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Derek Riggs' original 1982 cover art printed the sky behind Eddie and the Devil in blue — a printer's error not corrected to black until the 1998 CD remaster.
Attraction / Desire
Turn crate-digging into detective work.
This isn't trivia for its own sake: it's a real, checkable detail that turns flipping through a record bin into detective work. The blue-tinted sky behind Eddie and the Devil sat uncorrected for over fifteen years — not fixed to black until the 1998 CD remaster — so the print run itself becomes a timeline.
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True first pressings carry UK catalogue EMC 3400 or US Harvest/Capitol ST-12202 alongside the blue-tinted sky.
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The error persisted through the original vinyl print run for over fifteen years before correction.
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Collectors are asked to check sleeve, matrix runout, and post photos of their findings in the Fan Zone thread.
Inspect the sky region
Use the cover-art callout above as your first visual reference: the question is whether the sky behind Eddie and the Devil reads blue on the sleeve.
Sleeve firstNo invented color
Match the catalogue number
Do not stop at the artwork. Check whether the copy carries the documented first-pressing identifiers named in the campaign facts.
UK EMC 3400US ST-12202
Post the evidence trail
Share the sleeve photo and runout/matrix notes in the Fan Zone so the community can compare what is turning up in real crates.
SleeveMatrixFan Zone
“Is your copy the one with the error, or a later correction?”Collector challenge hook
Why this upgrade matters
Evidence beats decoration.
The cover stays the dominant visual object, but the page now gives readers a clearer participation path: inspect the real sleeve, verify identifiers, then share the result. The motion stays restrained — a scanning sweep and reveal pacing — so the page feels like collector-reference material rather than a generic metal poster.
Subscribe / Participate
Check your sleeve and share it in the Fan Zone.
Open the full catalogue reference for the album background, then post what you find: sleeve image, catalogue number, matrix/runout detail, and whether the sky matches the first-pressing error.