This weeks triumph is getting the second part of the two format Cocteau Twin’s US Promo called I Wear Your Ring. This was released in the US on Capitol in 1990 and came as a 12” single and a CD single. The CD single I acquired recently finishing of the duo.
This isn’t incredibly rare. I have seen both of them a number of times on various online markets. The reason I have waited this long to acquire both is that most of the time they are way over priced. The fact that both of these come up regularly, shows that there isn’t a shortage. It would seem that if you stick the word PROMO on a release, it’s suddenly worth a lot more. Some promo’s have more copies distributed than the actual release it’s promoting. So a promo is not a hard and fast rule to rarity. Yet another example of the market dictating to the buying public.
So maybe I put my money where my mouth is. So I will. I’m going to give away yet another single to some lucky person. Yes....you guessed it, I did it again...DOH! I’ve bought the same thing twice. Actually this time it wasn’t a typically idiotic absent mindedness, this time I have an excuse. I happened across a set of four promo CDs in a single sale, from which only one of them I already had and, of course, included in this bundle was I Wear Your Ring and Iceblink Luck.
The other two gems in this bundle were Carolyn’s Fingers, a US Promo CD from 1988 and yet another Heaven Or Las Vegas Promo (There are 5 of them at least) from the US on CD. This package of four, was bought for less than some of the standard singles being sold.
Ok, so if you want the chance to win a free Cocteau Twins Promotional CD single, free postage included, then answer a very simple question
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This isn’t incredibly rare. I have seen both of them a number of times on various online markets. The reason I have waited this long to acquire both is that most of the time they are way over priced. The fact that both of these come up regularly, shows that there isn’t a shortage. It would seem that if you stick the word PROMO on a release, it’s suddenly worth a lot more. Some promo’s have more copies distributed than the actual release it’s promoting. So a promo is not a hard and fast rule to rarity. Yet another example of the market dictating to the buying public.
So maybe I put my money where my mouth is. So I will. I’m going to give away yet another single to some lucky person. Yes....you guessed it, I did it again...DOH! I’ve bought the same thing twice. Actually this time it wasn’t a typically idiotic absent mindedness, this time I have an excuse. I happened across a set of four promo CDs in a single sale, from which only one of them I already had and, of course, included in this bundle was I Wear Your Ring and Iceblink Luck.
The other two gems in this bundle were Carolyn’s Fingers, a US Promo CD from 1988 and yet another Heaven Or Las Vegas Promo (There are 5 of them at least) from the US on CD. This package of four, was bought for less than some of the standard singles being sold.
Ok, so if you want the chance to win a free Cocteau Twins Promotional CD single, free postage included, then answer a very simple question
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Which Cocteau Twins release is the only promotional release by Cocteau Twins on 4AD to have it’s own dedicated standard 4AD catalogue number?
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If you send your answer to my email address which is jonnyhalfhead followed by at gmail.com, or even find me on Facebook, Jonny Halfhead, become a friend and send me the answer in a message, the winner will be picked at random. (I’ll get my lovely assistant, aka wife, to randomly pick the winner). Get your answers in by Saturday 11th February 2012 and the winner will be chosen during that weekend.
Thanks as always for reading and good luck
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