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David Toop's name appears first on the cover, but his tracks occupy side two. Toop's tracks are incorrectly listed in backward order on both cover and label of Island and Polydor editions. The Virgin CD reissue retains the cover and label order, but adjusts the running order of the tracks on the
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whose name appeared at the bottom of the label. These have a catalogue number expressed as "Obscure no. 1" through 7 on the covers, or "OBSCURE-1" etc. on the labels. All albums use the original, mostly black, cover art.
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The first seven albums were issued on the Obscure label in 1975 and 1976, manufactured and distributed in the UK by
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as the artist on the label only, on Island and Polydor editions
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which existed from 1975 to 1978. It was created and curated by
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