Blue Valentine

Gatefold Cover, Includes black and white insert with Japanese lyrics. Warner-Pioneer Corporation catalog number at the spine and insert. Asylum Records logo and catalog number at the back cover.

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Catalog# AS 53 088 on spine and rear sleeve. Catalog# K 53 088 on labels. Catalog# 6E-162 in brackets on spine and rear sleeve. White labels with black lettering and small balancing 'E' logo on top. ------------------------ Production & sound by Bones Howe A.B.H. Production. Recorded to 2-track tape at Filmways/Heider. Recording, Hollywood, California on July 24, 25, & August 10, 17, 23, & 26, 1978. Mastered at Elektra Sound Recorders, Hollywood, Calif. Thanks to MOJO for a great guitar and a great bottle of wine. Chuck E. Weiss for his support and encouragement. Louis "The Mug" Lista, Dee Barnett, Diane "Steal That Black Jockey Off The Lawn" Quinn, Mary Simon - Custom Car Painting and Design on the Thunderbird. Harold Battiste for his patience. Bones, Howe did we do it?

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode: 0 7559-60336-1 (Text)
• Barcode: 075596033619 (Scanned)
• Matrix / Runout: R/S Alsdorf 755 960336-1-A4 30 (Runout side A, stamped [30 etched])
• Matrix / Runout: R/S Alsdorf 755 960336-1-B3 41 (Runout side B, stamped [41 etched])
• Rights Society: GEMA/Biem
• Label Code: LC 2648 (On sleeve)
• Label Code: LC 0192 (On labels)
• Price Code: WE 321 (France)
• Price Code: Ⓤ (Germany)
• Other: 6E-162 (US cat# in brackets)

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Issued in a semi-glossy gatefold cover without barcode, usually including a WEA catalog insert.

Cloud label design with two rows of perimeter text, GEMA/Biem and cat# K 53 088

The R/S Alsdorf credit from the runouts was introduced in 1981, so earlier dates are not possible.

Matrix and STRAWBERRY (G) .. are stamped in the runout area with additional numbering etched.

Side A: Lacquer cut at Tonstudio Pfanz

Side B: Mastered at Strawberry Mastering

Different versions of AS 53 088:

-This one- : Label Cat#: K 53 088 | Label Design: Clouds | Rights Society: GEMA/Biem | Barcode: no | Made in Germany

Sleeve:

A B.H. Production

℗ & © 1978 Elektra/Asylum Records

A Division Of Warner Communications Inc.

Made in Germany by WEA Musik GmbH

Labels:

All titles published by Warner Bros. Music Ltd. except title A1 published by Chappell & Co. Ltd.

℗ 1978 Asylum Records

Made in Germany by WEA Musik GmbH A Warner Communications Company

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode: none
• Label Code: LC 2648
• Rights Society: GEMA/Biem (Boxed)
• Price Code: Ⓤ (Germany)
• Price Code: WE 321 (France)
• Other: 6E-162 (US cat# in brackets on back & spine)
• Other: Warner logo (Embossed, cover rear)
• Matrix / Runout: R/S Alsdorf 755 960336-1-A4 (Side 1)
• Matrix / Runout: R/S Alsdorf 755 960336-1-B3 (Side 2)

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