Tubeway Army ‎– Are 'Friends' Electric?
Label:
Beggars Banquet ‎– BEG 18
Format:
Vinyl, 7", 45 RPM, Single, Stereo, With '?'
Country:
UK
Released:
04 May 1979
Genre:
Electronic
Style:
Electro, Synth-pop, New Wave
Tracklist
A    Are 'Friends' Electric?
Engineer – John Caffery*
Mixed By – Gary Numan, John Caffery*, Rikki Sylvan
5:19
B    We Are So Fragile?
Engineer – Alan Jackoby*, Rob Arenstein
2:49
Companies, etc.
Record Company – Warner Communications
Phonographic Copyright (p) – Beggars Banquet
Copyright (c) – Beggars Banquet
Published By – Beggars Banquet
Published By – Andrew Heath Music Ltd.
Mastered At – Strawberry Mastering
Printed By – Delga Press Limited
Distributed By – WEA Records Ltd.
Marketed By – WEA Records Ltd.
Pressed By – WEA Records Pressing Plant, West Drayton
Credits
Bass – Paul Gardiner
Drums – Jess Lidyard
Producer, Vocals, Keyboards, Guitar – Gary Numan
Written-By – Numan*
Notes
The standard 'Beggars Banquet' black on red, paper label, that erroneously bears a '?' in the title of the B-Side (though the sleeve is correct), unlike This Version
Another WEA West Drayton release but with different label design and no "?" can be found here: Tubeway Army - Are 'Friends' Electric?
Label Notes:
Marketed By WEA Records Ltd.
Beggars Banquet / Andrew Heath Music Ltd
℗ 1979 Beggars Banquet
Sleeve Notes:
dp delga press limited
All Titles Published By Beggars Banquet / Andrew Heath Music
[A-Side] From The Album Replicas BEGA 7
© 1979. A Beggars Banquet Recording Distributed By WEA Records Ltd. A Warner Communications Company.
Release Note:
Track durations do not appear on the release.
This is the WEA, West Drayton pressing.
Similar version pressed by Damont is here, Tubeway Army - Are 'Friends' Electric?.
Matrix variant 4: S-55 in the A-side deadwax is inverted and looks like S-22
Flip-back, paper sleeve
Barcode and Other Identifiers
Matrix / Runout (Variant 1 - A-Side etchings): BEG 18 A1 STRAWBERRY
Matrix / Runout (Variant 1 - B-Side etchings): BEG 18 B1 STRAWBERRY
Matrix / Runout (Variant 2 - A-Side etchings): BEG 18 A1 STRAWBERRY
Matrix / Runout (Variant 2 - B-Side etchings): BEG 18 B2 W-L STRAWBERRY
Matrix / Runout (Variant 3 - A-Side etchings): BEG 18 A1 2 STRAWBERRY.
Matrix / Runout (Variant 3 - B-Side etchings): BEG 18 B1 STRAWBERRY. 2
Matrix / Runout (Variant 4 - A-Side etchings): BEG 18 A1 STRAWBERRY S-55
Matrix / Runout (Variant 4 - B-Side etchings): BEG 18 B1 STRAWBERRY S-24
Matrix / Runout (Variant 5 - A side etchings): STRAWBERRY S-9 BEG 18 A1
Matrix / Runout (Variant 5 - B side etchings): S-11 BEG 18 B1 STRAWBERRY
Matrix / Runout (Variant 6 - A side etched): BEG 18 A1 [underscored D] IB STRAWBERRY
Matrix / Runout (Variant 6 - B side etched): BEG 18 B1 STRAWBERRY [underscored D] A [initials]