Jerry ButlerThe Ice Man Cometh

Label:

Mercury – SR-61198

Format:

Vinyl , LP, Album, Stereo , Mercury Manufacturing Pressing

Country:

US

Released:

Genre:

Funk / Soul

Style:

Ballad

Tracklist

A1 Hey Western Union Man
Arranged ByB. Martin*
Written-ByHuff*
2:37
A2 Can't Forget About You Baby
Arranged ByThom Bell
Written-ByGamble*
2:36
A3 Only The Strong Survive
Arranged ByBell*
Written-ByHuff*
2:35
A4 How Can I Get In Touch With You
Arranged ByBobby Martin
Written-ByHuff*
2:26
A5 Just Because I Really Love You
Arranged ByThom Bell
Written-ByBell*
2:37
A6 Lost
Written-ByHuff*
2:35
B1 Never Give You Up
Arranged ByB. Martin*
Written-ByHuff*
2:56
B2 Are You Happy
Arranged ByThom Bell
Written-ByBell*
2:40
B3 (Strange) I Still Love You
Arranged ByBell*
Written-ByHarris*
2:50
B4 Go Away - Find Yourself
Arranged ByBell*
Written-ByBell*
2:52
B5 I Stop By Heaven
Arranged ByBell*
Written-ByHuff*
3:20

Companies, etc.

  • Record CompanyMercury Record Corporation
  • Manufactured ByMercury Record Productions, Inc.
  • Recorded AtSigma Sound Studios
  • Pressed ByMercury Record Manufacturing Company
  • Published ByParabut Music
  • Published ByDouble Diamond Music
  • Published ByDownstairs Music
  • Published ByWorld War III Music

Credits

  • EngineerJoe Tarsia
  • Liner NotesGeorge Woods*
  • Photography By [Cover And Insert]Jay Thompson (4)
  • ProducerGamble & Huff

Notes

1968 US Mercury Record 1st label edition. Originally released with an 10" 5/8" x 11" color photo insert of Jerry Butler with his signature.
The MR etched within the matrices indicate this to had been pressed at the: Mercury Record Manufacturing Company.

"Electronically Re-Recorded To Simulate Stereo" (Tracks A1,A2 and B1) on labels and rear cover.
Sigma Sound Studios is wrongly reported as "Sitma Sound Studio - Phila"

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, stamped, III-II slashes and MR etched): SR 61198-A-M2 III-II MR
  • Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, stamped, I-III slashes and MR etched): SR 61198-B-M2 I-III MR
  • Pressing Plant ID (Both sides runout): MR
  • Rights Society: BMI

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  • nyuricon's avatar
    nyuricon
    Listening to Jerry Butler's tour de force....is like a "long day's journey into night" ;).

    We all need "pipe dreams", they sustain us.

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