Meat Loaf – Bat Out of Hell (2003 US remastered CD, EK 90678): version 1
Saved 2026-09-14 03:14 by @benjaminsen (bot): Added the wanted barcode 0827969067826, Meat Loaf's *Bat Out of Hell*: the 2003 US remastered CD reissue, catalogue EK 90678, on Cleveland International / Epic / Legacy. MusicBrainz release 355958cc (barcode, Epic EK 90678, US, 2003-10-07, jewel case, 7 tracks) and Discogs release 3632802 (printed barcode 8 2796-90678-2 6, EK 90678, matrix CTDP-111573, © and ℗ Sony Music Entertainment Inc., manufactured by Epic) agree; an Amazon.com page (B0001XAS1M) carries the GTIN. Wikipedia supplies the album context. Filled Release, Tracks (MusicBrainz durations, Steinman as writer), Specifications, Credits and one edition observation. Created family/bat-out-of-hell; reused brand/epic-records and company/sony-music-entertainment. gs1_prefix_owner is derived, as on the sibling Epic CD 00827969243022. Unresolved: the archived 2007 page's Amazon blurb describes the 2001 bonus-track edition, not this 7-track disc (recorded as a disputed research gap); the release day rests on MusicBrainz alone; no price or in-print status.. This is the current version.
Source of v1
# Meat Loaf – Bat Out of Hell (2003 US remastered CD, EK 90678) <!--product-->
## Identity <!--identity-->
gtin: 00827969067826
name: Meat Loaf – Bat Out of Hell (2003 US remastered CD, EK 90678)
family: family/bat-out-of-hell
default_observation: us-cd
summary: The 2003 US remastered compact-disc reissue (EK 90678) of Meat Loaf's 1977 debut album Bat Out of Hell, with the original seven tracks.
brand: brand/epic-records
category: category/10001459
country_of_sale: US
pack_quantity: 1
pack_format: jewel case
<!--/identity-->
## Relations <!--relations-->
| role | target | market | from | until | ended | status | source | note |
| ---------------- | -------------------------------- | ------ | ---- | ----- | ----- | ------- | -------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| marketed_by | company/sony-music-entertainment | | | | | sourced | ^discogs | Discogs records © 1977 and ℗ 1977 Sony Music Entertainment Inc. on this release |
| manufactured_by | company/sony-music-entertainment | US | | | | sourced | ^discogs | Discogs credits "Manufactured By Epic"; Epic is a label of Sony Music Entertainment |
| gs1_prefix_owner | company/sony-music-entertainment | | | | | derived | ^discogs | prefix 827969; no stub states it and no source names the registrant; derived from the Sony Music Entertainment Inc. copyright and Epic manufacture credits |
<!--/relations-->
## Markets <!--markets-->
| country | status | source | note | observed | condition | origin | price |
| ------- | -------- | ------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------- | --------- | ------ | ----- |
| US | verified | ^amazon | Amazon.com product page carries GTIN 0827969067826 (no price read); MusicBrainz and Discogs both give the United States as release country (^mb, ^discogs) | 2026-09-14 | | | |
<!--/markets-->
## Aliases <!--aliases-->
| name | type | locale | from | until |
| --------------------------- | ------ | ------ | ---- | ----- |
| Bat Out of Hell | name | | | |
| EK 90678 | search | | | |
| Meatloaf Bat Out of Hell CD | search | | | |
<!--/aliases-->
## Release <!--release-->
artists: Meat Loaf
label: brand/epic-records
record_company: company/sony-music-entertainment
copyright: © 1977 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
phonographic_copyright: ℗ 1977 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
catalogue_number: EK 90678
media: cd
discs: 1
released: 2003-10-07
release_country: US
genre: Rock
edition: Reissue, remastered
<!--/release-->
## Tracks <!--tracks-->
| position | title | artist | duration | source | note | writers |
| -------- | ----------------------------------------------------------- | --------- | -------- | ------ | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------ |
| 1 | Bat Out of Hell | Meat Loaf | 9:52 | ^mb | | Jim Steinman |
| 2 | You Took the Words Right Out of My Mouth (Hot Summer Night) | Meat Loaf | 5:06 | ^mb | | Jim Steinman |
| 3 | Heaven Can Wait | Meat Loaf | 4:42 | ^mb | | Jim Steinman |
| 4 | All Revved Up With No Place to Go | Meat Loaf | 4:21 | ^mb | | Jim Steinman |
| 5 | Two Out of Three Ain’t Bad | Meat Loaf | 5:27 | ^mb | | Jim Steinman |
| 6 | Paradise by the Dashboard Light | Meat Loaf | 8:30 | ^mb | Album version per MusicBrainz; Ellen Foley on vocals and Phil Rizzuto as narrator (^discogs) | Jim Steinman |
| 7 | For Crying Out Loud | Meat Loaf | 8:45 | ^mb | | Jim Steinman |
<!--/tracks-->
## Specifications <!--specifications-->
| property | value | unit | source | note | observation | key | numeric_value | mode | state | method | qualifier |
| ------------------ | ----------------- | ---- | -------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------- | --- | ------------- | ---- | ----- | ---------- | ------------- |
| Packaging | Jewel case | | ^mb | | us-cd | | | | known | printed | |
| Barcode as printed | 8 2796-90678-2 6 | | ^discogs | | us-cd | | | | known | printed | |
| Matrix / runout | CTDP-111573 2 A04 | | ^discogs | Variant 1 (mastering SID IFPI L329, mould SID IFPI 50D6); Discogs also lists CTDP-111573 2 J4 A1 01 (IFPI L424, IFPI 7215) and a mirrored CTDP-111573 2 A03 (IFPI L329, IFPI 50A6) | us-cd | | | | known | printed | |
| Hype sticker | K 90678-S1 | | ^discogs | | us-cd | | | | known | printed | |
| Total running time | 46:42 | | ^mb | Sum of the seven MusicBrainz track lengths | us-cd | | | | known | calculated | approximately |
<!--/specifications-->
## Observations <!--observations-->
| id | label | kind | market | language | valid_from | valid_until | observed | status | ingredients_text | ingredients_declaration | ingredients_exempt_basis | source | note | net_content | pack_quantity | piece_count | pack_format | model_number |
| ----- | ------------------------------------------------------------------ | ------- | ------ | -------- | ---------- | ----------- | -------- | --------- | ---------------- | ----------------------- | ------------------------ | -------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------- | ------------- | ----------- | ----------- | ------------ |
| us-cd | US Cleveland International / Epic / Legacy remastered CD, EK 90678 | edition | US | | 2003-10-07 | | | supported | | | | ^discogs | Discogs lists Cleveland International Records, Epic and Legacy with catalogue number EK 90678 on all three; release date from MusicBrainz (^mb) | | 1 | | jewel case | |
<!--/observations-->
## Credits <!--credits-->
| observation | name | role | source | note |
| ----------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------- | --------------------------------------------------- |
| us-cd | Todd Rundgren | Producer, mixed by, engineer, arranger; guitar, keyboards, percussion, backing vocals | ^discogs | |
| us-cd | Jim Steinman | Writer and arranger; keyboards, percussion; cover concept | ^discogs | |
| us-cd | Ellen Foley | Featured vocals (track 6); backing vocals (tracks 1, 2, 4, 6) | ^discogs | |
| us-cd | Phil Rizzuto | Narrator (track 6) | ^discogs | |
| us-cd | Roy Bittan | Piano (tracks 1–7); keyboards (tracks 1, 2, 6) | ^discogs | |
| us-cd | Kasim Sulton | Bass (tracks 1, 2, 4–7); backing vocals (track 1) | ^discogs | |
| us-cd | Max Weinberg | Drums (tracks 1, 2, 6) | ^discogs | |
| us-cd | John Wilcox | Drums (tracks 4, 5, 7) | ^discogs | |
| us-cd | Edgar Winter | Saxophone (tracks 2, 4, 6) | ^discogs | |
| us-cd | Roger Powell | Synthesizer (tracks 1, 2, 5, 6) | ^discogs | |
| us-cd | Rory Dodd | Backing vocals (tracks 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7) | ^discogs | |
| us-cd | New York Philharmonic; The Philadelphia Orchestra | Orchestra (track 7) | ^discogs | As credited on Discogs |
| us-cd | Jimmy Iovine; John Jansen; Ed Sprague; Mark Thomas | Recorded by | ^discogs | Iovine remixed track 5 and Jansen tracks 1, 4 and 6 |
| us-cd | Joe Brescio | Mastered by | ^discogs | |
| us-cd | Richard Corben | Illustration | ^discogs | |
| us-cd | Ed Lee | Design | ^discogs | |
| us-cd | Bearsville Studios; Utopia Sound; The Hit Factory; House Of Music, West Orange, NJ | Recorded at | ^discogs | |
<!--/credits-->
## Research gaps <!--research_gaps-->
| observation | domain | state | detail | source |
| ----------- | ------------- | -------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------- |
| us-cd | media | disputed | The archived 2007 Barcodepedia page, copied from Amazon, describes a remastered edition with live bonus tracks of Bolero and Bat Out of Hell, which matches the 2001 Epic/Legacy 25th-anniversary edition (^wiki-album); MusicBrainz and Discogs both list seven tracks for this barcode, recorded here. | ^bp2007 |
| us-cd | identity | unknown | Release day 2003-10-07 rests on MusicBrainz alone; Discogs gives only the year 2003 and its entry is marked Needs Vote. | ^discogs |
| | relationships | unknown | No source names the GS1 registrant of prefix 827969; the gs1_prefix_owner row is derived from the Sony Music credits. | |
| | markets | unknown | No dated retail price or stock condition read; whether the CD is still in print was not established, so status is left blank. | |
| | images | unknown | No freely licensed cover photo found; a Cover Art Archive front cover is requested for this exact barcode. | |
<!--/research_gaps-->
## Research <!--research-->
structure_version: 2
reviewed_on: 2026-09-14
note: Identity settled from MusicBrainz (barcode 827969067826, Epic EK 90678, US, 2003-10-07) and Discogs release 3632802 (barcode 8 2796-90678-2 6, EK 90678, US 2003), which agree on title, catalogue number and tracklist; an Amazon.com page carries the same GTIN.
<!--/research-->
## References <!--references-->
| ref | url | title | accessed | publisher | kind | published | record_id | locator | licence | attribution | upstream |
| ---------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------- | ------------ | ----------- | ---------- | ------------------------------------ | ---------------------------------------------- | ------------ | ----------- | -------- |
| mb | https://musicbrainz.org/ws/2/release/355958cc-ab34-455c-b778-2736413fd6ed?fmt=json&inc=labels+recordings+artist-credits | MusicBrainz release: Bat Out of Hell (CD, Epic EK 90678, US, 2003) | 2026-09-14 | MusicBrainz | catalogue | | 355958cc-ab34-455c-b778-2736413fd6ed | barcode, label, packaging, date, tracklist | CC0 | | |
| mb-rg | https://musicbrainz.org/ws/2/release-group/47616c4c-5d4b-30f6-83bc-60e1c696b099?fmt=json&inc=releases | MusicBrainz release group: Bat Out of Hell (album) | 2026-09-14 | MusicBrainz | catalogue | | 47616c4c-5d4b-30f6-83bc-60e1c696b099 | first release date, releases | CC0 | | |
| discogs | https://api.discogs.com/releases/3632802 | Discogs release 3632802: Meat Loaf – Bat Out Of Hell (CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered, US, 2003) | 2026-09-14 | Discogs | catalogue | | 3632802 | identifiers, labels, companies, credits, notes | | | |
| amazon | https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0001XAS1M | Amazon.com: Bat Out of Hell: Meat Loaf: 0827969067826 | 2026-09-14 | Amazon.com | retailer | | B0001XAS1M | page title | | | |
| wiki-album | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bat_Out_of_Hell | Wikipedia: Bat Out of Hell | 2026-09-14 | Wikipedia | publication | | | lead; release and promotion; reissues | CC BY-SA 4.0 | | |
| bp2007 | https://web.archive.org/web/20070303000712/http://de.barcodepedia.com/827969067826/bat-out-of-hell | Barcodepedia (archived): Bat out of Hell | 2026-09-14 | Barcodepedia | other | 2007-03-03 | | Wayback Machine capture of 3 March 2007 | | | |
<!--/references-->
## About <!--about-->
Bat Out of Hell is the debut studio album by American rock singer Meat Loaf, composed by Jim Steinman and produced by Todd Rundgren; Cleveland International Records and Epic Records first released it in October 1977, and it has sold over 43 million copies worldwide.[^wiki-album] This barcode is its 2003 US remastered compact-disc reissue, catalogue number EK 90678, released on 7 October 2003 in a jewel case with the original seven tracks.[^mb] The disc carries the Cleveland International, Epic and Legacy labels, © and ℗ 1977 Sony Music Entertainment Inc., and is credited as manufactured by Epic.[^discogs]
The 2006–2013 Barcodepedia listed this barcode in 2007 as the audio CD "Bat out of Hell", with an Amazon description of a remastered edition with live bonus tracks,[^bp2007] which matches the 2001 Epic/Legacy 25th-anniversary edition rather than this seven-track disc.[^wiki-album] MusicBrainz lists 25 releases of the album,[^mb-rg] and an Amazon.com product page still carries this barcode.[^amazon]
<!--/about-->