Leftfield, Lydon* – Open Up

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Label:	Hard Hands – HAND 009T
Format:	Vinyl, 12", 33 ⅓ RPM, Single
Country:	UK
Released:	Nov 1, 1993
Genre:	Electronic
Style:	Progressive House, Breakbeat

Tracklist

A		Open Up (Full Vocal Mix)	8:48
B		Open Up (Dervish Overdrive)	13:39

Companies, etc.

Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Hard Hands Ltd.
Copyright © – Hard Hands Ltd.
Manufactured By – RTM (2)
Distributed By – RTM (2)
Published By – Hard (UK) Hands Publishing Ltd.
Published By – Warner Chappell Music Ltd.
Recorded At – Rollover Studios
Designed At – Blue Source

Credits

Design [Sleeve Design] – Jonathon Cooke
Engineer – Ollie 'J'*
Illustration [Cover Illustration] – Paradise Organisation (2)
Producer – Leftfield
Vocals – John Lydon
Written-By – Lydon*, Barnes*, Daley*

Notes

John Lydon appears through the courtesy of the Atlantic Recording Corporation
Recorded at Rollover Studios London, W10

Published by Hard (UK) Hands Publishing Ltd / Warner Chappell Music Ltd

Made in England (Printed on sleeve)
Made in Great Britain (Printed on labels)
Manufactured and Distributed by RTM
P & C 1993 Hard Hands Ltd

Track durations are not listed on the release.

Some copies included a Hard Hands merchandise offer postcard.

Track A titled "Open Up (The Vocal Mix) on label.

Sleeve Design Jonathon Cooke At Blue Source

There is also a second pressing in die-cut black sleeve - Leftfield, John Lydon - Open Up.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Barcode (Text): 5 021904 000960
Barcode (Scanned): 5021904000960
Matrix / Runout (Runout side A): HAND. 00 9 (T) A₁
Matrix / Runout (Runout side B): HAND. 00 9 (T) B₁

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	Title (Format)	Label	Cat#	Country	Year
Recently Edited	Open Up (CD, Single)	Hard Hands	HAND 009CD	UK	1993
	Open Up (Remix) (12", 45 RPM, Single)	Hard Hands	HAND 009R	UK	1993
	Open Up (12", Promo)	Logic Records	LOC 118	Germany	1993
Recently Edited	Open Up (7", 45 RPM, Single, Jukebox)	Hard Hands	HAND 009	UK	1993
Recently Edited	Open Up (CD, Maxi-Single)	Logic Records, BMG, Hard Hands	LOC 118, 7432117540 2, 74321 17540 2	Germany	1993

Reviews

Vart Feb 8, 2023
Is Leftfield Open Up the greatest dance track of all time? It is for me.
Johnmarcus Jan 8, 2022
Fantastic track, it just throws caution to the wind, which is what you would expect from John Lydon / Johnny Rotten. Driving beats, acid undertone, aggressive sounding synth that build and have at times a middle eastern feel & chant in parts, there's even a bit with what sounds like a Gazoo, post the main breakdown there's a lovely little acid loop that drops in too. As you would expect from Leftfield track just builds and drops perfectly with all the elements interwoven to perfection. Big track in every sense & still sounds amazing.
chimushi Jun 25, 2019
Very unique sound for both of the tracks. Very progressive for the time with a bit of Goa Trance vibe mixed in. Excellent tracks,
george.vranjkovic Jan 25, 2017
It really is one of the greatest records ever made...
AndrewShinn Oct 15, 2013
My version has a sticker over the barcode on the back with DEPT 076 and a new barcode number 5010072278783