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The Birthday Party The Friend Catcher
1980 Vinyl
New Wave
Punk

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4AD
bass Tracy Pew
drums Phill Calvert
engineer Tony Cohen
guitar Mick Harvey
guitar Rowland S. Howard
lacquer cut by Mike Brown
producer The Birthday Party
vocals Nick Cave
Phonographic Copyright (p) 4AD
Pressed By WEA Records Pressing Plant, West Drayton
Published By Campbell Connelly & Co.
Published By Beggars Banquet Music
Recorded At Richmond Recorders
Mastered At The Town House
Lacquer Cut At Tape One
Recorded January 1980. A Missing Link Production.
In One Ear And Out The Other
℗ 4 AD 1980
Beggars Banquet Music except B2: Campbell Connelly & Co

Timing printed on labels: A: 4.22 B1: 2.15 B2: 2.27

Three known sleeves: Paper sleeve with small round cut notch (5.7 cm), Cardstock sleeve with small round cut notch (5.7cm) and Cardstock sleeve with distinct large round cut notch (8.8 cm).

Matrix / Runout: AD 12 A (Side A label)
Matrix / Runout: AD 12 B (Side B label)
Matrix / Runout: WEATP TOWNHOUSE AD 12 A1 (Side A runout, variant 1)
Matrix / Runout: AD 12 B-2 TA1PE-MB (Side B runout, variant 1)
Matrix / Runout: AD 12 A1 W7 TOWNHOUSE (Side A runout, etched / stamped, variant 2)
Matrix / Runout: AD 12 B-2 TA1PE-MB. W-6 (Side B runout, etched, variant 2)
Matrix / Runout: AD 12 A1 W - 7 TOWNHOUSE (Side A runout, etched / stamped, variant 3)
Matrix / Runout: AD 12 B-2 TA1PE-MB.W-6 KD (Side B runout, etched, variant 3)
Matrix / Runout: AD 12 A1 W-4 TOWNHOUSE (Side A runout, etched / stamped variant 4)
Matrix / Runout: AD 12 B-2 TA1PE-MB T-P1 (Side B runout, etched, variant 4)
Matrix / Runout: AD 12 A1 W-10 TOWNHOUSE (Side A runout, etched / stamped variant 5)
Matrix / Runout: AD 12 B-2 TA1PE-MB (Side B runout, etched, variant 5)
Matrix / Runout: AD 12 A1 W-2 TOWNHOUSE (Side A runout, etched / stamped variant 6)
Matrix / Runout: AD 12 B-2 TA1PE-MB W-3 (Side B runout, etched, variant 6)



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