Siouxsie And The Banshees* – The Scream

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Label:	Polydor – POLD 5009, Polydor – 2442 157
Format:	Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo
Country:	UK
Released:	Nov 13, 1978
Genre:	Rock
Style:	Post-Punk

Tracklist

A1	Pure Music By – McKay, Morris, Sioux, Severin	1:48
A2	Jigsaw Feeling Lyrics By – Severin* Music By – McKay, Severin	4:46
A3	Overground Lyrics By – Severin* Music By – McKay*	3:46
A4	Carcass Lyrics By – Sioux, Severin Music By – Fenton, Sioux	3:49
A5	Helter Skelter Written-By – Lennon-McCartney	3:42
B1	Mirage Lyrics By – Severin* Music By – McKay*	2:48
B2	Metal Postcard (Mittageissen) Lyrics By – Sioux* Music By – McKay*	4:12
B3	Nicotine Stain Lyrics By – Sioux* Music By – Severin*	2:56
B4	Suburban Relapse Lyrics By – Sioux* Music By – McKay*	4:10
B5	Switch Lyrics By – Sioux* Music By – McKay*	6:48

Companies, etc.

Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Polydor Ltd. (UK)
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Polydor Ltd.
Copyright © – Polydor Ltd.
Copyright © – Pure Noise (3)
Copyright © – Chappell & Co. Ltd.
Copyright © – Northern Songs Ltd.
Recorded At – RAK Studios
Mixed At – De Lane Lea Music Centre
Lacquer Cut At – Utopia Studios
Pressed By – Phonodisc Ltd.
Printed By – James Upton Ltd.
Manufactured By – Polydor Ltd.
Distributed By – Polydor Ltd.

Credits

Bass Guitar – Steven Severin
Design Concept [Concept By] – Siouxsie And The Banshees*
Drums, Percussion – Kenny Morris
Guitar, Saxophone – John McKay
Mixed By – Steve Lillywhite
Photography By – Paul Wakefield
Producer – Siouxsie & The Banshees, Steve Lillywhite
Vocals – Siouxsie Sioux

Notes

Includes a printed inner sleeve with lyrics.

Mixed August 1978.

Centre label:
© 1978 side 1 tracks 1-4 Pure Noise / Chappell & Co. Track 5 Northern Songs Ltd.
Side 2 tracks 1-5 Pure Noise / Chappell & Co.
℗ 1978 Polydor Ltd. U.K.

Inner sleeve:
℗ 1978 Polydor Ltd. © 1978 Polydor Ltd.

Durations do not appear on this release. Timings via stopwatch.

On all variants runout data is stamped, except etched Ʊ [Lyre symbol] and variant 7 which has 'CW' as etched on both sides.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Matrix / Runout (A & B sides, all variants): Ʊ
Matrix / Runout (A side runout, variant 1): POLD 5009 A // 2 E UT 1 1 1 9
Matrix / Runout (B side runout, variant 1): POLD 5009 B // 1 E UT 1 1 1 7
Matrix / Runout (A side runout, variant 2): POLD 5009 A//2 E UT 16 5
Matrix / Runout (B side runout, variant 2): POLD 5009 B//2 E UT 11 20
Matrix / Runout (A side runout, variant 3): POLD 5009 A // 2 E UT 1 4 1 4
Matrix / Runout (B side runout, variant 3): POLD 5009 B // 1 E UT 1 1 1 9
Matrix / Runout (A side runout, variant 4): Ʊ POLD 5009 A // 2 E UT 12 4
Matrix / Runout (B side runout, variant 4): POLD 5009 B // 2 E UT 1 5 Ʊ 12
Matrix / Runout (A side runout, variant 5): Ʊ POLD 5009 A // 2 E UT 1 4 1 3
Matrix / Runout (B side runout, variant 5): POLD 5009 B // 2 E UT 1 1 Ʊ 1 9
Matrix / Runout (A side runout, variant 6): POLD50 09 A // 3▽4 20W
Matrix / Runout (B side runout, variant 6): POLD-5009-B-1-1 UT.
Matrix / Runout (A side runout, variant 7): Ʊ POLD 5009 A // 2 E UT 1 1 1 7 CW
Matrix / Runout (B side runout, variant 7): POLD 5009 B // 2 E UT 1 4 Ʊ 2 CW CW
Matrix / Runout (A side runout, variant 8): POLD 5009 A // 2 E UT 1 1 22
Matrix / Runout (B side runout, variant 8): POLD 5009 B // 1 E UT 1 1 21
Matrix / Runout (A side runout, variant 9): POLD 5009 A // 2 E UT 1 5 6 Ʊ
Matrix / Runout (B side runout, variant 9): POLD 5009 B // 1 E UT 1 1 1 5 Ʊ
Matrix / Runout (A side runout, variant 10): Ʊ POLD 5009 A // 2 E UT 1 6 2
Matrix / Runout (B side runout, variant 10): Ʊ POLD 5009 B // 1 E UT 1 1 2
Matrix / Runout (A side runout, variant 11): POLD 5009 A // 2 E UT 1 1 3 3 Ʊ
Matrix / Runout (B side runout, variant 11): POLD 5009 B // 2 E UT 1 5 Ʊ 1 3
Matrix / Runout (A side runout, variant 12): Ʊ POLD 5009 A//2 E UT 12 3
Matrix / Runout (B side runout, variant 12): POLD 5009 B//2 E UT 1 5 Ʊ 1 1
Matrix / Runout (A side runout, variant 13): Ʊ POLD 5009 A // 2 E UT 1 5 10
Matrix / Runout (B side runout, variant 13): POLD 5009 B // 2 E UT 1 1 Ʊ 1 6
Matrix / Runout (A side runout, variant 14): Ʊ POLD 5009 A // 2 E UT 1 1 20
Matrix / Runout (B side runout, variant 14): POLD 5009 B // 2 E UT 1 4 Ʊ 1
Matrix / Runout (A side runout, variant 15): Ʊ POLD 5009 A // 2 E UT 12 1
Matrix / Runout (B side runout, variant 15): Ʊ POLD 5009 B // 1 E UT 1 1 28
Matrix / Runout (A side runout, variant 16): POLD50 09 A//3▽4 2 0W 1 1 3
Matrix / Runout (B side runout, variant 16): POLD 5009 B // 2 E UT 1 5 Ʊ 1 4

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	Title (Format)	Label	Cat#	Country	Year
Recently Edited	The Scream (Cassette, Album, White Cassette)	Polydor, Polydor	POLDC 5009, 3184 116	UK	1978
	The Scream (LP, Album)	Polydor	2383 523	Germany	1978
Recently Edited	The Scream (LP, Album)	Polydor, Polydor	2383.523, 2383 523	Scandinavia	1978
New Submission	The Scream (LP, Album, Test Pressing)	Interfusion	ITL 36975	Australia	1978
New Submission	The Scream (LP, Album, Promo)	Polydor	POLD 5009	UK	1978

Reviews

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abukuba Feb 24, 2023
I have a beat up old copy but it still sounds amazing - what a debut - I remember trading for it with some singles and it was already pretty damaged by the time I got it. After a clean though it still plays pretty well!
MrDayInTheUk Jan 30, 2023
It’s crazy that a 40+ year old record sounds better than any of the remastered efforts of the last 20 years. I don’t think I’ve ever heard the first batch of CDs but I’ve heard the deluxe double CD one, and the card digipak option, and can’t say I was bowled over by either.
So, get this version if you’re swaying between vinyl and CD.
Mind you, there’s some great bonus tracks on the deluxe.
Massolari26 Apr 5, 2022
Album muito bom e com essência punk (óbvio). As letras também são boas, tendo em vista as críticas sociais e narrativas pessoais da cantora.
MarkyG63 Dec 23, 2021
Just picked up a US reissue GHS 24046 and am happy with the pressing... I had the original UK pressing back in the day, but cannot really tell if this is better / worse.
mhrobbins25 Nov 12, 2021
Edited one year ago
Fantastic debut album, no filler here just 10 tracks of punk/proto post-punk goodness. UK original pressing is the way to go here, I have a NM clean and glossy copy and it sounds phenomenal. Deep, punchy drums and bass, Siouxsies vocals are wonderfully detailed and crisp, and the guitar work sounds fantastic as well. All-around great-sounding pressing, I absolutely suggest an OG over one of the new represses especially as these are LOUD and the represses (at least my copy of Juju), gets distorted at higher volumes. 10/10, excellent album and an equally awesome pressing. This will be on my heavy rotation.
Zadok_Strawberry Feb 8, 2020
I have a copy with a matte jacket ( some nicks and water damage in one corner)and glossy inner sleeve ( slight water damage in same corner. )Brilliant album musically, plays with minimal surface noise. I’ve owned it since maybe 1984.
carl.jules.988 Aug 29, 2019
Brilliant post-punk album, it presaged the Joy Division sound with echo on drums
ngrafe Mar 18, 2019
My copy matches one of the matrix runout listed above Ʊ (drawn as a lyre) POLD 5009 B // 2 E UT 1 1 Ʊ 4, but not the other.
Ʊ (drawn as a lyre) POLD 5009 A // 2 E UT 1 4 6. Also my copy does have a printed inner sleeve with lyrics
e.leilani.83 Jul 14, 2018
UK pressing of Siouxsie's first album is definitely the way to go. All of the punk noise is there, without unnecessary distortion. Crank up "Suburban Relapse" or "Carcass" and remember how good it sounds to be bad.
mrbluesurf Feb 11, 2018
I have two copies of the first issue https://www.discogs.com/Siouxsie-And-The-Banshees-The-Scream/release/404853
they both seem to have the correct matrix numbers.
One has a glossy outer sleeve and no inner the other a matt outer and a printed inner.
It seems the inner could have been lost? but which is the correct outer sleeve?
Cheers