"The Orb, U2 - Numb Remix (12", S/Sided, Dubplate)" - is it real?

[George]

This listing has popped up a few times from the same seller, and the claim is that there are only 25 pressed.

The entry at Discogs, https://www.discogs.com/The-Orb-U2-Numb-Remix/release/7560719, was created by the seller of the items (see the history page: https://www.discogs.com/history?release=7560719#latest).  Also, the photos used in the sales are the same ones found on the Discogs site.

Here are some sale pages:
https://www.discogs.com/sell/history/7560719 - #05/25, sold Nov. 7 for £85.00.
https://www.discogs.com/sell/item/315731806 - #08/25, available for £75.00.
[url]http://www.ebay.ca/itm/281908986994[/url - #09/25, sold Jan. 17 for £60.00.
[url]http://www.ebay.ca/itm/281940303658[/url - #15/25, available for £75.00.

This seems highly suspect, although the seller seems to have made many legitimate eBay sales of toys.

Thoughts?

[Aaron]

Look at the discogs link.  It says "Made by Cubefish" - If you click there, it shows the only other example of that credit is an unofficial KLF single both of which list only 25 were pressed.

I'm thinking the source of this may be the radio broadcast that Alex Patterson played the track on back in 2011.  That's why it's just the one mix and not both of the U2 mixes.  He also played the track back in 2001 on Radio 1 on a show called Breezeblock. There was an mp3 of that going around at one point as well.

Anyway I'm not convinced

[Aaron]

www.the180.info is where the radio broadcast is archived.  180.23 should get you there.  It was July 2011. 

[George]

Thanks for the additional info.  I wrote to the seller asking how he had obtained (at least) four copies of the record and he responded telling me he had access to all 25, so yes, it seems to definitely not be something legitimate.