Front 242 – Headhunter

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Label:	Wax Trax! Records – WAX 053
Format:	Vinyl, 12", 45 RPM
Country:	US
Released:	1988
Genre:	Electronic
Style:	EBM, Industrial

Tracklist

A		Headhunter (V1.0)	5:02
B		Welcome To Paradise (V1.0)	5:17

Companies, etc.

Licensed From – Red Rhino Europe
Manufactured By – Wax Trax! Records, Inc.
Marketed By – Wax Trax! Records, Inc.
Distributed By – Wax Trax! Records, Inc.
Published By – Les Editions Confidentielles
Mastered At – Tape One

Credits

Mastered By [Vinyl] – DB*, JA*
Producer – Front 242
Written-By – D. Bressanutti*, JL Demeyer*, P. Codenys*, Richard 23

Notes

Headhunter (V1.0) (5.02.50) BPM: 123.
Welcome To Paradise (V1.0) (5.17.57) BPM: 120.
Published by Les Editions Confidentielles.
Mastering location and engineers taken from run out information. Run outs include scratched out catalog numbers from the Red Rhino Europe pressings.

Issued with Wax Trax/Play it Again Sam USA catalogue mail order insert

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Barcode: 0 17837-0053-1 3
Matrix / Runout (Side A run out, etched): R̶R̶E̶T̶-̶6̶-̶A̶ Tape 1 1 WAX-053-A JA
Matrix / Runout (Side B run out, etched): R̶R̶E̶T̶-̶6̶-̶B̶ Tape 1 2 WAX-053-B DB.Tapeone

Other Versions (5 of 32)

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	Title (Format)	Label	Cat#	Country	Year
Recently Edited	Headhunter (CD, Mini)	Animalized	SPV 55-1394	Germany, Austria, & Switzerland	1988
Recently Edited	Headhunter (CD, Mini, Single)	Red Rhino Europe	RRECD 6	Belgium	1988
Recently Edited	Headhunter (12", 45 RPM)	Red Rhino Europe	RRET 6	Belgium	1988
Recently Edited	Headhunter (7", 45 RPM, Single)	Red Rhino Europe	RRE 6	Belgium	1988
	Headhunter (12", Maxi-Single, 45 RPM)	SPV	SPV 50-1393	Germany, Austria, & Switzerland	1988

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Reviews

marchill Jun 30, 2020
"Headhunter" is one of the biggest dancefloor slayers of all time. And the B-side, "Welcome To Paradise" is no slouch either. A landmark release.
planet-noise Apr 25, 2004
Headhunter is a great ebm/industrial song, with all the elements that made it a hit. However, the real hit from this 12" is it's B-Side.
Not many people will recognize it's name, but they'll sure remember the key words: "No Sex Unltil Marriege!", and "Hey Poor! You Don't Have To Be Poor Anymore..."
During the early 90's you can still hear samples from this track on many New-Beat and early Techno releases, Megamixes, and DJ sets. Behind the key-words, there's a brilliant work of Synthesizers, Samplers, and Sound. This one of the better releases by the 242 team.
"Halleujah!"