“Heroes”: UK; RCA, PK 12522; 1977.

1st Issue.

Yellow border,spine, back and inner panel. The cover has ‘Price Code XX’ on the bottom and is made from treated, thin folded card; the rear of the cover is blank and the track list is on the inside and the rear panel.

Black ink with solid orange RCA logo printed directly onto grey shell and black ink with solid orange RCA on silver paper label. Some cassettes have a darker RCA logo but they are the same in every other respect.

The track sequence is the same as the original LP.

Side 1: Beauty And The Beast; Joe The Lion; “Heroes’; Sons Of The Silent Age; Blackout.

Side 2: V-2 Schneider; Sense Of Doubt; Moss Garden; Neuköln; The Secret Life Of Arabia.

 

 

“Heroes”: UK; RCA International, INTK 5066 (NK 13857); no date.

2nd Issue.

The cover is the full size picture without borders. White spine and rear panel with RCA International on the spine printed on treated and folded thin card. The track list is on the inner and the rear panels, and the rear of the cover is blank.

Red ink printed directly onto grey shell and the hollow red RCA logo with no track information. Variants shown are 1) with plastic screws; 2) with metal screws and inverted printing mistake on side 2; and 3) no screws and inverted printing mistake on side 2.

Blue ink printed directly onto grey shell and the hollow red RCA logo with no track information.

The track sequence is the same as the original LP.

Side 1: Beauty And The Beast; Joe The Lion; “Heroes’; Sons Of The Silent Age; Blackout.

Side 2: V-2 Schneider; Sense Of Doubt; Moss Garden; Neuköln; The Secret Life Of Arabia.

 

 

“Heroes”: UK; RCA International, INTS 5066 (NK 13857); no date.

The cover is the full size picture without borders. White spine and rear panel with RCA International on the spine printed on treated and folded thin card. The track list is on the inner and the rear panels, and the rear of the cover is blank.

Black ink on white paper label, black shell. This cassette comes in the RCA International cover shown above but has now been given the catalogue numbers INTS 5066 (NL 13857), which is the same catalogue number as the vinyl release from November 1980. “Low” also gets this issue.

The track sequence is the same as the original LP.

Side 1: Beauty And The Beast; Joe The Lion; “Heroes’; Sons Of The Silent Age; Blackout.

Side 2: V-2 Schneider; Sense Of Doubt; Moss Garden; Neuköln; The Secret Life Of Arabia.