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.
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