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Genre:Funk / Soul, Pop Style:Disco
Tracklist:
A1. Nightflight To Venus 4:46 A2. Rasputin 5:51 A3. Painter Man 3:10 A4. He Was A Steppenwolf 6:51 A5. King Of The Road 2:36 B1. Rivers Of Babylon 4:18 B2. Voodoonight 3:31 B3. Brown Girl In The Ring 4:02 B4. Never Change Lovers In The Middle Of The Night 5:32 B5. Heart Of Gold 4:00
General notes about this release (please note: our version may differ a little. see the comments above):
First cat. # '26 026 XOT' back cover and spine, second cat. # '26 026 OT' on labels and postcards.
This release includes a sheet of five detachable postcards, each with a picture of a band member, respectively of the band. It may not include in all batches of this release.
[Notes concerning this particular album, its various versions, and pressings:
This album came with incorrect tracks' duration, varying from version to version, and from pressing to pressing. There are 4 different versions (editions) of this album.
The most significant difference is the length of 'Nightflight To Venus':
- 1st pressing with 7:11 min
- 2nd pressing with 5:55 min
- 3rd pressing with 4:58 min
- 4th pressing with 4:46 min (as on cover, this release), as the final and most common one. Some versions have no indication of a duration of 4:46 min, but can be recognized by their runout matrix (as here).
The tracks 'Nightflight To Venus' and 'Rasputin' play continuously without interruption (total duration A1+A2= 10:37 min).
[On labels:
℗ 5/1978 and ℗ 5/78
[On back cover:
℗ 4/78
Im Ariola-Vertrieb
Printed in Western Germany
by Mohndruck Reinhard Mohn OHG, Gütersloh
Publishers:
Far-Music (tracks: A1, A2, A4, B1 to B4)
United Artists (track: A3)
Burlington (track: A5)
Blue Mountain (track: B1)
Global (track: B5)
This final, fourth, version of "Nightflight To Venus" was released with various variations. Mainly, inconsistencies related to tracks' duration printed on covers vs. tracks' duration printed on labels, exemplary for the tracks A1 / A2:
- 4:46 / 5:10 vs. 5:15 / 5:51 (on [r=31108484),
- 4:46 / 5:51 vs. 5:15 / 5:10 (on [r=10228713),
- 4:46 / 5:51 vs. 5:55 / 6:03 (this release),
- 5:15 / 5:10 vs. 4:46 / 5:51 (on [r=7051660),
- 5:15 / 5:10 vs. 5:55 / 6:03 (on [r=13845631).
Similar releases with the metalwork done by [l95728 destined to be used at other pressing plants. Identified by the etched ID No. found in runouts:
Release 31108484: etched '05' = [l274031
Release 31108277: etched '047' = [l108193
Release 30539638: etched '049' = [l826122
Barcode and Other Identifiers:
Rights Society GEMA Price Code XOT Label Code LC 0835 Matrix / Runout S 26 026 A Matrix / Runout S 26 026 B Matrix / Runout 26026 A-9/78S II Made in Germany Matrix / Runout 26026 B-13/78S II Made in Germany Matrix / Runout 26026 A-11/78S III Made in Germany Matrix / Runout 26026 B-10/78S II Made in Germany Matrix / Runout 26026 A-11/78S Made in Germany Matrix / Runout 26026 B-14/78S Made in Germany Matrix / Runout Vacant Matrix / Runout Vacant Matrix / Runout Vacant Matrix / Runout Vacant Matrix / Runout 260 26 A-13/78S II Made In Germany Matrix / Runout 260 26 B-10/78S II Made In Germany Matrix / Runout Vacant Matrix / Runout Vacant Matrix / Runout 26 026 A-12/78S Made in Germany Matrix / Runout 26 026 B-11/78S Made in Germany Matrix / Runout Vacant Matrix / Runout Vacant Matrix / Runout 26026 A-9/78S Made In Germany Matrix / Runout 26026 B-16/78S Made In Germany Matrix / Runout 26026 A-13/78S Made in Germany Matrix / Runout 26026 B-14/78S Made in Germany
Record Company Ariola Eurodisc GmbH Distributed By Ariola Printed By Mohndruck Reinhard Mohn OHG Pressed By Sonopress Recorded At Europasound Studios Recorded At Union Studios, Munich Mixed At Europasound Studios Published By FAR Music Published By United Artists (2) Published By Burlington (2) Published By Blue Mountain Published By Global (7)
