THE CARS - Heartbeat City

Item Description

Vinyl, , Allied Pressing, Gatefold
LP Album Stereo

Non-misprint version with corrected inner sleeve: lists B5 title as Heartbeat City and corrects the mastering credit to [a=George Marino] at [l=Sterling Sound].

See [r=6029853] for misprint version of [l=Allied Record Company] pressing, with B5 titled "Jacki" on inner sleeve, and mastering credited to "[a=Bob Ludwig] at Master Disk, New York, N.Y."

This release has stamped "SRC" logo along with a "SPAR" etching and a "B-#####"-type matrix number in runouts, which indicates that the plating (processing/metalwork) was done at [l=Specialty Records Corporation] but the record itself was actually pressed at [l=Allied Record Company].
Remainder of runouts etched, Sterling logo stamped.

Issued in gatefold jacket with printed inner sleeve with lyrics, photo and credits.

All songs published by Ric Ocasek. Administered by Lido Music, Inc. (ASCAP)

© Ric Ocasek A1 to B1, B3 to B5
© Ric Ocasek/Greg Hawkes B2

Recorded at Battery Studios, London, England.
Mixed at Electric Lady Studios, New York, N.Y.
Mastered at Sterling Sound, New York, N.Y.

Track A5 is titled "Stranger" on label; full title, "Stranger Eyes," appears inner sleeve.

Cover painting © 1972 Peter Phillips, "Art-O-Matic Loop Di Loop," Acrylic On Canvas, 200 × 400 CMS. (Courtesy Galerie Neuendorf, Hamburg)

Some copies may appear translucent when held up to light.