Tom Waits - Blue Valentine (LP, Album, RE, Gat) (Very Good Plus (VG+))

Label : Asylum Records,Asylum Records

Country : Europe

Year : 

Media Condition: Very Good Plus (VG+)
Sleeve Condition: Very Good (VG)

Record with few light hairlines visible under the light. Sleeve with some shelf wear espescially on the upper edges
 

Notes:

Issued in a semi-glossy gatefold cover without barcode, usually including a WEA catalog insert.
Cloud label design with two rows of perimeter text, GEMA/Biem and cat# K 53 088

The R/S Alsdorf credit from the runouts was introduced in 1981, so earlier dates are not possible.
Matrix and STRAWBERRY (G) .. are stamped in the runout area with additional numbering etched.
Side A: Mastered at [l265018
Side B: Mastered at [l266791

 Different versions of AS 53 088:
-This one- : Label Cat#: K 53 088 | Label Design: Clouds | Rights Society: GEMA/Biem | Barcode: no | Made in Germany
AS 53 088: Label Cat#: AS 53 088 | Label Design: Clouds | Rights Society: GEMA/Biem | Barcode: no | Made in Germany
AS 53 088: Label Cat#: AS 53 088 | Label Design: Clouds | Rights Society: STEMRA | Barcode: no | Made in Germany
AS 53 088: Label Cat#: AS 53 088 | Label Design: Clouds | Rights Society: GEMA | Barcode: no | Made in Germany
AS 53 088: Label Cat#: K 53 088 | Label Design: White | Rights Society: STEMRA | Barcode: yes | Made in Germany
AS 53 088: Label Cat#: K 53 088 | Label Design: White | Rights Society: GEMA/BIEM | Barcode: yes | Made in Germany 

Sleeve:
A B.H. Production
℗ & © 1978 Elektra/Asylum Records
A Division Of Warner Communications Inc.
Made in Germany by WEA Musik GmbH

Embossed Warner logo on rear sleeve.

Labels:
All titles published by Warner Bros. Music Ltd. except title A1 published by Chappell & Co. Ltd.
℗ 1978 Asylum Records
Made in Germany by WEA Musik GmbH A Warner Communications Company

 

A1. Somewhere (From "West Side Story") 3:50
A2. Red Shoes By The Drugstore 3:11
A3. Christmas Card From A Hooker In Minneapolis 4:30
A4. Romeo Is Bleeding 4:50
A5. $29.00 8:12
B1. Wrong Side Of The Road 5:11
B2. Whistlin Past The Graveyard 3:14
B3. Kentucky Avenue 4:47
B4. A Sweet Little Bullet From A Pretty Blue Gun 5:34
B5. Blue Valentines 5:50

 

Barcode and Other Identifiers:

EU

Barcode none
Label Code LC 2648
Rights Society GEMA/Biem
Price Code Ⓤ
Price Code WE 321
Other 6E-162
Matrix / Runout PF ^9 R/S Alsdorf 53088 A3
Matrix / Runout R/S Alsdorf 53088 B-2X STRAWBERRY (G)
Matrix / Runout tv PF R / S Alsdorf 53088 A3X
Matrix / Runout 68 R / S Alsdorf 53088 B-2X STRAWBERRY (G)
Matrix / Runout R / S Alsdorf 53088 A3 16 PF
Matrix / Runout R / S Alsdorf 53088 B2 X 43 -D- STRAWBERRY (G)
Matrix / Runout PF R/S Alsdorf 53088 A3x "U̶K̶" "D" ^9
Matrix / Runout R / S Alsdorf 53088 B2 STRAWBERRY (G) ..
Matrix / Runout R / S Alsdorf 53088 A3X W PF
Matrix / Runout R / S Alsdorf 53088 B-2X STRAWBERRY (G) .. UK 52
Matrix / Runout 11 PF R/S Alsdorf 53088 A3
Matrix / Runout R / S Alsdorf 53088 B-2X STRAWBERRY (G) 89
Matrix / Runout PF R/S Alsdorf 53088 A3x
Matrix / Runout R / S Alsdorf 53088 B-2 STRAWBERRY (G) D 67
Matrix / Runout PF R/S Alsdorf 53088 A3 12
Matrix / Runout R / S Alsdorf 53088 B-2X STRAWBERRY (G) 90
Matrix / Runout R / S Alsdorf 53088 A3 69 PF
Matrix / Runout R / S Alsdorf 53088 B2 STRAWBERRY (G) 46 UK
Matrix / Runout R / S Alsdorf 53088 A3X 17 PF
Matrix / Runout R / S Alsdorf 53088 B2X STRAWBERRY (G) 68
Matrix / Runout R / S Alsdorf 53088 A3x BE 5 PF
Matrix / Runout R / S Alsdorf 53088 B2 STRAWBERRY (G) 60

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