40th Anniversary Half-Speed Master
This record was cut by Matt Colton at Metropolis Studios on an extensively modified Neumann VMS-80 consisting of an improved SX74 cutterhead with ceramic feedback coils and new magnetics, and an upgraded pitch control system. Making use of custom made current amplifiers with transistors built to our specification, paired with voltage amplifiers from Crispin Murray. Fed by new filtering and correction circuitry created by James Kedwards.


Universal/Island Music Limited / Concord Copyrights London Limited

℗ 1986 © 2026 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company
Made in Germany

Tracks are numbered sequentially on labels.
Printed inner sleeve.
All runouts etched, with (for example) '⋀=' or '1|' mirrored.