Fracture Issue #15
February/March 2001
A February/March 2001 issue documenting Fracture's publication-stated 5,000-plus circulation context, international DIY distribution, Sheffield straightedge culture, Iraq-sanctions advocacy, reader correspondence and independent-label networks.
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- Fracture
- Condition
- Very Good — handled newsprint ephemera with light creasing and waviness
- Completeness
- Substantial surviving issue; no full page-by-page check
- Date
- February/March 2001
Catalogue note
A February/March 2001 issue documenting Fracture's publication-stated 5,000-plus circulation context, international DIY distribution, Sheffield straightedge culture, Iraq-sanctions advocacy, reader correspondence and independent-label networks.
Why this object matters
The issue’s circulation statement, straightedge reporting, advocacy, correspondence and label network make it a rich original record of how a DIY scene operated. Retain Gold at 9.0, treating circulation as the publication’s own claim rather than an independently audited number.
Evidence limits: No new physical inspection or collation was performed. Copy-specific conclusions remain limited to the retained catalogue and accession evidence.
Score and assessment method
Archive Importance: 9 / 10 · Gold Star.
This is a curatorial judgement, not a measurement accurate to one tenth or a market valuation. Read the explanation and its evidence limits together.
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