The Cars – The Cars

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Label:	Elektra – 6E-135
Format:	Vinyl, LP, Album, London Records Pressing
Country:	Canada
Released:	Jun 6, 1978
Genre:	Electronic, Rock
Style:	New Wave, Pop Rock, Synth-pop

Tracklist

A1	Good Times Roll Written-By – Ric Ocasek	3:44
A2	My Best Friend's Girl Written-By – Ric Ocasek	3:44
A3	Just What I Needed Written-By – Ric Ocasek	3:44
A4	I'm In Touch With Your World Written-By – Ric Ocasek	3:31
A5	Don't Cha Stop Written-By – Ric Ocasek	3:01
B1	You're All I've Got Tonight Written-By – Ric Ocasek	4:13
B2	Bye Bye Love Written-By – Ric Ocasek	4:14
B3	Moving In Stereo Written-By – Greg Hawkes, Ric Ocasek	5:15
B4	All Mixed Up Written-By – Ric Ocasek	4:14

Companies, etc.

Distributed By – WEA Music Of Canada, Ltd.
Manufactured By – WEA Music Of Canada, Ltd.
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Elektra/Asylum Records
Copyright © – Elektra/Asylum Records
Published By – Lido Music
Published By – Oversnare Music
Mastered At – Sterling Sound
Pressed By – London Records Of Canada (1967) Ltd.

Credits

Art Direction – Ron Coro
Design – Johnny Lee (4)
Design [Collage] – David Robinson (3), Jerome Jordon Higgins
Drums, Percussion, Electronic Drums [Syndrums], Backing Vocals – David Robinson (3)
Engineer – Geoff Workman
Engineer [Second] – Nigel Walker
Keyboards, Percussion, Saxophone, Backing Vocals – Greg Hawkes
Lead Guitar, Backing Vocals – Elliot Easton
Management – Fred Lewis Organization
Mastered By – George Marino
Photography By – Elliot Gilbert
Producer – Roy Thomas Baker
Vocals, Bass – Benjamin Orr
Vocals, Rhythm Guitar – Ric Ocasek

Notes

London Records Of Canada (1967) Ltd. pressing, indicated by the undersized labels used, and the stamped 1Y runout prefixes.

Pressed with Elektra butterfly labels. Label layout and font is noticeably different from The Cars.

Mastered at Sterling Sound, New York.
Engineered for R.T.B. (Audio-Visual) Productions Ltd.

℗ & © 1978 Elektra/Asylum Records on back cover.
© 1978 Elektra/Asylum Records on inner-sleeve.
℗ 1978 Elektra Records on labels

Issued with a black-and-white inner-sleeve of lyrics/photos.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Pressing Plant ID (Runouts): 1Y
Rights Society: ASCAP
Rights Society: BMI
Matrix / Runout (Variant 1; Side A - etched): 6E-135A-1Y 6E-135 [stamped] 6E-135A-1Y 3A
Matrix / Runout (Variant 1; Side B - etched): 6E-135B-1Y 6E-135 [stamped] 6E-135B-1Y 4A
Matrix / Runout (Variant 2; Side A - stamped): 6E-135A-1Y 1A
Matrix / Runout (Variant 2; Side B - stamped): 6E-135B-1Y 2A
Matrix / Runout (Variant 3; Side A - stamped / etched): 6E-135A-1Y 2A 6E-135A-1Y 6E-135 T.
Matrix / Runout (Variant 3; Side B - stamped / etched): 6E-135B-1Y 6A 6E-135B-1Y 6E-135 T.
Matrix / Runout (Variant 4; Side A - etched): 6E-135A-IY 6E-135 [stamped] 6E-135A-IY 1A [mirrored] UK
Matrix / Runout (Variant 4; Side B - etched): 6E-135B-IY 6E-135 [stamped] 6E-135B-IY 2A KU
Matrix / Runout (Variant 5; Side A - etched/stamped): 6E-135A 1Y 6E-135 [Stamped] 6E-135A-1Y 1A UU
Matrix / Runout (Variant 5; Side B - etched/stamped): (Indecipherable) 6E-135 [Stamped] 6E-135B-1Y 1A CD
Matrix / Runout (Variant 6; Side A - etched/stamped): 6E-135A 1Y 6E-135 [Stamped] 6E-135A-1Y 2A DI
Matrix / Runout (Variant 6; Side B - etched/stamped): 6E (more numbers obscured by label) 6E-135 [Stamped] 6E-135B-1Y 4A T DD

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	Title (Format)	Label	Cat#	Country	Year
	The Cars (LP, Album, Stereo, PRC-W, Compton Press)	Elektra	6E-135	US	1978
Recently Edited	The Cars (LP, Album)	Elektra	K 52088	UK	1978
New Submission	The Cars (Cassette, Album)	Elektra	TC-5135	US	1978
Recently Edited	The Cars (LP, Album)	Elektra, Elektra	ELK 52 088, 6E-135	Germany	1978
Recently Edited	The Cars (LP, Album)	Elektra	ELK 52 088	Europe	1978