THE MAN·MACHINE (France, RE 1990)
EMI/ Capitol 7460394

I always feel that this album gets overrepresented on my blog - I suppose it's the one which came in most editions, released at the height of the cassette time, sold well over a longer period, and not least before the European Union's export trend, so there's more editions from the European countries. So I was a bit surprised when going through my collection, I found that I haven't posted the French editions of The Man·Machine here yet! So, here's one, a reissue of 1990.

The French had a fairly straightforward approach to reissues, at least, many of them were issued with a message that clearly stated "Réédition" followed by the year. For the 1990 reissue of The Man·Machine , some minor changes were done to the design of the original French J-card; the album title appears in smaller, black print, where the first issue has the same white print as the band name, and all record company logos, cat.no's and such has been relegated to other parts of the card. The card has the full-length backflap that sort of became the norm in the late '80s, although the extra space hasn't been put to much use; the song titles are printed very small, no credits or track lengths, and a barcode, plus the mentioned "Réédition" legend, followed by a small Dolby logo. Inside the card the tracklist is repeated with credits and durations, and there's a rare namecheck for Günther Fröhling for the front cover photograph. Some info to those who need it about what to do when one side of the album is shorter than the other, and some info on the Dolby "B" system, and that's pretty much it. 

Cassettes are clear with a sheet of dark grey foil, with white on-body print. Note that the cassettes were actually manufactured in Holland, and marked with the Rights Society of The Netherlands - STEMRA. I have no other indications that this release was sold in The Netherlands, though, it's widely considered a French release.