Nightflight To Venus

Media Condition:  Near Mint (NM or M-)
Sleeve Condition: Very Good Plus (VG+)
Country:    Germany  
Released:  1978
Genre:       Funk / Soul, Pop
Style:         Disco

Comments:
EX RECORD, FAINT SCUFFS AND HAIRLINES, SOME COVERWEAR,
 

Notes:

First cat. # '26 026 XOT' back cover and spine, second cat. # '26 026 OT' on labels and postcards.
This release includes a sheet of five detachable postcards, each with a picture of a band member, respectively of the band. It may not include in all batches of this release.

[Notes concerning this particular album, its various versions, and pressings: 
This album came with incorrect tracks' duration, varying from version to version, and from pressing to pressing. There are 4 different versions (editions) of this album.
The most significant difference is the length of 'Nightflight To Venus':
- 1st pressing with 7:11 min
- 2nd pressing with 5:55 min
- 3rd pressing with 4:58 min
- 4th pressing with 4:46 min (as on cover, this release), as the final and most common one. Some versions have no indication of a duration of 4:46 min, but can be recognized by their runout matrix (as here).

Duration length as on cover / label:
A1 - 4:46 / 5:55
A2 - 5:51 / 6:03
A3 - 3:10 / 3:17
A4 - 6:51 / 6:54
A5 - 2:36 / 2:35
B1 - 4:18 / 4:18
B2 - 3:31 / 3:30
B3 - 4:02 / 4:02
B4 - 5:32 / 5:22
B5 - 4:00 / 4:00

The tracks 'Nightflight To Venus' and 'Rasputin' play continuously without interruption (total duration A1+A2= 10:37 min).

[On labels:
℗ 5/1978 and ℗ 5/78

[On back cover:
℗ 4/78
Im Ariola-Vertrieb
Printed in Western Germany 
by Mohndruck Reinhard Mohn OHG, Gütersloh
Publishers:
Far-Music (tracks: A1, A2, A4, B1 to B4)
United Artists (track: A3)
Burlington (track: A5)
Blue Mountain (track: B1)
Global (track: B5)

This final, fourth, version of "Nightflight To Venus" was released with various variations. Mainly, inconsistencies related to tracks' duration printed on covers vs. tracks' duration printed on labels, exemplary for the tracks A1 / A2: 
- 4:46 / 5:10 vs. 5:15 / 5:51 (on [r=31108484),
- 4:46 / 5:51 vs. 5:15 / 5:10 (on [r=10228713),
- 4:46 / 5:51 vs. 5:55 / 6:03 (this release),
- 5:15 / 5:10 vs. 4:46 / 5:51 (on [r=7051660),
- 5:15 / 5:10 vs. 5:55 / 6:03 (on [r=13845631).

Similar releases with the metalwork done by [l95728 destined to be used at other pressing plants. Identified by the etched ID No. found in runouts:
Release 31108484: etched '05' = [l274031
Release 31108277: etched '047' = [l108193
Release 30539638: etched '049' = [l826122

 

A1. Nightflight To Venus 4:46
A2. Rasputin 5:51
A3. Painter Man 3:10
A4. He Was A Steppenwolf 6:51
A5. King Of The Road 2:36
B1. Rivers Of Babylon 4:18
B2. Voodoonight 3:31
B3. Brown Girl In The Ring 4:02
B4. Never Change Lovers In The Middle Of The Night 5:32
B5. Heart Of Gold 4:00

 

Barcode and Other Identifiers:

Rights Society GEMA
Price Code XOT
Label Code LC 0835
Matrix / Runout S 26 026 A
Matrix / Runout S 26 026 B
Matrix / Runout 26026 A-9/78S II Made in Germany
Matrix / Runout 26026 B-13/78S II Made in Germany
Matrix / Runout 26026 A-11/78S III Made in Germany
Matrix / Runout 26026 B-10/78S II Made in Germany
Matrix / Runout 26026 A-11/78S Made in Germany
Matrix / Runout 26026 B-14/78S Made in Germany
Matrix / Runout Vacant
Matrix / Runout Vacant
Matrix / Runout Vacant
Matrix / Runout Vacant
Matrix / Runout 260 26 A-13/78S II Made In Germany
Matrix / Runout 260 26 B-10/78S II Made In Germany
Matrix / Runout Vacant
Matrix / Runout Vacant
Matrix / Runout 26 026 A-12/78S Made in Germany
Matrix / Runout 26 026 B-11/78S Made in Germany
Matrix / Runout Vacant
Matrix / Runout Vacant
Matrix / Runout 26026 A-9/78S Made In Germany
Matrix / Runout 26026 B-16/78S Made In Germany
Matrix / Runout 26026 A-13/78S Made in Germany
Matrix / Runout 26026 B-14/78S Made in Germany

 

Record Company Ariola Eurodisc GmbH
Distributed By Ariola
Printed By Mohndruck Reinhard Mohn OHG
Pressed By Sonopress
Recorded At Europasound Studios
Recorded At Union Studios, Munich
Mixed At Europasound Studios
Published By FAR Music
Published By United Artists (2)
Published By Burlington (2)
Published By Blue Mountain
Published By Global (7)

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