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Genre:Electronic, Rock Style:Art Rock, Ambient, Experimental
Tracklist:
A1. Speed Of Life A2. Breaking Glass A3. What In The World A4. Sound And Vision A5. Always Crashing In The Same Car A6. Be My Wife A7. A New Career In A New Town B1. Warszawa B2. Art Decade B3. Weeping Wall B4. Subterraneans
General notes about this release (please note: our version may differ a little. see the comments above):
Issued with a 12" paper insert with credits; most copies with an orange sticker with the track list on rear cover.
Published by:
A1 to A6, B4 Bewlay Bros. S.A.R.L./Fleur Music.
B1 Bewlay Bros. S.A.R.L./Fleur Music/E.G. Music Ltd.
A7, B2, B3 Bewlay Bros. S.A.R.L./Chrysalis Music Ltd./Fleur Music.
Recorded at The Chateau and Hansa By The Wall.
Mixed at Hansa By The Wall.
Cover photo from 'The Man Who Fell to Earth', a Cinema 5 release.
RCA on sleeve, RCA Victor on labels. (CPL1 2030) appears as reference on labels only.
Initial copies included a small black and white pamphlet advertising the official David Bowie Fan Club and back catalogue.
Generic white die-cut inner sleeve of the Variant 1 shows printer run date 12/76. Copies also exist with printer run date of 11-76 upon initial release.
Variant 19, 27 and 32 has an inner sleeve date 2-77.
NB. The sticker shown in the photos here "Featuring the hit single Sound and Vision", would not have appeared on initial copies and not until at least later in February when the single was released and charted in the UK.
The two different fonts used for catalogue numbers on the fan club leaflet is due to RCA England using a US original leaflet as the basis - UK catalogue numbers which differ from the US numbers are shown in a different font to those where the US and UK catalogue numbers are the same (see the leaflet image of [r=59734).
Less noticeable is the rescan (of the US cover) in the very top RH corner - the area where the US catalogue number appeared has been "shaded in". There is the faint outline of a rectangular section where this has been performed.
Runouts are etched except STERLING. Many of the letters/numbers are scratched out.
Phonographic Copyright (p) RCA Records Copyright (c) RCA Limited, Record Division, England Manufactured By RCA Ltd. Published By Bewlay Bros. S.A.R.L. Published By Fleur Music Published By E.G. Music Ltd. Published By Chrysalis Music Ltd. Printed By Garrodprint Ltd. Made By Garrodprint Ltd. Recorded At Le Château D'Hérouville Recorded At Hansa Tonstudios Mixed At Hansa Tonstudios Lacquer Cut At Sterling Sound Pressed By RCA Records Pressing Plant, Washington, UK