North American Release
The North American version was first released on Capitol's Harvest Records label and had the same songs and mixes as the UK version. Some fans claim that the U.S. edition suffered from rather poor sound quality, apparently due to differences in the mastering of the vinyl record. The first version of the album did not perform well on the U.S. Billboard chart.
Cassette version, was released with catalog number 4XT-12211 on XDR system.
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