First Japanese CD with obi, Victor VDP1153

Japanese CD back showing obi

First Japanese CD back without obi 

First Japanese CD design.

Japanese re-issue CD BVCP-7372

USA CD, Caroline CAROL1201 with sticker

Back of the US CD booklet

Back of the European CD booklet

German/EEC CD back sleeve

 
German/EEC CD design

Hong Kong label

Hong Kong label variation

Original UK label, made by Pye. 

Later UK label, made by Hansa in Germany.

Later UK label from 1981/1982

UK test pressing

1. Transmission (titled "Invitation To Fascination" on Japanese release)
2. The Unconventional
3. Wish You Were Black
4. Performance
5. Lovers On Main Street
6. Don't Rain On My Parade
7. Suburban Love ("Carousel of Love" on Japanese release)
8. Adolescent Sex
9. Communist China
10. Television ("Temptation Screen" on Japanese release)

Original vinyl copies released in the UK and Europe include either a 2 sided lyric sheet or an inner sleeve with the lyrics in the same font as the back sleeve. Japanese LP's included the lyrics typed out in Japanese and English with a gatefold lyric sheet, plus some text in Japanese, and some black and white photos. Early OBI's promote the Japanese "Adolescent Club" on the back, and one copy of the LP I saw online came with the Victor Records promo flyer (see below).

The US and Japanese CD's include lyric booklets, but the EEC release does not. This album is currently available worldwide on CD: in the UK, Europe, Australia and Japan on BMG, and in the USA on Caroline Records. Produced by Ray Singer. Rumoured unreleased track from these sessions: "Razor", supposedly a ten minute rock number. One track that was written during the recording of this album, but which was held over until the next was... "The Tenant".

FYI, my favourite tracks here are "Lovers On Main Street" and "Suburban Love".

Charted at No 20 in Japan. The Japanese edition does not accurately translate some of the song titles, hence "Television" is "Temptation Screen" and so on.

• Original UK/European LP with inner sleeve/lyrics or lyric sheet: Hansa AHAL8004. UK original copies manufactured by Pye Records, later pressings manufactured in Germany by Hansa International.
• Holland LP Hansa 26 091 OT
• German LP Hansa 26 091 XOT
• Hong Kong LP Hansa HA 26 091 XOT - two versions exist, one with orange labels and the other with black labels, and a different insert with writing in Cantonese or Mandarin. Does anyone have more information?
  
• French LP Carrere 67.271
• Greek LP Music Box SMB40037
• USA LP: Ariola America SW-50037
• Canadian LP Ariola America/Canada Quality SW-50037
• Italian LP Durium D.A.I. 30294
  
• Japanese LP with gatefold insert/lyric sheet (different to other countries): Victor VIP6564
• Japanese cassette VCW-1620
  
• Hong Kong LP Hansa HA26091
• UK re-issue LP Fame/EMI 4131081 (1985 release)
• First Japanese CD: Victor VDP1153
• Prime One 1800 yen Japanese CD  BVCP-7372
  
• German CD: Ariola 74321 13881 2
  
• USA CD (red bordered booklet): Caroline CAROL1201
• Japanese CD with card sleeve: BMG BVCM-37218

French, Canadian and German LP labels

Greek, USA and USA test pressing LP labels

Japanese promo and stock copy labels

Italian promo label. The stock copy is similar but black with a silver "d"

Hong Kong insert

Inside the European CD booklet.

UK original cassette inlay, ZCAHA 8004 and Dutch cassette inlay, 57 761 GT.

UK re-issue cassette inlay, Japanese LP sleeve and flyer for the "Adolescent Club". 

Adolescent Sex Turkish LP


Side One:

1. Transmission
2. The Unconventional
3. Wish You Were Black
4. Performance
5. Lovers on Main Street
   

1. Suburban Love
2. Adolescent Sex
3. Television

This information provided by the Ozboyz.
 
"Cat no YP 647 and is on the Yanki label though Ariola Hansa is also listed.
 
Side One on the vinyl label all six tracks are listed but there are only 5 actual tracks on the vinyl. Side Two has three tracks listed on the label, Suburban Love, Adolescent Sex and Television and you can only see that there are three tracks cut into the vinyl. This must have been in relation to some censorship laws in Turkey. The guy who sold it to me said that there were only 500 copies pressed." The back sleeve has the tracks as follows:
Transmission, The Unconventional, Wish You Were Black, Performance, Lovers on Main Street, Don't Rain On My Parade (though this track has been whited out and you can just see the title underneath), Suburban Love, Adolescent Sex, Communist China (again this track has been blacked out completely), Television.

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1. Transmission
2. The Unconventional
3. Wish You Were Black
4. Performance
5. Lovers On Main Street
6. Don't Rain On My Parade
7. Suburban Love
8. Adolescent Sex
9. Communist China
10. Television

RCA Victor VPL14075 - watch out for the rarer New Zealand pressing which has slightly different labels.

"Adolescent Sex" with a less controversial title. This has a different sleeve design: a photo of the group standing, with David in the centre holding a sword. The same photo was used to promote "Adolescent Sex" in the UK. The back of the sleeve is a shade of purple and lists the song titles and group members.

Acetate

4 track acetate sold on eBay in 2006, which was once owned by David Sylvian (and probably has labels hand written by him). "Performance" and "Don't Rain On My Parade" are supposed to be alternate mixes.