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Ice Cream For Crow

Song list:
Ice Cream For Crow
The Host The Ghost The Most Holy-O
Semi-Multicoloured Caucasian
Hey Garland I Dig Your Tweed Coat
Evening Bell
Cardboard Cutout Sundown
The Past Sure Is Tense
Ink Mathematics
The Witch Doctor Life
81 Poop Hatch
The Thousandth and Tenth Day Of The Human Totem Pole
Skeleton Makes Good

This consists mostly of leftover/revamped songs first intended for the original Bat Chain Puller and is the last complete album ever made. Doc At The Radar Station is a much better buy, though a few of the songs on this album are quite excellent.

Ice Cream For Crow back

Photo of the band members from album back

1982 UK Original on Virgin V2237 - with lyric inner
1986 UK Re-issue on Virgin OVED 121
1982 German (Ariola Euro Pressing) on Virgin 204 957-320 - with lyric inner
1982(?) New Zealand Original on Virgin Records V2237 marketed by RTC - cover as standard issue with logo andRTC Marketed by RTC P.O. Box 3825, Auckland. Label is Virgin Red/Green but with different layout and MADE IN NEW ZEALAND. Has monochrome lyric insert with RTC logo as cover. Inner sleeve is plain paper.
1982 Australian Original on Virgin V2237 by CBS Records Australia Ltd. (CBS MX 201900/1) - Normal Red/Green Virgin Label Promo with This record is manufactured for the purpose of promotion only. It remains the property of CBS Records Australia Limited and is not for sale printed on centre label and stamped in gold on cover. Clear plastic inner.
1982 Japanese issue on Virgin VIL-6003 - back cover and label have MADE IN JAPAN BY VICTOR MUSICAL INDUSTRIES, INC. LICENSED BY VIRGIN RECORDS LTD., ENGLAND 1982. Has unfolded OBI with lyrics, in English and Japanese, and MOJAVE DESERT diagram. Price (Y 2,500) on cover. Label are standard Red on Green/Green on Red Virgin. Inner sleeve is US AudioGroome by EMPIRE.
US CD from Caroline Records, CAROL 1632-2

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