Tracklist

A1	No One Receiving	3:41
A2	Backwater	3:42
A3	Kurt's Rejoinder	2:53
A4	Energy Fools The Magician	2:03
A5	King's Lead Hat	3:57
B1	Here He Comes	5:39
B2	Julie With...	6:24
B3	By This River	3:01
B4	Through Hollow Lands (For Harold Budd)	4:15
B5	Spider And I	4:25

Companies, etc.

• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Island Records Ltd.
• Manufactured By – Warner Bros. Records Inc.
• Distributed By – Warner Bros. Records Inc.
• Edited At – Sterling Sound
• Produced For – E.G. Records Ltd.

Credits

• Artwork By – Peter Schmidt
• Bass – Bill MacCormick (tracks: B4), Brian Turrington (tracks: B5), Paul Rudolph (tracks: A1, A2, A5, B1, B2), Percy Jones (tracks: A1, A3 & A4)
• Bells – Brian Eno (tracks: B2)
• Brass – Brian Eno (tracks: A2)
• Chorus – Brian Eno (tracks: A3, A4)
• Cover – Ritva Saarikko
• Design, Producer – Brian Eno
• Drums – Dave Mattacks (tracks: A3), Jaki Liebezeit (tracks: A2), Phil Collins (tracks: A1 & A4)
• Grand Piano, Electric Piano – Achim Roedelius* (tracks: B3)
• Guitar – Brian Eno (tracks: A1, B2 & B4), Fred Frith (tracks: B4)
• Percussion – Brian Eno (tracks: A1 & A5), Rhett Davies (tracks: A1), Shirley Williams (tracks: A3)
• Piano – Brian Eno (tracks: A1, A2, A3, A5, B1 & B2), Möbi Moebius* (tracks: B3)
• Producer – Rhett Davies
• Rhythm Guitar – Brian Eno (tracks: A2 & A5), Paul Rudolph (tracks: A1)
• Solo Vocal – Kurt Schwitters (tracks: A3)
• Synthesizer – Brian Eno (tracks: A1, A3, B1, B2, B3, B4 & B5)
• Vibraphone – Brian Eno (tracks: A4)
• Vocals – Brian Eno (tracks: A1, A2, A3, A5, B1, B2, B3 & B5)

Notes

US reissue with blue record labels.
Black inner sleeve with pictures of other Island Record releases.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Matrix / Runout (A Side, Etched): ILPS 1 9478 WW1
• Matrix / Runout (B Side, Etched): ILPS 2 9478 WW1
• Matrix / Runout (Both Sides, Stamped): STERLING
• Matrix / Runout (Variant 2 Side A, Etched): ILPS 1 9478 WW1 ─◁
• Matrix / Runout (Variant 2 Side B, Etched): ILPS 2 9478 WW1 ─◁
• Matrix / Runout (Variant 2 Both Sides, Stamped): STERLING

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
2302 071	Brian Eno	Before And After Science ‎(LP, Album)	Polydor	2302 071	UK	1977
V2 87186, 0777 7 87186 2 8	Brian Eno	Before And After Science ‎(CD, Album)	EG, Virgin Music Canada	V2 87186, 0777 7 87186 2 8	Canada	Unknown
2310 547	Brian Eno	Before And After Science ‎(LP, Album, Ltd)	Polydor	2310 547	France	1977
EGLP 32	Brian Eno	Before And After Science ‎(LP, Album, RE)	EG	EGLP 32	UK	1987
2344 087	Brian Eno	Before And After Science ‎(LP, Album)	Polydor	2344 087	Germany	1977

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