Tracklist
| Primary | 3:34 | ||
| Descent | 3:05 |
Credits (7)
Undy*Cover
Porl*Cover
Mike HedgesProducer
Robert SmithProducer
Tolhurst*Written-By-
Smith*Written-By
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Primary
7", Single, 45 RPM, Small Hole
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Fiction Records – FICS 12 | UK | 1981 | UK — 1981 | ||||
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Primary
7", Single, 45 RPM
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Polydor – 2059 293 | Belgium | 1981 | Belgium — 1981 |
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Primary
12", 45 RPM, Single, Stereo
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Fiction Records – 2141 338 | UK | 1981 | UK — 1981 |
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Primary
7", 45 RPM, Single
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7 Records – MS-480 | Australia | 1981 | Australia — 1981 |
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12", Single, 45 RPM
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Fiction Records – FICSX 12 | Netherlands | 1981 | Netherlands — 1981 | ||||
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Primary
12", 45 RPM, Single
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7 Records – MSD 493 | Australia | 1981 | Australia — 1981 |
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Primary
7", 45 RPM, Single
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Stunn – BFA 014 | New Zealand | 1981 | New Zealand — 1981 |
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7", 45 RPM, Single
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Fiction Records – 0030.376 | 1981 | — 1981 | |||||
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Primary
7", Single, 45 RPM, Promo, Single Sided
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Fiction Records – 2059 293 | UK | 1981 | UK — 1981 |
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12", 45 RPM, Single
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Stunn – ESP 104 | New Zealand | 1981 | New Zealand — 1981 | ||||
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Primary
7", 45 RPM, Single, Stereo
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Polydor – 2059 293 | Netherlands | 1981 | Netherlands — 1981 |
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Primary
7", 45 RPM, Single
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Fiction Records – 2059 293 | Scandinavia | 1981 | Scandinavia — 1981 |
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Primary
7", 45 RPM, Single, Promo
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Polydor – 2814 262 | 1981 | — 1981 |
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7", Single, 45 RPM
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Fiction Records – 2059 293 | Spain | 1981 | Spain — 1981 |
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Primary
7", Single, 45 RPM
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Fiction Records – 2059 293 | Ireland | 1981 | Ireland — 1981 |
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Primary
7", 45 RPM, Single, Large Hole
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Fiction Records – FICS 12 | UK | 1981 | UK — 1981 |
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Recommendations
Reviews
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referencing Primary (7", 45 RPM, Single) FICS 12
The Scandinavian 7" was pressed in Norway, only a few 100 was made.
Identification is the 710 in the run-out groove used by a pressing plant in Oslo. -
Edited 10 months agoreferencing Primary (12", 45 RPM, Single, Stereo) FICSX 12
The Primary 12 inch version can now be found on this compilation, Jon Savage – Jon Savage's 1980-1982 (The Art Of Things To Come) -
referencing Primary (12", 45 RPM, Single, Stereo) FICSX 12
Collectors should note that this 12" version of Primary has never been reissued on any official format or compilation and is exclusive to this release.
Classic Cure single & a great record obviously. -
referencing Primary (12", 45 RPM, Single, Stereo) FICSX 12
It's a killer track and the extended mix makes it longer. What else is there to know?
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referencing Primary (7", 45 RPM, Single) BFA 014
Some promo copy were issued on a DECCA sleeve with a "demonstration record" sticker on the record label. -
referencing Primary (12", 45 RPM, Single) ESP 104
This image is the Australian Pressing not New Zealand. Give away is light blue shading on the Stunn star burst and Australia is mentioned in label text. -
Edited 15 years agoreferencing Primary (12", 45 RPM, Single, Stereo) FICSX 12
The first ever "extended mix" from The Cure released back in 1981, and a collectors item these days - it will fetch quite a price in good condition, but you'd only really want to get this for the big 12" sleeve artwork. The Cure's later extended mixes and remixes became much more creative, expansive and interesting. What dedicated fan could forget the gorgeous extended New Orleans funeral march brass section inserted into the middle of the 1985 extended remix of Close To Me? And on Mixed Up they devoted a whole album to the art of the remix. But back in 1981 the band was obviously not the least bit interested in the concept of the extended mix and it's telling on this single. The extended mix runs at about 5:50 and the extra time simply consists of the verses with the vocal track deleted, nothing else. It actually makes this snappy little song sound like it's been put on hold, as if Robert went to have a pint and didn't make it back in time to start singing, so that they had to repeat the verse (I wouldn't be surprised if that was actually the case LOL). But then again, I don't think somehow that The Cure were aiming for the local disco floor back in '81.
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