Pamphlets

It is also usual from the PolyGram to release pamphlets with review or comments about a record, and given them away to the radio stations and press. At first, some pamphlets were manufactured with a so great quality that shown, clearly, the PolyGram interest on The Cure releases, but after 1987...
Here are all the pamphlets released in Brazil:


Head On The Door
October 1985
This is the first pamphlet, with a very good quality of paper, issued here and, by the way, very nice... On the front, it features the album cover artwork and on the reverse side it features the tracks and a kind of history about The Cure characteristics (no much convicing, once nobody knows much about the group at the time). Such as Concert, The Head On The Door also has gotten a great success in Brazil reaching good sales and being the most important to São Paulo ‘rock scene’ bands in 1985.


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Standing On The Beach
July 1986
On the front, this pamphlets give, abbreviatedly, an account of The Cure carrer and a mention that the PolyGram intend to release all the early records in Brazil (but it doesn't happen!). On the reverse side, it shows the tracks that are on the album and cassette. Unexpectly, all the bonus tracks were also issued on the brazilian cassette version.


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The Top
March 1987
With a excellent quality of paper, this pamphlet features the album sleeve artwork on the front and on the reverse side two pictures and details of the album artwork. It also talks briefly about The Cure early releases, the success in Brazil, the forthcoming release of the album The Top, with some comments about the tracks, and the tour dates in Brazil. The Top were just issued in Brazil at 1987!


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Kiss Me
This nice pamphlet, with good quality of paper, doesn't has the date of the printing (I suppose to be May 1987). On the front it talks about The Cure history and on the reverse side a good album review. Note that this pamphlet has the same Why Can't I Be You? (12”promo) artwork.
Certainly, 1987 has been the last year of good sales in Brazil. After 1987, The Cure was not in the spotlight anymore over here and this fact will reflect on the next releases and pamphlets.


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Disintegration
June 1989
At 1988, with the absence on all brazilian press and radio stations, The Cure was, in some ways of view, ‘forgotten’ in the public memory... Consequently, Disintegration has not gotten a good reputation on the brazilian musical market (once nobody spreaded it!).
This pamphlet, altough doesn't featuring a good quality of paper and printing, has sincere and relevant comments about The Cure characteristics...


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Wish
May 1992
Even if reaching good sales at the time, Wish doesn't had a good pamphlet to spread itself. This features the most boring album review I have ever seen! Also, the quality of the paper is not good.


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Show
November 1993
This pamphlet has the same album artwork and a affectioned review. Curiously, this is the first one to features the names: Fiction and Polydor. Once again, the quality of paper is not good.


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Wild Mood Swings
July 1996
This is a nice pamphlet (and the quality is better this time). On the front, it features a album review and on the reverse side a brief history about The Cure and the Wild Mood Swings cover.


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