The Jesus And Mary Chain – Darklands

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Label:	Blanco Y Negro – BYN11, Blanco Y Negro – 242180-1
Format:	Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo
Country:	Europe
Released:	Aug 1987
Genre:	Rock
Style:	Alternative Rock, Shoegaze, Indie Rock, Post-Punk

Tracklist

A1	Darklands	5:29
A2	Deep One Perfect Morning	2:43
A3	Happy When It Rains	3:36
A4	Down On Me	2:36
A5	Nine Million Rainy Days	4:29
B1	April Skies	4:00
B2	Fall	2:28
B3	Cherry Came Too	3:06
B4	On The Wall	5:05
B5	About You	2:31

Companies, etc.

Record Company – Warner Communications – BYN11
Manufactured By – Record Service GmbH – BYN11
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – WEA Records Ltd. – BYN11
Copyright © – WEA Records Ltd. – BYN11
Made By – WEA Musik GmbH – BYN11
Published By – Warner Bros. Music Ltd. – BYN11
Produced At – Wessex Sound Studios – BYN11
Produced At – Livingston Studios – BYN11
Produced At – Southern Studios – BYN11
Engineered At – Livingston Studios – BYN11
Remixed At – Wessex Sound Studios – BYN11
Lacquer Cut At – Utopia Studios – BYN11
Pressed By – Record Service Alsdorf – BYN11

Credits

Co-producer [Produced ... With] – Bill Price (tracks: A1, A3 to A4, B1, B3 to B4), John Loder (tracks: A5, B2, B5)
Design – Helen Backhouse
Engineer – Tony Harris (tracks: A2)
Lacquer Cut By [Cut By] – Steve Angel
Photography By [Photo Credit] – Andrew Catlin
Photography By [Video Photography Taken From Videos By] – Martin Elliott, Tim Broad
Producer – William Reid
Vocals – Jim Reid (tracks: A2 to A4, B1 to B3, B5), William Reid (tracks: A1, A5, B4)
Written-By – Reid*, Reid*

Notes

Issued with a printed inner sleeve with lyrics.

Tracks A1, A3 to A4, B1, B3: Produced at Wessex Studios.
Track A2: Engineered at Livingston Studios and remixed at Wessex Studios.
Tracks A5, B2, B5: Produced at Southern Studios.
Track B4: Produced at Wessex Studios. Remixed at Southern Studios.

Runout details variant 9:
Everything is hand-etched except 'R / S Alsdorf 242180-1-A' (side A) and 'R / S Alsdorf 242180-1-B' (side B).

[Inner sleeve:]
Cut [...] at Utopia
Lyrics used by kind permission of Warner Bros. Music Ltd.

[Rear sleeve:]
℗ 1987 WEA Records Ltd. © 1987 WEA Records Ltd. Manufactured in Germany by Record Service GmbH, Alsdorf. Pressé en Allemagne par Record Service GmbH, Alsdorf. [Warner 'W' logo] A Warner Communications Company.

[Labels:]
℗ 1987 WEA Records Ltd.
© 1987 WEA Records Ltd.
Made in Germany by WEA Musik GmbH [Warner 'W' logo] A Warner Communications Company

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Barcode (Text): 0 22924 21801 9
Barcode (Scanned): 022924218019
Label Code: LC 4281
Rights Society (Boxed): GEMA/BIEM
Price Code: Ⓤ
Price Code (France): WE 381
Other (Embossed Warner logo on rear sleeve): W
Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 1): R/S Alsdorf 242180-1-AXX VERFAILLIE
Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, variant 1): R/S Alsdorf 242180-1-B >F< WILLIAM RONA AND THE BABY CATS....
Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 2): R/S Alsdorf 242180-1-A VERFAILLIE
Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, variant 2): R/S Alsdorf 242180-1-B 16 WILLIAM RONA AND THE BABY CATS....
Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 3): R/S Alsdorf 242180-1-AXX VERFAILLIE 27
Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, variant 3): R/S Alsdorf 242180-1-BX "UK" 27 WILLIAM RONA AND THE BABY CATS...
Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 4): R/S Alsdorf 242180-1-A SI VERFAILLIE
Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, variant 4): R/S Alsdorf 242180-1-BX ̶D̶ WILLIAM RONA AND THE BABY CATS....
Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 5): R/S Alsdorf 242180-1-A VERFAILLIE 182
Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, variant 5): R/S Alsdorf 242180-1-B 24 WILLIAM RONA AND THE BABY CATS.... D
Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 6): R/S Alsdorf 242180-1-A VERFAILLIE 26
Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, variant 6): R/S Alsdorf 242180-1-BX 15 WILLIAM RONA AND THE BABY CATS
Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 7): R/S Alsdorf 242180-1-A VERFAILLIE 24
Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, variant 7): R/S Alsdorf 242180-1-BX 15 WILLIAM RONA AND THE BABY CATS.... D B̵.̵E̵
Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 8): R/S Alsdorf 242180-1-A VERFAILLIE 34
Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, variant 8): R/S Alsdorf 242180-1-B UK 13 WILLIAM RONA AND THE BABY CATS ....
Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 9): R / S Alsdorf 242180-1-A VERFAILLIE 60
Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, variant 9): WILLIAM RONA AND THE BABY CATS.... 42 R / S Alsdorf 242180-1-B
Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 10): R / S Alsdorf 242180-1-A VERFAILLIE
Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, variant 10): R/S Alsdorf 242180-1-B WILLIAM RONA AND THE BABY CATS....

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	Title (Format)	Label	Cat#	Country	Year
Recently Edited	Darklands (LP, Album, Allied Pressing)	Warner Bros. Records, Warner Bros. Records, Blanco Y Negro	9 25656-1, 1-25656, 25656-1	US	1987
Recently Edited	Darklands (LP, Album)	Warner Bros. Records	9 25656-1	US	1987
Recently Edited	Darklands (CD, Album)	Blanco Y Negro	242180-2	Europe	1987
Recently Edited	Darklands (CD, Album)	Warner Bros. Records, Blanco Y Negro	9 25656-2	US	1987
Recently Edited	Darklands (Cassette, Album)	Blanco Y Negro, Blanco Y Negro	BYNC 11, 242 180-4	Europe	1987

Reviews

eranalon May 22, 2022
Fantastic pressing... Coming back to this record from time to time, this is a real pleasure!
tobymessy Jun 30, 2020
Edited 2 years ago
... ‘ and I’m happy when it rains ‘ - brilliant and very fitting seeing as they are from Glasgow ( well East Kilbride to be precise ) but the weather really can be [email protected]@ up here. We’re drowning most summers while all you sun baked insouciant southerners are peeling yourself off the sunloungers. Still, at least the tap water’s fresh.

Great album. April skies another highlight. Toss up between Pyschocandy and this for best The JAM C album... five years later however sometimes always ( with Mazzy Star’s Hope Sandoval ) popped out and that was 2 and a half minutes of total perfection👌
jrsmusic Mar 17, 2019
Back in these days, only the REAL COOL KIDS liked this band. And a few others.....!