin Records LTD. | IFPI Mould SID (details) | Not present |
| Reference | CDSCD 4010 | Matrix numbers | 800 059-2 04 # |
| Country of manufacture |  |
Price codes (details) | Not present |
| Country of the release | |
Label Code (LC) (details) | Not present |
| Year of release | 1987-1988 | SPARS Codes (details) | Not present |
| CD manufacturer | PDO UK, Blackburn, Lancashire | Right society (details) | Not present |
| CD variation | Yes | Barcode | Not present |
| Rear insert (print) | Printed in West Germany | Booklet/print | Manufactured in the U.K. |
| Packaging | Ribbed edges jewel case (dot stoppers) | Booklet | 10 pages insert with lyrics |
| Release notes |
The is probably the very first pressing CD of And Then There Were Three manufactured by PDO plant in Blackburn, Lancashire, UK.
The catalogue number of this CD issue is CDSCD 4010. The CD was released under Charisma / Virgin label and distributed across the UK via Virgin Records LTD. distribution channel.
The disc has a pale blue label. Only Charisma logo is present on the label, there is no Virgin logo on disc. Compact Disc logo is in large. There is no country of manufacture present on the label, but this the UK PDO pressing. The matrix numbers are 800 059-2 04 #, which means the CD has been manufactured from the same glass master used to manufacture Charisma CD of this title (Reference: 800 059-2).
There is no barcode present on rear insert. Printed in West Germany appears on the bottom. The booklet is manufactured in the UK, only the rear insert has West German print and presumably, was printed in West Germany.
In my opinion, it was one of the first CD runs of And Then There Were Three, manufactured by PDO in UK. The plant would not have their own rear inserts ready and they decided to use the West German print.
There is a certain similarity to the disc, if we compare it to the West German pressing, but the UK PDO issue does not have fully coated silver center ring. The inner disc ring is partially transparent and the silver part of the label, near the middle hole and on the disc edges, is more gold in colour. Because PDO plant in Blackburn is famous of "CD bronzing" this CD pressing, as well as the other two variants, are free off the issue.
The CD was on sale in the UK, but sometimes can be found in Germany, where it was later distributed by Ariola. These CDs where on the UK market between 1987 and 1988 and not for long. The disc from this entry must be from the late 1987, briefly after the CD production at PDO plant in Blackburn was launched.
I would say this copy is not an easy to
locate, but there are still some copies around.
| Disc variation |
There is also variation of this CD. For more information, please see Variant B entry.
| Rarity rating |
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★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ➠ the CD is extremely hard to find ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ ➠ the CD is hard to find and present a challenge ★ ★ ★ ☆ ☆ ➠ the CD is not common and require searching ★ ★ ☆ ☆ ☆ ➠ the CD is relatively common ★ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ➠ the CD is very easy to find |
Please be advised that the rarity rating is based only on my experience and may vary from others opinion. Please also consider that the CD rarity is changing. Some CD releases became more or less available over the years. |