Tuesday, January 29, 2013

Subterranean Jungle – the european pressings


In april it's 30 years since the release of Subterranean Jungle. The album was an odd one in many ways, it starts with two cover versions, the Music Explosion's Little Bit O'Soul and The Boyfriends I Need Your Love. Joey Ramone is suddenly called Joe Ramone on the credits. Dee Dee is singing a whole song (Time Bomb). And it's the last album with Marky on the drums before he was replaced with Richie Ramone. Marky plays on all tracks besides the third cover on the album, Time Has Come Today. Billy Rogers from Johnny Thunders band replaced Marky on that one.
Still it's a great album, in fact I don't think Ramones did a better album after this one.
The record was released in april 1983 and once again it didn't became the success the band had hoped for. Subterranean Jungle reached number 83 on the Billboard album music chart.
I have tried to sort out the different pressings of the record (no re-releases) and start with the european releases. Here we have another new thing, most of the versions are pressed at the Record Service GmbH in Alsdorf, Germany. The sleeves are the same and they all have the same inner-sleeve with lyrics but to the right of the STEREO mark on the labels you can see for which market the record is pressed.
This is the different versions I have found:


Album: Subterranean Jungle
Number: Sire 92.3800-1
Year: 1983
Made in: Germany
Notes: Marked SACEM for the french market.
SACEM: Société des Auteurs Compositeure et Editeurs de Musique 

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Album: Subterranean Jungle
Number: Sire 92.3800-1
Year: 1983
Made in: Germany
Notes: For the UK market.

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Album: Subterranean Jungle
Number: Sire 92.3800-1
Year: 1983
Made in: Germany
Notes: Marked ncb for the scandinavian market.
Ncb: Nordisk Copyright Bureau
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Album: Subterranean Jungle
Number: Sire 92.3800-1
Year: 1983
Made in: Germany
Notes: Marked STEMRA for the dutch market.

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Album: Subterranean Jungle
Number: Sire 92.3800-1
Year: 1983
Made in: Germany
Notes: Marked GEMA/BIEM for Spain and probably some other countries

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Album: Subterranean Jungle
Number: Sire 92.3800-1
Year: 1983
Made in: Germany
Notes: Marked GEMA for the german market.
GEMA: Gesellschaft für musikalische auffürungs- und mekanische Vervielfältigungsrechte
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Besides the german editions at least three european countries have their own unique pressing of the album:




Album: Subterranean Jungle
Number: Sire 23800
Year: 1983
Country: Italy
Notes: Stock version and white label promo. No barcode.

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Album: Subterranean Jungle
Number: Sire W3800
Year: 1983
Country: Ireland. 

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Album: Subterranean Jungle
Number: Sire 923800-1
Year: 1983
Country: Greece
Notes: Marked with WEA on the front of the cover and no barcode.

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I will be back with the pressings from the rest of the world.

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