
Media Condition: Near Mint (NM or M-)
Sleeve Condition: Very Good Plus (VG+)
Country: Germany
Released: 1983
Genre: Rock
Style: Prog Rock
Comments:
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Notes:
Solar: Concerned with, determined by the sun Fire: Active principle operative in combustion. The Concise Oxford Dictionary Recorded at the Workhouse, Old Kent Road, London, 1973 Management: H.M.M. 490 Old Kent Road, London SE1 ℗ 1973 Bronze Records Ltd. Printed in Western Germany by Reinhard Mohn OHG [see below _ Mid-priced reissue, single sleeve cover with white inner sleeve. Manufactured and distributed in this form between ~1983 and 1987. Center labels with bilingual 360° rim text mentioning Ariola Eurodisc GmbH. As on many 1980s editions of LPs originally issued in the 1970s, company credits (Ariola-Vertrieb, Reinhard Mohn OHG) had not been updated since the 1977 editions and have to be considered as artwork legacy. Inconsistency: The cover lists 'Manfred Mann and Earthband' as the producer, the label only 'Manfred Mann'.
A1. Father Of Day, Father Of Night
A2. In The Beginning, Darkness
A3. Pluto The Dog
B1. Solar Fire
B2. Saturn, Lord Of The Ring / Mercury, The Winged Messenger
B3. Earth, The Circle Part 2
B4. Earth, The Circle Part 1
Barcode and Other Identifiers:
Rights Society GEMA
Label Code LC 2313
Price Code XOT
Pressing Plant ID [Bass clef]
Matrix / Runout S 87 515 A
Matrix / Runout S 87 515 B
Matrix / Runout 87515 A-2/78S III Made in Germany
Matrix / Runout 87515 B-4/79S Made in Germany
Matrix / Runout 87515 A-2/78S III Made in Germany
Matrix / Runout 87515 B-4/79S II Made in Germany
Record Company Ariola Eurodisc GmbH
Recorded At The Workhouse Studios
Phonographic Copyright (p) Bronze Records Ltd.
Pressed By Sonopress
Distributed By Ariola
Printed By Mohndruck Reinhard Mohn OHG
Description
Description
Media Condition: Near Mint (NM or M-)
Sleeve Condition: Very Good Plus (VG+)
Country: Germany
Released: 1983
Genre: Rock
Style: Prog Rock
Comments:
[☀️ Summer Special 2026: Reduced Worldwide Shipping Rates — We Cover Part of the Shipping Costs!]
Notes:
Solar: Concerned with, determined by the sun Fire: Active principle operative in combustion. The Concise Oxford Dictionary Recorded at the Workhouse, Old Kent Road, London, 1973 Management: H.M.M. 490 Old Kent Road, London SE1 ℗ 1973 Bronze Records Ltd. Printed in Western Germany by Reinhard Mohn OHG [see below _ Mid-priced reissue, single sleeve cover with white inner sleeve. Manufactured and distributed in this form between ~1983 and 1987. Center labels with bilingual 360° rim text mentioning Ariola Eurodisc GmbH. As on many 1980s editions of LPs originally issued in the 1970s, company credits (Ariola-Vertrieb, Reinhard Mohn OHG) had not been updated since the 1977 editions and have to be considered as artwork legacy. Inconsistency: The cover lists 'Manfred Mann and Earthband' as the producer, the label only 'Manfred Mann'.
A1. Father Of Day, Father Of Night
A2. In The Beginning, Darkness
A3. Pluto The Dog
B1. Solar Fire
B2. Saturn, Lord Of The Ring / Mercury, The Winged Messenger
B3. Earth, The Circle Part 2
B4. Earth, The Circle Part 1
Barcode and Other Identifiers:
Rights Society GEMA
Label Code LC 2313
Price Code XOT
Pressing Plant ID [Bass clef]
Matrix / Runout S 87 515 A
Matrix / Runout S 87 515 B
Matrix / Runout 87515 A-2/78S III Made in Germany
Matrix / Runout 87515 B-4/79S Made in Germany
Matrix / Runout 87515 A-2/78S III Made in Germany
Matrix / Runout 87515 B-4/79S II Made in Germany
Record Company Ariola Eurodisc GmbH
Recorded At The Workhouse Studios
Phonographic Copyright (p) Bronze Records Ltd.
Pressed By Sonopress
Distributed By Ariola
Printed By Mohndruck Reinhard Mohn OHG