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China Crisis Working With Fire And Steel - Possible Pop Songs Volume Two

Their second album and likely their best, this time with oboe. "The Soul Awakening" is probably the greatest slow motion synth-pop tune ever recorded.

Label: Virgin · VL 2273
Pressing: Original 1983, Canada
Market value: CA$17

$15.009% under

China Crisis – Working With Fire And Steel - Possible Pop Songs Volume Two

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Working With Fire And Steel - Possible Pop Songs Volume Two $15.00 · 9% under

The record

Artist: China Crisis
Record: Working With Fire And Steel - Possible Pop Songs Volume Two
Label: Virgin
Released: 1983
Genre: Electronic, Synth-pop
Pressings: One of 61 (this is an original)

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This copy

Hole punch top right, slight wear in the middle of the spine. Minor scuffs throughout side one that don't affect play

Year: 1983
Country: Canada
Catalog #: VL 2273
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album

Two Goldmine grades, one for the record and one for the sleeve, each out of 10. I don't sell anything below a 3.

VG 7/10

Record

Very Good

VG 7/10

Sleeve

Very Good

Demand13% 70 want · 552 have

Rarity15 for sale on Discogs worldwide

Tracklist

A19:06

A1 Working With Fire And Steel3:38
A2 When The Piper Calls4:02
A3 Hanna Hanna3:35
A4 Animals In Jungles3:37
A5 Here Come A Raincloud4:14

B21:49

B1 Wishful Thinking5:16
B2 Tragedy And Mystery4:09
B3 Papua3:36
B4 The Gates Of Door To Door4:16
B5 The Soul Awakening4:32

More listening

Here Comes A Raincloud

How I priced it

CA$15.00 CA$16.50

Low High

Discogs suggests (VG): CA$16.50
A mint copy goes for: CA$28.50
My price: $15.00(-9% vs Discogs)

Last 10 sold

Sold Jun 19, 2026NM/VG+ $8.00
Sold Mar 20, 2026M/NM $30.00
Sold Nov 11, 2025VG/VG+ $5.00
Sold Mar 31, 2025VG+/VG+ $11.20
Sold Feb 17, 2025VG+/NM $6.00
Sold Feb 2, 2025VG/VG+ $8.00
Sold Jan 26, 2025VG+/VG+ $8.85
Sold Aug 17, 2024NM/NM $15.57
Sold Jul 30, 2024VG/VG $13.93
Sold Jan 20, 2024VG+/NM $4.00

Grades read record/sleeve. Filled bar: sold in the same grades as mine (VG/VG). Outlined: one grade matches. Dashed line: my price. Hover a row for the date.

Prices checked Sep 21, 2026 against the exact Discogs pressing. Check me. Photos come from the Discogs entry for this release. Credit or removal on request.

The fine print

Free pickup in Vancouver. Everywhere else in Canada ships by weight.

Shipping & pickup

Pickup in Vancouver is free at any size, and it gets you at the new arrivals first.

Everywhere else in Canada ships by weight, worked out at checkout. Records are heavy, so the shop works in boxes. A box holds 12. A full box ships free anywhere in Canada. So does $250, whichever comes first.

Returns

If a record arrives worse than I graded it, tell me within 14 days. I'll email a Canada Post return label as a QR code. Take the package to any post office. No printer, no cost to you. Store credit for the full amount once it's back.

Otherwise sales are final.

The ritual, before it reaches you

Played first

Every record gets a needle test before it's listed. If it doesn't play clean, it doesn't get posted.

Matrix-matched

The dead-wax runouts are read character by character and matched to the exact Discogs pressing. This one, not one like it.

Graded Goldmine

Record and sleeve graded separately to the Goldmine standard, as honestly as my ears and eyes allow. The grade sets the price.

Washed

Every record runs through the HumminGuru washer. Goat-hair brushes, alcohol-free fluid. It dries on the rack before it's shelved. Dust is not a genre.

Fresh outer

Slipped into a brand-new outer sleeve, so the jacket you get stays the jacket I graded.

Packed apart

Before boxing, the record comes out of the jacket and rides beside it. The old mailer trick that stops seam splits in transit.