Vinyl Nostalgia Back to in NM (near mint) condition discography
Other known matrix variants
Known matrix stamper variants of this pressing (different mother numbers, stamper letters, or re-cuts).
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Variant 2
- A
LPR-23047-A T2- B
LPR-23047-B T2
Tracklist
Side A
- Muy Lejoś = So Far Away (3:59)
- Dinero Por Nada = Money For Nothing (7:04)
- Camino De La Vida = Walk Of Life (4:07)
- Tu Ultima Treta = Your Latest Trick (4:46)
- Porque Preocuparse? = Why Worry? (5:22)
Side B
- Paseo A Traves Del Rio = Ride Across The River (6:57)
- El Hombre Fuerte = The Man's Too Strong (4:36)
- Un Mundo = One World (3:36)
- Hermanos En Armas = Brothers In Arms (6:56)
Labels & dead wax
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How to authenticate this pressing
Specific verification cues for this exact variant.
On the right side of the label, in the inner line of the rim text, is the sentence: "HECHO EN MÉXICO Y DISTRIBUIDO POR POLYGRAM DISCOS S.A. DE C.V.". The phrase "Hecho en México" is the standard Mexican form of stating the origin of the product. The abbreviation "S.A. de C.V." (Sociedad Anónima de Capital Variable) is a specifically Mexican legal form of company, introduced by the Mexican Commercial Companies Code (Ley General de Sociedades Mercantiles) and not used anywhere else in Spanish-speaking Latin America in this exact form. Argentina uses "S.A.", Venezuela "C.A.", Chile "S.A.", Colombia "S.A.S." or "S.A.", and only Mexico consistently uses "S.A. de C.V." for joint-stock companies with variable capital.
Historical context & other notes
From the main release
Brothers In Arms was one of the two most important rock albums of the 1980s in terms of the transition from vinyl to CD. The other one was Thriller. CD players were bought for these albums in 1985 and 1986.
Brothers In Arms became the first album to sell more than one million copies on CD worldwide and the first to sell more copies on CD than on vinyl. It sold over thirty million copies globally by the end of the decade. It held the number one spot in the UK charts for fourteen weeks and nine weeks in the US. Vertigo and Philips jointly financed a tour spanning 248 shows in 177 cities, with the CD format as the main visual element of the tour. For promotion, the world's first single in CD format was released in 1985 (Vertigo 884 285-2, pressed in West Germany by Polygram), containing a long version of the title track and excerpts from the album.
Other releases
This album's releases in other countries, or special editions within the same market. Full per-country chronology lives in each country's hub page.
