The B-52's – Mesopotamia
Label: |
Island Records – ISSP 4006 |
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Format: |
Vinyl
, LP, Album
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Country: |
UK |
Released: |
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Genre: |
Pop |
Style: |
New Wave |
Tracklist
| A1 | Loveland | 8:33 | |
| A2 | Deep Sleep | 3:29 | |
| A3 | Mesopotamia | 3:52 | |
| B1 | Cake | 7:45 | |
| B2 | Throw That Beat In The Garbage Can | 5:46 | |
| B3 | Nip It In The Bud | 3:31 |
Companies, etc.
- Recorded At – Blank Tape Studios
- Mastered At – Sterling Sound
- Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Island Records Inc.
- Published By – Island Music Ltd.
- Lacquer Cut At – The Sound Clinic
- Pressed By – EMI Records
Credits
- Accordion – Charles Rocket
- Art Direction, Design – Simon Levy
- Coordinator [Coordination] – Gloria Veronica Robinson
- Crew [Live Sound Engineer] – Mo Slotin*
- Crew [Monitors] – Lyle Chernoff
- Crew [Roadie] – Keith Bennett (4)
- Drums – Yogi Horton
- Engineer – Butch Jones
- Guitar, Keyboards, Bass, Organ – Ricky Wilson (3)
- Illustration – Desiree Rohr
- Keyboards, Bass, Drums, Organ, Piano, Marimba, Guitar – Keith Strickland
- Lacquer Cut By – Graeme*
- Management – Gary Kurfirst
- Mastered By – Greg Calbi
- Percussion – Steve Scales
- Producer, Fretless Bass, Synthesizer, Guitar, Percussion – David Byrne
- Saxophone – Roberto Arron*
- Trumpet – David Buck
- Vocals – Fred Schneider
- Vocals, Keyboards, Bass, Organ, Other [Bird Calls] – Kate Pierson
- Written-By – R. Waldrop* (tracks: A2)
Notes
Recorded at Blank Tape Studios. New York, September 1981.
Mastered at Sterling Sound, New York.
Comes with plain black inner sleeve
Loveland, Cake & Throw That Beat In The Garbage Can are all extended remixes of the US versions.
Similar to The B-52's - Mesopotamia except this release has the red mottled design on the labels.
Mastered at Sterling Sound, New York.
Comes with plain black inner sleeve
Loveland, Cake & Throw That Beat In The Garbage Can are all extended remixes of the US versions.
Similar to The B-52's - Mesopotamia except this release has the red mottled design on the labels.
Barcode and Other Identifiers
- Matrix / Runout (A-Side Runout - Variant 1): ISSP 4005 A-3U GRAEME - SOUND CLINIC
- Matrix / Runout (B-Side Runout - Variant 1): ISSP 4006 B-3U GRAEME
- Matrix / Runout (A-Side Runout - Variant 2): ISSP 4006 A-3U 5 1 GRAEME - SOUND CLINIC
- Matrix / Runout (B-Side Runout - Variant 2): ISSP 4006 B-◯3U 4 1 GRAEME -
- Matrix / Runout (A-Side Runout - Variant 3): ISSP 4005 A-3U 4 ‧ ‧ GRAEME - SOUND CLINIC
- Matrix / Runout (B-Side Runout - Variant 3): ISSP 4006 B-31 U 9 GRAEME ∴
- Matrix / Runout (A-Side Runout - Variant 4): ISSP 4006 A-3U 3 1 GRAEME - SOUND CLINIC
- Matrix / Runout (B-Side Runout - Variant 4): ISSP 4006 B-31 U G GRAEME 1
Other Versions (5 of 81)
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Mesopotamia (LP, Mini-Album, Test Pressing, Los Angeles Pressing) | Warner Bros. Records | MINI 3641 | US | 1981 | ||
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Mesopotamia (LP, Mini-Album, Winchester Pressing) | Warner Bros. Records | MINI 3641 | US | 1982 | ||
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Mesopotamia (LP, Mini-Album, Repress) | Island Records | 204 217, 204 217-250 | Europe | 1982 | ||
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Mesopotamia (LP, Album, Stereo) | Island Records | 6313 301 | 1982 | |||
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Mesopotamia (LP, Album) | Island Records | ISSP 4006 | Italy | 1982 |
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I have 2 copies of this record - one that matches everything listed and shown here exactly and the other matches in every way except the label is a flat peach/flesh tone .. meaning it doesn't have the other shades added to look like a rock surface. Just black text over a solid color. A manufacturing error? -
I have what I think is a misprint of this album. Side A runs as listed here, but Side B has the US mixes identical to the ones found on this record: http://discogs.versitio.com/B-52s-Mesopotamia/release/76787
Interestingly the matrix/runout on my record is identical to the one listed here on Side A: ISSP 4005 A-3U GRAEME - SOUND CLINIC, but matrix/runout is somewhat different on Side B. It follows:
Matrix / Runout (B-Side Runout Groove): ILPS 9694 B-1U ISSP 4006
Those two codes are in stencil type one above the other. On another part of the record in a more handwritten font "ILPS 9694-B" is repeated. Even more curious is the fact that the label lists "Times 1.(7:45) 2.(5:46) 3.(3:31)" on Side B. So the label is correct to the catalogue number of this release, but incorrect to the actual vinyl.
All of this is actually quite an annoyance to me since I bought the record specifically because it was the UK pressing and I wanted the extended UK mixes for my collection. While the record does have the 8:33 minute version of "Loveland", it is missing the 7:45 minute version of "Cake" and the 5:46 minute version of "Throw That Beat In The Garbage Can". My copy of the record is particularly clean and is in great shape (VG+) both in of the media and sleeve. I wish it had the right songs!!!
I am curious if anyone else has encountered this misprint and if it would be valuable. I would think not, but one never knows. If someone wants to trade a correct version, I would be happy to as long as it is in the same stellar condition. I would even just trade the record, because I am more than happy with the condition of my sleeve and it does not differ in any way from the standard release.
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