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ISLAND RECORDS · 90053-1happy-families-9b9tz9 US · 1982-09-24
A1 — B10
- A1 I Can't Explain 3:59
- A2 Feel Me (Edited) 5:06
- A3 I've Seen The Word 2:51
- A4 Wasted 4:18
- A5 Living On The Ceiling 4:12
- B6 Waves 4:25
- B7 Kind 3:56
- B8 Sad Day 4:05
- B9 Cruel 4:52
- B10 God's Kitchen 2:54
Liner notes
Specialty pressing like [[release:15162198]] but with purple labels (see Images). Specialty Records Corporation denoted by SRC logo in runout. Lacquer Cut By Greg Calbi denoted by baseball (looks like "Ⓗ") etched in runout. Recorded at CBS and Battery studios, London, February / August 1982. A5, B6, B7: remixed at Odyssey Studios [sleeve] Distributed by Atco Records, Division of Atlantic Recording Corporation ℗ © 1982 The Decca Record Company Ltd. *TM Owned by Antilles Communications Ltd. Printed in U.S.A. [labels] ℗ 1982 The Decca Record Company Ltd. Dist. by Atlantic Recording Corp. Published by Cherry Red Music, Ltd., Adm. Ackee Music, Inc. ASCAP Promo copies will have a sticker on the front with Island Records and 90053-1 along with songs and times. Back of jacket will have an embossed gold stamp with ""Lent for Promotional Use …" - not all copies have this stamp/sticker
Personnel
Engineer [At Battery]Andrew Warwick
Engineer [At Battery]Nigel Green
Engineer [At CBS]Mark Chamberlain
Engineer [At CBS]Roberto Arendse
Engineer [At CBS]Walter Samuel
GuitarDavid Rhodes
Lacquer Cut ByGreg Calbi
ManagementJohn Williams [iii]
ManagementPaul Smith [xlviii]
Mastered ByGreg Calbi
Painting [Sleeve Painting By, After]Louis Wain
Painting [Sleeve Painting By]Michael Brownlow
Performer [Blancmange Are]Neil Arthur
Performer [Blancmange Are]Stephen Luscombe
Producer [Produced By]Mike Howlett
Synthesizer [Synthesizers], KeyboardsStephen Luscombe
Voice, Guitar [Guitars], ElectronicsNeil Arthur
Words By, Music ByNeil Arthur
Words By, Music ByStephen Luscombe
Matrix / Runout
Label, Side OneST-IL 825127-SP
Label, Side TwoST-IL-825128-SP
Runout Side A, Etched; STERLING, SRC logo stamped - variant 1STIL 825127-A [SRC Logo] 1-2 STERLING
Runout Side B, Etched; STERLING, SRC logo stamped - variant 1STIL 825128-B 1-1 STERLING Ⓗ [SRC Logo]
Runout Side A, Etched; STERLING, SRC logo stamped - variant 2STIL 825127-A [SRC Logo] 1-2 STERLING Ⓗ
Runout Side B, Etched; STERLING, SRC logo stamped - variant 2STIL 825128-B 1-1 STERLING Ⓗ [SRC Logo]
Runout Side A, Etched; STERLING, SRC logo stamped - variant 3STIL 825127-A [SRC Logo] 1-2 STERLING
Runout Side B, Etched; STERLING, SRC logo stamped - variant 3STIL 825128-C 1-1 STERLING Ⓗ [SRC Logo]
Side A, variant 4STIL 825127-B SRC 1-1 STERLING Ⓗ
Side B, variant 4SRC STIL 825128-C 1-1 STERLING Ⓗ
Rights societyASCAP
Manufacture
Phonographic Copyright (p)The Decca Record Company Limited
Copyright (c)The Decca Record Company Limited
Published ByCherry Red Music Ltd.
Distributed ByAtlantic Recording Corporation
Distributed ByAtco Records
Recorded AtCBS Studios, London
Recorded AtBattery Studios, London
Remixed AtOdyssey Studios
Mastered AtSterling Sound
Pressed BySpecialty Records Corporation
℗ 1982 Island Records
Digr Archive · happy-families-9b9tz9
Digr Archive · happy-families-9b9tz9
Release
BlancmangeHappy Families
- Label
- Island Records
- Cat #
- 90053-1
- Country
- US
- Released
- 1982-09-24
- Genre
- Pop
- Style
- Synth-pop, New Wave
- Format
- Vinyl, LP, Album
- Barcode
- 075679005311
- Rights society
- ASCAP
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