The B-52'sPlay Loud

Label:

Island Records – 200 776-320

Format:

Vinyl , LP, Album, Club Edition, Stereo

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Released:

Genre:

Rock

Style:

New Wave

Tracklist

A1 Planet Claire
Written-ByK. Strickland*
4:35
A2 52 Girls
Guitar [2'nd]Kate Pierson
Written-ByR. Wilson*
3:35
A3 Dance This Mess Around
Written-ByThe B-52's
4:35
A4 Rock Lobster
Written-ByR. Wilson*
6:50
B1 Lava
Written-ByThe B-52's
4:55
B2 There's A Moon In The Sky (Called The Moon)
Guitar [2'nd]Cindy Wilson
Written-ByThe B-52's
4:55
B3 Hero Worship
Guitar [2'nd]Kate Pierson
Keyboards [Keyboard Bass]Fred Schneider
Written-ByR. Waldrop*
4:10
B4 6060-842
Written-ByR. Wilson*
2:50
B5 Downtown
Arranged ByK. Pierson*
Written-ByTony Hatch
2:55

Companies, etc.

  • Record CompanyAriola Eurodisc GmbH
  • Distributed ByAriola
  • Phonographic Copyright ℗Island Records
  • Copyright ©Boo-fant Tunes, Inc.
  • Pressed BySonopress
  • Printed ByMohndruck Reinhard Mohn GmbH
  • Recorded AtCom Point Studios

Credits

  • Advisor [Conseilleur]Gary Kurfirst
  • Art DirectionSue Ab Surd
  • Drums, Percussion, Effects [Claire Sounds]Keith Strickland
  • Engineer [Assistant]Cass Rigby
  • Guitar, Effects [Smoke Alarm]Ricky Wilson (3)
  • Hair [Hairdos By]La Verne (2)
  • Photography ByGeorge DuBose
  • ProducerChris Blackwell
  • Producer [Associate], EngineerRobert Ash
  • Vocals, Bongos, TambourineCindy Wilson
  • Vocals, Electronics [Walkie Talkie], Toy PianoFred Schneider
  • Vocals, Organ, Keyboards [Keyboard Bass]Kate Pierson

Notes

Almost identical release to Play Loud except for:
- "Club-Edition" under Island logo on printed inner sleeve
- no embossed Sonopress bass clef on label side B

Different Club-Edition than Play Loud:
- different labels
- different rights society

Produced for Island Records, Inc.
Recorded at Com Point Studios, Nassau, Bahamas
Conseilleur: gary kurfirst 405 park avenue new york city ny 10022 [sic]
Im Ariola-Vertrieb
Printed in Western by Mohndruck Reinhard Mohn GmbH, Gütersloh.

[A4, A2, B1, B3] and [A1] copyright © 1978 Boo-fant Tunes, Inc.
[A3, B2] and [B4] copyright © 1979 Boo-fant Tunes, Inc.
*(This is an imaginary phone number and any similarities to this number are purely coincidental) [B4]

℗ 1979 Island Records
Ariola-Eurodisc GmbH., München

Catalog# on labels: 200 776
Release title on spine and center labels only.

The runouts are stamped except for Ⅱ on side B Variant 1 and on sides A+B Variant 3, which is etched.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Label Code: LC0407
  • Rights Society (Boxed): GEMA
  • Other (Inner sleeve part#): 200 776/96534
  • Other (MC catalog#, back cover): 400 776-352
  • Matrix / Runout (Label side A): S 200 776 A
  • Matrix / Runout (Label side B): S 200 776 B
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 1): 200776 A-1/79S Made in
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, variant 1): 200776 B-1/79S II Made in
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 2): 200776 A-1/79S Made in
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, variant 2): 200776 B-1/79S Made in
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 3): 200776 A-1/79S II Made in
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, variant 3): 200776 B-1/79S II Made in

Other Versions (5 of 216)

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Title (Format) Label Cat# Country Year
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The B-52's (LP, Album, Stereo) Island Records ILPS 9580*, ILPS 9580 UK 1979
The B-52's (LP, Album, Don Mills Pressing) Warner Bros. Records QBS 3355 Canada 1979
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The B-52's (Cassette, Album) Warner Bros. Records M5 3355 US 1979
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The B-52's (LP, Album) Island Records 9123 048 1979
The B-52's (LP, Album, Los Angeles Pressing) Warner Bros. Records BSK 3355 US 1979

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