The B-52's – The B-52's

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Label:	Warner Bros. Records – BSK 3355
Format:	Vinyl , LP, Album, Repress , Los Angeles
Country:	US
Released:
Genre:	Rock
Style:	New Wave

Tracklist

A1	Planet Claire	4:35
A2	52 Girls Guitar [2'nd] – Kate Pierson	3:34
A3	Dance This Mess Around	4:36
A4	Rock Lobster	6:49
B1	Lava	4:54
B2	There's A Moon In The Sky (Called The Moon) Guitar [2'nd] – Cindy Wilson	4:54
B3	Hero Worship Bass [Keyboard Bass] – Fred Schneider Guitar [2nd] – Kate Pierson	4:07
B4	6060-842	2:48
B5	Downtown	2:57

Companies, etc.

Produced For – Island Records Inc.
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Warner Bros. Records Inc.
Copyright © – Warner Bros. Records Inc.
Recorded At – Com Point Studios
Record Company – Warner Bros. Records Inc.
Record Company – Warner Bros. Inc.
Record Company – Warner Communications
Copyright © – Boo-fant Tunes, Inc.
Published By – Boo-fant Tunes, Inc.
Lacquer Cut At – Sterling Sound
Pressed By – Capitol Records Pressing Plant, Los Angeles

Credits

Advisor [Conseilleur] – Gary Kurfirst
Art Direction – Sue Ab Surd
Engineer [Assistant] – Cass Rigby
Hair [Hairdos By] – La Verne (2)
Performer [The B-52's], Drums, Percussion, Sounds [Claire Sounds] – Keith Strickland
Performer [The B-52's], Guitar, Sounds [Smoke Alarm] – Ricky Wilson (3)
Performer [The B-52's], Vocals, Bongos, Tambourine – Cindy Wilson
Performer [The B-52's], Vocals, Electronics [Walkie Talkie], Toy Piano – Fred Schneider
Performer [The B-52's], Vocals, Organ, Keyboards [Keyboard Bass] – Kate Pierson
Photography By – George DuBose
Producer – Chris Blackwell
Producer [Associate], Engineer – Robert Ash
Written-By – The B-52's (tracks: A3, B1, B2)

Notes

Los Angeles repressing: Pinstripe WB labels, no barcode, printed inner sleeve. Issued anytime between late 1979 and early 1980s.
A very similar issue using Monarch Mfg. Co. plates and pressed by Capitol LA is here: The B-52's.
Some copies came with a sampler sheet/form insert.

℗ 1979 Warner Bros. Records Inc.
© 1979 Warner Bros. Records Inc.

Recorded at Com Point Studios, Nassau, Bahamas

All Songs Published By Boo-fant Tunes, Inc.

[lyrics]
Copyright © 1978 Boo-fant Tunes, Inc.
Copyright © 1979 Boo-fant Tunes, Inc., BMI

All text on runout is hand etched, except for 'STERLING', ✲ symbol and the single digit number (e.g. '2' at variant 1, '5' at variant 4 side A, '1' at variant 4 side B etc.) which are machine stamped. The stamped number is rotated 90°.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Rights Society: BMI
Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, variant 1): BSK 1 3355 LW2 2 ✲ STERLING
Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, variant 1): BSK 2 3355 LW3· 2 ✲ STERLING
Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, variant 2): BSK-1-3355 LW4 ' 2 ✲✲
Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, variant 2): BSK 2 3355 LW4' ✲ 4 STERLING
Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, variant 3): BSK 1 3355 LW1. ✲ STERLING
Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, variant 3): BSK 1 3355 LW3. ✲ STERLING
Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, variant 4): BSK-1-3355 LW3. 5 ✲ #64
Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, variant 4): BSK-2-3355 LW5· 1 ✲✲ STERLING #64
Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, variant 5): BSK-1-3355 LW3. ( ) ✲
Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, variant 5): BSK-2-3355 LW4 ✲ STERLING
Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, variant 6): BSK 1 3355 LW 1. 1 ✲ STERLING
Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, variant 6): BSK 2 3355 LW 4• 1 STERLING
Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, variant 7): BSK-1-3355-LW 3 . ( ) ✲
Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, variant 7): BSK 2 3355 LW 4· ✲ STERLING

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	Title (Format)	Label	Cat#	Country	Year
Recently Edited	The B-52's (LP, Album, Stereo)	Island Records	ILPS 9580*, ILPS 9580	UK	1979
	The B-52's (LP, Album, Don Mills Pressing)	Warner Bros. Records	QBS 3355	Canada	1979
Recently Edited	The B-52's (Cassette, Album)	Warner Bros. Records	M5 3355	US	1979
Recently Edited	The B-52's (LP, Album)	Island Records	9123 048		1979
	The B-52's (LP, Album, Los Angeles Pressing)	Warner Bros. Records	BSK 3355	US	1979