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A1	Illusion Written-By – Bowie*, Gibbs*	5:32
A2	I Tried To Live Alone Written-By – Gat*, Bowie*	5:06
A3	Cocktail Hour (Blue Bossa) Written-By – Dorham*	3:27
A4	Ooh Baby Written-By – Bowie*, Bell*	6:05
B1	Avoid The Funk Written-By – Bowie*	4:26
B2	Big Bird (Au Private) Written-By – Parker*	2:07
B3	For The Love Of Money Written-By – Jackson*, Gamble*, Huff*	5:52
B4	Believing In Love Written-By – Gat*, Bowie*	7:12

Companies, etc.

• Engineered At – Olympic Studios
• Engineered At – Vanguard Studios
• Engineered At – Electric Lady Studios
• Designed At – Big City Design
• Made By – TELDEC »Telefunken-Decca« Schallplatten GmbH
• Made By – Hannibal Records
• Licensed From – Hannibal Records
• Manufactured By – TELDEC

Credits

• Bass – Kim Clarke
• Design – Douglass Grimmett
• Drums – Kenny Martin
• Engineer – Bill Gill
• Guitar – Kelvyn Bell, Richard Martin (tracks: A1, B4), Vernon Reid (tracks: A2 to B3)
• Mastered By – Lt-B*
• Photography By – Jonathan Burnette
• Producer – Joe Boyd, Joseph Bowie
• Saxophone – Dave Hubbard
• Trombone, Lead Vocals – Joseph Bowie
• Trumpet – John Mulkerin
• Vocals – Clarice Taylor

Notes

"6.25130" on the labels and spine, "6.25130 AO" on the back cover.
Almost identical release Thermonuclear Sweat has a cat.# 6.25130 BL on the back cover, and the text at the bottom edge of the back cover credits just "Made in Germany · TELDEC Schallplatten GmbH".

Sleeve:
Engineered at:
Olympic Studios, (Chelsea), London
Vanguard Studios, New York
Electric Ladyland, New York
Design by: Big City Design, New York

Dedicated to my mother Mrs. E. L. Bowie. April 19, 1916 - April 5, 1982.

Made in Germany · TELDEC » TELEFUNKEN · DECCA « Schallplatten GmbH, Haussweg 25, 2000 Hamburg 19 (Western Germany) ℗ & © 1982

Labels:
DMM - Direct Metal Mastering ® TELDEC
℗ 1982 Original Sound Recording
Made By Hannibal Records
Licensed By Hannibal Records
Manufactured By TELDEC, Hamburg 19, Germany

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Label Code: LC 7433
• Rights Society: GEMA
• Matrix / Runout (Side A): Lt-B-II 0 C - 6 25130 - 01 - 1 / 1
• Matrix / Runout (Side B): Lt-B-II 0 C - 6 25130 - 01 - 2 / 1

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
HNBL 1311	Defunkt	Thermonuclear Sweat ‎(LP, Album)	Hannibal Records	HNBL 1311	UK	1982
HNBL 1311	Defunkt	Thermonuclear Sweat ‎(LP, Album)	Hannibal Records, Inelco	HNBL 1311	Netherlands	1982
53-017 L - A	Defunkt	Thermonuclear Sweat ‎(LP, Album)	Hannibal Records	53-017 L - A	Spain	1982
6.25130 BL, 6.25 130	Defunkt	Thermonuclear Sweat ‎(LP, Album, RE)	Hannibal Records, Hannibal Records	6.25130 BL, 6.25 130	Germany	Unknown
6313 382	Defunkt	Thermonuclear Sweat ‎(LP, Album)	Hannibal Records	6313 382	France	1982

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