Obscure Alternatives

Obscure Alternatives

Japan

1978Rock/Pop
New Wave
5 pressings available
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Japan — Obscure Alternatives = [Melody of Anguish] — Ariola Hansa Japan Press
VinylAriola HansaJapan
★★★★★NM / NM
OBIInsertVinylLPAlbumStereo#54656

With Obi & insert. Without massage sheet. Spine has slight tear.

$49.00

Available Pressings

Vinyl, LP x1Ariola HansaVIP-6593, AHA-60031978★★★★★Japan+ OBI, + Insertfrom
$16.00
Sample Image8 photos

Japan — Obscure Alternatives = [Melody of Anguish] — Ariola Hansa Japan Press

45 items in stock

VinylLPAlbumStereo
★★★★★VG+ / NMOBIInsert#604805
$29.00
With Obi and Insert. Disc has scratches.
★★★★★NM / VG+No OBIInsert#60634
$32.00
Without Obi.With Insert.
★★★★★NM / VG+OBIInsert#289864
$39.00
Without Card.With Obi and Insert.Obi and Sleeve have stain.
★★★★★NM / NMNo OBIInsert#284265
$39.00
Without obi and a card.With insert.
★★★★★NM / NMOBIInsert#54656
$49.00
With Obi & insert. Without massage sheet. Spine has slight tear.
★★★★★VG / VG+No OBIInsert#341422
$19.00
No obi. With insert. Disc has scratches. Sleeve and insert has fade.
★★★★★VG+ / VGNo OBIInsert#216233
$20.00
No Obi. With insert. Sleeve has foxing, slight ring wear, edge wear and corner bump. Record has hairline.
★★★★★VG+ / VG+No OBIInsert#360886
$21.00
With Insert(foxing stain). Sleeve has stain, foxing, slight corner dent. wear & ring mark. Record has slight scuff & "P" sticker on side-1 label.
★★★★★VG+ / VGOBI#203237
$21.00
With obi. Including only insert(has slight peeling off). Sleeve has foxing and fade. Record has hairlines.
★★★★★VG / VG+OBIInsert#423689
$22.00
With Obi and Insert.Record has hairline.Sleeve,obi and insert has foxing and fade.
★★★★★VG+ / VG+OBI#77326
$22.00
With obi & fold out lyrics sheet. Sleeve has 3 small sticker on top right corner. Vinyl has hairlines, a KANJI character stamp on side1 label.
★★★★★VG+ / VGOBIInsert#146739
$22.00
Without a card enabling the purchaser to request a copy of japanese sheet record in-store.Withy Obi and Insert.sleeve has some sticker and wrinkle.Obi has sticker and wrinkle.Disc has some hairlinesw.Label has spindle mark.
★★★★★VG+ / VG+OBIInsert#205065
$24.00
With Obi and Insert. Record has hairline and slight scuffs. Obi has some foxing stains.
★★★★★VG / G+No OBIInsert#553719
$16.00
With Insert
★★★★★VG / G+OBIInsert#338236
$18.00
With Obi(slightly splits and has stain) and insert. Disc has scratches and hairlines. Sleeve has stain and tear.
★★★★★VG / VGNo OBIInsert#567146
$19.00
With Insert
★★★★★VG / VGOBIInsert#224110
$21.00
With obi & insert. Sleeve has bent corner. Record has scuffs.
★★★★★VG+ / G+OBIInsert#281182
$21.00
With obi and insert.Record has hairline.Sleeve has damages.Insert has bent.
Tracklist
  • A1. Automatic Gun = オートマティック・ガン
  • A2. . . . . Rhodesia = 熱きローデシア
  • A3. Love Is Infectious = 愛の伝染
  • A4. Sometimes I Feel So Low = 孤独な安らぎ
  • B1. Obscure Alternatives = 苦悩の旋律
  • B2. Deviation = 若き反抗
  • B3. Suburban Berlin = 郊外ベルリン
  • B4. The Tenant = 愛の住人
Notes

1978 Japanese-edition vinyl album + OBI with rainbow labels. This release includes a gatefold lyric insert in English and Japanese.

Initial copies included a card enabling the purchaser to request a copy of 1846628 in-store. The flexi was not supplied by default with the LP.

The Japanese promo release also uses the same catalogue #

[Labels]:

STEREO

VIP-6593

(AHA-6003)

➃

[Spine]:

VIP-6593

[Back of Sleeve]:

VIP-6593

Ⓚ VICTOR MUSICAL INDUSTRIES, INC. ℗ 78

[Inner Photo Sleeve]:

VIP-6593

Special thanks to Anna and Claudine for vocals on Automatic Gun

All titles published by Chadwick Nomis Ltd

Music and lyrics by David Sylvian

All titles © 1978 by Nomis Productions Ltd for all countries

[Obi - front]:

VIP-6593 ¥2,500

[Erratum]:

Track A2 English title:

on the back of the sleeve and page 4 of insert: ".... Rhodesia"

on page 2 of the insert and the label: "......... Rhodesia"

Additional Notes

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Matrix / Runout: AHALH-8007-A (Side A label)
  • Matrix / Runout: AHALH-8007-B (Side B label)
  • Matrix / Runout: 〄Ⓑ AHALH 8007 A Ⓢ 111 ✢✢✢ C (Side A runout, stamped, variant 1)
  • Matrix / Runout: AHALH 8007 B 112 ✢✢✢ (Side B runout, stamped, variant 1)
  • Matrix / Runout: 〄Ⓑ AHALH 8007 A Ⓢ 112 ✢✢✢ D (Side A runout, stamped, variant 2)
  • Matrix / Runout: AHALH 8007 B 112 ✢✢✢ (Side B runout, stamped, variant 2)
  • Matrix / Runout: 〄Ⓑ AHALH 8007 A Ⓢ 112 ✢✢ WA (Side A runout, stamped, variant 3)
  • Matrix / Runout: AHALH 8007 B 111 ✢ (Side B runout, stamped, variant 3)
  • Matrix / Runout: 〄Ⓑ AHALH 8007 A Ⓢ 111 ✢ ẅ Ḃ (Side A runout, stamped, variant 4)
  • Matrix / Runout: AHALH 8007 B 112 ✢✢ (Side B runout, stamped, variant 4)
  • Price Code: ¥2,500 (List price incl. local tax)
  • Other: Ⓚ (Tax code on back of sleeve)
  • Other: ⓸ (Track quantity indentifier on labels)
  • Other: 〄 (Japanese Industrial Standard symbol on side A runout)

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Vinyl, LP x1Ariola HansaVIP-6593, AHA-60031978★★★★★Japan+ OBI, + Insertfrom
$39.00
Sample Image4 photos

Japan — Obscure Alternatives = [Melody of Anguish] — Ariola Hansa Japan Press

2 items in stock

VinylLPAlbumPromoStereo
★★★★★NM / VG+OBIInsert#405149
$66.00
With Obi(wrinkle) and Insert.Sleeve has sticker and stain.
★★★★★VG+ / VG+OBIInsert#150946
$39.00
With obi and insert. Sleeve has scuff, disc has foggy.
Tracklist
  • A1. Automatic Gun = オートマティック・ガン
  • A2. . . . . Rhodesia = 熱きローデシア
  • A3. Love Is Infectious = 愛の伝染
  • A4. Sometimes I Feel So Low = 孤独な安らぎ
  • B1. Obscure Alternatives = 苦悩の旋律
  • B2. Deviation = 若き反抗
  • B3. Suburban Berlin = 郊外ベルリン
  • B4. The Tenant = 愛の住人
Notes

Issued with an obi with 見 本 盤 printed on white labels. This release comes with a gatefold lyric insert, both in English & Japanese.

The regular Japanese release also uses the same catalogue #

[Labels]:

見 本 盤

STEREO

VIP-6593

(AHA-6003)

➃

[Spine]:

VIP-6593

[Back of sleeve]:

VIP-6593

見 本 盤

Ⓚ VICTOR MUSICAL INDUSTRIES, INC. ℗ 78

[Inner photo sleeve]:

VIP-6593

Special thanks to Anna and Claudine for vocals on Automatic Gun

All titles published by Chadwick Nomis Ltd

Music and lyrics by David Sylvian

All titles © 1978 by Nomis Productions Ltd for all countries

[Obi - Front]:

VIP-6593 ¥2,500

Additional Notes

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Matrix / Runout: AHALH-8007-A (Side A label)
  • Matrix / Runout: AHALH-8007-B (Side B label)
  • Matrix / Runout: 〄Ⓑ AHALH 8007 A Ⓢ 111 ✢ (Side A runout, stamped)
  • Matrix / Runout: AHALH 8007 B 112 ✢ (Side B runout, stamped)
  • Price Code: ¥2,500
  • Other: ⓸ (Side A label, track quantity identifier)
  • Other: ⓸ (Side B label, track quantity identifier)

Data provided by Discogs — View on Discogs

Vinyl, LP x1Ariola Records AmericaSW-50047, SW 500471978★★★★★US+ Insert, + Inner Sleevefrom
$9.00
Sample Image6 photos

Japan — Obscure Alternatives — Ariola Records America, Hansa Records US Press

9 items in stock

VinylLPAlbum
★★★★★VG+ / VG#622339
$12.00
★★★★★G+ / VG#339630
$10.00
Cover : wrinkle, ring wear, edge wear. vinyl : many scratches, play is well but there is noise.
★★★★★VG / VG#341966
$11.00
With Inner asleeve.(wrinkle, crease) Record has scuffs and foggy, cloudy marks over all. Sleeve has  faded and a bumped corner, seam split, some wrinkle.
★★★★★G+ / VGInsert#505701
$11.00
With Insert
★★★★★G+ / VG+#274280
$11.00
cover has wrinkle, bent corner. vinyl has many scratches, but plays well.
★★★★★VG / VGInner Sleeve#571204
$12.00
With Inner Sleeve
★★★★★G+ / G+Inner Sleeve#379086
$9.00
With Inner Sleeve
★★★★★G+ / G+#193476
$9.00
Sleeve has wrinkle, tape, scuff and bumped corner. The disc is cloudy overall and you can hear noise.
Tracklist
  • A1. Sometimes I Feel So Low
  • A2. Automatic Gun
  • A3. . . . . Rhodesia
  • A4. Love Is Infectious
  • B1. Obscure Alternatives
  • B2. Deviation
  • B3. Suburban Berlin
  • B4. The Tenant
Notes

I S in the runouts indicate a pressing by Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Santa Maria. Not to be confused with 12291975, which has T1 in the runouts, that points it was pressed by a different pressing plant in the US; Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Terre Haute

℗ 1978 Ariola America, Inc., Beverly Hills, CA 90211

© ℗ 1978 Ariola America Inc., Beverly Hills, CA 90211

All titles published by Chadwick Nomis Ltd.

This has a different track order than the UK release and uses a red instead of a blue logo on the sleeve. It was released nearly two months before the rest of the world to tie in with the band's only US tour.

Additional Notes

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Matrix / Runout: SW-1-50057 (Side A label)
  • Matrix / Runout: SW-2-50057 (Side B label)
  • Matrix / Runout: I S SW-50047-A 1B KENDUN-D 𝑓 A8 (Side A runout, etched, stamped)
  • Matrix / Runout: I S SW-50047-B 1A KENDUN-D 𝑓 A (Side B runout, etched, stamped)

Data provided by Discogs — View on Discogs

Vinyl, LP x1Ariola HansaAHALH 80071978★★★★★UK+ Inner Sleevefrom
$15.00
Sample Image6 photos

Japan — Obscure Alternatives — Ariola Hansa UK Press

1 item in stock

VinylLPAlbumStereo
★★★★★VG+ / G+Inner Sleeve#182343
$15.00
With inner sleeve. Sleeve has tear, scuff, wrinkle, stain and bumped corner. Inner sleeve has wrinkle. Disc has hairline.
Tracklist
  • A1. Automatic Gun
  • A2. . . . . Rhodesia
  • A3. Love Is Infectious
  • A4. Sometimes I Feel So Low
  • B1. Obscure Alternatives
  • B2. Deviation
  • B3. Suburban Berlin
  • B4. The Tenant
Notes

℗ 1978 Ariola Hansa Records

All titles © 1978 Nomis Productions Ltd. for all countries.

Made in England

Manufactured and Distributed by Pye Records. All titles published by Chadwick Nomis Ltd.. Special thanks to Anna and Claudine for vocals on Automatic Gun.

Original vinyl copies released in the UK and Europe included an inner sleeve showing the group recording the album. There were two plants for this release in the UK: Utopia Studios & Damont, both manufactured with rainbow paper labels. Another was pressed in Germany with black/silver labels but used a thinner quality vinyl. All three pressings use the same catalogue, # AHALH 8007.

This submission refers to AHALH 8007, lacquer cut at Utopia Studios, in the UK, with rainbow labels. The other two can be reviewed here:

*

*

David Sylvian is credited as a composer in different ways:

* Vinyl labels: All works composed by D. Sylvian

* Inner photo sleeve (Group): All titles written and composed by David Sylvian

* Inner photo sleeve (Individual): Music and Lyrics by David Sylvian

Additional Notes

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Matrix / Runout: †AHALH 8007-A† (Side A label)
  • Matrix / Runout: †AHALH 8007-B† (Side B label)
  • Matrix / Runout: F Ʊ AHALH 8007 A2 ― (Side A runout, etched)
  • Matrix / Runout: N Ʊ AHAL 8007 B1 ― (Side B runout, etched)

Data provided by Discogs — View on Discogs

Vinyl, LP x1Ariola Records AmericaSW-50047, SW 500471978★★★★★USfrom
$13.00
Sample Image

Japan — Obscure Alternatives — Ariola Records America, Hansa Records US Press

1 item in stock

VinylLPAlbum
★★★★★VG / VG#278313
$13.00
Record: slightly warped, lines, noise, scratches, scuff, stains, spindle marks. Cover: soft ring wear, corner bump, corner slightly bent, scratches, stains, foxing inside, signs of use.
Tracklist
  • A1. Sometimes I Feel So Low
  • A2. Automatic Gun
  • A3. . . . . Rhodesia
  • A4. Love Is Infectious
  • B1. Obscure Alternatives
  • B2. Deviation
  • B3. Suburban Berlin
  • B4. The Tenant
Notes

T1 in the runouts indicate a pressing by Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Terre Haute. Not to be confused with 1545400, which has I S in the runouts, that points it was pressed by a different pressing plant in the US; Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Santa Maria

℗ 1978 Ariola America, Inc., Beverly Hills, CA 90211

© ℗ 1978 Ariola America Inc., Beverly Hills, CA 90211

All titles published by Chadwick Nomis Ltd.

[ERRATUM]:

Track A3 . . . . Rhodesia Is printed as Rhodesia on the label and, . . . . Rhodesia on the back of the sleeve.

This has a different track order than the UK release and uses a red instead of a blue logo on the sleeve. It was released nearly two months before the rest of the world to tie in with the band's only US tour.

Additional Notes

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Matrix / Runout: SW-1-50057 (Side A label)
  • Matrix / Runout: SW-2-50057 (Side B label)
  • Matrix / Runout: T1 SW-50047-A 3 KENDUN-B (Side A runout, etched, stamped, variant 1)
  • Matrix / Runout: T1 SW-50047-B 3 KENDUN-A (Side B runout, etched, stamped, variant 1)
  • Matrix / Runout: T1 SW-50047-A T KENDUN-D 𝑓 (Side A runout, etched, stamped, variant 2)
  • Matrix / Runout: T1 SW-50047-B KENDUN-D 𝑓 (Side B runout, etched, stamped, variant 2)

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Styles

New Wave
New Wave