Culture Club – Colour By Numbers
Tracklist
| A1 | Karma Chameleon | 4:05 | |
| A2 | It's A Miracle | 3:23 | |
| A3 | Black Money | 5:17 | |
| A4 | Changing Every Day | 3:17 | |
| A5 | That's The Way (I'm Only Trying To Help You) | 2:41 | |
| B1 | Church Of The Poison Mind | 3:30 | |
| B2 | Miss Me Blind | 4:28 | |
| B3 | Mister Man | 3:34 | |
| B4 | Stormkeeper | 2:45 | |
| B5 | Victims | 4:52 |
Companies, etc.
- Manufactured By – Epic Records
- Manufactured By – CBS Inc.
- Produced For – Do Not Erase Productions
- Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Virgin Records Ltd.
- Copyright © – Virgin Records Ltd.
- Recorded At – Red Bus Studios
- Engineered At – Red Bus Studios
- Engineered At – CBS Studios, London
- Pressed By – Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Pitman
- Published By – Virgin Music, Inc.
- Published By – Nymph Music, Inc.
- Published By – Pendulum Music Ltd.
- Published By – Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp.
- Lacquer Cut At – Sterling Sound
- Mastered At – Customatrix
- Mastered At – CBS Studios
Credits
- Arranged By [Strings] – Trevor Bastow
- Backing Vocals [Additional] – Jermaine Stewart
- Bass – Mikey Craig*
- Drums, Percussion – Jon Moss
- Engineer – Simon Humphrey
- Engineer [Strings] – Mike Ross*
- Flute – Pat Seymour*
- Guitar, Keyboards – Roy Hay
- Harmonica – Jud Lander*
- Keyboards – Phil Pickett
- Lacquer Cut By [Runout Etching ✩] – Greg Calbi
- Make-Up – Lynne Easton
- Mastered By – Tim Young
- Mixed By [Digitally Mixed By] – Steve Levine
- Percussion [Additional] – Graham Broad
- Photography By – Jamie Morgan*
- Piano [Acoustic] – Julian Lindsay
- Producer – Steve Levine
- Saxophone [Saxophones] – Steve Grainger
- Sleeve [Sleeve Produced By] – Assorted iMaGes
- Stylist [Styling] – Sting Ray (7)
- Trombone – Kenneth McGregor
- Trumpet – Terry Bailey
- Vocals – Boy George
- Vocals [Female Vocals] – Helen Terry
- Written-By – Hay*
Notes
This version is a label variation: A black label with Virgin logo at the top and a colored Epic logo on left side.
Greg Calbi's lacquer cutting "☆" signature etching, and both the Customatrix "o" and "STERLING" stamped. Remainder of runouts mostly etched, plating letters may be stamped.
Lyrics and credits are printed on inner sleeve
℗ 1983 Virgin Records Ltd.
© 1983 Virgin Records Ltd.
Manufactured by Epic Records / CBS Inc. / New York City
Recorded at Red Bus Studios
Strings engineered at CBS Studios
Mastered at CBS Studios
Pat Seymour courtesy of RCA
Comes with hype sticker added to shrink wrap: "All New Songs"
Also on Cassette
Promotional copies issued with "For Promotion Only" gold-stamped on back of sleeve.
Greg Calbi's lacquer cutting "☆" signature etching, and both the Customatrix "o" and "STERLING" stamped. Remainder of runouts mostly etched, plating letters may be stamped.
Lyrics and credits are printed on inner sleeve
℗ 1983 Virgin Records Ltd.
© 1983 Virgin Records Ltd.
Manufactured by Epic Records / CBS Inc. / New York City
Recorded at Red Bus Studios
Strings engineered at CBS Studios
Mastered at CBS Studios
Pat Seymour courtesy of RCA
Comes with hype sticker added to shrink wrap: "All New Songs"
Also on Cassette
Promotional copies issued with "For Promotion Only" gold-stamped on back of sleeve.
Barcode and Other Identifiers
- Barcode (Text): 0 7464-39107-1
- Barcode (Scanned): 074643910712
- Pressing Plant ID (Runouts, etched): P
- Rights Society (A1, A2): BMI
- Rights Society (A3, A4, A5, B1, B2, B3, B4, B5): ASCAP
- Matrix / Runout (Side A label): AL 39107
- Matrix / Runout (Side B label): BL 39107
- Matrix / Runout (Runout side A - variant 1): P o AL-39107-1B 1 ☆ STERLING
- Matrix / Runout (Runout side B - variant 1): P o BL-39107-1A 1 STERLING
- Matrix / Runout (Runout side A - variant 2): P o AL-39107-1T STERLING
- Matrix / Runout (Runout side B - variant 2): P BL-39107-1Q ☆ STERLING
- Matrix / Runout (Runout side A - variant 3): P AL-39107-1C STERLING F o
- Matrix / Runout (Runout side B - variant 3): P o BL-39107-1Q ☆ STERLING
- Matrix / Runout (Runout side A - variant 4): o P AL-39107-1V STERLING
- Matrix / Runout (Runout side B - variant 4): P o BL-39107-1Q ☆ STERLING C
- Matrix / Runout (Runout side A - variant 5): P AL-39107-1T STERLING
- Matrix / Runout (Runout side B - variant 5): BL-39107-1B ☆ STERLING
- Matrix / Runout (Runout side A - variant 6): P AL-39107-1V ☆ STERLING
- Matrix / Runout (Runout side B - variant 6): P BL-39107-1W ☆ STERLING
- Matrix / Runout (Runout side A - variant 7): P o AL-39107-1R STERLING C
- Matrix / Runout (Runout side B - variant 7): P o BL-39107-1Q ☆ STERLING
- Matrix / Runout (Runout side A - variant 8): P o AL-39107-1B 1 ☆ STERLING A
- Matrix / Runout (Runout side B - variant 8): P o BL-39107-1B 1 ☆ STERLING A
- Matrix / Runout (Runout side A - variant 9): P o AL-39107-1V STERLING
- Matrix / Runout (Runout side B - variant 9): P BL-39107-1Q ☆ STERLING
- Matrix / Runout (Runout side A - variant 10): P o AL-39107-1R STERLING C
- Matrix / Runout (Runout side B - variant 10): P o BL-39107-1B ☆ STERLING D
- Matrix / Runout (Runout side A - variant 13): P AL-39107-1W 1 ☆ STERLING D o
- Matrix / Runout (Runout side B - variant 13): P o BL-39107-1Q ☆ STERLING F
Other Versions (5 of 186)
View All| Title (Format) | Label | Cat# | Country | Year | |||
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Colour By Numbers (LP, Album, Picture Disc) | Virgin | VP2285 | UK | 1983 | ||
| Colour By Numbers (LP, Album, Stereo) | Virgin | V 2285, V2285, 205 730, 97448 | UK | 1983 | |||
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Colour By Numbers (LP, Album) | Virgin | 205 730 | 1983 | |||
| Colour By Numbers (LP, Album, Virgin Records MFD) | Virgin | VL 2271 | Canada | 1983 | |||
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Recently Edited
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Colour By Numbers (8-Track Cartridge, Album, Club Edition, Stereo) | Virgin | QEA 39107 | US | 1983 |
Recommendations
Reviews
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I buying this when I first had some cash back in 1985 at a local record shop. My copy is so close to mint it's beautiful. One of the most incredible pressings. So clear and vibrant. So much volume and space. Musically, this is just classic 80s stuff for us now old gen-x folk. -
Just spun this particular pressing and it sounds like a million bucks on my mid-level system. Super clear, loud and full.
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Brings me right back to my moms Subaru in the mid-80’s and I had the Culture Club cassette for years. Just found this minty at a shabby comic store along with a couple other good but beat up records. I will play this until my last days.
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Please note, there are multiple variations of the photo of Boy George used on the front cover. Some versions have been heavily airbrushed, others have a more natural look, and blemishes (and even a hair on his lips) can be seen. The variation seems to appear without consistency; many releases worldwide seem to have copies both with and without the retouched photo, some copies seem to be more air-brushed than others even resulting in dramatically different skin tones from copy to copy. -
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