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Two issues with this album, one is cosmetic and the other audible (but not particularly serious) ... please read the description below and look at the photographs
CULTURE CLUB - Colour By Numbers
CBS Records
Cat# V2285
1983
Australian release
Cover is in good (minus) condition, no writing, no seam splits with only very light edgewear from handling HOWEVER it is pretty obvious in the photographs that a corner of the cover and the inside printed 6 page booklet also has the same corner damage. I actually know what caused this ... we have a pet rabbit, she is hungry and finds a record at ground level and begins to have "dinner". She stops when reaching the vinyl edge! Fortunately my other albums were not eaten! Seems to have a thing for Boy George. I cleaned the cover and sterilised it completely, now it is just chewed looking!
New inner plastic sleeve
Vinyl is in good (minus) condition, visually inspected under a bright white halogen light source and I can see only a couple of very light scratches on either side - very nice, EXCEPT I noticed on Side A there is a patch of "patterned dullness" which is typical of inner plastic sleeve leeching into the vinyl record surface. Just looking at your vinyl is not a good way to make a judgement of the record condition, so I played the ENTIRE album, all tracks on both sides. Overall, surface noise is NOT an issue BUT Side A tracks 1 & 2 deserve special mention. Side A track 1 (in particular) and track 2 have a "swishing sound" in the background as the stylus travels across this dull area. Quite noticeable initially but slowly fading away as the playing progresses across tracks 1 & 2. NO other tracks (on either side) are affected and overall the album sounds great (if Boy George is your "thing") Clicks and pops are not an issue at all
New outer protective sleeve
TRACKS: Karma Chameleon, It's A Miracle, Black Money, Changing Every Day, That's The Way, Church Of The Poison Mind, Miss Me, Mr. Man, Stormkeeper, Victims
