Art Bears The World As It Is Today
1981 Vinyl
Art Rock
Avantgarde
Prog Rock

Main image
Rē Records
composed by, arranged by Chris Cutler
composed by, arranged by Fred Frith
cover Art Bear IV
design [booklet] Chris Cutler
drums, electronic drums, noises Chris Cutler
engineer Etienne Conod
engineer Robert Vogel
guitar, keyboards, violin, viola Fred Frith
illustration [illustrations] Maggie Thomas
lacquer cut by Gerald Reynolds
vocals [singing] Dagmar Krause
written-by [all titles] Chris Cutler
written-by [all titles] Fred Frith
Phonographic Copyright (p) Rē Records
Copyright (c) Arcades Music
Pressed By Nimbus
Printed By Westerham Press
Engineered At Sunrise Studios
Lacquer Cut At Nimbus
Engineered (& much more) at Sunrise Studio CH 9533 Kirchberg between August 24 & September 7, 1980.
Printed by Westerham Press, Sevenoaks
Cut & pressed by Nimbus, Wyastone Leys Monmouth NPS 25R.

© Arcades 1981
℗ Rē 1981

Includes a small 20-page booklet with lyrics and artwork.

the words in this pamphlet are
not set out in the order in which
they appear on the record, instead
I have laid them out in the 3 groups
in which I conceived them ... CC, ab 1981

A few copies came with a silk-screened bonus 7, Coda To Man & Boy

Durations are not mentioned on release.

Month of release information from Record Collector Magazine April 1994 p.69

Matrix / Runout: Rē 6622-A₂ NRL GR 1 MPKT V SL (Runout etching side A, Variant 1)
Matrix / Runout: Rē 6622-B₁ NRL GR 1 MPKT V SL (Runout etching side B, Variant 1)
Matrix / Runout: NIMBUS ENGLAND (Runout stamp both sides, Variant 1 & 2)
Matrix / Runout: Rē 6622-A₂ NRL GR 1 MPKT V SL 1-1 (Runout etching side A, Variant 2)
Matrix / Runout: Rē 6622-B₁ NRL GR 1 MPKT V SL 1-1 (Runout etching side B, Variant 2)



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