A: Killing An Arab.
B: 10:15 Saturday Night.
Chris Parry producer
Bill Smith sleeve
15.000 copies were pressed.
In Feb 1979, the single was reissued on Fiction Records (FICS 001) with 15,000 copies as well,
which only differed from the previous edition by the fact that the dripping tap didn't appear
on the back cover anymore...
A: Grinding Halt.
B: Meathook.
1500 copies were pressed.
That record was distributed to promote Three Imaginary Boys and to test
the song
as a potential single.
A: Boys Don't Cry.
B: Plastic Passion.
Chris Parry producer
Bill Smith sleeve
Groove notations :
side a : "But Bill does"
side b : "From the land of 1 000 microphones"
The single was also released in Irland at the same time with same catalog number and
one year later in Spain by Polydor (2059 143). The Spanish promo 7" includes a different cover.
A: Boys Don't Cry.
B: 10:15 Saturday Night.
The New Zealand 7" (Stunn Records -BFAS 001) offers Jumping Someone Else's Train and
Killing An Arab on the B side. That particular record is the only 3-tracks 7" on the Cure's discography.
A: Jumping Someone Else's Train.
B: I'm Cold.
Chris Parry producer
Bill Smith sleeve
Groove notation :
a side : "Two into three is less than one".
Polydor released the single in Italy (2059 189) and in Irland (FICS 005 - no cover).
A: I'm A Cult Hero.
B: I Dig You.
Line up: Robert Smith, Laurence Tolhurst, Simon Gallup, Porl Thompson, Frank Bell,
The Obtainers, Janet Smith, Margaret Smith.
Chris Parry producer
The songs were written for Frank Bell postman, and friend of the band, in Crawley.
The single was released under the name "Cult Hero" (The Cure + Frank Bell on vocals
and family and friends). The New Zealander and Canadian copies invert the sides.
A: 10:15 Saturday Night.
B: Accuracy.
First single of the band in France. The promotional version of this 7" features Foxy Lady
instead of Accuracy on its b side and was distributed without a picture sleeve (Polydor 2814 150).
