Saga (3) – Heads Or Tales

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Label:	Polydor – 815 410-1
Format:	Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo
Country:	Germany
Released:	Sep 1983
Genre:	Rock
Style:	Pop Rock, Prog Rock

Tracklist

A1	The Flyer Lead Vocals – Michael Sadler Lyrics By – J. Crichton* Music By – J. Crichton, M. Sadler	3:37
A2	Cat Walk Lead Vocals – Michael Sadler Lyrics By – J. Crichton* Music By – I. Crichton, J. Crichton, J. Gilmour*	4:24
A3	The Sound Of Strangers Lead Vocals – Michael Sadler Lyrics By – M. Sadler* Music By – I. Crichton, J. Crichton, J. Gilmour, M. Sadler, S. Negus*	4:09
A4	The Writing Lead Vocals – Michael Sadler Lyrics By – J. Crichton* Music By – J. Crichton, M. Sadler	4:14
A5	Intermission Lead Vocals – Michael Sadler Lyrics By – M. Sadler* Music By – I. Crichton, J. Crichton, M. Sadler*	5:28
B1	Social Orphan Lead Vocals – Michael Sadler Lyrics By – M. Sadler* Music By – J. Crichton, M. Sadler	3:24
B2	The Vendetta (Still Helpless) Lead Vocals – Michael Sadler Lyrics By – M. Sadler* Music By – I. Crichton, J. Crichton, J. Gilmour, M. Sadler	3:55
B3	Scratching The Surface Lead Vocals – Jim Gilmour Lyrics By – J. Gilmour* Music By – J. Crichton, J. Gilmour	5:26
B4	The Pitchman Lead Vocals – Michael Sadler Lyrics By – J. Crichton* Music By – I. Crichton, J. Crichton, J. Gilmour, M. Sadler, S. Negus*	5:46

Companies, etc.

Record Company – Deutsche Grammophon GmbH
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Rocker-Fella Productions N.V.
Copyright © – Rocker-Fella Productions N.V.
Published By – Rocker-Fella Songs
Recorded At – Farmyard Studios
Lacquer Cut At – PRS Hannover
Pressed By – PRS Hannover

Credits

Art Direction, Design – Judith Salavetz, Spencer Drate
Bass Guitar, Keyboards – Jim Crichton
Crew – Andi (Stav) Charal*, Bob (Briefcase) Wyatt*, Ian (Murf) Murray*, Shawn (Scott) Richardson*, Tom (Hern) Durnan*
Drums, Percussion, Percussion [Electronic Percussion] – Steve Negus
Engineer [Assisted By] – Andrew Scarth
Engineer [Recording Engineer] – Stephen W. Tayler
Guitar – Ian Crichton
Illustration [Front And Back Illustrations] – Stephen Durke
Keyboards – Michael Sadler
Keyboards [Lead Keyboards], Vocals, Saxophone – Jim Gilmour
Management – Maze International
Photography By [Innersleeve Photo] – Larry Williams (9)
Producer – Rupert Hine

Notes

[On back cover:]
STEREO 815 410-1 Y [Y is in a square]
[MC logo] 815 410-4 Y [Y is in a square]
All titles published by Rocker-Fella Songs
℗ 1983 Rocker-Fella Productions N.V., Bonaire
© 1983 Rocker-Fella Productions N.V., Bonaire
[Embossed "PRS Hannover"]
Digital Master Mix
Aus dem Hause Deutsche Grammophon Gesellschaft mbH • Hohe Bleichen 14 - 16 • 2000 Hamburg 36

[On labels:]
Made in West Germany
℗ + © 1983 Rocker-Fella Productions N.V., Bonaire

[On printed inner sleeve:]
Recorded at The Farmyard, Little Chalfont, Buckinghamshire, England
Special Thanks To:
Martin, Petra, Perry and all the Ladies in the office
Jim Burgess and P.P.G. Electronics
Robbie Konnicoff at Moog Instruments
Joe Zon at Zon Bass Guitars
Limelight for translating the audio into visual
Paiste Cymbals
Ludwig Drums (Billy Ludwig)
Simmons Electronics (Dave, Geoff and Daphnee)
Tony, Ozzie and all at San Rizz
All songs: © 1983 Rocker-Fella Songs
Address all correspondence to:
Saga, 65 Duke St., Mayfair, London U.K.

Additional information:
Runouts are stamped and feature a unique characteristic for this pressing plant (see link), sideways arranged (90° rotated) stamper letters.

This version is also part of 6 LP box set "Saga", Scandinavian Music Distribution 15-5879.

Runouts are stamped.

Differencies to other German releases with the same label:
- Heads Or Tales, has a black center hole.
- Heads Or Tales, has a different back cover.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Barcode (Text): 0 42281 54101 8
Barcode (Scanned): 042281541018
Label Code: LC 0309
Price Code (Boxed): Y
Rights Society (Boxed): GEMA
Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 1): H 815 410-1 S 1 3 20
Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, variant 1): 2 QA XXX 815 410-1 S 2 3 20
Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 2): 1 0B 815 410 – 1 S 1 3 20
Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, variant 2): 4 0C XXX 815 410 – 1 S 2 3 20
Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 3): 815 410-1 S 1 3 20 CF 4A
Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, variant 3): XXXX 815 410-1 S 2 3 20 CM 4
Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 4): 815 410-1 S 1 3 20 C F A
Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, variant 4): XXXX 815 410-1 S 2 3 20 4 Y
Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 5): 815 410 - 1 S 1 3 20 1 D
Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, variant 5): XXXX 815 410 - 1 S 2 3 20 4 C F
Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 6): 815 410-1 S 1 3 20 M3
Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, variant 6): XXX 815 410-1 S 2 3 20 B0 4 ͘ 3CA
Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 7): 815 410-1 S 1 3 20 1 AT
Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, variant 7): XXX 815 410-1 S 2 3 20 3 AA
Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 8): 815 410-1 S 1 3 20 1 A C 2
Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, variant 8): XXX 815 410-1 S 2 3 20 F C
Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 9): 815 410 - 1 S 1 3 20 1 Q
Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, variant 9): XXXX 815 410 - 1 S 2 3 20 3 C A
Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 10): 815 410 - 1 S 1 3 20 1 BO
Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, variant 10): XXXX 815 410 - 1 S 2 3 20 4 OC
Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 11): 815 410 - 1 S 1 3 20 3 D P
Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, variant 11): XXXX 815 410 - 1 S 2 3 20 4 1D DU
Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 12): 815 410 - 1 S 1 3 20 1C D
Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, variant 12): XXXX 815 410 - 1 S 2 3 20 4 2C DX
Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, Variant 13): 815 410 -1 S 1 3 20 B B 1
Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, Variant 13): XXXX 815 410 - 1 S 2 3 20 A E 2
Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, Variant 14): 815 410 -1 S 1 3 20 1 0
Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, Variant 14): XXXX 815 410 - 1 S 2 3 20 C A 4
Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, Variant 15): 815 410-1 S 1 3 20 C E 4A
Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, Variant 15): XXXX 815 410-1 S 2 3 20 B C 4 3A

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	Title (Format)	Label	Cat#	Country	Year
Recently Edited	Heads Or Tales (LP, Album, Stereo)	Polydor	815 410-1	Netherlands	1983
Recently Edited	Heads Or Tales (LP, Album, Club Edition)	Polydor	32 152-1	Germany	1983
	Heads Or Tales (LP, Album, Masterdisk)	Maze Records (2)	ML 8007	Canada	1983
New Submission	Heads Or Tales (LP, Album, Carrollton Pressing)	Portrait	FR 38999	US	1983
New Submission	Heads Or Tales (LP, Album)	Portrait	PRT 25740	UK	1983