backing vocals Maggie Reilly bass Tony James design [sleeve designed by] Andrew Eldritch design [sleeve designed by] Tony James drums Doktor Avalanche engineer [additional] Andrew Eldritch engineer [additional] Peter One guitar Andreas Bruhn guitar Tim Bricheno guitar, guest [special guest] John Perry management [business affairs] Boyd Steemson tracks a4, b1, b2 mixed by Chris Lord-Alge tracks a1 to a3, b3, b4 mixed by Steve Rinkoff overdubbed by Steve Rinkoff photography by Marcus Tomlinson tracks a1 to b2, b4 producer Andrew Eldritch recorded by Mark Freegard recorded by [assisted by] Peter One sleeve [executed by] Stylorouge vocals, guitar Andrew Eldritch Record Company Time Warner Produced For Merciful Release Phonographic Copyright (p) WEA Records Ltd. Copyright (c) WEA Records Ltd. Pressed By Record Service Alsdorf Published By EMI Music Publishing Ltd. Published By Eldritch Boulevard Ltd. Published By Lost Boys Music Published By Rightsong Music, Inc. Recorded At Puk Recording Studios Mastered At The Exchange Gloss sleeve. Released with a printed inner sleeve of top opening paper with a light gloss finish. The spine text is repeated at the top edge. At the sleeve reverse lower right is a debossed Warner logo.
Recorded for 140dB at Puk, Denmark. Produced for Merciful Release. Direct Metal Mastering done at The Exchange.
Lyrics reproduced by kind permission of EMI Music Publishing Ltd. / Eldritch Boulevard Ltd. except B3, EMI Music Publishing Ltd. / Eldritch Boulevard Ltd. / Lost Boys Music / Rightsong Music, Inc.
Merciful Release cat# appears as 'MR449 L' on label, 'MR449L' on rear and inner sleeves.
Variant 1: Runouts are stamped except side A: 'THE EXCHANGE D.M.M.' and side B: '8', which are etched. Variant 9: Runouts are stamped except side A: 'THE EXCHANGE D.M.M. 5' and side B: '9', which are etched. Variant 10: Runouts are stamped except side A: 'THE EXCHANGE D.M.M. 81' and side B: '32', which are etched. Variant 11: Runouts are stamped except side A: 'THE EXCHANGE D.M.M. 35' and side B: '26', which are etched. Barcode: 0 9031-72663-1 2 (Printed) Barcode: 090317266312 (UP-A, Scanned) Barcode: 0090317266312 (EAN-Code, Scanned) Label Code: LC 1557 Rights Society: GEMA/BIEM (Boxed) Price Code: FRANCE: WE 391 Price Code: Ⓤ Matrix / Runout: R/S Alsdorf 903 172663-1-A THE EXCHANGE D.M.M. (Runout side A, variant 1) Matrix / Runout: R/S Alsdorf 903 172663-1-B 8 (Runout side B, variant 1) Matrix / Runout: R/S Alsdorf 903 172663-1-A xxxx THE EXCHANGE D.M.M. 46 (Runout side A (stamped + etched), variant 2) Matrix / Runout: R/S Alsdorf 903 172663-1-B xxxx 22 (Runout side B (stamped + etched), variant 2) Matrix / Runout: R/S Alsdorf 903 172663-1-A x x THE EXCHANGE D.M.M. 9 (Runout side A (stamped + etched), variant 3) Matrix / Runout: R/S Alsdorf 903 172663-1-B x x x 7 (Runout side B (stamped + etched), variant 3) Matrix / Runout: R/S Alsdorf 903 172663-1-A THE EXCHANGE D.M.M. 8 (Runout side A (stamped + etched), variant 4) Matrix / Runout: R/S Alsdorf 903 172663-1-B xxx 46 (Runout side B (stamped + etched), variant 4) Matrix / Runout: R / S Alsdorf 903 172663-1-A THE EXCHANGE DMM (Runout side A (stamped + etched), variant 5) Matrix / Runout: R / S Alsdorf 903 172663-1-Bx 21 (Runout side B (stamped + etched), variant 5) Matrix / Runout: R/S Alsdorf 903 172663-1-A xxxx THE EXCHANGE D.M.M. 48 (Runout side A (stamped + etched), variant 6) Matrix / Runout: R/S Alsdorf 903 172663-1-B xxxx 26 (Runout side B (stamped + etched), variant 6) Matrix / Runout: R/S Alsdorf 903 172663-1-A xxxx THE EXCHANGE D.M.M. 28 (Runout side A (stamped + etched), variant 7) Matrix / Runout: R/S Alsdorf 903 172663-1-B xxxx 6 (Runout side B (stamped + etched), variant 7) Matrix / Runout: R/S Alsdorf 903 172663-1-A THE EXCHANGE D.M.M. 12 (Runout side A (stamped + etched), variant 8) Matrix / Runout: R/S Alsdorf 903 172663-1-B 15 (Runout side B (stamped + etched), variant 8) Matrix / Runout: R/S Alsdorf 903 172663-1-A THE EXCHANGE D.M.M. 5 (Runout side A, variant 9) Matrix / Runout: R/S Alsdorf 903 172663-1-B 9 (Runout side B, variant 9) Matrix / Runout: R/S Alsdorf 903 172663-1-Ax THE EXCHANGE D.M.M. 81 (Runout side A, variant 10) Matrix / Runout: R/S Alsdorf 903 172663-1-B 32 (Runout side B, variant 10) Matrix / Runout: R/S Alsdorf 903 172663-1-A THE EXCHANGE D.M.M. 35 (Runout side A, variant 11) Matrix / Runout: R/S Alsdorf 903 172663-1-B 26 (Runout side B, variant 11)