Klaus Doldinger
Das Boot - Die Original Filmmusik
WEA 240581
made in West Germany for European market
released: 1985 (LP)
color scheme: teal green background with purple reticle and silver paint lettering
genre: soundtrack


MADE IN WEST | | GERMANY BY POLYGRAM, nothing etched around the center hole (a).
Matrix number: 240 581-2 2895 277 01 # (all target variations)
Known suffixes: none, Q [AD]
This can also be found with the inscription "MADE IN W. GERMANY BY PDO HANOVER" (b)
or "MADE IN W. GERMANY BY PDO" (c) etched around the center hole.
Known suffixes: (b) AF ; (c) AU
There is also another disc variation with MADE IN WEST | | GERMANY on the front and
"MADE IN W. GERMANY BY PDO" etched around the center hole (d). No picture yet.


Front cover of the four-page booklet.
Page two states "Manufactured by PolyGram Hannover, West Germany · Printed in West Germany" (m)
Later copies delete this entire line (n).


Rear tray insert "Printed in West Germany." with barcode (x).
Disc variation (a) can be found with this rear inlay.
"240 581-2" is printed on the reverse.


Rear tray insert "Printed in Germany by Record Service GmbH, Alsdorf" with barcode (y).
Disc variations (b), (c) and (d) can be found with this rear inlay.
Nothing is printed on the reverse.

Notes: This target CD was not distributed in North America. It is not easy
to find in Europe, either. The later, non-target version, is much more common.

Jewel case info: (a) heavy ridged-top six-tab two-dimple case with "48.3" embossed on one tab and "48.2"
embossed on the back portion, inside bottom center. Eight-prong disc tray embossed "Patents pending 11.3"

11/20/19