Art & LanguageBlack Snakes

Label:

Pure Freude – ALRC 1849

Format:

Vinyl , LP, Album , Pink Label

Country:

Switzerland

Released:

Genre:

Rock

Style:

Experimental

Tracklist

A1 Black Snakes (Version)
A2 Ratman, The Weightwatcher
A3 The Sloths
A4 The Jam
Written-ByThompson*
A5 Hedges
B1 A Portrait Of V.I. Lenin In The Style Of Jackson Pollock Part 1
B2 Future Pilots
B3 A Portrait Of You
B4 Words Of Love
B5 Cafe Twenty-One
B6 Gynaecology In Ancient Greece

Companies, etc.

  • Published ByLondon Publishing House Ltd.
  • Published BySlezak
  • Recorded AtSunrise Studios
  • Mixed AtBlackwing Studios
  • Lacquer Cut AtThe Town House
  • Mastered AtMusitech

Credits

  • BassBen Annesley
  • DrumsChris Taylor
  • Executive-Producer [Executive Producers]Recommended Records, Switzerland
  • Guitar, VocalsMayo Thompson
  • Management, Coordinator [Organisation]Sue Johnson (2)
  • Mixed ByEric Radcliffe
  • Music By [Songs By]Michael Baldwin (2) (tracks: A1 to A3, A5 to B6)
  • Recorded ByRobert Vogel
  • Synthesizer, SaxophoneAllen Ravenstine
  • Written-By [Songs By]Michael Baldwin* (tracks: A1 to A3, A5 to B6)

Notes

Includes a single-sided inner sleeve with lyrics

All Songs: London Publishing Hose Ltd. / Slezak Music
Recorded at Sunrise Studio (Switzerland)
Mixed at Blackwing Studio (London)
Cut at Virgin Townhouse (London)
[Add a note: Stamper / metalwork by Musitech, High Wycombe]
Acknowledgements: Daniel Miller, Davina Stevenson
[on inner sleeve]

© 1983 London Publishing Hose Limited / Slezak Music
℗ ALRC (GB), Rec Rec (Zürich), Pure Freude (FRG), 1983
[on labels]

A sticker attached to the front cover reads:
Black Snakes
The Red Crayola with Art & Language
ALRC 1849

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, handwritten; "TOWN HOUSE" stamped): 1849 - ALRC - A - 1 MT. 1. TOWN HOUSE
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, handwritten; "TOWN HOUSE" stamped): 1849 - ALRC - B - 1. M.T. 2 TOWN HOUSE

Other Versions (3)

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Title (Format) Label Cat# Country Year
Recently Edited
Black Snakes (LP, Album) Pure Freude ALRC 1849, RecRec (Zürich) 02, RecRec (Zürich) 002, none Switzerland 1983
Black Snakes (CD, Album, Reissue) Drag City DC104 US 1997
New Submission
Black Snakes (LP, Album, Reissue) Pure Freude DC - 104, none US 2015

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