arranged by [brass arrangement] SImon Jeffes design concept [cover designs conceived and commissioned by] Group Five engineer John Punter engineer Steve Nye engineer [assisted by] Gerry Leitch engineer [assisted by] Sean Milligan illustration George Smith illustration James Wedge lacquer cut by Porky producer Rupert Hine written-by, composed by Kevin Ayers Phonographic Copyright (p) Island Records Ltd. Pressed By EMI Records Printed By Robor Ltd. Published By Blackhill Music Ltd. Produced For Banana Productions Ltd Recorded At Ramport Studios Recorded At Air Studios Mixed At Air Studios First pressing, with original pink-rim Island labels and laminated sleeve with the masks on the front embossed. Printed card inner sleeve with lyrics on one side and credits on the other side (see images).
Individually-stamped letters and numbers spaced apart from the -2U/-1U matrix number are plate markings. Except that lower letters may indicate earlier plates these have no significance: many combinations exist.
No durations are given on this release.
Rhythm tracks recorded at Ramport Studios, London Recorded and mixed at Air Studios, London
℗ 1974 Island Records Ltd Printed In England By Robor Limited.
Cat. no. ILPS 9263 on rear sleeve, spine and inner sleeve; ILPS.9263 on centre labels. Matrix / Runout: ILPS 9263 A - 2 U A D PORKY (Runout A, variant 1) Matrix / Runout: ILPS 9263 B - 1U R R RUPO · PECKO · MELO (Runout B, variant 1) Matrix / Runout: ILPS 9263 A - 2 U RO PORKY (Runout A, variant 2) Matrix / Runout: ILPS 9263 B - 1U H G RUPO · PECKO · MELO (Runout B, variant 2) Matrix / Runout: LPS 9263 A - 2 U RA PORKY (Runout A, variant 3) Matrix / Runout: ILPS 9263 B - 1U GL RUPO · PECKO · MELO (Runout B, variant 3) Matrix / Runout: ILPS 9263 A - 2 U TR PORKY (Runout A, variant 4) Matrix / Runout: ILPS 9263 B - 1U RO RUPO · PECKO · MELO (Runout B, variant 4)