Culture Club – Colour By Numbers

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Label:	Virgin – 205 730, Virgin – V 2285, Virgin – 97448
Format:	Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo
Country:	Europe
Released:	1983
Genre:	Rock, Pop
Style:	New Wave, Synth-pop

Tracklist

A1	Karma Chameleon	4:11
A2	It's A Miracle	3:25
A3	Black Money	5:19
A4	Changing Every Day	3:18
A5	That's The Way (I'm Only Trying To Help You)	2:46
B1	Church Of The Poison Mind	3:29
B2	Miss Me Blind	4:31
B3	Mister Man	3:36
B4	Stormkeeper	2:47
B5	Victims	4:56

Companies, etc.

Record Company – Virgin Records
Distributed By – Ariola Group Of Companies
Produced For – Do Not Erase Productions
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Virgin Records Ltd.
Copyright © – Virgin Records Ltd.
Published By – Virgin Music (Publishers) Ltd.
Published By – Pendulum Music Ltd.
Published By – Warner Bros. Music Ltd.
Recorded At – Red Bus Studios
Engineered At – CBS Studios, London
Mastered At – CBS Studios, London
Lacquer Cut At – CBS Studios, London
Pressed By – Sonopress
Printed By – Mohndruck Graphische Betriebe GmbH

Credits

Arranged By [Strings Arranged By] – Trevor Bastow
Backing Vocals [Additional Backing Vocals] – Jermaine Stewart
Bass – Mikey Craig*
Drums, Percussion – Jon Moss
Engineer [Red Bus] – Gordon Milne, Simon Humphrey
Engineer [Strings Engineered By At CBS] – Mike Ross*
Flute – Pat Seymour*
Guitar, Keyboards – Roy Hay
Harmonica – Jud Lander*
Keyboards – Phil Pickett
Lacquer Cut By – timtom* (tracks: A), TTY* (tracks: B), TY* (tracks: B)
Make-Up – Lynne Easton
Mastered By – Tim Young
Mixed By [Digitally Mixed By] – Jon Moss, Steve Levine
Percussion [Additional Percussion] – Graham Broad
Photography By – Jamie Morgan*
Piano [Acoustic Piano] – Julian Lindsay
Producer – Steve Levine
Saxophone [Saxophones] – Steve Grainger
Sleeve [Sleeve Produced By] – Assorted iMaGes
Stylist – Sting Ray (7)
Trombone – Kenneth McGregor
Trumpet – Terry Bailey
Vocals – Boy George
Vocals [Female Vocals] – Helen Terry
Written-By – Culture Club, O'Dowd* (tracks: A1, A2), Moss* (tracks: A1, A2), Craig* (tracks: A1, A2), Pickett* (tracks: A1, A2), Hay* (tracks: A1, A2)

Notes

Issued with a three/six-page fold-out insert with pictures and lyrics in blue monotone.
Some releases also included a 7-inch flexi-disc with Boy George interview.

Cat# 205 730 appears on labels & back cover, cat# V 2285 on back cover, spine & insert, cat# 97448 on insert only.
Cat# V 2285 can be misinterpeted as V2285.

[On back cover:]
[MC logo] TCV 2285 405 730
Distributed by the Ariola Group Of Companies in the Benelux, France, Spain, Germany, Austria and Switzerland
produced [...] for Do Not Erase Productions
℗ 1983 Virgin Records Ltd
© 1983 Virgin Records Ltd

[On labels:]
produced [...] for Do Not Erase Productions
℗ 1983 Virgin Records Ltd
© 1983 Virgin Records Ltd
published by Virgin Music (Publishers) Ltd
except [A1 & A2] Virgin Music (Publishers) Ltd/Pendulum Music Ltd/Warner Bros Music Ltd

[Additional runout information:]
All runout variants are stamped, except the '020', Roman numerals and the cutter signatures which are hand-etched, "timtom-cbs" is very difficult to read, if at all.

Similar European versions:
- Colour By Numbers has different labels
- Colour By Numbers has different labels and runouts

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Matrix / Runout (A-side label): S 205 730 A
Matrix / Runout (B-side label): S 205 730 B
Rights Society: GEMA STEMRA BIEM
Label Code: LC 3098
Price Code (Germany): - 320
Price Code (France): AE 660
Price Code (Spain): - I
Pressing Plant ID (B-side, centre label, embossed): 'Bass clef' symbol
Other (Back cover, bottom right corner, debossed non-ink stamp): ◸◿
Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 1): 205730 A-1 II timtom-cbs-london Made in Germany
Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, variant 1): 020 205730 B-3 TY-CBS-U.K. Made in Germany
Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 2): 205 730 A-1 III timtom-cbs-london Made in Germany
Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, variant 2): S 205 730 B-6 020 TY-CBS Made in Germany
Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 3): 020 S 205730 A-4 timtom-cbs-london Made in Germany
Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, variant 3): 020 TY-CBS-U.K. 205730 B-3 Made in Germany
Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 4): 020 205730 A-1 timtom cbs-london Made in Germany
Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, variant 4): 020 S205730 B-5 Ty-cbs Made in Germany
Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 5): 205730 A-1 II timtom-cbs-london Made in Germany
Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, variant 5): 020 205730 B-4 TY-CBS-U.K. Made in Germany
Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 6): 020 205730 A-2 Made in Germany
Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, variant 6): 020 205730 B-3 III Made in Germany
Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 7): 020 205 730 A-1 III timtom-cbs-london Made in Germany
Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, variant 7): 205730 B-3 Made in Germany 020 TY-CBS-U.K.
Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 8): 020 S 205 730 A-4 II Made in Germany
Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, variant 8): 020 205730 B-4 TY-CBS-U.K. Made in Germany
Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 9): 020 S 205730 A-4 II timtom-cbs Made in Germany
Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, variant 9): 020 205730 B-5 TY-cbs Made in Germany
Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 10): 020 S 205730 A-4 timtom∙cbs Made in Germany
Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, variant 10): 020 S 205730 B-6 TTY cbs Made in Germany

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	Title (Format)	Label	Cat#	Country	Year
Recently Edited	Colour By Numbers (LP, Album, Picture Disc)	Virgin	VP2285	UK	1983
	Colour By Numbers (LP, Album, Stereo)	Virgin, Virgin, Virgin, Virgin	V 2285, V2285, 205 730, 97448	UK	1983
Recently Edited	Colour By Numbers (LP, Album)	Virgin	205 730	France	1983
	Colour By Numbers (LP, Album, Stereo, Pitman Pressing, Black Label)	Virgin, Epic	QE 39107	US	1983
	Colour By Numbers (LP, Album, Virgin Records MFD)	Virgin	VL 2271	Canada	1983