THE MAN·MACHINE (The Netherlands, RE 198?)
EMI/ Capitol 1A 238 15 7597 4


Following up on a recent post here, today it's another Netherlands/ Europe reissue of The Man·Machine!

So. As I said in the previous post, most reissues from the mid-80's onward were "Made in Holland" for export to a few other markets within the EU (or EC, depending). I'm not exactly sure where other than the Netherlands you could go in a shop and buy this, but the UK, Italy, France and Spain all had reissues of their own, so maybe Germany and BeNeLux? I think I saw these Holland cassettes in shops in Scandinavia too back in the mid-to-late 80s.
 

This is released on the FAME sub-label. It comes with a simple one panel J-card in thin glossy paper, printed on both sides. As evident from the photo, this one has XDR logos on the card front and both sides of the cassette itself. The FAME mid-price series had a standard design palate, placing the LP design in the lower part of the front of the J-card, against a cream-coloured background. The band name and album title printed above this, and further north, the FAME and XDR logos - along with a Capitol logo, although the spine of the J-card has an EMI logo. (The cassette has both, for good measure.) 


Cassettes are available in cream or black, this one's black. I think the actual text (both have on-body print) is the same for both editions though, even down to the design.
 








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