Elvis Costello And The Attractions* – Imperial Bedroom
Tracklist
| A1 | Beyond Belief | 2:32 | |
| A2 | Tears Before Bedtime | 2:58 | |
| A3 | Shabby Doll | 4:43 | |
| A4 | The Long Honeymoon | 4:13 | |
| A5 | Man Out Of Time | 5:25 | |
| A6 | Almost Blue | 2:42 | |
| A7 | ...And In Every Home | 3:20 | |
| B1 | The Loved Ones | 2:47 | |
| B2 | Human Hands | 2:42 | |
| B3 | Kid About It | 2:41 | |
| B4 | Little Savage | 2:36 | |
| B5 | Boy With A Problem | 2:07 | |
| B6 | Pidgin English | 3:55 | |
| B7 | You Little Fool | 3:06 | |
| B8 | Town Cryer | 4:10 |
Companies, etc.
- Record Company – Warner Communications
- Recorded At – Air Studios
- Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Riviera Global Record Productions Ltd.
- Copyright © – F-Beat Records Ltd.
- Published By – Plangent Visions Music Ltd.
- Published By – Rondor Music (London) Ltd.
- Copyright © – Plangent Visions Music Ltd.
- Pressed By – WEA Records Pressing Plant, West Drayton
Credits
- Composed By – Elvis Costello
- Concept By [From An Original Idea By] – Elvis Costello
- Lacquer Cut By – Noel*
- Orchestrated By [Orchestrations By] – Steve Nieve
- Painting ['Snakecharmer & Reclining Octopus', 1942] – Sal Forlenza
- Photography By [1982] – David Bailey (5)
- Producer [Assisted By] – John Jacobs*
- Producer [Produced By] – Geoff Emerick
Notes
Issued in a standard sleeve with the Warner 'W' logo embossed towards the top, right-hand corner of the back cover. Includes a heavy stock card inner sleeve with lyrics on both sides (a die-cut centre hole reveals a matching design on the Side B label only). Initial copies also came with a postcard depicting the album cover.
Imperial Bedroom is styled as IbMePdErRoIoAmL on the front cover, spine and Side A label.
[On back cover:]
Recorded at Air Recording Studios, London
'Snakecharmer & Reclining Octopus' By Sal Forlenza 1942
[On inner sleeve, both sides:]
© Plangent Visions Music Limited
[On Side A label:]
All titles ... published by Plangent Visions Music Ltd. except * [Track B5] ... published by Plangent Visions Music Ltd. / Rondor Music (London) Ltd.
℗ 1982 Riviera Global Record Productions Ltd.
© 1982 F-Beat Records Ltd.
A Warner Communications Company [Warner 'W' logo]
Imperial Bedroom is styled as IbMePdErRoIoAmL on the front cover, spine and Side A label.
[On back cover:]
Recorded at Air Recording Studios, London
'Snakecharmer & Reclining Octopus' By Sal Forlenza 1942
[On inner sleeve, both sides:]
© Plangent Visions Music Limited
[On Side A label:]
All titles ... published by Plangent Visions Music Ltd. except * [Track B5] ... published by Plangent Visions Music Ltd. / Rondor Music (London) Ltd.
℗ 1982 Riviera Global Record Productions Ltd.
© 1982 F-Beat Records Ltd.
A Warner Communications Company [Warner 'W' logo]
Barcode and Other Identifiers
- Other (Embossed Warner logo on back cover): W
- Matrix / Runout (Runout side A variant 1, etched): XXLP 17 A-1 F1 7-M W-2 KD
- Matrix / Runout (Runout side B variant 1, etched): XXLP 17 B 1 F1 7-M W-2 KD NOEL
- Matrix / Runout (Runout side A variant 2, etched): XXLP 17 A-1 F1 7-M W32
- Matrix / Runout (Runout side B variant 2, etched): XXLP 17 B-1 F3 7-M W-3 NOEL
- Matrix / Runout (Runout side A variant 3, etched): XXLP 17 A-1 F1 W-L W-16
- Matrix / Runout (Runout side B variant 3, etched): XXLP 17 B-1 F1 W-L W17 NOEL
- Matrix / Runout (Runout side A variant 4, etched): XXLP 17 A-1 F1 7-M W-40 KD
- Matrix / Runout (Runout side B variant 4, etched): XXLP 17 B-1 F1 7-M W-26 NOEL
- Matrix / Runout (Runout side A variant 5, etched): XXLP 17 A-1 F1 W-L W 26
- Matrix / Runout (Runout side B variant 5, etched): XXLP 17 B-1 F1 W-L W 24 NOEL
- Matrix / Runout (Runout side A variant 6, etched): XXLP 17 A-1 F1 7-M W-5 KD
- Matrix / Runout (Runout side B variant 6, etched): XXLP 17 B-1 F1 7-M W18 NOEL
Other Versions (5 of 82)
View All| Title (Format) | Label | Cat# | Country | Year | |||
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| Imperial Bedroom (LP, Album, Stereo, Terre Haute Press) | Columbia | FC 38157 | US | 1982 | |||
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Imperial Bedroom (LP, Album) | F-Beat | FB K 58 490, FB 58 490 | Netherlands | 1982 | ||
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Imperial Bedroom (LP, Album, Stereo) | F-Beat | 203 324 | 1982 | |||
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Imperial Bedroom (Cassette, Album) | Columbia | PCT 38157 | US | 1982 | ||
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Imperial Bedroom (LP, Album) | F-Beat | XXLP 17 | Australia | 1982 |
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Musically this is Elvis Costello’s most ambitious title, and is probably my favourite of his releases.
This pressing is also absolutely top notch, with great separation and warmth, dynamic range is excellent and the soundstage is massive. I’ve long been interested in the MoFi reissue from a few years back, but listening again reveals that this is a sublime sounding record.
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