George Benson
Give Me The Night
Warner Bros. 3453 or 03453 (on disc)
Warner Bros. US: 03453-2 / Europe: 256 823 or 3453-2 (on spines)
made in West Germany for US and international markets
color scheme: silver paint background with red reticle and black lettering
genre: jazz / pop
LP originally released in 1980


MADE IN | | WEST GERMANY (no manufacturer on disc)
Note the catalog number on this disc is 03453 (disc variation a)
Matrix number: 7599 03453-2 2893 023 01


MADE IN | | WEST GERMANY (no manufacturer on disc)
Note the catalog number is now 3453-2 / (04352-2) (disc variation b)
Matrix number: 7599 03453-2 2893 023 01


MADE IN WEST | | GERMANY BY POLYGRAM
The common disc version has nothing etched around the center hole (disc variation c).
Matrix number: (c with USA inserts) 7599 03453-2 2893 023 01
Known suffixes: none, EE
Less commonly, this version can be found with "MADE IN W. GERMANY BY PDO" (disc variation e)
or "MADE IN W. GERMANY BY PDO HANOVER" (disc variation d) etched around the center hole.
Matrix number: (d) and (e) 7599 03453-2 2893 023 01
Known suffixes: (e) EY, FA, FE, (d) EX, EY


Front cover of the eight-page booklet
The booklet (m) accompanying the WG-printed rear tray insert states "Manufactured by
PolyGram in Hanover,
West Germany"
and "Printed in West Germany" on page seven.
The booklet (n) accompanying the USA-printed rear tray insert states "Printed in U.S.A."
on page seven. The booklet (o) accompanying the "Alsdorf" rear tray insert lacks
any manufacturing information, and bears the "256 823" catalog number on page seven.


Rear tray insert "Printed in West Germany" with barcode (rear insert x).
"03453-2" is printed on the reverse.
Disc variations (a), (b) or (c) may be found with this inlay.


Rear tray insert, "Printed in U.S.A." with no barcode (rear insert y).
This tray inlay may contain disc variations (c), or (d), or (e), or a Japanese-pressed
target CD (see separate listing), or a US-pressed (non-target) disc.
There is nothing printed on the reverse.


Rear tray insert "Manufactured in Germany by Record Service GmbH, Alsdorf · Pressé en Allemagne
par Record Service GmbH, Alsdorf" with barcode (rear insert z).
Note the spines, which bear only the European catalog number. Nothing is printed on the reverse.
Disc variation (e) can be found with this inlay in Europe.

Notes: This target CD is fairly common.

Jewel case info: (e with USA inserts) ridged four-tab, two long stopper bars, "2" is embossed on one tab.
No other embossing. Eight-prong disc tray embossed "Patents pending 8.3"

(c with USA inserts) smooth frosted-top four-tab case with two long stopper bars and
"Patent pending" and "D-1" embossed on the back. "D-1" is also embossed on one tab.
Eight-prong disc tray embossed "Patents pending 1R"

(e with Alsdorf inserts) sturdy ridged six-tab, two-dimple, "W1.3" is embossed on one tab,
and on the back portion, inside bottom center. Eight-prong disc tray embossed "P16.3"

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