Alice In Chains – Dirt

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Label:	Columbia – MOVLP037, Music On Vinyl – MOVLP037
Format:	Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Remastered, 180 Gram
Country:	UK & Europe
Released:	Nov 23, 2009
Genre:	Rock
Style:	Alternative Rock, Hard Rock, Grunge

Tracklist

A1	Them Bones Written-By – Cantrell*	2:29
A2	Dam That River Written-By – Cantrell*	3:09
A3	Rain When I Die Written-By – Cantrell, Staley, Starr, Kinney	6:02
A4	Down In A Hole Written-By – Cantrell*	5:38
A5	Sickman Written-By – Cantrell, Staley	5:30
A6	Rooster Written-By – Cantrell*	6:15
B1	Junkhead Written-By – Cantrell, Staley	5:09
B2	Dirt Written-By – Cantrell, Staley	5:17
B3	God Smack Written-By – Cantrell, Staley	3:51
B4	Iron Gland	0:43
B5	Hate To Feel Written-By – Staley*	5:16
B6	Angry Chair Written-By – Staley*	4:47
B7	Would? Written-By – Cantrell*	3:28

Companies, etc.

Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Sony Music Entertainment
Copyright © – Sony Music Entertainment
Manufactured By – Music On Vinyl B.V.
Distributed By – Music On Vinyl B.V.
Pressed By – Record Industry – 85353
Produced At – One On One Studios
Produced At – Eldorado Recording Studios
Mixed At – Eldorado Recording Studios
Mastered At – Future Disc
Published By – Buttnugget Publishing
Published By – Jack Lord Music
Published By – Lungclam Music
Published By – Phlembot Music
Published By – Sony / ATV Music Publishing
Manufactured For – Sony Music Entertainment

Credits

A&R – Nick Terzo
Art Direction, Artwork [Fx] – Mary Maurer
Artwork [Logo] – David Coleman (5)
Artwork [Sun Logo/Icons] – Layne Staley
Band [Alice In Chains], Bass – Mike Starr*
Band [Alice In Chains], Drums – Sean Kinney
Band [Alice In Chains], Vocals, Guitar – Jerry Cantrell, Layne Staley
Booking – ICM (2), Troy Blakely
Booking [Abroad] – Fair Warning (8), ICM (2), John Jackson (18)
Design – Doug Erb
Engineer – Brian Carlstrom*
Engineer [Assistant - Eldorado] – Annette Cisneros
Engineer [Assistant - One On One] – Ulrich Wild
Legal – Jody Graham, Manatt, Phelps, Phillips & Kantor*
Management – Kelly Curtis, Susan Silver
Management [Accounting] – Lee Johnson (7), VWC
Mastered By – Eddy Schreyer, Steve Hall
Mixed By – Dave Jerden
Mixed By [Assistant Mix Engineer] – Annette Cisneros
Photography By – Rocky Schenck
Producer [Produced By] – Alice In Chains, Dave Jerden
Product Manager – Peter Fletcher

Notes

Sticker on shrink wrap reads:
"Music On Vinyl
Classic Album
180 gram audiophile vinyl pressing
www.musiconvinyl.com"

Different tracklisting than the original release. On original release "Down In A Hole" was the second-to-last track, some later reprints move it to track 4 instead. This vinyl version moves it to track 4, which also means the Side B opener ("Dirt") is instead track B2 and the Side A closer ("Junkhead") is the new Side B opener.

B4 is not listed on the jacket or label.

Includes a printed inner sleeve with lyrics & credits.

Tom Araya appears courtesy of Def American Records.

Produced at One on One and Eldorado, 1992.
Mixed at Eldorado.
Mastered at Future Disc, Hollywood, CA.

Originally released ℗ & © 1992 Sony Music Entertainment
This release ℗ & © 2009, Sony Music Entertainment
Manufactured & distributed by Music On Vinyl B.V. for Sony Music Entertainment.
Made in the EU

Lyrics reproduced by kind permission of the publishers. All rights reserved.
© 2001 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Barcode (As printed): 0 886973 529010
Barcode: 0886973529010
Barcode (Scanned, UPC A): 886973529010
Rights Society: MCPS/BIEM/SDRM
Rights Society: ASCAP
Label Code: LC 02604
Matrix / Runout (A-side runout, hand-etched, variant 1): 85353 1A MOVLP 037
Matrix / Runout (B-side runout, hand-etched, variant 1): 85353 1B MOVLP 037
Matrix / Runout (A-side runout, hand-etched, variant 2): 85353 2A MOVLP 037
Matrix / Runout (B-side runout, hand-etched, variant 2): 85353 2B MOVLP 037
Matrix / Runout (A-side runout, hand-etched, variant 3): 85353 4A MOVLP 037
Matrix / Runout (B-side runout, hand-etched, variant 3): 85353 3B MOVLP 037

Other Versions (5 of 125)

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	Title (Format)	Label	Cat#	Country	Year
Recently Edited	Dirt (CD, Album)	Columbia, Columbia	COL 472330 2, 472330 2	Europe	1992
Recently Edited	Dirt (LP, Album)	Columbia, Columbia	472330 1, COL 472330 1	Europe	1992
Recently Edited	Dirt (Cassette, Album, Vertical Barcode)	Columbia, Columbia, Columbia	CT 52475, CT52475, 52475	US	1992
Recently Edited	Dirt (Cassette, Album)	Columbia, Columbia	COL 472330 4, 472330 4	Europe	1992
	Dirt (CD, Album)	Columbia, Columbia	COL 472330 2, 472330 2	Europe	1992

Reviews

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ScrunglyScrimblo Jan 22, 2023
Edited 11 days ago
Suprisingly good sound quality for 1 hour of music pressed to a single disc.
The sound can compete with remastered CD copies easily.
art_of_vinyl Dec 13, 2022
why is this still overpriced? it doesn’t worth anything above 30$.

It’s a decent sounding issue and can be had as a secondary variant to latest 2x Reissue!
OliverTom80 Nov 16, 2022
Picked this copy up from an independent store in 2018 for around £29 - the sound is quiet, and has inner groove distortion on Rooster and Would?. Other than that, sibilance/noise floor is pretty low. Gonna give the 2LP set a try.

Equipment used: Technics SL-1400MK2, AT-VM95SH cartridge, Pioneer A-30 Amplifier, Klipsch Speakers
Nitro524 Oct 20, 2022
Who in the fuck paid THREE HUNDRED EUROS for this
tomwebb101 Oct 12, 2022
Between this and the new 2LP 2022 reissue this is the superior version. The MOV pressing has zero non fill or heatwarps like the new ones do. It is much quieter and higher quality totally as expected from the respective plants.

Whats weird is how the MOV (when equalised in volume to the new editions) sounds more dynamic, tonally believable and free of distortion on the peaks, retaining this quality all the way to the end of the sides EVEN with a humble Shure M75 elliptical cart of years gone by. With modern brighter carts with finer lines the advantage only grows in favour of the MOV. The new cut has a little extra width which i thought was good initially but theres no depth so.it actually sounds flatter the lomger you compare. It is obviously cut louder but sadly its like a badly mastered CD on noisy non filled vinyl requiring 3 get ups just to see the crappy mastering all the way through to the merciful end.

Yeah, no contest to my ears, the MOV wins this one.

No offence to the new press owners!!
rperkins65 Sep 26, 2022
Edited 4 months ago
With the previous mixed reviews I have to say my MOV release sounds great, no inner groove distortion or sib, very dynamic and nice soundstage , i came on here to see about the new 2 record set and as im writing im listening to this and again it sounds great! I will prob end up getting the 2lp version because its such a great monumental record , prob the best of the grunge era, see above review(tomwebb) agree 100%
TheAmnesiacKid Sep 24, 2022
While the new 2LP does appear to be the superior press, I'm actually more impressed by the MOV pressing in the sense that it sounds this excellent on a single LP. Truly astonished that 56 minutes of music can sound this good on a single record. If only KID A MNESIA could have fared the same.
a-a-ron Sep 22, 2022
Personally, I think this copy sounds pretty good, and I also like not having to flip it more than once. I just purchased the latest 2 disc release, but am re-thinking opening it. Flipping records after 3 songs can be a real hassle...
Mackspower Sep 8, 2022
Not sure how wide spread this is but my copy is ridiculously noisy. Sealed copy, actually unlistenable.

So happy the new release has already been announced, pre-ordered in a heartbeat.
jloper Aug 21, 2022
Edited 5 months ago
ok fingers crossed on the new legacy reissue hope we get a all analog cut but i doubt it nevertheless it should still sound good being they are spreading it out over 2xlp