Exceptional white label pressings of The Cure’s albums are likely up for auction

Unusual white label signed pressings of a collection of The Remedy‘s albums are established to go up for auction.

The LPs, which will go underneath the hammer in Manchester on June 7 in aid of the BRIT Rely on charity, consist of the band’s albums ‘Disintegration’, ‘Pornography’, ‘Seventeen Seconds’, ‘Head On The Door’ and ‘Acoustic Hits’. You can look at photos of the signed copies by frontman Robert Smith below.

White label signed pressings of Ronnie James Dio‘s album ‘Holy Diver’, Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dim‘s self titled album and ‘Souvenir’ and Magazine’s ‘Correct Use Of Soap’ are also becoming sold off by Omega Auctions.

The White Label Auction – first staged in Oct 2019 – will also see even more scarce test pressings from the likes of Coldplay, Biffy Clyro, Foals, Charli XCX, Iron Maiden, The Who and a lot of additional likely underneath the hammer.

Dan Hampson, auction supervisor of Omega Auctions, said: “We’ve seen a sustained increase in charges compensated for equally vinyl and tunes memorabilia in the past couple a long time which displays no indicator of slowing down so this sale comes alongside at a perfect time for us.

“The reality that the products come directly from the label, the shortage of the white labels and also that quite a few of the data are signed has meant that we have witnessed some great prices accomplished in 2019 and in 2021 and we surely count on to see the whole elevated for charity to be a history this 12 months.”

Johnny Chandler, who devised the concept of the White Label Auction, additional: “Interest in the auction has developed markedly in excess of the earlier two successful editions, and this calendar year we have even far more scarce check pressings to tempt bidders, together with for the initial time 7” singles, which we hope will assist us established a new document for the total we raise in help of The BRIT Trust.

“Huge thanks need to go to all the artists and artist administration groups, the document labels and colleagues who’ve dug deep yet again this year and donated so generously with very collectible recordings drawn from all eras and genres of new music.”

Smith a short while ago gave NME the lowdown on The Cure’s very long-awaited new album options at the BandLab NME Awards.

“So I have been performing on two Overcome albums, and one of them is finished,” Smith reported soon after he picked up the Very best Track In The Uk Award for his Chvrches collaboration ‘How Not To Drown’. “Unfortunately, it’s the 2nd just one which is completed. [On the other] I have received to do four vocals, and there are 10 music on just about every album. We’re mixing subsequent thirty day period on April 1, so I have got 3 months left.”

Requested about the audio of the impending records, Smith revealed: “Well the to start with Treatment album is relentless doom and gloom. It is the doomiest matter that we have ever performed. The next 1 is upbeat, and my [solo] 1 will not be out right until following 12 months.