Was (Not Was)
Born To Laugh At Tornadoes
7.99
Geffen Records,ZE Records
GHS 4016
LP, Album, Win
US
1983
Electronic, Rock
Synth-pop, Disco
Vinyl
Media Condition: Very Good Plus (VG+)
Sleeve Condition: Very Good (VG)
Cover has import saw cut.
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.
Made in USA.
Spine:
Printed in USA
Inner sleeve:
© 1983 The David Geffen Company.
Made in USA.
Produced in Detroit November 1982-June 1983
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
Runouts are etched except [Artisan logo which is stamped.
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
Barcode and Other Identifiers:
Barcode 0 7599-24016-1
Barcode 075992401616
Rights Society ASCAP
Rights Society ASCAP / BMI
Pressing Plant ID ─◁
Matrix / Runout GHS-1-4016-WW7 [Artisan logo] ─◁
Matrix / Runout GHS-2-4016-WW4 [Artisan logo] ─◁
Produced For John Lewis Productions
Phonographic Copyright (p) The David Geffen Company
Copyright (c) The David Geffen Company
Copyright (c) F.E. Compton Co.
Copyright (c) Los Was Cosmipolitanos
Copyright (c) State Of The Artless
Copyright (c) Great Joy Music
Copyright (c) Aaron Miles Music
Record Company Encyclopaedia Britannica Inc.
Record Company Geffen Records
Record Company Warner Communications
Manufactured By Warner Bros. Records Inc.
Published By Ackee Music, Inc.
Published By Los Was Cosmipolitanos
Published By State Of The Artless
Published By Aaron Miles Music
Published By Great Joy Music
Recorded At The Sound Suite Detroit
Mixed At Record Plant, N.Y.C.
Mixed At The Sound Suite Detroit
Engineered At Mediasound
Mastered At Artisan Sound Recorders
Mastered At Allied Record Company
Mastered At Sheffield Lab Matrix
Overdubbed At Mediasound
Overdubbed At Record Plant, N.Y.C.
Overdubbed At 39th Street Music Studio
Overdubbed At Criteria Recording Studios
Overdubbed At Sigma Sound Studios, New York
Overdubbed At Gnome Sound
Pressed By Specialty Records Corporation
Lacquer Cut At Artisan Sound Recorders
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