The CureQuadpus

Label:

Elektra – 0-66856

Format:

Vinyl , 12", 33 ⅓ RPM, Single , Allied Record Company Pressing

Country:

US

Released:

Genre:

Rock

Style:

Synth-pop

Tracklist

Other Side
A1 A Night Like This
ProducerSmith*
Written-BySmith*
4:16
A2 New Day
ProducerSmith*
Written-BySmith*
4:07
This Side
B1 Close To Me (12" Mix)
ProducerSmith*
Written-BySmith*
6:32
B2 A Man Inside My Mouth
ProducerSmith*
Written-BySmith*
3:04

Companies, etc.

  • Manufactured ByElektra/Asylum/Nonesuch Records
  • Phonographic Copyright ℗Elektra/Asylum Records
  • Copyright ©Elektra/Asylum Records
  • Published ByAPB Music Co. Ltd.
  • Mastered AtAtlantic Studios
  • Pressed ByAllied Record Company

Notes

Some copies issued with a shrinkwrap sticker with the following message:
Contains TWO PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED TRACKS

℗ © 1985 (A1), 1986 Elektra/Asylum Records.
A2 Recorded and mixed April '84

Matrix notes:
All runout info within brackets "[ ]" is stamped, the rest is etched.
[ɑ] = the stamp of Allied Record Company.

Some copies may have a stamped "A" inside the B side (image label) pressing ring.
In the runouts are the marks of pressing plant Specialty Records Corporation pressing.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Matrix / Runout (Side A label): ST·ED·66856B
  • Matrix / Runout (Side B label): ST·ED·66856A
  • Matrix / Runout (Side A runout): ST ED 66856 A̸B-2 [ɑ] B-22834BA̸2 △11829–X 1-1 [ATLANTIC STUDIOS D K]
  • Matrix / Runout (Side B runout): ST-ED-66856 B̸A-2 [ɑ] B-22835B2 △11829–X 1-1 [ATLANTIC STUDIOS D K]
  • Matrix / Runout (Side A (variant)): ST ED 66856 A-2 [ɑ] B-22834-A2 △11829 1-1 [ATLANTIC STUDIOS D K]
  • Matrix / Runout (Side B (variant)): ST-ED-66856 B-2 [ɑ] B-22835-B2 △11829-X 1-1 [ATLANTIC STUDIOS D K]

Other Versions (5 of 9)

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Title (Format) Label Cat# Country Year
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Half An Octopuss (10", Single, 45 RPM, Limited Edition) Fiction Records FICST23 UK 1985
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Quadpus (12", 33 ⅓ RPM, EP, Golden Record Pressing) Elektra 96 68560 Canada 1986
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Quadpus (12", 33 ⅓ RPM, Single, SRC Pressing) Elektra 0-66856 US 1986
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Quadpus (12", 33 ⅓ RPM, Single, Reissue, Barcode) Elektra 0-66856 US 1986
Quadpus (12", 33 ⅓ RPM, EP) Elektra 96 68560 Canada 1986

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Reviews

  • mikeSF_'s avatar
    mikeSF_
    Edited one year ago
    From 1986, 2 tracks from Head On The Door, and two previously unreleased; overall, rather dancey, with horns.

    Recording quality is excellent, with good mix and nice pressing. Recommended.
    • errorsinspace's avatar
      errorsinspace
      Edited 3 years ago
      During the 1983-85 period Robert Smith was experimenting with hitting new notes it seemed on every new song. Using his voice to accent and accentuate emotion. Sometimes in a fun an playful way and sometimes like these, in serious and very unique way. And here is the culmination of that in New Day and Stop Dead. 2 underated b-sides in their discography...

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