The Pretenders Pretenders
2006 2x CD
New Wave
Pop Rock

Main image
Sire, Real Records, Rhino Records, Warner Strategic Marketing
art direction, design [reissue] Rachel Gutek
bass, vocals Pete Farndon
design [original album design] Kevin Hughes
drums, vocals Martin Chambers
guitar, keyboards, vocals James Honeyman-Scott
guitar, vocals Chrissie Hynde
keyboards [additional], effects [manual] Chris Thomas
liner notes [july 2006] James McNair
management [reissue product manager] Kenny Nemes
tracks 1-1 to 1-9, 1-11, 1-12 mixed by Bill Price
photography by [cover] Chalkie Davies
photography by [other] Des Letts
photography by [other] Pauline Worrall
photography by [other] Tom Sheehan
tracks 1-1 to 1-6, 1-8 to 2-2, 2-6, 2-11 producer [original album] Chris Thomas
recorded by [additional at air studios] Steve Hye
recorded by [wessex studios] Bill Price
reissue producer, supervised by [reissue supervision] Bill Inglot
remastered by Bill Inglot
remastered by Dan Hersch
supervised by [editorial] Vanessa Atkins
tracks 1-1 to 1-4, 1-8, 1-9, 1-11, 1-12, 2-2, 2-3, 2-8, 2-10, 2-13 to 2-15 written-by Chrissie Hynde
Record Company Warner Music Group
Phonographic Copyright (p) Real Records (2)
Phonographic Copyright (p) BBC
Licensed From BBC Music
Phonographic Copyright (p) Rhino Entertainment Company
Copyright (c) Rhino Entertainment Company
Manufactured By Rhino Entertainment Company
Marketed By Rhino Entertainment Company
Recorded At Wessex Sound Studios
Recorded At Air Studios
Mixed At Wessex Sound Studios
Mixed At Air Studios
Recorded At Regents Park Studios
Recorded At Olympic Studios
Recorded At The Paradise, Boston
Recorded At Marquee Club
Remastered At DigiPrep
Glass Mastered At Cinram GmbH
Pressed By Cinram GmbH
Published By EMI Music Publishing Ltd.
Published By EMI April Music Inc.
Published By Jay Boy Music Corp.
Published By Sony / ATV Music Publishing
Three panel gatefold cardboard sleeve.

Album recorded at Wessex Studios, additional recording at Air Studios.
Mixed at Wessex except Brass In Pocket mixed at Air.

Pretenders was originally issued as Sire #6083 (12/27/79)

Bonus disc 2 :
Track 1: B-side of Talk Of The Town [UK] Real/WEA single #ARE-12 (4/80) from Extended Play (1981).
Track 2: B-side of Message Of Love [UK] Real/WEA single #ARE-15 (2/81) from Extended Play (1981).
Track 3: Recorded in London - Late 1977 (previously unissued).
Track 4, 5, 10: Recorded at Regents Park - August 12, 1978 (previously unissued).
Track 6 & 11: B-side of Brass In Pocket [UK] Real/WEA maxi-single #ARE-11 (11/79).
Track 7: Recorded at Air Studios - Februari 6, 1978 (previously unissued)
Track 8: Recorded at Olympic Studios - December 7, 1978 (previously unissued).
Track 9: Recorded at Regents Park - August 12, 1978 - Flexi-single included with May 1981 issue of Flexipop magazine.
Track 12 & 13: Recorded for BBC Radio 1's Kid Jensen Show, First transmission date: July 17, 1979 (previously unissued).
Track 14 & 15: Recorded at the Paradise Theatre, Boston, MA - March 23, 1980 (previously unissued).
Track 16: Recorded at the Marquee Club, London - April 2, 1979 (previously unissued).

All selections ℗ 1979, 1980, 2006 Real Records, except I Need Somebody (live) & Mystery Achievement (live) ℗ 2006 BBC. Released by arrangement with BBC Music.
This reissue ℗ & © 2006 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group company.

Barcode: 081227417826
Label Code: LC 02982
Rights Society: GEMA/BIEM
Matrix / Runout: CD 812274178-2/1 V01 (CD 1)
Matrix / Runout: CD 812274178-2/2 V01 (CD 2)
Mastering SID Code: IFPI L016 (CD 1)
Mould SID Code: IFPI 05R1 (CD 1 and CD 2)



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