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The B-52’s
Mesopotamia
1982 Vinyl Winchester Pressing
New Wave
Synth-pop
Warner Bros. Records
accordion
Charles Rocket
art direction, design
Simon Levy
coordinator [coordination]
Gloria Veronica Robinson
crew [live sound engineer]
Moe Slotin
crew [monitors]
Lyle Chernoff
crew [roadie]
Keith Bennett
drums
Yogi Horton
engineer
Butch Jones
guitar, keyboards, bass, organ
Ricky Wilson
illustration
Desiree Rohr
keyboards, bass, drums, organ, piano, marimba, guitar
Keith Strickland
management
Gary Kurfirst
mastered by
Greg Calbi
percussion
Steve Scales
producer, fretless bass, synthesizer, guitar, percussion
David Byrne
saxophone
Ralph Carney
saxophone
Robert Aaron
trumpet
David Buck
vocals
Cindy Wilson
vocals
Fred Schneider
vocals, keyboards, bass, organ, other [bird calls]
Kate Pierson
tracks a1, b1, b3 written-by
Cindy Wilson
tracks a1, a3 written-by
Fred Schneider
tracks a2 to b1 written-by
Kate Pierson
written-by
Keith Strickland
tracks a1, a3 to b3 written-by
Ricky Wilson
tracks a2 written-by
Robert Waldrop
Record Company Warner Bros. Inc.
Record Company Warner Communications
Phonographic Copyright (p) Warner Bros. Records Inc.
Copyright (c) Warner Bros. Records Inc.
Pressed By Capitol Records Pressing Plant, Winchester
Published By Boo-fant Tunes, Inc.
Recorded At Blank Tape Studios
Mastered At Sterling Sound
Lacquer Cut At Sterling Sound
Recorded at [l276626], New York, September 1981.
Mastered at [l264060], New York.
©℗ 1982 Warner Bros. Records Inc.
Runouts are etched except for STERLING stamp.
Pressing Plant ID: ─◁
Rights Society: BMI
Barcode: 0 7599-23641-1 (Text)
Matrix / Runout: MINI-1-3641·WW1 #4 ─◁ STERLING (Runout A, variant 2)
Matrix / Runout: MINI-1-3641-WW1 #4 ─◁ STERLING (Runout B, variant 2)
Matrix / Runout: MINI-1-3641·WW1 #7 ─◁ STERLING (Runout A, variant 3)
Matrix / Runout: MINI 2-3641·WW1 #4 ─◁ STERLING (Runout B, variant 3)
Matrix / Runout: MINI-1-3641·WW1 #7 ─◁ STERLING (Runout A, variant 4)
Matrix / Runout: MINI 2-3641·WW1 #6 ─◁ STERLING (Runout B, variant 4)
Matrix / Runout: MINI·1·3641-WW1 #3 ─◁ STERLING (Runout A, variant 5)
Matrix / Runout: MINI·2-3641-WW1 #4 ─◁ STERLING (Runout B, variant 5)
Matrix / Runout: MINI-1-3641·WW1 ─◁ STERLING (Runout A, variant 6)
Matrix / Runout: MINI 2-3641·WW1 #4 ─◁ STERLING (Runout B, variant 6)
Matrix / Runout: MINI.1.3641.WW1 ─◁ STERLING (Runout A, variant 7)
Matrix / Runout: MINI2-3641-WW1 ─◁ STERLING (Runout B, variant 7)
Matrix / Runout: MINI-1-3641·WW1 #4 ─◁ STERLING (Runout A, variant 8)
Matrix / Runout: MINI-2-3641·WW1 #5 ─◁ STERLING (Runout B, variant 8)
Matrix / Runout: MINI-1-3641·WW1 #5 ─◁ STERLING (Runout A, variant 9)
Matrix / Runout: MINI 2-3641·WW1 #3 ─◁ STERLING (Runout B, variant 9)
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