The Absolute Game

Issued in a standard case with a single-sided fold-out j-card inlay. Shell is grey with black on-body printing. Recorded in Dolby. Hype sticker reads TCV 2174 CONTAINS 8 EXTRA TRACKS Additional sticker reads TCV 2174 FREE ALBUM SIDE 1 1. An Incident In Algiers 2. Grievance 3. Strength Through Joy 4. Filming Africa SIDE 11 1. A Man For All Seasons 2. Snakes & Ladders 3. Surgical Triumph 4. The Bell Jar Tracks A1 to A5 and B1 to B5 are taken from The Absolute Game. Tracks A6 to A9 and B6 to B9 are taken from Strength Through Joy. All tracks composed by Skids except A2, Jobson / Adamson. Track A2 is a re-recording and therefore different to the B-side of [m=137620]. Despite this cassette having the 8 bonus tracks, it was issued with exactly the same catalogue number and j-card inlay as the 10 track cassette [r=12768047]. This release is therefore identifiable on the shell by having total playing times of 34.24 and 31.30 instead of 22.09 and 21.39