Nektar The Future

Label:

port Records – PPSD-98002

Format:

Vinyl , LP, Album, Stereo , Monarch, Title/Artist 2 Lines

Country:

US

Released:

Genre:

Rock

Style:

Prog Rock

Tracklist

A1 Images Of The Past 2:47
A2 Wheel Of Time 5:15
A3 The Future 5:11
A4 Confusion 3:43
B1 Returning Light 1:45
B2 Questions And Answers 5:07
B3 Tomorrow Never Comes 2:08
B4 Path Of Light 4:17
B5 Recognition 3:18
B6 Let It Grow 3:20

Companies, etc.

  • Marketed ByABC Records, Inc.
  • Copyright ©port Records
  • Produced ForBellaphon
  • Produced ForBacillus Records
  • Mastered AtSterling Sound
  • Recorded AtChipping Norton Recording Studios
  • Remixed AtDierks Studios
  • Mastered AtColumbia Records Pressing Plant, Santa Maria
  • Lacquer Cut AtSterling Sound
  • Pressed ByMonarch Record Mfg. Co. – △18881
  • Published ByBleu Disque Music

Credits

  • Bass, VocalsDerek "Mo" Moore*
  • Design [Cover Design]Wenske*
  • Drums, Percussion, VocalsRon Howden
  • EngineerBarry Hammond
  • Guitar, Lead VocalsRoye Albrighton
  • Keyboards, VocalsAllan "Taff" Freeman*
  • Lacquer Cut ByRL*
  • Mastered ByC (50)
  • Mixed ByDieter Dierks
  • Photography ByDieter Weis
  • ProducerPeter Hauke

Notes

Slightly later label variation with standard ABC Records font has the title and artist at the top on 2 lines (not 3), and pressed at Monarch (circled MR stamp and △18881 in the runouts) with metal parts from Columbia Santa Maria.

The port logo at the top has a purple background. Bottom label text is center-justified. (see images).

Gatefold cover.
Some copies may have come with rust-orange ABC/Dunhill company sleeve.

Recorded in August 1973 at Chipping Norton Studio, England.
Mastered at Sterling Sound.
Remix at Dierks Studio, Stommeln, West .

P 1973 Bellaphon Records
C 1974 port Records / Marketed by ABC Records, Inc. Los Angeles, CA, 90018, N.Y. 10019
Printed in U.S.A.

The Future is basically one long track: Part I (16:38) and Part II (18:55).

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Pressing Plant ID (Circled logo stamp, runouts): MR
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout side A etched/stamped): PPS-98002-A-3 MR △18881 CRP-SANTA MARIA STERLING RL
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout side B etched/stamped): PPS-98002-B-3 MR △18881-X CRP-SANTA MARIA STERLING RL

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Title (Format) Label Cat# Country Year
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The Future (LP, Album, Quadraphonic, Gatefold) Bellaphon BLPS 19164 Q 1973
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The Future (LP, Album) United Artists Records UAG 29545 UK 1973
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The Future (LP, Album, Stereo, Quadraphonic, Gatefold Sleeve) Bellaphon BRY.28.003 1973
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The Future (LP, Album, Stereo, Gatefold) Real Records (11) R 313 Australia 1973
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The Future (LP, Album, Quadraphonic, Gatefold) Bellaphon BLPS 19164 Q 1973

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