Eric Clapton
Money and Cigarettes
Warner Bros. 9 23773 (on inserts)
WB 9 23773-2 / (23773-2) (on disc)
made in West Germany for US market
color scheme: silver paint background with red reticle and black lettering
genre: rock
LP originally released in 1983


MADE IN | | WEST GERMANY (no manufacturer on disc)
Matrix number: 7599 23773-3 2893 025 01


MADE IN WEST | | GERMANY BY POLYGRAM
Matrix number: 7599 23773-3 2893 025 01
Known suffixes: BL [SK]


Front cover of the six-page foldout booklet.
Page five states "Manufactured by PolyGram in Hanover, West Germany
Printed in West Germany"


Rear tray insert, "Printed in West Germany" with barcode.
Only rear tray inlay known to contain the target disc.
"9 23773-2" is printed on the reverse.
West German pressed silver stock discs with black printing (non-target)
also came with this back insert. Beware!

Notes: This target CD is quite hard to find.
Not impossible, but it does present a challenge.

Jewel case info: smooth frosted two-dimple, nothing is embossed on the back.
"14" is embossed on one bottom tab, and "21" is embossed on the back portion, inside bottom center.
Eight-prong disc tray embossed "Patents pending 14"

(POLYGRAM) smooth frosted-top two-dimple, nothing is embossed on the back.
"34" is embossed on one bottom tab, and "32" is embossed on the back portion, inside bottom center.
Eight-prong disc tray embossed "Patents pending 15"

OTHER INTERESTING EARLY CD PRESSINGS OF THIS TITLE:


MADE IN WEST GERMANY BY POLYGRAM at 6 o'clock.
"Made in West Germany by PolyGram" at 9 o'clock.
Matrix number: 7599 23773-2 2893 025 01
Known suffixes: CF, CO X
After the target design was discontinued in the U. S., WEA continued to have PolyGram manufacture
this title, with the new boring label style.
The paper inserts are exactly the same as those that accompany the target disc.

03/02/21 added better scans, minor text changes
09/04/20 added the non-target disc