Singer: Scritti Politti
Title: Provision
Label: Virgin ‎– V 2515
Type: Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: Australia
Date of released: 1988
Category: Electronic
Style: Synth-pop
Size MP3 zip: 1345 mb
Size FLAC zip: 1851 mb
Rating: 4.3✭
Format: MP3 MMF WAV VQF AU MP3 WMA FLAC FLAC

Tracklist Hide Credits

A1	Boom! There She Was	4:57
A2	Overnite	4:43
A3	First Boy In This Town (Lovesick) Guitar – Green Gartside	4:22
A4	All That We Are	3:31
A5	Best Thing Ever Backing Vocals – Diva Gray, Mark Stevens, Yogi LeeGuitar – Nick MorochHorns – Joe Mennonna, Mitch CornPercussion – Bashiri JohnsonProducer – Gamson*, Gartside*, Potoker*Programmed By [Additional Keyboard Programming] – Jason MilesRecorded By – John PotokerTimbales – Fred Maher	3:50
B1	Oh Patti (Don't Feel Sorry For Loverboy) Arranged By [Background Vocal Arrangement] – Eric TroyerRecorded By [Miles Davis Recorded By] – Michael O'ReillyTrumpet – Miles Davis	4:20
B2	Bam Salute Horns – New West Horns*	4:33
B3	Sugar And Spice	4:10
B4	Philosophy Now Congas – Bashiri JohnsonHorns – New West Horns*Mixed By – Julian Mendelsohn	4:44

Companies, etc.

• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Virgin Records Ltd.
• Copyright (c) – Jouissance Ltd.
• Manufactured By – EMI Music Group Australasia
• Mastered At – EMI Studios, Homebush

Credits

• Backing Vocals – B.J. Nelson (tracks: A1 to A5, B2 to B4), Eric Troyer (tracks: A3, A4, B1, B4), Fonzi Thornton (tracks: A1 to A4, B2, B3), Green Gartside (tracks: A1, A2, B5), Rory Dodd (tracks: A3, A4, B1, B4), Tawatha Agee* (tracks: A1, A2, A5, B2, B3)
• Bass Guitar – Marcus Miller (tracks: A1, B2 to B4)
• Coordinator [Production Co-ordinator] – Susie McKinley
• Drums, Drum Programming – Fred Maher
• Edited By [Additional Tape Editing (Townhouse Studios)] – Bunt Stafford-Clark
• Edited By [Additional Tape Editing] – Howard Gray
• Engineer [Assistant Engineer] – Arabella Rodriguez, Claude Achille, Graham Meek, Hugo Nicholson*, Stuart Breed
• Guitar – Dan Huff* (tracks: A1, A4, B1 to B4)
• Keyboards, Drum Programming, Written-By, Arranged By [Arrangements] – David Gamson
• Mastered By – Tony Cousins
• Mixed By – Mike Shipley (tracks: A4, B1), Ray Bardani (tracks: A1 to A3, A5, B2, B3)
• Musician [The New West Horns] – Andy Snitzer, Chris Botti, Kent Smith, Mike Davis*
• Percussion – Bashiri Johnson (tracks: A5, B2 to B4), Bashiri Johnson (tracks: A5, B2-B4)
• Photography By [Photography (Objects)] – Jurgen Teller*
• Photography By [Photography (Scritti)] – Andy Catlin*, Lawrence Lawry
• Producer – David Gamson (tracks: A1 to A4, B1 to B4), Green Gartside (tracks: A1 to A4, B1 to B4)
• Programmed By [Synclavier Programming] – John Mahoney, Ray Niznik
• Recorded By [Drum Samples Recorded By] – John Potoker
• Recorded By, Engineer – Ray Bardani (tracks: A1 to A4, B1 to B4)
• Sleeve – Jurgen Teller*, Keith Breeden
• Talkbox [Voice Box] – Roger Troutman (tracks: A1, B3)
• Timbales – Bashiri Johnson (tracks: B2, B4)
• Vocals, Written-By, Lyrics By, Sleeve – Green Gartside

Notes

Writer credits above are taken from the rear outer sleeve. However, Side B label states writer credits as: "All tracks written by Green Gartside and David Gamson except 2, by Green Gartside"

Outer sleeve:
℗ 1988 Virgin Records Ltd. © 1988 Jouissance Ltd.
New York Studios: Minot Sound, Atlantic Studios, Hit Factory, Right Track, Sorcerer Sound. London Studios: Britannia Row, Air Studios, Townhouse Studios, Sarm West.

Inner sleeve:
Designed by DKB, London. ℗1988 Virgin Records Ltd. ©1988 Jouissance Ltd.Manufactured in U.K. [Note: "Manufactured in U.K." is in lighter print and appears to have been partially erased.]

Labels:
MANUFACTURED BY THE EMI MUSIC GROUP - AUSTRALASIA
℗ & © 1988 Virgin Records Ltd.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode (Text On Rear Sleeve): 5 012981 251512
• Matrix / Runout (Side A Label): V2515A
• Matrix / Runout (Side B Label): V2515B
• Matrix / Runout (Side A Runout Groove Hand-Etched): V2515-A EMIDISC - DMM
• Matrix / Runout (Side B Runout Groove Hand-Etched): V2515 B EMIDISC - DMM

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
9 25686-1, 1-25686	Scritti Politti	Provision ‎(LP, Album)	Warner Bros. Records, Warner Bros. Records	9 25686-1, 1-25686	US	1988
CDV 2515, 0777 7 87498 2 0	Scritti Politti	Provision ‎(CD, Album)	Virgin, Virgin	CDV 2515, 0777 7 87498 2 0	Netherlands	Unknown
25686-1	Scritti Politti	Provision ‎(12", Album)	Warner Bros. Records	25686-1	US	1988
V 2515	Scritti Politti	Provision ‎(LP, Album)	Virgin	V 2515	Italy	1988
CDVP 2515	Scritti Politti	Provision ‎(CD, Ltd, Pic)	Virgin	CDVP 2515	UK	1988

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