art direction [reissue] Vartan tracks 1-1 to 1-16, 1-20 to 1-23, 2-1 to 2-17 bass guitar Bruce Thomas consultant [creative] Dick Wingate coordinator [photography] Ryan Null design [original] Barney Bubbles design [reissue] Coco Shinomiya tracks 1-1 to 1-16, 1-20 to 1-23, 2-1 to 2-17 drums Pete Thomas tracks 1-1 to 1-13 engineer Roger Bechirian guitar, vocals Elvis Costello tracks 1-1 to 1-16, 1-20 to 1-23, 2-1 to 2-17 keyboards Steve Nieve legal [licensing] Margot Woroboff management Macklam Feldman Management management Sam Feldman management Steve Macklam photography by [all but pages 7-8 and 16] Chris Gabrin photography by [pages 7-8 and 16] Roberta Bayley photography by [red glove sleeve images] Jeff Wong tracks 1-1 to 1-13 producer Nick Lowe producer [compilation] Bill Levenson producer [compilation] Elvis Costello product manager Adam Starr production manager Michele Horie remastered by Dan Hersch remastered by Ellen Fitton remastered by Suha Gur research [photography] David Brolan research [photography] Jo Almeida tracks 1-1 to 1-19, 1-22 to 1-23, 2-1 to 2-17 written-by Elvis Costello Record Company Universal Music Record Company UMG Recordings, Inc. Licensed To Universal Music Enterprises Recorded By Sonority Recording Company, Inc. Phonographic Copyright (p) Elvis Costello Copyright (c) Elvis Costello Published By BMG Music Publishing UK Recorded At Eden Studios Recorded At Waterloo Studios, Sydney, Australia Recorded At Leicester University Recorded At Basing Street Studios Recorded At Warner Theatre, Washington, D.C. Remastered At DigiPrep Remastered At Universal Mastering Studio-East Glass Mastered At Sony DADC Sony DADC repress of 2008's This Year's Model (Deluxe Edition).
Glossy 4-panel twin tray digipak includes a 24 page colour booklet in the right-hand compartment. The booklet contains recording credits, lyrics (for CD1's Costello songs only) and photography. No durations printed. CD1 contains the original album plus compiled bonus material.
Mastered by Dan Hersch at DigiPrep, Los Angeles and Suha Gur and Ellen Fitton at Universal Mastering Studios East, New York.
Elvis Costello published by BMG Music Publishing (UK) Ltd.
Tracks 1-22, 1-23 and 2-4's titles are longer in the booklet versus the digipak. The longer titles are entered here for completeness.
Recorded at Eden Studios, London, UK, late 1977/early 1978.
This Year's Model was originally issued/released as Radar RAD 3 in the UK, in March 1978, and as Columbia JC 35331 in the US, in April 1978.
(I Don't Want To Go To) Chelsea and Night Rally were, before, only included on the UK version of the album, and, Radio, Radio was only included on the US version of the release.
Bonus material:
Track 14- Recorded during the This Year's Model sessions. First issued as the B-side to Pump It Up, Radar ADA 10 (UK), April 28th 1978. Also issued as B-side to This Year's Girl, Columbia 3-10762 (US), released in 1978.
Track 15- Recorded at Waterloo Studios, Sydney, Australia. First issued on the soundtrack album, Americathon, Lorimar/Columbia JS 36174 (US), released in 1979. Subsequently featured on the album Taking Liberties, Columbia JC 36839 (US) released November 1980.
Track 16- Recorded at Eden Studios, London, 1978. First issued as the B-side of Radio, Radio, Radar ADA 24 (UK), released October 20th 1978.
Tracks 17 to 19- Recorded at Eden Studios, London, January 1978. All three tracks were first issued on the This Year's Model 2CD Edition (2001).
Tracks 20 to 21- Recorded live at Leicester University, UK, October 22, 1977. Neat, Neat Neat (Live) was first issued as the B-side of Stranger in the House, Radar SAM 83 (UK), a bonus single included in the initial copies of This Year's Model. Roadette Song (Live) was first issued on the This Year's Model 2CD Edition (2001).
Track 22- Recorded at Eden Studios, London, late 1977/early 1978. First issued on This Year's Model 2CD Edition (2001).
Track 23- Recorded at Basing Street Studios, August 7th 1977. First issued on This Year's Model 2CD Edition (2001). _
CD2 Live At The Warner Theater, Washington, DC, February 28, 1978:
Recorded by Sonority Recording Co. Inc, Rockville, MD. All tracks on this disc previously unreleased except track 17 which was first issued on the Armed Forces 2CD Edition (2001). Barcode: 6 02517 60631 9 (Printed) Barcode: 602517606319 (Scanned) Label Code: LC0146 Matrix / Runout: Sony DADC [Universal logo] 1760633V2 11 A00 (CD1) Matrix / Runout: Sony DADC [Universal logo] 1760634V2 11 A00 (CD2) Mastering SID Code: IFPI L551 (CD1 & CD2) Mould SID Code: IFPI 94K6 (CD1 & CD2) Rights Society: BIEM/SABAM Other: 00612517606333 (CD1 - Catalogue Number) Other: 00612517606340 (CD2 - Catalogue Number)