Nik Kershaw – The Riddle
Label: |
MCA Records – (MCF 3245) |
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Format: |
Vinyl
, LP, Album, Stereo
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Country: |
Europe |
Released: |
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Genre: |
Pop |
Style: |
Synth-pop |
Tracklist
| A1 | Don Quixote | 4:57 | |
| A2 | Know How | 4:49 | |
| A3 | You Might | 3:13 | |
| A4 | Wild Horses | 3:58 | |
| A5 | Easy | 4:12 | |
| B1 | The Riddle | 3:52 | |
| B2 | City Of Angels | 3:56 | |
| B3 | Roses | 3:25 | |
| B4 | Wide Boy | 3:25 | |
| B5 | Save The Whale | 5:57 |
Companies, etc.
- Phonographic Copyright ℗ – MCA Records, Inc.
- Record Company – Warner Communications
- Made By – WEA Musik GmbH
- Manufactured By – Record Service GmbH
- Recorded At – Sarm East Studios
- Pressed By – Record Service Alsdorf
Credits
- Backing Vocals – Sheri Kershaw
- Bass – Dennis Smith (2)
- Drums – Charlie Morgan
- Engineer [Assisted By] – Dave Meegan
- Engineer [Engineered By] – Julian Mendelsohn
- Guest [Special Guest], Bass – Mark King (tracks: A5)
- Horns – Stuart Curtis*
- Keyboards – Tim Moore
- Management – Mickey Modern
- Percussion – Pandit Dinesh
- Photography By, Art Direction – Iain McKell
- Producer [Produced By] – Peter Collins
- Synthesizer [Fairlight], Programmed By [DMX Programming] – Wix
- Vocals, Vocal Percussion, Guitar [Guitars], Bass, Keyboards – Nik Kershaw
- Written-By – Nik Kershaw
Notes
Comes with a printed inner sleeve containing lyrics.
Polydor Records.
℗ 1984 MCA Records Inc.
Recorded at Sarm East
[On the cover:]
Manufactured in by Record Service GmbH, Alsdorf.
[On the labels:]
Made in by WEA Musik GmbH
Conflicting information:
Back sleeve reads: Engineered by Julian Mendelsohn
Labels read: Engineered by Julian Mendel
Runouts:
- Runouts are mainly stamped, in most of the variants only the string parts after the side indicators (A/B) are etched
- Variant 8: the "2" right after the side indicator on side A is also stamped
Polydor Records.
℗ 1984 MCA Records Inc.
Recorded at Sarm East
[On the cover:]
Manufactured in by Record Service GmbH, Alsdorf.
[On the labels:]
Made in by WEA Musik GmbH
Conflicting information:
Back sleeve reads: Engineered by Julian Mendelsohn
Labels read: Engineered by Julian Mendel
Runouts:
- Runouts are mainly stamped, in most of the variants only the string parts after the side indicators (A/B) are etched
- Variant 8: the "2" right after the side indicator on side A is also stamped
Barcode and Other Identifiers
- Label Code: LC 1056
- Price Code (): WE 381
- Price Code: Ⓤ
- Rights Society (Boxed): GEMA/BIEM
- Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, variant 1): R / S Alsdorf 251595-1 A 3
- Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, variant 1): R / S Alsdorf 251595-1 BX 48
- Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, variant 2): R / S Alsdorf 251595-1 A 3 28
- Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, variant 2): R / S Alsdorf 251595-1 B 85 F
- Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, variant 3): R / S Alsdorf 251595-1 A 2 XXX S1
- Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, variant 3): R / S Alsdorf 251595-1 B 3 14
- Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, variant 4): R / S Alsdorf 251595-1 AX 7
- Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, variant 4): R / S Alsdorf 251595-1 BXX 20 BE
- Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, variant 5): R / S Alsdorf 251595-1 AX 22
- Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, variant 5): R / S Alsdorf 251595-1 BX F BE
- Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, variant 6): R / S Alsdorf 251595-1 AX
- Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, variant 6): R / S Alsdorf 251595-1 B D
- Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, variant 7): R / S Alsdorf 251595-1 A
- Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, variant 7): R / S Alsdorf 251595-1 Bx F
- Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, variant 8): R / S Alsdorf 251595-1 A2 5 N
- Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, variant 8): R / S Alsdorf 251595-1 B 13
- Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, variant 9): R / S Alsdorf 251595-1 A2x 6
- Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, variant 9): R / S Alsdorf 251595-1 Bx 13 D
- Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, variant 10): R / S Alsdorf 251595-1 A2XX 10
- Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, variant 10): R / S Alsdorf 251595-1 BXX D 18
- Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, variant 11): R / S Alsdorf 251595-1 A 3
- Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, variant 11): R / S Alsdorf 251595-1 B 15 DM
- Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, variant 12): R / S Alsdorf 251595-1 A "D" 56
- Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, variant 12): R / S Alsdorf 251595-1 B X 51
Other Versions (5 of 79)
View All| Title (Format) | Label | Cat# | Country | Year | |||
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The Riddle (LP, Album, Stereo) | MCA Records | MCF 3245 | UK | 1984 | ||
| The Riddle (Cassette, Album) | MCA Records | 3245-4 | Australia | 1984 | |||
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Recently Edited
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The Riddle (Cassette, Album) | MCA Records | M 251595-4, 25 1595-4 | Spain | 1984 | ||
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New Submission
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The Riddle (Cassette, Album) | MCA Records | MCFC 3245 | UK | 1984 | ||
| The Riddle (LP, Album, Pinckneyville Pressing) | MCA Records | MCA-5548 | US | 1984 |
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