Douglas Adams – The Hitch-Hiker's Guide To The Galaxy

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Label:	Original Records – ORA 42
Format:	2 x Vinyl , LP, Album , Red Labels
Country:	UK
Released:	1979
Genre:	Stage & Screen
Style:	Comedy

Tracklist

A1	Journey Of The Sorcerer	1:12
A2	The Guide Speaks	3:04
A3	None At All	1:42
A4	Gargleblaster Sonata	2:17
A5	I Don't Like Thursdays	5:58
A6	Vogon Constructor Fleets	3:34
A7	The Babel Fish	2:50
A8	Micturations Of A Vogon	3:09
B1	A Short History Of The Earth	3:05
B2	The Big One	1:51
B3	Unease By The Sea	2:20
B4	Heart Of Gold	0:47
B5	Infinitely Improbable	4:01
B6	Song Of The Mindless Jerks	3:50
B7	Waveband On The Run	4:48
C1	Yore Kind Of Music	3:50
C2	Consolation No.1	1:00
C3	Out To Lunch	2:56
C4	Consolation No.2	1:51
C5	Whale Song No.1	2:23
C6	Whale Song No.2	2:00
C7	Pink Planet	1:31
C8	Biro Gyro	2:40
C9	Double Sunset	3:04
C10	The Dolphins' Farewell	1:43
C11	The Factory Floor	0:31
D1	The Earth, Mk 2	2:28
D2	Tell Us Why	5:13
D3	Aubade	2:44
D4	The Answer	1:35
D5	The Messiah	3:28
D6	Is There A Lifestyle After Death?	6:55
D7	Arms Of The Law	3:14
D8	Journey's End (Journey Of The Sorcerer)	1:17

Companies, etc.

Manufactured By – Original Records Ltd.
Distributed By – Original Records Ltd.
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Original Records Ltd.
Copyright © – Original Records Ltd.
Published By – Original Music Ltd.
Published By – Warner Bros. Music Ltd.
Recorded At – Sound Development Studios
Lacquer Cut At – CBS Studios, London
Pressed By – RCA Records Pressing Plant, Washington, UK

Credits

Arranged By, Musician – Tim Souster (tracks: A1, D8)
Design, Sleeve – Hipgnosis (2)
Effects – Paddy Kingsland
Engineer – Adrian Sear
Executive-Producer – Laurence Aston
Lacquer Cut By – TY*
Music By, Composed By, Musician – Tim Souster (tracks: A2 to A5, A8 to B6, C1, C2, C4 to C11, D2 to D6)
Music By, Musician – Paddy Kingsland (tracks: A6, A7, B7, C3)
Presenter, Narrator [The Book] – Peter Jones (10)
Producer – Geoffrey Perkins
Producer [Associate Producer] – Tim Souster
Sleeve [Graphics] – Ian Wright (4)
Voice Actor [Arthur Dent] – Simon Jones (7)
Voice Actor [Deep Thought] – Valentine Dyall
Voice Actor [Eddie, Majikthise, Frankie Mouse, Radio] – David Tate
Voice Actor [Ford Prefect] – Geoffrey McGivern
Voice Actor [Marvin, The Whale, The Barman, Benjy Mouse, Shooty, Gag Halfrunt] – Stephen Moore (2)
Voice Actor [Slartibartfast] – Richard Vernon
Voice Actor [Trillian] – Cindy Oswin
Voice Actor [Vogon Captain, Mr Prosser] – Bill Wallis
Voice Actor [Vroomfondel, Bang-bang] – Jim Broadbent
Voice Actor [Zaphod Beeblebrox] – Mark Wing-Davey
Words By – Douglas Adams
Written-By – Bernie Leadon (tracks: A1, D8)

Notes

"When the events on this record take place, only those who have not made tape copies will stand any chance of being rescued."

A re-worked and re-recorded version. Based on the BBC Radio 4 [first series] broadcast in 1978. [Writer John Lloyd had provided earlier material]. It was the first radio comedy series produced in stereo.

Full-color gatefold sleeve, varnish-print outer, semi-gloss print paper-pasted inner spreads.
Sleeve made and printed in England.

Manufactured and distributed by Original Records Ltd., 38 Long Acre London WC2.

Recorded July - August 1979 at Sound Development Studios.
(Vinyl mastered at CBS Studios, London.)

Tracks A1 & D8; Warner Bros. Music Ltd.
Remainder; Original Music Ltd.
℗&© 1979 Original Records Ltd.

Music timings [on labels] within the longer narrative tracks:
A2 - 1:40
A3 - 0:59
A4 - 1:08
A5 - 0:43
A6 - 0:46
A7 - 1:48
A8 - 1:13
B1 - 2:02
B2 - 1:51
B3 - 2:20
B4 - 0:30
B5 - 2:08
B6 - 0:57
B7 - 0:53
C1 - 2:23
C2 - 0:58
C3 - 1:20
C4 - 0:25
C5 - 0:35
C6 - 0:58
C7 - 0:59
C8 - 2:40
C9 - 0:48
C10 - 1:24
C11 - 0:11
D2 - 1:15
D3 - 0:21
D4 - 0:12
D5 - 1:07
D6 - 2:25

Alternative label design

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Matrix / Runout (A-side run-out, hand-etched, variant 1): ORA-42-A-3 A1V TY CBS
Matrix / Runout (B-side run-out, hand-etched, variant 1): ORA 42-B-1 A2I 'W' ECCENTRICA 5010-345-1059 TY CBS
Matrix / Runout (C-side run-out, hand-etched, variant 1): ORA-42-C-2 A2N 'W' TY CBS
Matrix / Runout (D-side run-out, hand-etched, variant 1): ORA-42-D-2 A2H ZZ9 PLURAL Z [Fish symbol] TY CBS
Matrix / Runout (A-side run-out, hand-etched, variant 2): ORA-42-A-3 F1✓ TY-CBS W -2
Matrix / Runout (B-side run-out, hand-etched, variant 2): ORA 42-B-1 'W' ECCENTRICA 5010-345-1059 TY-CBS 'W' W-2
Matrix / Runout (C-side run-out, hand-etched, variant 2): ORA 42 C-1 W-10 TY-CBS
Matrix / Runout (D-side run-out, hand-etched, variant 2): ORA-42-D-2 ZZ9 PLURAL Z [Fish symbol] A2 W-10KD

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	Title (Format)	Label	Cat#	Country	Year
Recently Edited	The Hitch-Hiker's Guide To The Galaxy (2×LP, Album)	Original Records	ORA 42	UK	1979
New Submission	The Hitch-Hiker's Guide To The Galaxy (2×LP, Album, Misprint)	Original Records	ORA 42	UK	1979
New Submission	The Hitch-Hiker's Guide To The Galaxy (2×LP, Album)	Original Records	ORA 42	UK	1979
Recently Edited	The Hitch-Hiker's Guide To The Galaxy (2×LP, Album, Gatefold)	Original Records	MLR 2-444, MLR 2 444, MLR-2-444	Australia	1981
New Submission	The Hitch-Hiker's Guide To The Galaxy (2×LP, Album)	Original Records	MLR 2-444, MLR2 444	Australia	1981