Culture Club – Colour By Numbers

More images

Label:	Virgin – V 2285
Format:	Vinyl , LP, Album
Country:	Scandinavia
Released:	1983
Genre:	Pop
Style:	Synth-pop

Tracklist

A1	Karma Chameleon Written-By – Hay*	4:11
A2	It's A Miracle Written-By – Hay*	3:25
A3	Black Money	5:19
A4	Changing Every Day	3:18
A5	That's The Way (I'm Only Trying To Help You)	2:46
B1	Church Of The Poison Mind	3:29
B2	Miss Me Blind	4:31
B3	Mister Man	3:36
B4	Stormkeeper	2:47
B5	Victims	4:56

Companies, etc.

Record Company – Virgin Records
Produced For – Do Not Erase Productions
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Virgin Records Ltd.
Copyright © – Virgin Records Ltd.
Distributed By – Ariola Group Of Companies
Published By – Virgin Music (Publishers) Ltd.
Published By – Warner Bros. Music Ltd.
Published By – Pendulum Music Ltd.
Recorded At – Red Bus Studios
Engineered At – CBS Studios, London
Mastered At – CBS Studios, London
Lacquer Cut At – Cutting Room
Pressed By – Audiodisc AB

Credits

Arranged By [Strings] – Trevor Bastow
Backing Vocals [Additional] – Jermaine Stewart
Band [Culture Club Are], Bass – Mikey Craig*
Band [Culture Club Are], Drums, Percussion – Jon Moss
Band [Culture Club Are], Guitar, Keyboards – Roy Hay
Band [Culture Club Are], Vocals – Boy George
Engineer [Red Bus Engineers] – Simon Humphrey
Engineer [Strings Engineered By At CBS Studios] – Mike Ross*
Flute – Pat Seymour*
Harmonica – Jud Lander*
Keyboards – Phil Pickett
Lacquer Cut By – PD*
Make-Up – Lynne Easton
Mastered By – Tim Young
Mixed By [Digitally] – Steve Levine
Percussion [Additional] – Graham Broad
Photography By – Jamie Morgan*
Piano [Acoustic] – Julian Lindsay
Producer [Produced By] – Steve Levine
Saxophone [Saxophones] – Steve Grainger
Sleeve [Sleeve Produced By] – Assorted iMaGes*
Stylist [Styling] – Sting Ray (7)
Trombone – Kenneth McGregor
Trumpet – Terry Bailey
Vocals [Female] – Helen Terry
Written-By – Culture Club (tracks: A3 to B5)

Notes

Issued with a three/six-page fold-out insert with pictures and lyrics in blue monotone.
Some releases also included a 7-inch flexi-disc with Boy George interview.

Cat# 205 730 appears on back cover & insert,
Cat# V 2285 on back cover, spine & insert,
Cat# 97448 on insert only.
Cat# V 2285 can be misinterpeted as V2285.

[On back cover:]
[MC logo] TCV 2285 Culture Club - Colour By Numbers
Distributed by the Ariola Group Of Companies in the Benelux, , Spain, , Austria and Switzerland
produced [...] for Do Not Erase Productions
℗ 1983 Virgin Records Ltd
© 1983 Virgin Records Ltd

[On labels:]
produced [...] for Do Not Erase Productions
℗ 1983 Virgin Records Ltd
© 1983 Virgin Records Ltd
published by Virgin Music (Publishers) Ltd
except [A1 & A2] Virgin Music (Publishers) Ltd/Pendulum Music Ltd/Warner Bros Music Ltd

Made in England (on labels).

Runout: The matrix is stamped, except all "PD-CR" / "AudioDisc" info is etched

Some editions come with a G.R.S. sticker.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Rights Society: n©b
Price Code (): - 320
Price Code (): AE 660
Price Code (Spain): - 1
Matrix / Runout (Label side A): V2285A
Matrix / Runout (Label side B): V2285B
Matrix / Runout (Runout A, stamped/etched, variant 1): V-2285-A PD-CR AudioDisc made this one!
Matrix / Runout (Runout B, stamped/etched, variant 1): V-2285-B AudioDisc II PD-CR
Matrix / Runout (Runout A, stamped/etched, variant 2): V-2285-A PD-CR AudioDisc
Matrix / Runout (Runout B, stamped/etched, variant 2): V-2285-B AudioDisc I PD-CR
Matrix / Runout (Runout A, stamped/etched, variant 3): V-2285-A PD-CR AudioDisc IV
Matrix / Runout (Runout B, stamped/etched, variant 3): V-2285-B AudioDisc IV PD-CR
Matrix / Runout (Runout A, stamped/etched, variant 4): V-2285-A PD-CR AudioDisc III
Matrix / Runout (Runout B, stamped/etched, variant 4): V-2285-B AudioDisc III PD-CR

Other Versions (5 of 187)

View All

	Title (Format)	Label	Cat#	Country	Year
Recently Edited	Colour By Numbers (LP, Album, Picture Disc)	Virgin	VP2285	UK	1983
	Colour By Numbers (LP, Album, Stereo)	Virgin	V 2285, V2285, 205 730, 97448	UK	1983
Recently Edited	Colour By Numbers (LP, Album)	Virgin	205 730		1983
	Colour By Numbers (LP, Album, Stereo, Pitman Pressing, Black Label)	Epic	QE 39107	US	1983
	Colour By Numbers (LP, Album, Virgin Records MFD)	Virgin	VL 2271	Canada	1983