Foreigner
Foreigner
Atlantic 19109-2 EUROPE: 250 356 (on inserts)
Atlantic 19109-2 (on disc)
made in West Germany for US and international markets
color scheme: teal background with red reticle and silver paint lettering
genre: rock
LP originally released in 1977


MADE IN WEST | | GERMANY BY POLYGRAM, with outer mirror band (a).
Matrix number: 7567 19109-2 2895 240 02 #
Known suffixes: (illegible) [PV], AF [TP]


MADE IN WEST | | GERMANY BY POLYGRAM, without outer mirror band (b).
Matrix number: 7567 19109-2 2895 240 03 #


MADE IN WEST | | GERMANY, without outer mirror band (b).
Matrix number: 7567 19109-2 2895 240 03 #
There are two known disc variations with this disc face,
One (c) has no inscription on the back, while the other, (d),
has MADE IN W. GERMANY BY PDO etched around the center hole.
Matrix number, for both: 7567 19109-2 2895 240 03 #


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


Rear tray insert, "Printed in West Germany" without barcode (x).
I found the disc variation (a) with this rear inlay.
Disc variation (d) has also been reported with this tray card.


Rear tray insert, "Printed in U.S.A." without barcode (y).
Disc variation (b) is found with this rear inlay.
A Japan-for-USA (by CTA) non-target pressing was also issued with this tray card.


Rear tray insert, "Printed in U.S.A." with barcode (z).
Disc variations (b) and (c) have been found with this rear inlay.
Your results may vary. Later US pressings are more likely to be found with this tray inlay.


This same disc (variation (a)) was issued in Japan with this sticker obi and the new catalog number 32XP-135.
This is what that package looks like with the sticker obi intact.

Notes: I used to think this disc was pretty common. It is not as easy to find recently
and has sold on eBay in the $20-35 range.

OTHER INTERESTING EARLY CD PRESSINGS OF THIS TITLE:


MADE IN JAPAN (at 6 o'clock)
Matrix info: 19109-2 X-105 1A1 CTA CO. LTD, JAPAN
Other matrix numbers are possible.
Distributed in the U.S.A.
Same U.S.A. paper inserts sans barcode shown above.

09/26/20 **