Was (Not Was) - Born To Laugh At Tornadoes | LP

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

 

Track List:

A1. Knocked Down, Made Small (Treated Like A Rubber Ball) 3:05
A2. Bow Wow Wow Wow 3:09
A3. Betrayal 3:02
A4. Shake Your Head (Let's Go To Bed) 3:52
A5. Man Vs. The Empire Brain Building 4:00
B1. (Return To The Valley Of) Out Come The Freaks 4:20
B2. Professor Night 4:10
B3. The Party Broke Up 2:14
B4. Smile 3:12
B5. Zaz Turned Blue 4:18

 

Notes:

Sleeve:
Compton's © 1953
Produced in Detroit
Cover illustration by permission of Compton's © 1953 F.E. Compton Co., division of Encyclopaedia Britannica Inc.
Available on cassette
Manufactured exclusively by Warner Bros. Records Inc.
© 1983 The David Geffen Company.
℗ 1983 The David Geffen Company.
Made in USA.

Spine:
Printed in USA

Inner sleeve:
© 1983 The David Geffen Company.
Made in USA.

All songs © 1983 Los Was Cosmipolitanos/State Of The Artless ASCAP adm. by Ackee Music Inc. except "Shake Your Head (Let's Go To Bed)" and "Professor Night", © 1983 Los Was Cosmipolitanos/State Of The Artless ASCAP/Great Joy Music BMI, adm. by Ackee Music Inc.; and "Bow Wow Wow Wow", © 1982 Aaron Miles Music ASCAP.

Produced in Detroit November 1982-June 1983
Recorded at Sound Suite Recording Studios
All songs mixed with nerves of steel at Record Plant NYC except "Shake Your Head", "Man Vs. The Empire Brain Building" and "The Party Broke Up" mixed at Sound Suite, Detroit.
Mr. Horton's drums engineered at Media Sound, NYC.
Originally mastered at Artisan Sound Recorders, L.A.
Additional overdubs: Media Sound, NYC; Record Plant, NYC; 39th St. Music Studios, NYC; Criteria, Miami; Sigma, NYC and Gnome, Detroit

Marshall Crenshaw appears courtesy of Warner Bros. Records
Felix and Jarvis appear courtesy of Quality Records
Ozzy Osbourne appears courtesy of CBS Records and Jet Records
Anthony Kaczynski, Mike Smith and Chris Ewen appear courtesy of Metro-America Records Inc.
Sweet Pea Atkinson and Chris Blackwell appear courtesy of Island Records
Branford Marsalis appears courtesy of Columbia Records
Hannibal Petersen appears courtesy of Sunrise Records

Labels:
Produced in Detroit
© 1983 The David Geffen Company
℗ 1983 The David Geffen Company

A: 
All songs published by Los Was Cosmipolitanos/State Of The Artless ASCAP adm. by Ackee Music Inc. except "Bow Wow Wow Wow", Aaron Miles Music ASCAP and "Shake Your Head (Let's Go To Bed)", Los Was Cosmipolitanos/State Of The Artless ASCAP/Great Joy Music BMI, adm. by Ackee Music Inc.

B:
All songs published by Los Was Cosmipolitanos/State Of The Artless ASCAP adm. by Ackee Music Inc. except "Professor Night" Los Was Cosmipolitanos/State Of The Artless ASCAP/Great Joy Music BMI, adm. by Ackee Music Inc.

Other notes:
Includes a printed inner sleeve with lyrics and credits
E A S T embossed on side B label indicates the record was pressed at Specialty Records Corporation  using metal parts that were originally made for use at Allied Record Company based on the etchings.

Other US versions:
[r482944 - Winchester pressing
[r13442057 - Jacksonville pressing

 

Barcode and Other Identifiers:

Barcode 075992401616
Rights Society ASCAP
Rights Society BMI
Pressing Plant ID E A S T
Matrix / Runout GHS-1-4016-SH2 [Artisan Sound Recorders logo] [Allied Record Company logo] B-18447-SH2 SLM △5075 1̶-̶2̶ SP 0-1
Matrix / Runout GHS-2-4016-SH2 [Artisan Sound Recorders logo] [Allied Record Company logo] B-18448-SH2 SLM △5075-X SP 0-1 1̶-̶3̶

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