Nektar – Down To Earth

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Label:	port Records – PPSD-98005
Format:	Vinyl , LP, Album, Stereo , Terre Haute Press, Gatefold
Country:	US
Released:	1975
Genre:	Rock
Style:	Prog Rock

Tracklist

A1	Astral Man Bass Tuba – Phil Brown (10) Engineer [Re-mix/Air Studios] – Geoff Emerick MC [Ringmaster] – Bob Calvert* Tuba – Stephan Wick*	3:07
A2	Nelly The Elephant MC [Ringmaster] – Bob Calvert* Tenor Saxophone – Steve Gregory Tenor Saxophone, Baritone Saxophone – Chris Mercer Trombone – Chris Pyne Trumpet [1st] – Butch Hudson Trumpet [2nd] – Ron Carthy MC [Ringmaster] – Bob Calvert* Tenor Saxophone – Steve Gregory Tenor Saxophone, Baritone Saxophone – Chris Mercer Trombone – Chris Pyne Trumpet [1st] – Butch Hudson Trumpet [2nd] – Ron Carthy	5:02
A3	Early Morning Clown Backing Vocals – P.P. Arnold Engineer [Re-mix/Dierks Studios] – Dieter Dierks	3:21
A4	That’s Life Backing Vocals – P.P. Arnold MC [Ringmaster] – Bob Calvert*	6:49
B1	Fidgety Queen MC [Ringmaster] – Bob Calvert* Tenor Saxophone – Steve Gregory Tenor Saxophone, Baritone Saxophone – Chris Mercer Trombone – Chris Pyne Trumpet [1st] – Butch Hudson Trumpet [2nd] – Ron Carthy MC [Ringmaster] – Bob Calvert* Tenor Saxophone – Steve Gregory Tenor Saxophone, Baritone Saxophone – Chris Mercer Trombone – Chris Pyne Trumpet [1st] – Butch Hudson Trumpet [2nd] – Ron Carthy	4:04
B2	Oh Willy Tenor Saxophone – Steve Gregory Tenor Saxophone, Baritone Saxophone – Chris Mercer Trombone – Chris Pyne Trumpet [1st] – Butch Hudson Trumpet [2nd] – Ron Carthy Tenor Saxophone – Steve Gregory Tenor Saxophone, Baritone Saxophone – Chris Mercer Trombone – Chris Pyne Trumpet [1st] – Butch Hudson Trumpet [2nd] – Ron Carthy	4:00
B3	Little Boy Backing Vocals – P.P. Arnold	3:03
B4	Show Me The Way	5:55
B5	Finale Tenor Saxophone – Steve Gregory Tenor Saxophone, Baritone Saxophone – Chris Mercer Trombone – Chris Pyne Trumpet [1st] – Butch Hudson Trumpet [2nd] – Ron Carthy Tenor Saxophone – Steve Gregory Tenor Saxophone, Baritone Saxophone – Chris Mercer Trombone – Chris Pyne Trumpet [1st] – Butch Hudson Trumpet [2nd] – Ron Carthy	1:36

Companies, etc.

Marketed By – ABC Records, Inc.
Produced For – Bellaphon
Produced For – Bacillus Records
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Bellaphon Records
Copyright © – port Records, Inc.
Published By – Bellver Musikverlag
Published By – Bleu Disque Music Co., Inc.
Recorded At – Chipping Norton Recording Studios
Remixed At – Dierks Studios
Remixed At – Air Studios
Mastered At – Sterling Sound
Lacquer Cut At – Sterling Sound
Pressed By – Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Terre Haute

Credits

Art Direction [Front] – Pierre Tubbs
Art Direction [Inside And Back] – Helmut Wenske
Bass, Vocals – "Mo" Moore*
Drums, Percussion – Ron Howden
Engineer [Recording] – Barry Hammond
Guitar, Lead Vocals – Roye Albrighton
Keyboards, Vocals – "Taff" Freeman*
Lacquer Cut By – RL*
Mastered By – Robert Ludwig*
Performer [Visual Minority, General Hassles] – Mick Brockett*
Photography By [Front - Photo Finishing] – Bob Seales
Photography By [Front] – Bryce Attewell*
Photography By [Inside And Back] – Dieter Weis
Producer – Peter Hauke
Sounds, Effects [Special] – Dieter Dierks
Written-By, Producer – Nektar

Notes

Label variant and Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Terre Haute press.

First US Edition: port label with NO printing on label perimeter.
Later issues have perimeter text "port Records Inc. Marketed by ABC Records Inc. L.A. Calif..." or "port Records / Distributed By Famous Music Corp., New York 10023 / A G + W Company"

Recorded at Chipping Norton Studios, England, 22nd March to 1st April 1974.
Engineered (with help of the engineers handbook page 128 § 4). Remixed at Dierks Studios, , 18th, 19th April and 13th to 15th June 1974.
Engineered (engineers handbook page 4 § 128 german version).
Mastered at Sterling Sound, New York City.
"Astral Man" re-mixed at Air Studios, London, November 20, 1974.
"Early Morning Clown" re-mixed at Dierks Studios, , November 2, 1974.

Front-photography filmed on location in the wastelands of Wandsworth, England.
All other photographs made at Circus Krone at their site in Dortmund, .

Published world-wide by Bellver Musikverlag (Frankfort)
Sub-published in the U.S. and Canada by by Bleu Disque Music Co., Inc. (ASCAP)

℗ 1974, Bellaphon Records / © 1975 port Records, Inc. / Marketed by ABC Records, Inc.
Produced for Bellaphon/Bacilus Records

[Runouts]
- Mostly etched, "STERLING" and some final mastering text (i.e. "D", "A") are stamped.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Rights Society: ASCAP
Pressing Plant ID (Runouts): T
Matrix / Runout (Side A label): PPSD-98005-A
Matrix / Runout (Side B label): PPSD-98005-B
Matrix / Runout (Side A,variant 1): T1 PPSD-98005-A-1
Matrix / Runout (Side B, variant 1): T1 PPSD-98005-B-2
Matrix / Runout (Side A, variant 2): T1 PPSD-98005-A-2 Sterling RL
Matrix / Runout (Side A, variant 3): PPSD-98005-A-2 Sterling RL T 1
Matrix / Runout (Side B, variant 3): PPSD-98005-B-2 T 1
Matrix / Runout (Side A, variant 4): T1 PPSD- 98005-A - 1 STERLING D 7
Matrix / Runout (Side B, variant 4): T1 PPSD - 98005 -B - 2 A16
Matrix / Runout (Side A, variant 5): T1 PPSD-98005-A-1 STERLING D 4
Matrix / Runout (Side B, variant 5): T1 PPSD-98005-B-2 A 1
Matrix / Runout (Side A, variant 6): T1 PPSD- 98005-A - 1 STERLING A 8
Matrix / Runout (Side B, variant 6): T1 PPSD-98005-B-2 A10
Matrix / Runout (Side A, variant 7): T1 PPSD- 98005 - A-1 STERLING RL
Matrix / Runout (Side B, variant 7): T1 PPSD- 98005 - B-1 STERLING A 5

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	Title (Format)	Label	Cat#	Country	Year
	Down To Earth (LP, Album, Stereo, Gatefold)	United Artists Records	UAG 29680	UK	1974
Recently Edited	Down To Earth (LP, Album, Repress, Quadraphonic)	Bellaphon	BLPS 19190 Q		1974
Recently Edited	Down To Earth (LP, Album, Quadraphonic)	Bacillus Records	BRY.28027		1974
Recently Edited	Down To Earth (8-Track Cartridge, Album)	port Records	8167-98005 H, 98005 H	US	1974
Recently Edited	Down To Earth (LP, Album, Quadraphonic)	Real Records (11)	R 315 Q, R315	Australia	1974