Deep Purple – The House Of Blue Light

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Label:	Polydor – 831 318-1
Format:	Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo, Hannover Pressing
Country:	Germany
Released:	1987
Genre:	Rock
Style:	Hard Rock, Classic Rock

Tracklist

A1	Bad Attitude Written-By – Gillan, Lord, Blackmore, Glover	4:43
A2	The Unwritten Law Written-By – Gillan, Paice, Blackmore, Glover	4:35
A3	Call Of The Wild Written-By – Gillan, Lord, Blackmore, Glover	4:40
A4	Mad Dog Written-By – Gillan, Blackmore, Glover*	4:31
A5	Black & White Written-By – Gillan, Lord, Blackmore, Glover	3:44
B1	Hard Lovin' Woman Written-By – Gillan, Blackmore, Glover*	3:23
B2	The Spanish Archer Written-By – Gillan, Blackmore, Glover*	4:57
B3	Strangeways Written-By – Gillan, Blackmore, Glover*	5:55
B4	Mitzi Dupree Written-By – Gillan, Blackmore, Glover*	5:02
B5	Dead Or Alive Written-By – Gillan, Blackmore, Glover*	4:44

Companies, etc.

Distributed By – PolyGram
Recorded By – Le Mobile
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – PolyGram Records, Inc.
Copyright © – PolyGram Records, Inc.
Copyright © – Blackmore Music Ltd.
Copyright © – Rugged Music Ltd.
Copyright © – Clear Air Music Ltd.
Copyright © – Thames Overtures Ltd.
Made By – PDO, Germany
Pressed By – PDO, Germany
Published By – Blackmore Music Ltd.
Published By – Rugged Music Ltd.
Published By – Thames Overtures Ltd.
Published By – Clear Air Music Ltd.
Published By – Chappell Music Ltd.
Recorded At – The Playhouse, Stowe, Vermont, USA
Mixed At – Union Studios, Munich
Mastered At – Sterling Sound
Lacquer Cut At – PDO, Germany

Credits

Art Direction – Andrew Ellis
Art Direction [For Illuminations] – Davies And Starr
Artwork [House Of Blue Light Built By] – Eagle Models
Bass Guitar, Synthesizer [Peavey, Steinberger, Vigier, Yamaha QX1, Emulator 2] – Roger Glover
Booking [Agency] – Premier Talent Agency*
Crew – Charlie Lewis (4), Cookie Crawford, John Murphy (15)
Crew [Maintenance] – Dawk Sound*
Design, Photography By – Icon (21)
Drums [Pearl, Paiste Cymbals, Vince Gutman's Marc System] – Ian Paice
Engineer – Nick Blagona
Guitar [Fender Stratocaster, Marshall Amplification, Roland Guitar Synthesizer] – Ritchie Blackmore
Keyboards [Hammond B3, Minimoog, Yamaha DX1, CP70 (Midi), DX7, Emulator 2] – Jon Lord
Management – Bruce Payne, Thames Talent Ltd.
Mastered By – Greg Calbi
Mixed By – Harry Schnitzler
Photography By [Portraits] – Dieter Zill*
Producer [Produced By] – Deep Purple, Roger Glover
Production Manager – Raymond D'Addario
Recorded By – Guy Charbonneau
Tour Manager – Colin Hart (2)
Vocals, Congas, Harmonica – Ian Gillan

Notes

Hannover pressing variant issued with a printed inner sleeve with photos, credits and lyrics.

The back cover is embossed with "PRS HANNOVER" in an oval.

The House Of Blue Light: Baarn pressing variant with 'Made in Holland'-imprint on the centre labels.

Runouts are stamped, last 2-3 letters / digits (all after the 320) may be rotated.

Recorded at The Playhouse, Stowe, Vermont, USA with Le Mobile
Mixed at Union Studios, Munich, W. Germany
Mastered at Sterling Studios, New York

All songs © 1986 Blackmore Music, Ltd. (ASCAP), Rugged Music, Ltd. (ASCAP), Clear Air Music Ltd. except A1, A2, A3, A5 © Blackmore Music, Ltd., Rugged Music, Ltd., Clear Air Music Ltd., Thames Overtures, Ltd.

Blackmore Music, Ltd. and Rugged Music, Ltd. administered by Thames Overtures, Ltd. Clear Air Music Ltd. administered by Chappells

Back cover and inner sleeve:
PRINTED IN WEST GERMANY/IMPRIME EN RFA
MADE IN WEST GERMANY BY PDO FOR POLYGRAM
℗ 1987 POLYGRAM RECORDS INC
© POLYGRAM RECORDS INC 1987

Labels:
Made in West Germany
℗ 1987 PolyGram Records Inc., New York
© 1987 PolyGram Records Inc., New York

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Barcode (Text): 0 422-831318-1 1
Barcode (Scanned): 042283131811
Label Code: LC 0309
Price Code (Boxed): Y
Price Code (Boxed): POL 281
Rights Society (Boxed): GEMA
Rights Society: ASCAP
Other (Debossed stamp, back cover): PRS HANNOVER
Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 1): 831 318 - 1 S 1 320 3 CG
Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, variant 1): 831 318 - 1 S 2 320 2 BQ
Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 2): 831 318 - 1 S 1 320 4 CC
Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, variant 2): 831 318 - 1 S 2 320 3 DD
Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 3): 831 318 - 1 S 1 320 2 AD
Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, variant 3): 831 318 - 1 S 2 320 3 D
Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 4): 831 318 - 1 S 1 320 2 AC
Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, variant 4): 831 318 - 1 S 2 320 A1 U B
Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 5): 831 318 - 1 S 1 320 2 I
Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, variant 5): 831 318 - 1 S 2 320 2 U
Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 6): 831 318 - 1 S 1 320 1 D
Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, variant 6): 831 318 - 1 S 2 320 4 I
Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 7): 831 318 - 1 S 1 320 4 I A
Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, variant 7): 831 318 - 1 S 2 320 D A 4
Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 8): 831 318 - 1 S 1 320 4 AK
Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, variant 8): 831 318 - 1 S 2 320 A1 Z
Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 9): 831 318 - 1 S 1 320 2 1
Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, variant 9): 831 318 - 1 S 2 320 1 A
Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 10): 831 318 - 1 S 1 320 2 CV
Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, variant 10): 831 318 - 1 S 2 320 2 AB
Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 11): 831 318 - 1 S 1 320 3 F C
Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, variant 11): 831 318 - 1 S 2 320 2 V D
Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 12): 831 318 - 1 S 1 320 3 A L
Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, variant 12): 831 318 - 1 S 2 320 2 A K
Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 13): 831 318 - 1 S 1 320 1 SB
Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, variant 13): 831 318 - 1 S 2 320 1 A B P
Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 14): 832 318 - 1 S 1 320 2 K
Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, variant 14): 832 318 - 1 S 2 320 4 0
Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 15): 832 318 - 1 S 1 320 2 K
Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, variant 15): 832 318 - 1 S 2 320 3 0
Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 16): 832 318 - 1 S 1 320 1 T B
Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, variant 16): 832 318 - 1 S 2 320 2 Z B
Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 17): 832 318 - 1 S 1 320 AQ 1
Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, variant 17): 832 318 - 1 S 2 320 AP 3

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	Title (Format)	Label	Cat#	Country	Year
Recently Edited	The House Of Blue Light (CD, Album, Stereo)	Polydor	831 318-2	Europe	1987
	The House Of Blue Light (CD, Album)	Mercury, Mercury	831 318-2 M-1, 831318-2	US	1987
	The House Of Blue Light (LP, Album)	Polydor, Polydor	POLH 32, 831 318-1	UK	1987
Recently Edited	The House Of Blue Light (LP, Album)	Gong	SLPXL 37119	Hungary	1987
Recently Edited	The House Of Blue Light (LP, Album, Stereo)	PGP RTB, Polydor	2420422, 831 318-1	Yugoslavia	1987