The Crackdown coverVIRGIN · CV 1
the-crackdown-13bda3x UK · 1983-08-00
Cover Art Archive
A1 — B5
  1. A1 24-24 5:56
  2. A2 In The Shadows 4:33
  3. A3 Talking Time 5:22
  4. A4 Animation 5:33
  5. B1 Over And Over 4:26
  6. B2 Just Fascination 4:05
  7. B3 Why Kill Time (When You Can Kill Yourself) 3:50
  8. B4 Haiti 3:20
  9. B5 Crackdown 6:25
Liner notes

CV1 standard LP issue. Not to be confused with a visually similar CV1 repress listed below. Comes with a printed inner sleeve. Track times do not appear on release. Limited first edition LP+EP issue is [here](/release/111674). OVED reissue is [here](/release/676529). CV1 repress/reissue of OVED release is [here](/release/12247667). Recorded and mixed at Trident Studios, December 1982. With thanks to [Stevo](/artist/463629) for support and encouragement, Jane, Marion, Stuart. ℗1983 Virgin Records Ltd ©1983 Virgin Records Ltd Track durations are not printed on the release.

Personnel
Drums, PercussionAlan Fisch
Engineer [Engineered By]Flood
Illustration [Illustrations By]Phil Barnes [ii]
Keyboards, Drum Programming [Rhythm Programmes], Tape [Tapes]Dave Ball
Mastered By [Cut]George Peckham
Producer [Produced By]Cabaret Voltaire
Producer [Produced By]Flood
Synthesizer [Synthesisers], Sequencer [Sequencers], Guitar, Clarinet, Saxophone [Saxaphone], Shakuhachi [Shakahachi], Grand PianoRichard H. Kirk
Typography, Layout [Placement]Ken Prust
Typography, Layout [Placement]Neville Brody
Vocals, Bass, Trumpet, Grand PianoStephen Mallinder
Written-ByRichard H. Kirk
Written-ByStephen Mallinder
Matrix / Runout
Side A runout, variant 1CV 1 A-2U-1-2̸1-2 WESTERN WORKS -2- A PORKY PRIME CUT
Side B runout, variant 1CV 1 B-2U-1-2- A PORKY PRIME CUT
Side A runout, variant 3CV 1 A-2U-1-2̸1-1 A PORKY PRIME CUT WESTERN WORKS •2•
Side B runout, variant 3CV 1 B-2U-1-2-10 A PORKY PRIME CUT
Manufacture
Licensed FromSome Bizzare
Phonographic Copyright (p)Virgin Records Ltd.
Copyright (c)Virgin Records Ltd.
Published ByCopyright Control
Recorded AtTrident Studios
Mixed AtTrident Studios
Mastered AtPortland Studios
Pressed ByEMI Records
℗ 1983 Virgin
Digr Archive · the-crackdown-13bda3x
Release UK · 1983-08-00 · Vinyl, LP, Album, Partially Mixed
Cabaret Voltaire

The Crackdown

Label
Virgin
Cat #
CV 1
Country
UK
Released
1983-08-00
Style
Abstract, Industrial
Format
Vinyl, LP, Album, Partially Mixed
Main release of The Crackdown — master
Filed under Experimental & Avant-GardeAbstractElectronic1980s
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