Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel - The Best Years Of Our Lives
Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel - The Best Years Of Our Lives Singer: Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel
Title: The Best Years Of Our Lives
Label: EMI ‎– EMC 3068
Type: Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: Australia
Date of released: 1975
Category: Rock
Style: Classic Rock
Size MP3 zip: 1529 mb
Size FLAC zip: 1523 mb
Rating: 3.7✭
Format: MP3 MOD AUD MP1 AU DMF DTS AC3 FLAC

Tracklist

A1 Introducing "The Best Years"
A2 The Mad, Mad Moonlight
A3 Mr Raffles
A4 It Wasn't Me
A5 Panorama
B1 Make Me Smile (Come Up And See Me)
B2 Back To The Farm
B3 49th Parallel
B4 The Best Years Of Our Lives

Companies, etc.

  • Phonographic Copyright (p) – EMI Records Ltd.
  • Manufactured By – EMI (Australia) Limited
  • Distributed By – EMI (Australia) Limited
  • Recorded At – EMI Studios
  • Mixed At – EMI Studios
  • Recorded At – Air Studios
  • Mixed At – Air Studios
  • Published By – Castle Music

Credits

  • Backing Vocals – Linda Lewis, Liza Strike, Martin Jay, Tina Charles, Yvonne Keeley
  • Bass Guitar, Bass [String Bass], Backing Vocals – George Ford
  • Design [Sleeve Design], Photography – Mick Rock
  • Drums, Percussion, Marimba – Stuart Elliott
  • Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Backing Vocals – Jim Cregan
  • Electric Piano, Grand Piano, Keyboards [Elka], Clavinet, Synthesizer, Organ [Hammond] – Duncan Mackay
  • Engineer [Engineered By], Mixed By – Alan Parsons
  • Graphics [Lettering] – George Hardie
  • Horn, Brass, Arranged By – Andrew Powell (tracks: A5)
  • Mastered By [Mastering] – Chris Blair
  • Producer – Alan Parsons, Steve Harley
  • Tape Op [Tape Operator] – Gary Edwards, Pete James*
  • Written By – Steve Harley

Notes

Cover information:
Sleeve made of thin card.
Front of sleeve:
Along bottom of the up-ended colour photo, 'Includes the hit single Make me Smile(Come Up and See Me)'
Bottom right hand corner, 'Style for Living'
Back of sleeve:
Four black and white photos of the band, one at each corner of the colour photo in the centre .
All songs written by Steve Harley
p 1975 EMI Records Limited
Horn and Brass Arrangements for "Panorama" / Andrew Powell
Mastering / Chris Blair at EMI Studios
Sleeve Design, Photography, etc. / Mick Rock
Recorded and Mixed at EMI Studios, Abbey Road, and Air Studios, London, during November and December 1974.
Lettering / George Hardie N.T.A.
Manufactured and distributed by E.M.I. (Australia) Limited
Left-hand side of spine, 'CODE 304'

Label information:
Tracks are not numbered.
Catalogue #, EMC.3068
Track A3 shown as, 'Mr. Raffles'
℗ 1975 EMI Records Ltd.
(Harley)
Made in Australia

Publishing information:
All titles published by Castle

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Matrix / Runout (Side 1 runout stamped): Y A X 4 9 0 6
  • Matrix / Runout (Side 1 runout stamped [Variation 2]): Y M X 3 1 0 3
  • Matrix / Runout (Side 2 runout stamped): Y A X 4 9 0 7
  • Matrix / Runout (Side 2 runout stamped [Variation 2]): Y M X 3 1 0 4
  • Matrix / Runout (Label side 1): YAX4906
  • Matrix / Runout (Label side 2): YAX4907

Other versions

Category Artist Title (Format) Label Category Country Year
EMC 3068 Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel The Best Years Of Our Lives ‎(LP, Album) EMI EMC 3068 UK 1975
3 C064-05793 Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel The Best Years Of Our Lives ‎(LP, Album) EMI 3 C064-05793 Italy 1975
2 C 066-05793 Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel The Best Years Of Our Lives ‎(LP, Album) EMI 2 C 066-05793 France 1975
EMCDX 3068, 825646343348 Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel The Best Years Of Our Lives - Definitive Edition ‎(3xCD, Album, RE, RM + DVD-V, Mono, RM, NTSC, DVD) Parlophone, Parlophone EMCDX 3068, 825646343348 Europe 2014
ST-11394 Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel The Best Years Of Our Lives ‎(LP, Album) EMI ST-11394 US 1975

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