Music release
Ashtrayhead – Ashtrayhead CD (US edition)
The United States compact disc of Ashtrayhead's only album, issued by Invisible Records in May 1997 as INV089CD.
Versions & editions
Invisible Records US pressing, INV089CD[2]
United States · English · supported
Evidence reviewed
Context, dates & evidence notes
- Evidence observed
- 2026-09-12
- Known applicable from
- 1997-05-27
- Pack
- jewel case
- Units in pack
- 1
- Pieces
- 1
- Model
- INV089CD
The Discogs release carries both barcode forms, the printed "0 17046 98892 6" and the scanned 017046988926, with country US and the sleeve note ℗ and © Invisible Records 1997
Specifications
- Catalogue number
- INV089CD[2]
Conditions & original evidence
Recorded: INV089CD
known · printed
Wikipedia writes the same number as "INV 089 CD"
- Format
- CD, Album[2]
Conditions & original evidence
Recorded: CD, Album
known · printed
One disc, described by Discogs as Album
- Discs
- 1[2]
Conditions & original evidence
Recorded: 1
known · printed
- Total runtime
- ≈58.53[2]
Conditions & original evidence
Recorded: 58:32
known · calculated
The eleven printed track times sum to 58:32; Wikipedia gives the album length as 58:31
- Glass mastered at
- EMI MFG.[2]
Conditions & original evidence
Recorded: EMI MFG.
known · printed
Credited on the release and repeated in every matrix variant
- Matrix / runout
- INV0089 1-2-1 MASTERED BY EMI MFG.[2]
Conditions & original evidence
Recorded: INV0089 1-2-1 MASTERED BY EMI MFG.
known · printed
Variant 1
- Matrix / runout
- INV00089 · 1-2-2 MASTERED BY EMI MFG.[2]
Conditions & original evidence
Recorded: INV00089 · 1-2-2 MASTERED BY EMI MFG.
known · printed
Variant 2
- Matrix / runout
- INV00089 • 1-2-1 MASTERED BY EMI MFG.[2]
Conditions & original evidence
Recorded: INV00089 • 1-2-1 MASTERED BY EMI MFG.
known · printed
Variant 3
- Mastering SID code
- IFPI L043[2]
Conditions & original evidence
Recorded: IFPI L043
known · printed
All three recorded pressing variants
- Mould SID code
- ifpi 1678[2]
Conditions & original evidence
Recorded: ifpi 1678
known · printed
Variants 1 and 2
- Mould SID code
- ifpi 163A[2]
Conditions & original evidence
Recorded: ifpi 163A
known · printed
Variant 3
- Style
- Techno, Industrial[2]
Conditions & original evidence
Recorded: Techno, Industrial
known · printed
Discogs files these as styles under the genre Electronic, so they are kept out of genre
- Publishing
- Polygram Music / Copyright Control[1]
Conditions & original evidence
Recorded: Polygram Music / Copyright Control
known · printed
Tracks 1, 5 and 9 are published by Polygram Music alone
Credits
- Marc Heal · Performer, credited Gobhead[2] · Wikipedia's credits block uses the same nickname
- Marc Heal · Producer[2]
- John Simonds · Programming, credited Proghead[2] · Written-By on tracks 2 to 4, 6 to 8, 10 and 11
- Si Rapley · Performer, credited Axehead[2] · Heal's former bandmate in Westwon ^wikipedia
- Martin Atkins · Engineer, credited Knobhead[2] · Wikipedia adds "at the Spike"; Atkins owns the label
- Ian Blackaby · Management, credited Breadhead[2] · Wikipedia adds "at Ardent"
- Greg Jakobek · Sleeve[2] · Wikipedia adds "@ Warsaw"
- Ian Jackson · Photography[2]
Tracks
| 1 | Ashtrayhead Written by Marc Heal Published by Polygram Music ^wikipedia [2] | 5:23 |
| 2 | Handyman Written by Marc Heal, John Simonds [2] | 4:14 |
| 3 | Good Doggy Written by Marc Heal, John Simonds [2] | 4:42 |
| 4 | Homemovies Written by Marc Heal, John Simonds Quoted at length in the SLUG review ^slug [2] | 4:54 |
| 5 | My Private Pornostar Written by Marc Heal Published by Polygram Music ^wikipedia [2] | 7:54 |
| 6 | Playmate Written by Marc Heal, John Simonds [2] | 4:33 |
| 7 | Phone Call Written by Marc Heal, John Simonds [2] | 4:15 |
| 8 | Godprawn Written by Marc Heal, John Simonds [2] | 4:20 |
| 9 | Spooky Thoughts Written by Marc Heal Published by Polygram Music ^wikipedia [2] | 6:11 |
| 10 | Handyman (Extended) Written by Marc Heal, John Simonds Wikipedia writes the title as Handyman EXTENDED [2] | 5:41 |
| 11 | Good Dubby Written by Marc Heal, John Simonds [2] | 6:25 |
Release facts
Explore the family ↗- Barcode
- 017046988926 check digit OK
- Brand
- Invisible Records
- Family
- Ashtrayhead
- Category
- Audio Visual/Photography, Audio Visual Media, Pre-Recorded or Digital Content Media, CD/MD - Pre-recorded
- Pack
- jewel case
- Sold in
- 🇺🇸 United States[1]
- Pieces
- 1
- Model
- INV089CD
- Last observed on sale
- 2026-09-12
- Last sale evidence
- No current retail listing found; Discogs records 26 copies for sale on the second-hand marketplace
- GS1 prefix
- 001 · United States and Canada
- Status
- discontinued
- Artists
- Ashtrayhead
- Label
- Invisible Records
- Record company
- Invisible Records
- Catalogue number
- INV089CD
- Format
- cd
- Released
- 1997-05-27 · US
- Genre
- Electronic
- Running time
- 58.53 min
- Copyright
- © Invisible Records 1997
- Phonographic copyright
- ℗ Invisible Records 1997
About this product
Ashtrayhead is the only album by Ashtrayhead, the side project of Marc Heal of the English industrial band Cubanate, who made it with guitarist Si Rapley, his former bandmate in Westwon, and John Simonds on programming and keyboards.[1] This barcode is the United States compact disc, issued by the Chicago independent label Invisible Records on 27 May 1997 as INV089CD, a month after Dynamica released the album in Europe.[1][2] The disc was manufactured and distributed by Caroline Records, Inc. and glass mastered by EMI MFG.[2] Invisible Records was founded in 1989 and is owned and run by Martin Atkins, who also engineered the record under the credit "Knobhead".[3][4][2] SLUG Magazine reviewed the Invisible pressing in August 1997, placing it in the industrial niche and quoting the lyrics of "Homemovies".[5]
More about this product
The sleeve carries the line "℗ and © Invisible Records 1997", and the band credited itself in nicknames: Gobhead for Heal, Proghead for Simonds, Axehead for Rapley, with the sleeve by Greg Jakobek and photography by Ian Jackson.[2][1] The original sleeve showed Heal heavily made up with several hundred cigarettes glued to his head.[1] Discogs records three pressing variants of this barcode, all mastered by EMI MFG and carrying the mastering SID code IFPI L043, distinguished by their runout matrices and by a mould SID code of ifpi 1678 on two of them and ifpi 163A on the third.[2]
The European edition carries a different barcode and the catalogue number DY 0024-2, was released on 21 April 1997 and is recorded here as a variant of this disc rather than as a second code for it; Discogs' master entry for the album ties the two pressings together.[6][7] Both editions share the same eleven-track running order, whose printed times sum to 58:32, a little over the 58:31 Wikipedia gives as the album length.[2][1] The album is long out of print: the only evidence of it still circulating is the second-hand marketplace, where Discogs counted twenty-six copies for sale.[7]
Where it's sold
🇺🇸 United States
Wikipedia[1] sourced
- Listing observed
- Condition
- new
Released in the United States by Invisible Records on 27 May 1997; the Discogs release gives country US
🇺🇸 United States
SLUG Magazine[5] sourced
- Listing observed
- Condition
- new
SLUG Magazine (Salt Lake City) reviewed the Invisible pressing in its August 1997 CD reviews
A listing is evidence that this barcode is sold there, on that date; a price is what that listing showed, not a recommended price.
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Sources & research
Evidence reviewed
Discogs
Discogs release 180522: Ashtrayhead – Ashtrayhead, CD, Invisible INV089CD, US, barcode 017046988926
catalogue · Accessed 2026-09-12
Source & attribution [2] ↗SLUG Magazine
SLUG Magazine: CD Reviews Pt 1, August 1997 (Ashtrayhead, Invisible)
publication · Accessed 2026-09-12
Source & attribution [5] ↗Coverage & research gaps (7)
Coverage measures the evidence recorded here. It does not rate the product.
- Identity: 3 / 3 · Name, brand and classification recorded
- Release details: 5 / 5 · Profile fields recorded: artists, label, media, released, catalogue_number. Missing fields may require research or an applicability note.
- tracks evidence: 11 / 11 · Recorded rows linked to source evidence; does not measure whether the list is complete
- Context: 1 / 1 · Evidence groups assigned to a researched label, edition or analysis
- Label photographs: 0 / 1 · Researched contexts with an assigned photograph
- Specifications: 0 / 13 · Recorded specifications mapped to comparable property keys
- evidence · not_researched: MusicBrainz could not be asked: both the lookup and a direct ws/2 query answered HTTP 503, "The MusicBrainz web server is currently busy". A null there means unasked, not absent
- media · disputed: The album length is given three ways: Discogs' track times sum to 58:32, Wikipedia states 58:31, and the previous revision of this page recorded 58.5 minutes
- images · unknown: No licensed photograph of the sleeve is held here. Discogs has cover images but under terms that do not permit reuse, so the page asks the community for one
- markets · not_researched: No current retail listing was sought beyond the second-hand marketplace; the album has been out of print since the 1990s and only Discogs' 26 copies for sale evidence its continued circulation
- relationships · not_researched: No company stub states GS1 prefix 017046, and a review pass cannot add gs1_prefixes to an existing company, so the prefix owner stays derived
- images · not_researched: No product photographs recorded.
- schema · schema_gap: Some specifications retain source labels without comparable property keys.
All references & source details
References
- ↑ Wikipedia: Ashtrayhead (album) Wikipedia. publication. Accessed 2026-09-12. track listing and credits.
- ↑ Discogs release 180522: Ashtrayhead – Ashtrayhead, CD, Invisible INV089CD, US, barcode 017046988926 Discogs. catalogue. Accessed 2026-09-12. Record: 180522. identifiers, tracklist, credits.
- ↑ Wikipedia: Invisible Records Wikipedia. publication. Accessed 2026-09-12.
- ↑ Discogs label 1007: Invisible (Invisible Records, Chicago) Discogs. catalogue. Accessed 2026-09-12. Record: 1007.
- ↑ SLUG Magazine: CD Reviews Pt 1, August 1997 (Ashtrayhead, Invisible) SLUG Magazine. publication. Published 1997-08-01. Accessed 2026-09-12.
- ↑ Discogs release 487769: Ashtrayhead – Ashtrayhead, CD, Dynamica DY 0024-2, Germany, barcode 4006030602425 Discogs. catalogue. Accessed 2026-09-12. Record: 487769.
- ↑ Discogs master 32523: Ashtrayhead – Ashtrayhead Discogs. catalogue. Accessed 2026-09-12. Record: 32523. main and most recent release.
Further sources
Additional sources recorded for this entry, including other observations and related pages.
- Wikipedia: Caroline Records Wikipedia. publication. Accessed 2026-09-12.
Barcode & identifiers
- GTIN-14
00017046988926- EAN-13 / GTIN-13
0017046988926- UPC-A / GTIN-12
017046988926
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