David Bowie – Scary Monsters
Tracklist
| A1 | It's No Game (Part 1) | 4:16 | |
| A2 | Up The Hill Backwards | 3:14 | |
| A3 | Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps) | 5:10 | |
| A4 | Ashes To Ashes | 4:21 | |
| A5 | Fashion | 4:45 | |
| B1 | Teenage Wildlife | 6:53 | |
| B2 | Scream Like A Baby | 3:33 | |
| B3 | Kingdom Come | 3:42 | |
| B4 | Because You're Young | 4:57 | |
| B5 | It's No Game (Part 2) | 4:20 |
Companies, etc.
- Copyright © – Bewlay Bros. Music
- Published By – Bewlay Bros. Music
- Copyright © – Fleur Music Ltd.
- Published By – Fleur Music Ltd.
- Copyright © – Double Exposure Music, Inc.
- Published By – Double Exposure Music, Inc.
- Copyright © – RCA Records
- Phonographic Copyright ℗ – RCA Records
- Record Company – RCA Corporation
- Recorded At – Power Station
- Lacquer Cut At – Sterling Sound
- Pressed By – RCA Records Pressing Plant, Indianapolis
Credits
- Acoustic Guitar – Tony Visconti (tracks: A2 & A3)
- Artwork – Edward Bell
- Backing Vocals – Chris Porter, David Bowie, Lynn Maitland, Tony Visconti
- Bass – George Murray
- Co-producer – David Bowie, Tony Visconti
- Coordinator – Laurie Marks
- Costume Designer [Clown Costume] – Natasha Kornilof*
- Design [Cover] – Duffy*, Bowie*, Bell*
- Guitar – Carlos Alomar, Chuck Hammer (tracks: A4 & B1), Pete Townshend (tracks: B4), Robert Fripp (tracks: A1 to A3, A5, B1, B3 and B5)
- Keyboards – David Bowie
- Lacquer Cut By – GC*
- Lead Vocals – David Bowie
- Make-Up – Richard Sharah
- Music By, Lyrics By – Bowie* (tracks: A1 to B2, B4, B5)
- Percussion – Dennis Davis
- Piano – Roy Bittan (tracks: A2, A4 & B1)
- Producer – David Bowie, Tony Visconti
- Recorded By – David Bowie, Tony Visconti
- Recorded By [Assistant] – Jeff Hendrickson, Larry Alexander
- Synthesizer – Andy Clark (tracks: A4, A5, B2 & B4)
- Typography [Inner Sleeve], Design – John Painter (5)
- Voice – Michi Hirota (tracks: A1)
Notes
© 1980, RCA Records Inc.
© 1980 Bewlay Bros. Music
© 1980 Fleur Music Ltd.
© 1980 Double Exposure Music, Inc.
Some early issues included a limited edition insert of 36 stamps designed by Bowie, on a one-sheet 6x6 array. This was later included in the US 12" Up The Hill Backwards.
Greg Calbi initials in the runout justifies Lacquer Cut By credit.
'STERLING' and 'A1,' 'A2,' 'A5,' etc. stamped in runouts, the rest etched.
In variant 12: side A, AQ P̶A̶ L, 'PA' is s̶t̶r̶i̶k̶e̶t̶h̶r̶o̶u̶g̶h̶
RCA Records Pressing Plant, Indianapolis identified by "Ⅰ" in runout. A 1" diameter pressing ring seen on label are characteristic of RCA pressings from 1968-70 onwards).
Issued with printed inner sleeve with lyrics/credits.
Roy Bittan appears courtesy of the E Street Band
Robert Fripp appears courtesy of E.G. Records Ltd.
Pete Townshend appears courtesy of Atlantic Records
© 1980 Bewlay Bros. Music
© 1980 Fleur Music Ltd.
© 1980 Double Exposure Music, Inc.
Some early issues included a limited edition insert of 36 stamps designed by Bowie, on a one-sheet 6x6 array. This was later included in the US 12" Up The Hill Backwards.
Greg Calbi initials in the runout justifies Lacquer Cut By credit.
'STERLING' and 'A1,' 'A2,' 'A5,' etc. stamped in runouts, the rest etched.
In variant 12: side A, AQ P̶A̶ L, 'PA' is s̶t̶r̶i̶k̶e̶t̶h̶r̶o̶u̶g̶h̶
RCA Records Pressing Plant, Indianapolis identified by "Ⅰ" in runout. A 1" diameter pressing ring seen on label are characteristic of RCA pressings from 1968-70 onwards).
Issued with printed inner sleeve with lyrics/credits.
Roy Bittan appears courtesy of the E Street Band
Robert Fripp appears courtesy of E.G. Records Ltd.
Pete Townshend appears courtesy of Atlantic Records
Barcode and Other Identifiers
- Rights Society (A1 to B2, B4, B5): BMI
- Rights Society (B3): ASCAP
- Matrix / Runout (Side A label): AQL1-3647-A
- Matrix / Runout (Side B label): AQL1-3647-B
- Pressing Plant ID (Matrix/Runout, All sides, All Variants, Stamped): Ⅰ
- Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, variant 1): AQL-1-3647 A 1 STERLING A1 Y
- Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, variant 1): AQL1-3647-B-1 STERLING A5 Q
- Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, variant 2): AQL•1•3647• A-1 STERLING gc A2 A
- Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, variant 2): AQL1•3647• B-1 STERLING A1 E E
- Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, variant 3): AQL•1•3647• A-2 STERLING gc A1 A
- Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, variant 3): AQL•1•3647• B-2 STERLING A1 D
- Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, variant 4): AQL•1•3647•A•1 I STERLING gc A1 B
- Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, variant 4): AQL1-3647•B-1 I STERLING A2
- Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, variant 5): AQL•1•3647• A-2 I STERLING gc A2 B
- Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, variant 5): AQL1 3647- B2 I A1 L STERLING
- Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, variant 6): AQL 1 3647 A 1 STERLING gc A2 II
- Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, variant 6): AQL1 3647 B I A4 L STERLING
- Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, variant 7): AQL•1•3647• A-1 I STERLING gc A1 L
- Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, variant 7): AQL1-3647•B-1 I STERLING A1
- Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, variant 8): AQL•1•3647•A•1 I STERLING gc AJ C
- Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, variant 8): AQL1-3647•B-1 I STERLING A1 N
- Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, variant 9): AQL•1•3647•A•1 I STERLING gc A1 C
- Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, variant 9): AQL1-3647•B-1 I STERLING A1 GG
- Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, variant 10): AQL•1•3647•A•1 I STERLING gc
- Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, variant 10): AQL1-3647•B-1 I STERLING A4 F
- Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, variant 11): AQL•1•3647• A-1 I STERLING gc A1 L
- Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, variant 11): AQL1-3647•B-1 I STERLING A1 0
- Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, variant 12): AQ P̶A̶ L-1-3647-A2 I STERLING gc A2 B
- Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, variant 12): AQL-1-3647-B-2 I A1 L STERLING
- Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, variant 13): AQ A̶Q L1-3647-A2 I STERLING gc A1E
- Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, variant 13): AQ L1-3647-B-1 STERLING A1 GGG
Other Versions (5 of 179)
View All| Title (Format) | Label | Cat# | Country | Year | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scary Monsters (LP, Album) | RCA | RCA PL 13647 | Denmark | 1980 | |||
Recently Edited | Scary Monsters (LP, Album) | RCA Victor, RCA Victor | APL1 3647, APLI 3647 | New Zealand | 1980 | ||
| Scary Monsters (LP, Album, Stereo) | RCA | BOW LP 2 | UK | 1980 | |||
Recently Edited | Scary Monsters (LP, Album, Stereo) | RCA Victor | AQL1-3647 | Canada | 1980 | ||
Recently Edited | Scary Monsters (LP, Album) | RCA, RCA, RCA | RCA PL 13647, PL 13647, BOW LP2 | Belgium | 1980 |
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Reviews
anyone who might have the inter sleeve and (hopefully) the stamps only, in good condition, willing to sell, send me a DM please, thanks a lot- found a copy of this and its just a blank black label on side b with his masters voice dog and no tracklist or anything? cannot find any info on it
- I have been incessantly listening to this album on Spotify lately. The LP version is far more menacing and invasive than the digital copy. Surreal layering and Doppler tricks abound creating a spatial paranoia that I didn't get with the digital version.
There are anecdotal stories of how Saturday Night Live founder, Lorne Michaels, spiraled out on a several month long extramarital cocaine bender while listening to nothing but this album. After finally getting it on vinyl, the story finally makes sense. - mine has a "not for sale demonstration" stamp on the back. Anyone know what this means?
No stamps with my copy and I bought it new when it was released.
But my matrix is a bit different... just slightly... i.e. no "brackets" around anything. "Sterling" is a stamp, but there's some etched initials or something elsewhere in the matrix. Tough to photo these things.
Edited 10 years agoThe stamps actually come on a 12"x12" sheet. These stamps are very hard to come by obviously,as no one who is offering this record for sale has the stamps to offer also.
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