Label:

Virgin METAL 1

Format:

3 Vinyl, 12 , 45 RPM, Album, Limited Edition
Box Set

Country:

UK

Released:

23 Nov 1979

Genre:

Electronic, Rock

Style:

Post-Punk, Dub, Avantgarde, Experimental

A Albatross 10:32 B1 Memories 5:05 B2 Swan Lake 4:19 C1 Poptones 7:45 C2 Careering 4:32 D1 No Birds 4:43 D2 Graveyard 3:07 E1 The Suit 3:29 E2 Bad Baby 4:30 F Socialist/Chant/Radio 4 12:31

Phonographic Copyright p Virgin Records Ltd. Published By Warner Bros. Music Ltd. Published By Virgin Music Publishers Ltd. Mastered At CBS Studios, London Pressed By CBS Pressing Plant, Aston Clinton

Mastered By TY tracks: A, B, D, E , tim tracks: C, F Music By, Words By Public Image Ltd.

Public Image Ltd...John Lydon.Keith Levene.Wobble.Jeannette Lee.Dave Crowe... were the members of PIL at the time of the release. However, Jeannette Lee and Dave Crowe as non-musical band members are not featured on the record.
Packaged in a 12 film can-style metal box. Sides are labelled Metal 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 1.6 on the info sheet and Metal 1-A, Metal 1-B, Metal 1-C, Metal 1-D, Metal 1-E and Metal 1-F on the record labels.
Includes an A5 size sheet with tracklist and line-up.
Side B ends with a locked groove which repeats the last few seconds of Swan Lake endlessly until the needle is lifted from the record.
The Runout for 1.B has three lines for the letters B , the middle of which is superimposed over an A
Edition of 50,000 copies plus an extra 10,000 for export .

Matrix / Runout Side A runout, etched / stamped : METAL . 1 - A - 1 1 3 TY-CBS / Matrix / Runout Side B runout, etched / stamped : METAL . 1 - BBB - 1 TY-CBS 0 / Matrix / Runout Side C runout, etched : METAL - 1 - C - 2 tim-cbs Matrix / Runout Side D runout, etched / stamped : METAL - 1 - D - 1 2 0 TY-CBS / Matrix / Runout Side E runout, etched / stamped : METAL - 1 - E - 1 TY-CBS DMatrix / Runout Side F runout, etched / stamped : METAL - 1 - F - 2 / tim-cbs CONDITION - VG /EX. NO DENTS JUST OXYDISING TO TIN
NO POSTAGE TO SOUTH AMERICA.