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This Alsdorf pressing comes with a hybrid mastering: Teldec Mastering on A-side ('BN'), Masterdisk mastering on B-side ('DMM'). Unlike [r=15174885], which has the Masterdisk mastering on A-side ('DMM MASTERDISK'), Teldec Mastering on B-side ('BN'), Unlike [r=1289867], which has "BN" etched in both runouts and Unlike [r=15202613], which has "DMM Masterdisk" on A-side and "DMM" on B-side. Recorded at Ardent Studios, Memphis, Tennessee. Mixed at Bearsville Studios, Bearsville, New York. Mastered at Masterdisk N.Y.C. Manufactured in Germany by Record Service GmbH, Alsdorf (on center labels). Manufactured in Germany. Pressé En Allemagne: Teldec Record Service GmbH. A Warner Communications Company (on the sleeve) Sleeve notes include lyrics to "World Leader Pretend". Many (but not all) copies of this release had two stickers on the back cover. One white sticker with a barcode, various catalog numbers and a French distribution code and one gray sticker with the tracklisting. UK: WX 234 925 795-1 appears on the spine, center labels. WX 234 is the UK catalog number. Tracks are numbered sequentially across both sides. Sides are labelled "Air" and "Metal". © 1988 R.E.M./Athens Ltd. ℗ 1988 R.E.M./Athens Ltd. Publisher: Night Garden Music BMI Administered into the world over by Unichappell Music, Inc. (Inner sleeve) Track B11 only noted on label. - Mastered At – Masterdisk stands for the audio mastering/mixdown AND for the DMM cutting. - Mastered At – Teldec-Press GmbH stands for the vinyl mastering / DMM cutting. [Additional runout information:] Runouts are stamped, everything after the side-identifiers (including the cut#: A#/B# - if present) is faintly hand-etched. A-side: Mastered at Teldec-Press GmbH (acc. to the signature 'BN'). B-side: The master was produced at Masterdisk ('DMM' on B-side) Those masters were plated at Specialty Records Corporation for a German pressing plant (country code 'SP-GER'). Both had been pressed finally at Record Service Alsdorf ('R/S Alsdorf').