Blue Lines

~ Release by Massive Attack (see all versions of this release, 20 available)

Annotation

There are currently 2 Discogs versions attached to this release. The first one was glass mastered by EMI Swindon and the second was glass mastered elsewhere, possibly by EMI Uden. Both were pressed in Uden and have their distinct "father-mother-stamper-NL" code, e.g. 1-1-2-NL for a Swindon GM or 2-1-14-NL for a GM manufactured elsewhere.
Both versions have similar artwork (currently an identical back inlay, not only the same print, but the same picture) and they may be considered to be the same release. Nevertheless, they have certainly different disc IDs which would make it possible to split them into separate releases.

Matrix (examples)

glass mastered in Swindon:
Matrix Code: 786228 2 .4 EMI SWINDON 1-1-2-NL
Disc ID: ??? (please add a disc ID for discs with the bold matrix code above)
Mould SID: ifpi 1590

glass mastered in Uden or elsewhere:
Matrix Code: 786228 2 @ 3 2-1-14-NL
Disc ID: ??? (please add a disc ID for discs with the bold matrix code above)
Mould SID: ifpi 1529

Manufacturing details

The Swindon version was most likely first manufactured in 1994. In Uden mould SIDs where introduced early and 2 documented variants have no mould SIDs.
The manufacturing date of the other version depends on where it was glass mastered. Father copies were numbered with "2" (first number of the Uden stamper code) and were certainly used later. This could be shortly after, if the glass master was made by another plant, or approx. 1996 when Uden started to write their own glass masters. This version has still no mastering SID and lacks the characteristic Uden glass mastering code (including "EMI UDEN"). Actually, the glass master lacks any characteristic information and little is known about the first glass masters manufactured in Uden.
There are further 2 variants entered with no version number "3" after the label cat# and symbol part (786228 2 @). The version number might be omitted by mistake or it could be an earlier version, but they have the same father code "2" and are more likely erroneous entries.
Mould SIDs of discs pressed in Uden have a logo-style "ifpi" part and (until much later) a number starting with "15".

Annotation last modified on 2023-10-03 20:29 UTC.

Tracklist

CD 1
#TitleRatingLength
1Safe From Harm
producer:
Jonny Dollar (UK producer & songwriter) and Massive Attack
mixer:
Jeremy Allom, Jonny Dollar (UK producer & songwriter) and Massive Attack
additional vocals:
Robert Del Naja
vocals:
Shara Nelson
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Circa Records Ltd. (not an imprint; for ©/℗ rights use only) (in 1991)
samples:
Stratus by Billy Cobham
music videos:
Safe From Harm by Massive Attack directed by Baillie Walsh
recording of:
Safe From Harm
writer:
Billy Cobham, Robert Del Naja, Grant Marshall, Shara Nelson and Andrew Vowles
3.855:19
2One Love
producer:
Jonny Dollar (UK producer & songwriter) and Massive Attack
mixer:
Jonny Dollar (UK producer & songwriter), Massive Attack and Bryan “Chuck” New
vocals:
Horace Andy (Jamaican roots reggae songwriter & singer)
recording of:
One Love
writer:
Robert Del Naja, Grant Marshall, Andrew Vowles and David “Hawk” Wolinski
3.44:49
3Blue Lines
engineer:
Kevin Petrie (sound engineer)
producer:
Jonny Dollar (UK producer & songwriter) and Massive Attack
mixer:
Jeremy Allom, Jonny Dollar (UK producer & songwriter) and Massive Attack
bass:
Paul Johnson (US bassist)
vocals:
Massive Attack
recording of:
Blue Lines
writer:
Max Bennett (US jazz bassist and session musician), Larry Carlton, Robert Del Naja, John Guerin, Grant Marshall, Joe Sample, Tom Scott (saxophonist, Blues Brothers, LA Express, Starsky & Hutch), Adrian Thaws and Andrew Vowles
version of:
Sneakin' in the Back
3.154:22
4Be Thankful for What You’ve Got
producer:
Jonny Dollar (UK producer & songwriter) and Massive Attack
mixer:
Jeremy Allom, Jonny Dollar (UK producer & songwriter) and Massive Attack
vocals:
Tony Bryan
music videos:
Be Thankful for What You’ve Got by Massive Attack directed by Baillie Walsh
cover recording of:
Be Thankful for What You Got
lyricist and composer:
William DeVaughn
publisher:
Delicious Apple Music Corp., EMI Jemaxal Music Inc., H&R Lastrada Music, Melomega Music, Music Sales Corporation (American copyright holder in both popular and classical music) and Sony/ATV Tunes, LLC
3.654:10
5Five Man Army
engineer:
Kevin Petrie (sound engineer)
producer:
Jonny Dollar (UK producer & songwriter) and Massive Attack
mixer:
Jeremy Allom, Jonny Dollar (UK producer & songwriter) and Massive Attack
vocals:
Horace Andy (Jamaican roots reggae songwriter & singer) and Massive Attack
recording of:
Five Man Army
writer:
Robert Del Naja, Grant Marshall, Adrian Thaws, Andrew Vowles and Claude Williams (English rapper Willy Wee)
3.56:04
6Unfinished Sympathy
additional engineer:
Haydn Bendall (producer and engineer)
producer:
Jonny Dollar (UK producer & songwriter) and Massive Attack
mixer:
Jeremy Allom, Jonny Dollar (UK producer & songwriter) and Massive Attack
vocals:
Shara Nelson
additional conductor:
Gavyn Wright (UK violinist)
conductor:
Wil Malone
strings arranger:
Wil Malone
samples:
Planetary Citizen by Mahavishnu Orchestra
music videos:
Unfinished Sympathy by Massive Attack directed by Baillie Walsh
recording of:
Unfinished Sympathy
writer:
Robert Del Naja, Grant Marshall, Shara Nelson, Jonathan Sharp (UK producer aka Jonny Dollar) and Andrew Vowles
3.555:08
7Daydreaming
producer:
Jonny Dollar (UK producer & songwriter) and Massive Attack
mixer:
Jeremy Allom, Jonny Dollar (UK producer & songwriter) and Massive Attack
vocals:
Massive Attack and Shara Nelson
music videos:
Daydreaming by Massive Attack directed by Baillie Walsh
recording of:
Daydreaming
writer:
Wally Badarou, Robert Del Naja, Grant Marshall, Adrian Thaws and Andrew Vowles
3.74:14
8Lately
producer:
Jonny Dollar (UK producer & songwriter) and Massive Attack
mixer:
Jonny Dollar (UK producer & songwriter), Massive Attack and Bryan “Chuck” New
vocals:
Shara Nelson
samples:
Mellow Mellow Right On by Lowrell
recording of:
Lately
writer:
Larry Brownlee, Robert Del Naja, Grant Marshall, Shara Nelson, Gus Redmond, Fred Simon (70s US funk/soul vocalist for The Lost Generation), Jeffrey Simon and Andrew Vowles
34:27
9Hymn of the Big Wheel
producer:
Jonny Dollar (UK producer & songwriter) and Massive Attack
mixer:
Jeremy Allom, Jonny Dollar (UK producer & songwriter) and Massive Attack
background vocals:
Mikey General (reggae singer/deejay)
vocals:
Horace Andy (Jamaican roots reggae songwriter & singer) and Neneh Cherry
additional arranger:
Neneh Cherry
recording of:
Hymn of the Big Wheel
writer:
Horace Andy (Jamaican roots reggae songwriter & singer), Neneh Cherry, Robert Del Naja, Grant Marshall and Andrew Vowles
46:36