Graham Parker And The RumourSqueezing Out Sparks

Label:

Arista – AB 4223

Format:

Vinyl , LP, Album , Terre Haute Pressing, No North Spur Credit

Country:

US

Released:

Genre:

Rock

Style:

New Wave

Tracklist

A1 Discovering Japan 3:30
A2 Local Girls 3:44
A3 Nobody Hurts You 3:40
A4 You Can't Be Too Strong 3:24
A5 ion Is No Ordinary Word 4:25
B1 Saturday Nite Is Dead 3:15
B2 Love Gets You Twisted 3:00
B3 Protection 3:55
B4 Waiting For The UFO's 3:09
B5 Don't Get Excited 3:06

Companies, etc.

  • Manufactured ByArista Records, Inc.
  • Phonographic Copyright ℗Arista Records, Inc.
  • Copyright ©Arista Records, Inc.
  • Copyright ©Intersong Inc
  • Pressed ByColumbia Records Pressing Plant, Terre Haute
  • Recorded AtLansdowne Studios
  • Mixed AtCherokee Studios
  • Mastered AtCrystal Sound
  • Lacquer Cut AtSterling Sound

Credits

  • BassAndrew Bodnar
  • Drums, Backing VocalsSteve Goulding
  • Engineer [Studio Assistant]Phil Bodger
  • Engineer, Mastered By [Printed Credits]Mark Howlett
  • Guitar, Backing VocalsBrinsley Schwarz (2)
  • Keyboards, Backing VocalsBob Andrews
  • Lacquer Cut ByGC*
  • Lead Vocals, Rhythm GuitarGraham Parker
  • Mastered By [Printed Credits]Jeff Sanders
  • Photography ByChris Gabrinowski
  • ProducerJack Nitzsche
  • Rhythm Guitar, Backing VocalsMartin Belmont
  • Typography [Lettering]Gerard Huerta
  • Written-ByGraham Parker

Notes

Early Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Terre Haute pressing does not have the North Spur Productions credit on the labels.

Recorded at Lansdowne Studios, London
Mixed at Cherokee Studios, Hollywood
Mastered at Crystal Inc.
℗&© 1979 Arista Records, Inc. 6 West 57th Street, New York, NY 10019.
A subsidiary of Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. Printed in U.S.A.

Lacquer cutting credits for Sterling Sound and Greg Calbi are based on the runout text.

Issued with plain black inner sleeve bearing only the catalog number in white.
Runout strings are etched with sᴛᴇʀʟɪɴɢ stamped, the standalone Λ and C in the variant 3 runouts are also stamped.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Pressing Plant ID (Runouts, etched): T
  • Matrix / Runout (Label side A): AB 4223-AS
  • Matrix / Runout (Label side B): AB 4223-BS
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, Variant 1): T\ AB4223-AS-CT1 STERLING GC
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, Variant 1): T/ AB 4223-BS-CT2 STERLING
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, Variant 2): 1T AB4223-AS-CT[1 overwrites 2] STERLING GC C
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, Variant 2): T1 AB 4223-BS-CT2 B STERLING
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, Variant 3): T\ AB4223-AS-CT1 Λ STERLING GC
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, Variant 3): T/ AB 4223-BS-CT2 C STERLING

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Squeezing Out Sparks (LP, Album) Vertigo 6360 168 Portugal 1979
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