Counterfeit Guide
Radiohead — The Bends
Parlophone PCS 7372
Last updated June 4, 2026
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The UK first pressing on Parlophone, catalogue PCS 7372, carries the resuscitation-dummy 'iron lung' cover image. The label is the mid-1990s Parlophone design, and genuine copies show consistent matrix suffixes from UK pressing plants along with the correct heavyweight sleeve and inner bag.
Matrix / Runout
Runout in the style 'PCS 7372 A1' / 'PCS 7372 B1' with stamped plant codes; genuine UK copies carry consistent machine-stamped suffixes.
3 Tells That Reveal a Fake
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Counterfeits reproduce the monochrome dummy-head cover with crushed contrast and soft edges, unlike the crisp original.
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Fakes use the wrong Parlophone label variant or colour for 1995, with blurred small print around the rim.
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Bootleg sleeves are thin and glossy and the runouts omit the period-correct UK plant codes of the era.
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