Obscure Alternatives

Tracklist Hide Credits

1	Automatic Gun Backing Vocals – Anna & Claudine	4:07
2	. . . . Rhodesia	6:49
3	Love Is Infectious	4:10
4	Sometimes I Feel So Low	3:46
5	Obscure Alternatives	6:50
6	Deviation	3:24
7	Suburban Berlin	5:00
8	The Tenant	7:15

Companies, etc.

• Marketed By – Caroline Records, Inc.
• Distributed By – Caroline Records, Inc.
• Manufactured By – Caroline Records, Inc.
• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Hansa Productions Ltd.
• Copyright (c) – Hansa Productions Ltd.
• Published By – Chadwick Nomis Ltd.
• Glass Mastered At – EMI MFG.

Credits

• Arranged By – Japan
• Backing Vocals [Additional Backing Vocals] – Ray Singer
• Bass, Saxophone, Vocals – Mick Karn
• Drums, Percussion, Vocals – Steven Jansen*
• Engineer [Engineered By] – Chris Tsangarides
• Guitar [Guitars], Vocals – Rob Dean
• Mixed By – Chris Tsangarides, Japan, Ray Singer
• Photography By [Photographs] – Fin Costello
• Producer [Produced By] – Ray Singer
• Synthesizer [Synthesizers], Keyboards – Richard Barbieri
• Vocals, Guitar – David Sylvian
• Written-By, Composed By – David Sylvian

Notes

Originally released on LP in 1978.

USA CD album released using 'Caroline Collectibles' branding, glass-mastered by EMI MFG.. Another pressing exists which use the same catalogue # & artwork but were mastered at a different plant:

* Glass mastered by Disctronics USA - Obscure Alternatives.

℗ © 1978 Hansa Productions
The Copyright in this recording is owned by Hansa Productions Ltd. Caroline Records is the non-exclusive licensee for the United States. Manufactured, Marketed and Distributed by Caroline Records, Inc., 114 West 26th Street, New York, N.Y.10001.

All titles published by Chadwick Nomis Ltd.

Special thanks to Anna and Claudine for vocals on 'Automatic Gun'.

The duration of tracks is not documented either on the CD, nor packaging. Durations on this submission has been taken from a CD player and entered manually.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode (Text): 0 1704-61202-2 7
• Barcode (Scanned): 017046120227
• Matrix / Runout: CAR01202 MASTERED BY EMI MFG.
• Mastering SID Code: IFPI L043
• Mould SID Code: ifpi 1634

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
AHALH 8007	Japan	Obscure Alternatives ‎(LP, Album)	Ariola Hansa	AHALH 8007	UK	1978
ZCAHA 8007	Japan	Obscure Alternatives ‎(Cass, Album)	Ariola Hansa	ZCAHA 8007	UK	1978
BVCM-37219, 74321-87410-2	Japan	Obscure Alternatives ‎(CD, Album, Ltd, RM)	BMG, Hansa	BVCM-37219, 74321-87410-2	Japan	2001
AHALH 8007	Japan	Obscure Alternatives ‎(LP, Album)	Hansa, Ariola	AHALH 8007	UK	1978
TC-FA 41 3098 4, FA 41 3098 4	Japan	Obscure Alternatives ‎(Cass, Album, RE, Bla)	Fame, EMI	TC-FA 41 3098 4, FA 41 3098 4	UK	1984