Japan –
Obscure Alternatives
1978,
United Kingdom
00:41:25;
57M;
192S;
101;
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Automatic Gun
- 4:06
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.....Rhodesia
- 6:50
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Love Is Infectious
- 4:12
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Sometimes I Feel So Low
- 3:50
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Obscure Alternatives
- 6:49
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Deviation
- 3:24
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Suburban Berlin
- 5:01
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The Tenant
- 7:13
Richard Barbieri - synthesizer [synthesizers], keyboards
Anna & Claudine - backing vocals [A1]
Ian Cooper - mastered by
Fin Costello - photography [photographs]
Rob Dean - guitar, vocals
Steve Jansen - drums, percussion, vocals
Japan - mixed by, arranged by
Mick Karn - bass guitar, saxophone, vocals
Ray Singer - producer, mixed by, backing vocals [additional]
David Sylvian - written-by, composed by, vocals, guitar
Chris Tsangarides - engineer, mixed by
℗ 1978 Ariola Hansa Records
© 1978 Nomis Productions Limited
Made in Germany
Printed in Western Germany by Mohndruck Reinhard Mohn GmbH, Gütersloh
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 LP. Initially there were two releases in the UK which both used the same Catalogue Number: AHALH 8007. One was manufactured in the UK with Ariola Hansa 'Rainbow' labels and was pressed on thick vinyl by Pye Records. The other in Germany which had 'Black/ Silver' labels which was pressed using thinner quality vinyl. Furthermore those produced in Germany used a slightly different Ariola Hansa Logo on the back of the sleeve.
There is a third variation which was manufactured around 1981/ 1982 whereby a small red triangle with "Made in '33' Germany" was printed at the botton of the vinyl label.
This is the UK Release, pressed in Germany, without the 'Red Triangle'. Select 'here' to view the version which was pressed in the UK with 'Rainbow' labels.
Ariola Hansa, AHALH 8007
