U2 - War

Item Description

Vinyl,
LP Album Picture Disc Unofficial Release

Counterfeit issue of the rare [r=1678402] picture disc.
This release has has a black rim, instead of the original clear one.
On both sides of the bootleg, inscribed on the vinyl in the dead wax, the handwritten matrix numbers read the catalog# of the black vinyl issue (ILPS 9733).
The original picture disc run-out groove etchings are machine stamped:
PILPS 9733 A - 1U1 - 1 TOWNHOUSE (side a)
PILPS 9733 B - 1U1 - 1 TOWNHOUSE (side b).

(P) 1983 Original sound recording made by Island Records Ltd.
(C) 1983 Island Records Ltd.

Larry Mullen Jr plays Yamaha drums.
Recorded at Windmill Lane Studios, Dublin, Ireland.
Mastered at The Town House, London.

A breakdown of the three versions of the picture disc issue of this release:

one authentic version [r1678402] has a clear rim with the MACHINE STAMPED catalogue number in the runout preceded by 'PILPS'.

another authentic version [r3286187] has a black rim with the MACHINE STAMPED catalogue number in the runout preceded by 'ILPS' (not 'PILPS')

the pirate version (the present release) has a black rim and the catalogue number in the runout preceded by 'ILPS" HAND ETCHED (not machine stamped)