12" Singles - Blondie - Rapture (Special Disco Mix) - Chrysalis - UK

12" Single

Artist:	Blondie
Label:	Chrysalis
Country:	UK
Catalogue:	CHS 12 2485
Date:	Jan 1981
Format:	12" Single
Collection:	I Own It I Want It
Community:	20 Own, 3 Want
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Track	Artist	Title	Composer	Producer	Rating
A	Blondie	Rapture (Special Disco Mix)	C. Stein, D. Harry	Mike Chapman	Rate
B	Blondie	Live It Up (Special Disco Mix)	C. Stein	Mike Chapman	Rate

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Injection moulded labels pressed in France for UK market - see PC 8664 for French issue.

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henry29 30th Sep 2014		Hear It Here. H. Blondie - Rapture (Special Disco Mix)



Stereobitch 16th Aug 2013		Review The paper label pressings were the on;y UK run done by Polygram. The demand for the record was such that Chrysalis ordered a futher run, all that Polygram did as Chrysalis' manufacturers at that time was send the metal to a available free press on the mainland either Holland Germany or France and France got the job. The vile and revolting I.E.P. (Integral Embossed and painted, unpainted pressing are naturally just the colour of the vinyl used which across the board was agreed and standardised as carbon black, unless a colour was ordered, technically and actually carbon black is a colour. Virgin and unaltered vinyl pelllits are clear, which means all the clear vinyl records released and made are not very special or expensive editions as to the public they are insinuated, but in reality are pressd from the cheapest form of PVC pellets, un-coloured! The automated IEP pressings that Polygram thrust upon us progressed in Germany, France and Holland to cover 12" labels for LP's and Singles. Luckily Walthamstow was not tooled up for 12" IEPs just the even more revolting and lack lustre 7s. What a choice of paint colours they had: Polydor Mud-brown, Philips/Fontana/MGM blue, Avco/Charisma pink Spring green Stax yellow Mercury biege and the across the board utiltarian Silver. If vats of the colours ran low our out then there were any of the other colours to use! This rather revolting metalic sea-blue was quite a unique colour to the mainland plants. Polygrams Custom orders and manufactured only labels could select any of the exciting range of coloured paints Polygram used:- Chrysalis when first moving to Polygram used the Green then went to the Philips/Fontana Blue. Arista when moving to Polygram also used the wonderful Philips/Fontana/MGM blue as did their contract pressings for WEA and Pye. Pye also was asigned the Polydor Mud-brown red as was some of RCA's. Note that the 12" IEP's using the fantastic metallic silver came out reverse rolled/painted ie. the replacement label area is black only the embossed text and logos are silver. The saddest part of these IEP pressings was when EMI replaced their 7" presses in early 1980s to the fully automated (injection mould) IEPs as singles were no longer cost effecttive and the IEPs were so much cheaper to operate. (Thank goodness a couple of the original 7" presses were kept for various promo and limited edition paper label runs for both their own product and contracted product were paper labels were specific. There are very very few Polygram manufactured 12" pressings that were only automated IEP pressings contracted out of the UK. The one that springs to mind is Level 42 "Starchild" on Polydor If there was not a 300 copy blank label run done (using Polygram's standard white blank labels with just a large black text 1 and 2 on each pair to differentiate the sides then the only runs of this title for the UK market came from Polygram France pressed as 12" IEPs using the standard Polydor mud-brown-red paint. (Thank heavens for the USA 12" promo and commercial pressings with their superior and excellent paper labels). Chrysalis finally took it on the chin with Polygram due to the bombardment of complaints and switchboard calls regarding the 7" IEPs pressed for Two Tone titles using the silver paint, the fans only wanted the black and white paper labels. Chrysalis taking on board buyers complaints etc and much lost sales because of IEP's in the racks, went back to EMI for paper labels and dinked 4pin OC 45's. The paint on IEPs can be removed/rubbed off very easily. Not sure if the poor Blondie IEP 12" and 7" will ever be collectable OR of any value over the paper label equivilents. On the sonic side the pressings are naturally faultless, 100% centred on the stampers with no "swing" and well masterd and cut. When you look at these automated pressings and feel the bile swelling up, just remind yourself of what the USA buyers had to suffer in the 60's with Amy, Marla and Bell titles!! 2 people found this review helpful. ✔︎ Helpful Review?



Deltics 6th Jul 2013



Billy Two 1st Jun 2013		There's little doubt that the paper labels are genuine, though the injection moulded labels are also full UK release. The French release has it's own cat# (PC 8664). Pressing UK releases in France to meet demand (or possibly due to cheaper costs) was a common practice for many years, and there are numerous examples of UK vinyl having the legend "Made In France" on them. It's a constant bane for these Cat sites and causes confusion on a regular basis, but the fact is that the country of manufacture does not necessarily equal the country of release. The current example of this are the many records pressed in the Czech Republic - it's cheaper, they're generally better quality than many British pressings, and will often have "Manufactured in CZ" on them...but this doesn't make them Czech releases.



pantman 30th May 2013		henry29 - The paper label is NOT fake, I have added scans of the label and a photo of the record showing the label. Also check out Bill Idol and Pat Benatar UK 12" the artist name is in the same place. Bodston - This was an original release I bought from Virgin Records in Newcastle Upon Tyne the week of its release, I obtained the injection label a few weeks later from the same store. Lets hope this puts an end to this! The paper label is the the UK pressing and the injection label must have been imported to keep up with demand - or perhaps cheaper pressing costs in France? I can provide more pictures if required. Pantman



Bodston SUBS 29th May 2013		Looking at the rest of the UK Chrysalis catalogue, it seems that this style of label with the band name on the left side came in sometime in 1983. Maybe the paper label version is a later reissue?



henry29 29th May 2013		That Paper Label looks Fake to me. Note that All of the Paper Labels has Blondie written Bellow the Title. And also the Writing around the outside edge Isn't quite In Line. And there Is a Double take On the Title To. Like a Drop Shadow. H.



Bodston SUBS 29th May 2013		I moved the incorrect 'Atomic' paper label to the correct entry!



henry29 29th May 2013		That Paper Label Is ATOMIC. Not Rapture. I Never saw a Paper Label for this. If there was one My Record Store Staff would have put me one up. They had Lots of the Injection Ones.H.



Pete c 26th May 2013		Virtually all Copies of this in the UK are the French pressing. It's 100% an export issue. The Paper label versions are extremely hard to find - I've never seen one.



pantman 8th Mar 2013		I have uploaded a picture of the correct UK pressing, with the paper label. The injection mold as previously shown is a French pressing, check the Eat To the Beat French pressing injection mold (black) label. Atomic was widely available at the time of release in the UK with the injection mold, I remember buying day of release! It must have been cheaper to press in another country at the time or the pressing plant has a lot of business!!!! Ne image is definitely a UK pressing!



TheJudge 7th Feb 2013		There seem to be a few of this type of pressing from around that time (see Visage - 'Fade To Grey' for another, although that has 'rpm' on it). Presumably France was where the capacity was to produce them.



nboldock 7th Feb 2013		Are we certain this is an export issue? Obviously Blondie are a flippin' mine field when it comes to this sort of thing, but I note the labelling of the record as "45 T" (= 45 Tours) which usually means a record is destined for the French market, doesn't it? If it were an export issue, wouldn't it say "45 RPM"?



pantman 13th Jan 2013		This record was pressed in France, although the record was widely available in the UK at the time of release, the UK pressing has the blue and white paper chrysalis label.

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