Jah Wobble, Jaki Liebezeit, Holger Czukay – How Much Are They?

Jah Wobble - How Much Are They? album cover

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Label:	Island Records – 12WIP 6701
Format:	Vinyl, 12", 45 RPM
Country:	UK
Released:	1981
Genre:	Electronic, Rock
Style:	Dub, Leftfield, Disco, New Wave

Tracklist

A1		How Much Are They? Electronic Drums [Rhythm Boxing], Percussion – Holger Czukay Recorded By, Mixed By – Mark Lusardi* Synthesizer – Jah Wobble
A2		Where's The Money?
B1		Trench Warfare Guitar – Holger Czukay, Uwe Jahnke
B2		Twilight World

Companies, etc.

Recorded At – Inner Space Studio
Mixed At – Conny's Studio
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Island Records Ltd.
Recorded By – Island Records Ltd.
Lacquer Cut At – The Sound Clinic
Pressed By – EMI Records

Credits

Bass, Vocals – Jah Wobble
Design [Cover], Photography – Angus MacKinnon
Drums, Percussion – Jaki Liebezeit
Edited By, Producer, Guitar, Organ, Piano, French Horn – Holger Czukay
Lacquer Cut By – Jonz*
Recorded By, Mixed By – Holger Czukay (tracks: A2 to B2)
Written-By – Holger Czukay, Jah Wobble

Notes

Recorded at Inner Space and mixed at Conny's Studio
A1 recorded and mixed in London
Thanks to Hildegard Schmidt, Conny Plank and Tony Wilson
Holger Czukay courtesy of EMI Electrola Germany
A CODEX concept
This record is dedicated to Ian Curtis

℗ 1981 Original sound recording made by Island Records Ltd

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Matrix / Runout (Side A label): 12WIP 6701-A
Matrix / Runout (Side A runout ): 12 WIP 6701 A-1U JONZ 4
Matrix / Runout (Side B label): 12WIP 6701-B
Matrix / Runout (Side B runout ): 12 WIP 6701 B-1U SOUND CLINIC 4
Rights Society: MCPS

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	Title (Format)	Label	Cat#	Country	Year
Recently Edited	How Much Are They? (7", 45 RPM, Single)	Island Records	105 117	Germany	1981
Recently Edited	How Much Are They? (12", Maxi-Single)	Welt-Rekord	1C 062-64 419	Germany	1981
Recently Edited	How Much Are They? (12", 45 RPM)	Island Records	12WIP 6701	UK	1981
Recently Edited	How Much Are They? (12", 45 RPM, Stereo)	Island Records, Island Records	12 WIP 6701, 12WIP 6701	UK	1981
Recently Edited	How Much Are They? (12", 45 RPM, Promo, White Label, Stereo)	Welt-Rekord	1C 062-64 419 YZ	Germany	1981

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Reviews

enabler Jul 6, 2016
All about 'Trench Warfare' - trippy ass lyrics and a really pleasing hiss throughout. I know 'How much are they' is regarded as a weirdo synth classic but the bass is so out of tune it's painful to listen to if you notice stuff like that. Overall tho this is a dope 12" very ahead of its time
DrLex Nov 10, 2013
‘How Much Are They?’ is an absolutely brilliant track, way ahead of its time. If I would need to date this purely based on its musical qualities I would say it should be from around 1990, almost 10 years after it was actually made. The sweeping bass line combined with dub elements and reverberating drums and samples, is almost intoxicating.
mixmastermorris Mar 15, 2005
Edited 18 years ago
A classic of early '80s alternative music, the heavy Wobble bass fitting like a glove with Czukays dub experiments, if Lee Perry had been born in Prenzlauerberg this is what he would have sounded like. This is also the track sampled on the controversial Marcello/Derrick May 12" ...amongst others!