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Drums And Wires

XTC · 1979 · Vinyl-Lp · US · VA 13134

The first release (limited to 15,000 copies) included a promo 7" EP (plain paper sleeve, Virgin white label with red diagonal stripe) including an early fade of track D1. "SP" in label matrices and SRC logo stamped in runouts denotes [l=Specialty Records Corporation] pressing. Remainder of runouts etched. Issued with printed inner sleeve with lyrics and credits. Labels: ℗ 1979 Virgin Records Virgin Records Distributed by Atlantic Recording Corp. Back cover: ℗© 1979 Virgin Records Virgin Records, Inc. Distributed by Atlantic Recording Corporation Inner sleeve (tracks A1 to B6): All lyrics ©1979 Nymph Music, Inc.-O.P. Virgin Music (Publishers) Ltd. All songs published by Nymph Music, Inc.-O.P. Virgin Music (Publishers) Ltd. (BMI). 7" (tracks C1 to D2): Published by Nymph Music, Inc.-O. P. Virgin Music (Publishers) Ltd., BMI. Writing credit for track B6 is incorrectly attributed to [a=Colin Moulding].