Blancmange Happy Families
1982 Vinyl Specialty Pressing
Synth-pop
New Wave

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Island Records, Island Records
engineer [at battery] Andrew Warwick
engineer [at battery] Nigel Green
engineer [at cbs] Mark Chamberlain
engineer [at cbs] Roberto Arendse
engineer [at cbs] Walter Samuel
tracks a1, a2, a4, b7, b9, b10 guitar David Rhodes
lacquer cut by Greg Calbi
management John Williams
management Paul Smith
mastered by Greg Calbi
painting [sleeve painting by, after] Louis Wain
painting [sleeve painting by] Michael Brownlow
performer [blancmange are] Neil Arthur
performer [blancmange are] Stephen Luscombe
producer [produced by] Mike Howlett
synthesizer [synthesizers], keyboards Stephen Luscombe
voice, guitar [guitars], electronics Neil Arthur
words by, music by Neil Arthur
words by, music by Stephen Luscombe
Phonographic Copyright (p) The Decca Record Company Limited
Copyright (c) The Decca Record Company Limited
Published By Cherry Red Music Ltd.
Distributed By Atlantic Recording Corporation
Distributed By Atco Records
Recorded At CBS Studios, London
Recorded At Battery Studios, London
Remixed At Odyssey Studios
Mastered At Sterling Sound
Pressed By Specialty Records Corporation
Specialty pressing like Happy Families but with purple labels (see Images).

Specialty Records Corporation denoted by SRC logo in runout.

Lacquer Cut By Greg Calbi denoted by baseball (looks like Ⓗ) etched in runout.

Recorded at CBS and Battery studios, London, February / August 1982.
A5, B6, B7: remixed at Odyssey Studios

[sleeve]
Distributed by Atco Records, Division of Atlantic Recording Corporation
℗ © 1982 The Decca Record Company Ltd.
*TM Owned by Antilles Communications Ltd.
Printed in U.S.A.

[labels]
℗ 1982 The Decca Record Company Ltd.
Dist. by Atlantic Recording Corp.

Published by Cherry Red Music, Ltd., Adm. Ackee Music, Inc. ASCAP

Promo copies will have a sticker on the front with Island Records and 90053-1 along with songs and times. Back of jacket will have an embossed gold stamp with Lent for Promotional Use … - not all copies have this stamp/sticker
Barcode: 0 7567-90053-1 (Text)
Barcode: 075679005311 (Scan)
Other: 7 90053-1 (Catalog #, Spine)
Matrix / Runout: ST-IL 825127-SP (Label, Side One)
Matrix / Runout: ST-IL-825128-SP (Label, Side Two)
Rights Society: ASCAP
Matrix / Runout: STIL 825127-A [SRC Logo] 1-2 STERLING (Runout Side A, Etched; STERLING, SRC logo stamped - variant 1)
Matrix / Runout: STIL 825128-B 1-1 STERLING Ⓗ [SRC Logo] (Runout Side B, Etched; STERLING, SRC logo stamped - variant 1)
Matrix / Runout: STIL 825127-A [SRC Logo] 1-2 STERLING Ⓗ (Runout Side A, Etched; STERLING, SRC logo stamped - variant 2)
Matrix / Runout: STIL 825128-B 1-1 STERLING Ⓗ [SRC Logo] (Runout Side B, Etched; STERLING, SRC logo stamped - variant 2)
Matrix / Runout: STIL 825127-A [SRC Logo] 1-2 STERLING (Runout Side A, Etched; STERLING, SRC logo stamped - variant 3)
Matrix / Runout: STIL 825128-C 1-1 STERLING Ⓗ [SRC Logo] (Runout Side B, Etched; STERLING, SRC logo stamped - variant 3)
Matrix / Runout: STIL 825127-B SRC 1-1 STERLING Ⓗ (Side A, variant 4)
Matrix / Runout: SRC STIL 825128-C 1-1 STERLING Ⓗ (Side B, variant 4)



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