Singer: The Cure
Title: Three Imaginary Boys
Label: Fiction Records ‎– FIX 1, Fiction Records ‎– 2442 163
Type: Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: UK
Date of released: May 1979
Category: Rock
Style: New Wave, Post-Punk
Size MP3 zip: 1556 mb
Size FLAC zip: 1858 mb
Rating: 4.0✭
Format: MP3 APE DXD MPC RA AU ADX AUD FLAC

Tracklist Hide Credits

A1	10:15 Saturday Night
A2	Accuracy
A3	Grinding Halt
A4	Another Day
A5	Object
A6	Subway Song
B1	Foxy Lady Vocals – Michael DempseyWritten-By – Hendrix*
B2	Meathook
B3	So What?
B4	Fire In Cairo
B5	It's Not You
B6	Three Imaginary Boys
B7	The Weedy Burton

Companies, etc.

• Marketed By – Polydor Records
• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Fiction Records
• Copyright (c) – Fiction Records
• Published By – APB Music Co. Ltd.
• Published By – Interworld Music Ltd.
• Recorded At – Morgan Studios
• Mixed At – Morgan Studios
• Mastered At – Strawberry Mastering
• Printed By – Robor Ltd.
• Made By – Robor Ltd.
• Pressed By – PRS Ltd.
• Lacquer Cut At – Strawberry Mastering

Credits

• Bass – Michael Dempsey
• Design – Bill Smith
• Drums – Lol Tolhurst*
• Engineer – Mike Hedges
• Engineer [Assistant] – Mike Dutton
• Guitar – Robert Smith
• Illustration – B. Smith*, Connie Jude, David Dragon*
• Photography By – B. Smith*, Martyn Goddard
• Producer – Chris Parry
• Vocals – Robert Smith (tracks: A1 to A6, B2 to B7)
• Written-By – Tolhurst* (tracks: A1 to A6, B2 to B7), Dempsey* (tracks: A1 to A6, B2 to B7), Smith* (tracks: A1 to A6, B2 to B7)

Notes

Back sleeve:
FICTION DELUXE FIX 1
[cassette logo] FIXC 1
Sleeve printed and made in England by Robor Ltd.

Inner sleeve:
Recorded and mixed at Morgan (Studio 4), Willesden.
Fiction Records 14/16 Chaplin Road London NW2
Marketed by Polydor Records.
© 1979 Fiction Records.

Labels:
[A Side : picture label, no text]
[B Side] All songs published by A.P.B. Music Co. Ltd. except track 7 [B1] published by Interworld Music Ltd.
℗ 1979 Fiction Records.
FIX 1B (2442 163)

Released in glossy picture sleeve with picture inner sleeve.
The actual song titles do not appear on the release itself, tracks A1 to B6 are represented by images on the sleeve artwork.
On the B-side label, they are numbered 1-12 and represented by pictograms, as on the first UK cassette issue FIXC 1.
Track B7 is unlisted, the name "The Weedy Burton" appears officially in 2004 on the Deluxe Edition remastered reissue.

Some copies show a pink round sticker on the front sleeve, mentioning the song titles.
Some early copies came packaged with a metal badge and one of four different postcards.
Was also sold at special price with a golden stamp on front sleeve (see images).

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Matrix / Runout (Side A, stamped var. 1): FIX 1 A//1▽E STR 14 11
• Matrix / Runout (Side B, stamped var. 1): FIX 1 B//1▽E STR 11 15
• Matrix / Runout (Side A, stamped, var. 2): FIX 1 A//1▽E STR 14 5
• Matrix / Runout (Side B, stamped, var. 2): FIX 1 B//1▽E STR 11 18
• Matrix / Runout (Side A, stamped, var. 3): FIX 1 A//1▽E STR 12 3
• Matrix / Runout (Side B, stamped, var. 3): FIX 1 B//1▽E STR 11 15
• Matrix / Runout (Side A, stamped, var. 4): FIX 1 A//1▽E STR 14 4
• Matrix / Runout (Side B, stamped, var. 4): FIX 1 B//1▽E STR 11 14
• Matrix / Runout (Side A, stamped, var. 5): FIX 1 A//1▽E STR 41 6 1
• Matrix / Runout (Side B, stamped, var. 5): FIX 1 B//1▽E STR 13 1
• Matrix / Runout (Side A, etched, all): STRAWBERRY THE GATWICK SOUND
• Matrix / Runout (Side B, etched, var. 1, 2 & 5): STRAWBERRY
• Price Code: FICTION DELUXE

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
MG 0758	The Cure	Three Imaginary Boys ‎(Cass, Album, Unofficial)	MG Records	MG 0758	Poland	1991
R2 78895	The Cure	Three Imaginary Boys ‎(CD, Album, RE + CD, Comp + Dlx, RM, Dig)	Rhino Records , Elektra, Fiction Records	R2 78895	US	2004
982 182-9	The Cure	Three Imaginary Boys ‎(CD, Album, RE, RM, RP)	Polydor, Fiction Records, Universal	982 182-9	Europe	Unknown
3170 539	The Cure	Three Imaginary Boys ‎(Cass, Album)	Polydor	3170 539	France	1979
UICY-93477	The Cure	Three Imaginary Boys ‎(CD, Album, RE, RM)	Fiction Records	UICY-93477	Europe	2008

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