Sonic Youth Sister
1987 Vinyl
Art Rock
Post-Punk
Indie Rock
Avantgarde

Main image
SST Records
direct metal mastering by Howie Weinberg
direct metal mastering by [dmm mastering] Howie Weinberg
engineer Bill Titus
illustration [inner illos] Lucius Shepard
performer [sonic youth] Kim Gordon
performer [sonic youth] Lee Ranaldo
performer [sonic youth] Steve Shelley
performer [sonic youth] Thurston Moore
photography by [uncredited] Richard Avedon
producer, directed by Sonic Youth
programmed by [moog] Walter Sear
tracks a1 to b2, b4, b5 written-by [all tunage] Sonic Youth
Recorded At Sear Sound
Copyright (c) Crime Music
Copyright (c) Cesstone Music
Published By Cesstone Music
Phonographic Copyright (p) Crime Music
Phonographic Copyright (p) SST Records
Mastered At Masterdisk
Plated At Sheffield Lab Matrix
Pressed By Rainbo Records
Pressed By Rainbo Records
Original US pressing issued with a lyric insert sheet.
Includes Richard Avedon photograph and Disney image on cover.

B3: Hot Wire My Heart originally released by Crime (2) in 1976.

Insert: Cover photos from public domain jacked by Sonic Matrix

Labels:
B3: ©℗ 1976 Crime Music
© 1987 Cesstone Music (BMI)
℗ 1987 SST Records
Songwriter credit on label given as All rock by Sonic Youth

Band name on front cover: Sonic-Youth.
Band name on Back cover: The Sonic Youth.
Band name on labels: The Sonic-Youth.

Title on cover and spine: Sister L.P.

Tracklisting variations:
B2 (label) - PCH
B4 (insert) - Cotton Crown
B5 (insert) - White Cross

Runouts are etched.

SLM △ in the runout etching indicates that the lacquer disc was processed at, and the metal parts used to manufacture the record were made at Sheffield Lab Matrix.

Direct Metal Mastering (DMM).

Some copies (maybe all?) are translucent brown when held to light (see images).

There is also a subsequent pressing that was released with similar runout etchings and the 'Disney' image in the front cover art, but with a barcode printed on the back cover.
Matrix / Runout: SST-134-A MASTERDISK DMM-HW S-17808 1-1 △16539 (Side A)
Matrix / Runout: SST-134-B S-17809 MASTERDISK DMM-HW △16539-X 1-1 (Side B)
Rights Society: BMI



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