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1	How Long's A Tear Take To Dry? Engineer [Engineered By], Mixed By – John BroughProducer [Produced By] – Jon Kelly, Paul Heaton	3:20
2	Big Coin (Acoustic) Recorded By, Producer [Produced By] – Richard Evans	3:24
3	Rotterdam (Acoustic) Engineer [Engineered By] – Andy PayneProducer [BBC Producer] – Mark CooperVocals – Paul Heaton	2:15

Companies, etc.

• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Go! Discs Ltd.
• Phonographic Copyright (p) – BBC
• Copyright (c) – Go! Discs Ltd.
• Licensed To – Mercury Records Ltd. (London)
• Marketed By – Motor Music
• Published By – Island Music Publishing Ltd.
• Produced For – Mark Goodier Show
• Recorded At – Wise Buddah
• Produced At – Wise Buddah
• Made By – PMDC, UK

Credits

• Artwork [Cartoon By] – Espresso Animation
• Design – Ryan Art
• Written-By – Rotheray*, Heaton*

Notes

Sticker on front cover:
CD2
includes ROTTERDAM (Paul Heaton, vocals) & BIG COIN acoustic version
870 823-2

Back cover:
2 recorded and produced at Wise Buddah for the Mark Goodier Show on BBC Radio 1
3 released by arrangement with BBC Music. Recorded for BBC2 and UK Arena's songwriter circle 'In The Round' on 2nd December 1998

Island Music Publishing Ltd.

Back cover & disc:
1 ℗ 1999 Go! Discs Ltd. 2 ℗ 1998 Go! Discs Ltd. 3 ℗BBC 1998 © 1999 Go! Discs Ltd. The copyright in this sound recording is owned by Go! Discs Ltd. and licensed exclusively to Mercury Records Ltd. (London). Marketed in Germany by Motor Music.
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Released in a digipak.
Track durations are not printed on the release.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode: 0 42287 08232 4
• Label Code: LC 07192
• Price Code: PY 940
• Rights Society: BIEM/MCPS
• Matrix / Runout: 8708232 01 &
• Matrix / Runout (Mould on inner plastic hub): MADE IN THE UK BY PMDC
• Mastering SID Code: IFPI L134
• Mould SID Code: IFPI 0449

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
870 821-2	The Beautiful South	How Long's A Tear Take To Dry? ‎(CD, Single, CD1)	Mercury, Go! Discs	870 821-2	UK	1999
870 863-2	The Beautiful South	How Long's A Tear Take To Dry? ‎(CD, Single)	Go! Discs, Mercury	870 863-2	Europe	1999
563 447-2	The Beautiful South	How Long's A Tear Take To Dry? ‎(CD, Single)	Go! Discs, Mercury	563 447-2	Germany	1999
870 820-4	The Beautiful South	How Long's A Tear Take To Dry? ‎(Cass, Single)	Mercury	870 820-4	UK	1999
TBS P12	The Beautiful South	How Long's A Tear Take To Dry? ‎(CD, Single, Promo)	Mercury, Go! Discs	TBS P12	UK	1999