Tom Petty And The HeartbreakersDamn The Torpedoes

Label:

MCA Records – MCA-5105

Format:

Vinyl , LP, Album, Stereo , Pinckneyville Pressing

Country:

US

Released:

Genre:

Rock

Style:

AOR

Tracklist

A1 Refugee 3:21
A2 Here Comes My Girl 4:33
A3 Even The Losers 3:35
A4 Shadow Of A Doubt (A Complex Kid) 4:53
A5 Century City 3:40
B1 Don't Do Me Like That 2:40
B2 You Tell Me
BassDuck Dunn*
4:32
B3 What Are You Doin' In My Life? 3:25
B4 Louisiana Rain 4:46

Companies, etc.

  • Record CompanyMCA Records, Inc.
  • Distributed ByMCA Distributing Corporation
  • Manufactured ByMCA Distributing Corporation
  • Phonographic Copyright ℗Backstreet Records
  • Copyright ©Backstreet Records, Inc.
  • Copyright ©Backstreet Records
  • Pressed ByMCA Pressing Plant, Pinckneyville
  • Published BySkyhill Publishing Co., Inc.
  • Recorded AtSound City Studios
  • Recorded AtCherokee Studios
  • Mixed AtCherokee Studios
  • Mixed AtRecord Plant, N.Y.C.
  • Lacquer Cut AtSterling Sound
  • Mastered AtSterling Sound

Credits

  • Art DirectionTommy Steele (2)
  • DesignStan Evenson Design Inc.
  • Drums, VocalsStan Lynch
  • Electric Bass [Electric Bass Guitar]Ron Blair
  • Engineer [Assistant Engineer]Tori Swenson
  • Engineer [Engineered By]Shelly Yakus
  • Lacquer Cut ByGC*
  • Mastered ByGreg Calbi
  • Photography By [B & W Innersleeve]Aaron Rapoport
  • Photography By [Back Cover]Dennis Callahan
  • Photography By [Color Innersleeve]Lynn Goldsmith
  • Photography By [Front Cover]Glen Christensen
  • Piano, Organ, Harmonium, VocalsBenmont Tench
  • ProducerTom Petty
  • Slide Guitar, Guitar [Six String Guitar], Twelve-String GuitarMike Campbell
  • Twelve-String Guitar, Guitar [Six String Guitar], Lead Vocals, HarmonicaT.P.*
  • Written-ByTom Petty

Notes

Pinckneyville pressing with black "MCA RECORDS" below the Backstreet logo on labels.
Another Pinckneyville pressing exists with "MCA RECORDS" in gold lettering below the Backstreet logo here: Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers - Damn The Torpedoes

Recorded at Sound City, Van Nuys, Ca. and Cherokee Studios, Hollywood, Ca.
Mixed at Cherokee and Record Plant, N.Y.C.
Mastered at Sterling Sound, NYC

Includes custom-printed sturdy inner picture sleeve with album credits on back.

"◈-P-◈" in runouts denotes an MCA Pressing Plant, Pinckneyville, pressing.

© 1979 Backstreet Records, A Division of MCA Records, Inc.
℗ 1979 Backstreet Records, A Division of MCA Records, Inc.
Printed in U.S.A.

On label rim:
© 1979 BACKSTREET RECORDS, INC. MFD & DISTRIB. BY MCA DISTRIB. CORP., 100 UNIVERSAL CITY PLAZA, UNIVERSAL CITY, CA 91608

Labels on spine:
Backstreet / MCA Records

All songs published by Skyhill Publishing Co., Inc. BMI

Some copies with gold promo stamp.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Rights Society: BMI
  • Pressing Plant ID (Stamped in runouts): ◈-P-◈
  • Matrix / Runout (Label A): MCA2015
  • Matrix / Runout (Label B): MCA2016
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout A [Variant 1]): MCA 2015-SS16 ◈-P-◈ STERLING
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout B [Variant 1]): MCA 2016-DJ-SS3 ◈-P-◈ STERLING
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout A [Variant 2]): MCA 2015-SS3 ◈-P-◈|||| STERLING GC.
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout B [Variant 2]): MCA2016-SS16 v v v v v ◈-P-◈| v v STERLING v v v
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout A [Variant 3]): MCA 2015-DJ-SS4 ◈-P-◈| STERLING
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout B [Variant 3]): MCA 2016-DJ-SS3 ◈-P-◈| STERLING
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout A [Variant 4]): MCA 2015-SS3 v v v ◈-P-◈|| v v v v v v STERLING v
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout B [Variant 4]): MCA 23̶016-SS3 v v v ◈-P-◈|| STERLING v
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout A [Variant 5]): MCA·2015-DJ-SS3 ◈-P-◈I̶I̶I̶I̶ III STERLING
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout B [Variant 5]): MCA·2016-DJ-SS4 ◈-P-◈I̶I̶I̶I̶ I STERLING
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout A [Variant 6]): MCA 2015–SS4 ◈-P-◈ STERLING gc
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout B [Variant 6]): MCA 2016–SS4 ◈-P-◈ STERLING gc
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout A [Variant 7]): MCA 2015–SS3 ◈-P-◈ |||| v v v STERLING gc
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout B [Variant 7]): MCA 2016–SS4 ◈-P-◈ I̶I̶I̶I̶ I STERLING gc
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout A [Variant 8]): MCA 2015-SS16 ◈-P-◈ I̶I̶I̶I̶ I STERLING
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout B [Variant 8]): MCA 2016-SS16 v v v v v ◈-P-◈| STERLING v v v

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Title (Format) Label Cat# Country Year
Damn The Torpedoes (LP, Album, Stereo) MCA Records MCF 3044, MCA 5105 UK 1979
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Damn The Torpedoes (LP, Album, Pinckneyville Pressing) Backstreet Records MCA-5105 US 1979
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Damn The Torpedoes (Cassette, Album) Backstreet Records MCAC-1486, MCAC 1486 US 1979
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Damn The Torpedoes (LP, Album, Stereo) MCA Records 1A 062-63391 Netherlands 1979
Damn The Torpedoes (LP, Album) Backstreet Records MCA-5105 Canada 1979

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Reviews

  • jimhb's avatar
    jimhb
    This is a fantastic pressing. Highly recommended, especially if you can get a cheap copy
    • curated_curios's avatar
      curated_curios
      I have this "new" variant Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers - Damn The Torpedoes

      Does that make this a new entry, as the labels are from one, the matrix from another? Or do I add it as a variant of this pressing, despite the plates being from a different pressing?
      • AaronLloyd's avatar
        AaronLloyd
        I have a slightly different variant. Sounds terrific. Quiet and dynamic.
        Runout A: MCA 2015-SS16 ◈-P-◈ STERLING
        Runout B: MCA 2016-SS16 ◈-P-◈ STERLING
        (STERLING marks barely readable, especially on Side A)

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