Computer World (1981, Philippines) 
EMI TC.EMC-3370



Computer World hasn't been featured in a while, I reckon, and here's one from a country I haven't featured yet, either - a double win! As said before, in the 80s, cover design got more standardised, and the graphics for international releases aren't that different if you compare to some of their '70s output. The Philippines edition is slightly amended in a way that makes it stand out in comparison with other versions, although we're hardly talking shocking differences here...
 

Most European countries used a yellow background colour for the front of the J-card, including the spine and backflap, whereas the USA and Canada issued their cassettes with black background (around the facsimile LP sleeve). The Philippines edition is issued under licence from the UK, and even shares the catalogue number with the UK release, and perhaps that is why they use the same yellow colour as the UK edition. On the other hand, the design details are larger on this than most other places; the album title and band name are scrawled as large as possible across the top of the front, and the "computer" terminal has been cut on the right side so the screen is bigger across the front of the cassette. More surprisingly, after all the effort to show the four Kraftwerk members' profiles clearly on the screen, they are in black and white! I don't remember seeing any other edition that doesn't have the profiles in yellow or green... The band name seems to have been taken off the screen, but you can make out the album title below the four faces.

Other than that, the J-card is a simple 1-panel card with tracklist and details on the inside. Labels are red, and thankfully, both J-card and labels bear the logo of the Philippine Association of the Record Industry, which I suppose are there to show the buyer that they are getting official product? Must have been reassuring for the discriminating consumer to know that the bootleggers wouldn't think of putting the "PARI approved" label on their inferior product... Still, to me, a good 40 years later, it is nice to think this cassette met with the approval of people in the know!







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