This Corrosion 12" (ELEKTRA promo)
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A 12" single issued to promote the release of the Floodland album and This Corrosion in particular.
This promo record exists in at least two different pressings. For details see below.
Release Notes
- Label: Elektra
- Catalogue#: ED 5263
- Format: 12" vinyl single, 33 ⅓ rpm
- Produced: 1987 (US)
Common Production Notes
- Words and music: Andrew Eldritch
- Published by Copyright Control
- Produced by Jim Steinman for Obsidian Productions Inc.
- Manufactured by Elektra/Asylum/Nonesuch Records
- Mastered and lacquer-cut at Atlantic Studios by Sam Feldman
Further Remarks
- Apart from the fact, that different issues of this promo exist, it is remarkable
- that all these items are based on two different test pressings:
- - Side A was pressed explicitly for this purpose by Specialty Records, while
- - Side B was taken from the test pressing of the A-Side for the official 12" single.
- The labels and runouts of the different issues vary depending on the various pressings, see below.
Track List
| Side/Track | Duration |
| A This Corrosion (vocal edit version) | 4:24 |
| B This Corrosion (extended version) | 8:35 |
Different pressings
- Please click into the pictures for larger views -
Specialty Records Releases
| ● Pressed by Specialty Records Corporation in two versions | ● Runouts (both versions): |
| - The first version comes a typical ELEKTRA die-cut sleeve | - Label Side A : ST-ED-5263-A-SP |
| and has fully printed and detailled ELEKTRA labels. | - Label Side B : ST-ED-66790-A-SP |
| - The second version comes in generic white cardboard sleeve. | - Runout (etched) Side A : ST-ED-5263A¹ - sf/alt |
| This one has also been seen sold in a standard 12" cover, | - Runout (etched) Side B : ST-ED-66790-A¹ - sf/alt |
| see the picture top of the page on the right side. | |
| The labels are basically white without out any sort of logo | "White" label version only (as far as we know): |
| and give the necessary basic and copyright information only. | - machine-stamped Specialty Records-logo in the runouts of both sides |
Standard Version
"White" Label Version
Allied Records Release
| ● Pressed by Allied Records Company | ● Runouts: |
| ● The vinyls come in a typical ELEKTRA die-cut sleeve. | - Label Side A: ST-ED-66790-A-AR |
| ● The labels are identical to the Specialty Records standard issue | - Label Side B: ST-ED-66790-B-AR |
| apart from the different code for the pressing plant: | - Runout Side A: ST-ED-66790 A² - Allied Records logo - B-29051-2 sf/atl Δ18148 1-1 |
| AR for Allied Records instead of SP (Specialty Records) | - Runout Side B: ST-ED-66790-B² - Allied Records logo - B-29052-2 sf/atl Δ18148-X 1-1 |
