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Meat Loaf – Bat Out of Hell (2003 US remastered CD, EK 90678)
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.
Versions & editions
US Cleveland International / Epic / Legacy remastered CD, EK 90678[4]
United States · supported
Evidence reviewed
Context, dates & evidence notes
- Known applicable from
- 2003-10-07
- Pack
- jewel case
- Units in pack
- 1
Discogs lists Cleveland International Records, Epic and Legacy with catalogue number EK 90678 on all three; release date from MusicBrainz (^mb)
Specifications
- Packaging
- Jewel case[3]
Conditions & original evidence
Recorded: Jewel case
known · printed
- Barcode as printed
- 8 2796-90678-2 6[4]
Conditions & original evidence
Recorded: 8 2796-90678-2 6
known · printed
- Matrix / runout
- CTDP-111573 2 A04[4]
Conditions & original evidence
Recorded: CTDP-111573 2 A04
known · printed
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)
- Hype sticker
- K 90678-S1[4]
Conditions & original evidence
Recorded: K 90678-S1
known · printed
- Total running time
- ≈46:42[3]
Conditions & original evidence
Recorded: 46:42
known · calculated
Sum of the seven MusicBrainz track lengths
Credits
- Todd Rundgren · Producer, mixed by, engineer, arranger; guitar, keyboards, percussion, backing vocals[4]
- Jim Steinman · Writer and arranger; keyboards, percussion; cover concept[4]
- Ellen Foley · Featured vocals (track 6); backing vocals (tracks 1, 2, 4, 6)[4]
- Phil Rizzuto · Narrator (track 6)[4]
- Roy Bittan · Piano (tracks 1–7); keyboards (tracks 1, 2, 6)[4]
- Kasim Sulton · Bass (tracks 1, 2, 4–7); backing vocals (track 1)[4]
- Max Weinberg · Drums (tracks 1, 2, 6)[4]
- John Wilcox · Drums (tracks 4, 5, 7)[4]
- Edgar Winter · Saxophone (tracks 2, 4, 6)[4]
- Roger Powell · Synthesizer (tracks 1, 2, 5, 6)[4]
- Rory Dodd · Backing vocals (tracks 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7)[4]
- New York Philharmonic; The Philadelphia Orchestra · Orchestra (track 7)[4] · As credited on Discogs
- Jimmy Iovine; John Jansen; Ed Sprague; Mark Thomas · Recorded by[4] · Iovine remixed track 5 and Jansen tracks 1, 4 and 6
- Joe Brescio · Mastered by[4]
- Richard Corben · Illustration[4]
- Ed Lee · Design[4]
- Bearsville Studios; Utopia Sound; The Hit Factory; House Of Music, West Orange, NJ · Recorded at[4]
Tracks
| 1 | Bat Out of Hell Written by Jim Steinman · Meat Loaf[3] | 9:52 |
| 2 | You Took the Words Right Out of My Mouth (Hot Summer Night) Written by Jim Steinman · Meat Loaf[3] | 5:06 |
| 3 | Heaven Can Wait Written by Jim Steinman · Meat Loaf[3] | 4:42 |
| 4 | All Revved Up With No Place to Go Written by Jim Steinman · Meat Loaf[3] | 4:21 |
| 5 | Two Out of Three Ain’t Bad Written by Jim Steinman · Meat Loaf[3] | 5:27 |
| 6 | Paradise by the Dashboard Light Written by Jim Steinman Album version per MusicBrainz; Ellen Foley on vocals and Phil Rizzuto as narrator (^discogs) · Meat Loaf[3] | 8:30 |
| 7 | For Crying Out Loud Written by Jim Steinman · Meat Loaf[3] | 8:45 |
Release facts
Explore the family ↗- Barcode
- 827969067826 check digit OK
- Brand
- Epic Records
- Family
- Bat Out of Hell
- 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]
- GS1 prefix
- 082 · United States and Canada
- Artists
- Meat Loaf
- Label
- Epic Records
- Record company
- Sony Music Entertainment
- Catalogue number
- EK 90678
- Format
- cd
- Released
- 2003-10-07 · US
- Genre
- Rock
- Edition
- Reissue, remastered
- Copyright
- © 1977 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
- Phonographic copyright
- ℗ 1977 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
About this product
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.[2] 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.[3] The disc carries the Cleveland International, Epic and Legacy labels, © and ℗ 1977 Sony Music Entertainment Inc., and is credited as manufactured by Epic.[4]
More about this product
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,[5] which matches the 2001 Epic/Legacy 25th-anniversary edition rather than this seven-track disc.[2] MusicBrainz lists 25 releases of the album,[6] and an Amazon.com product page still carries this barcode.[1]
Where it's sold
🇺🇸 United States
Amazon.com[1] verified
- Listing observed
Amazon.com product page carries GTIN 0827969067826 (no price read); MusicBrainz and Discogs both give the United States as release country (^mb, ^discogs)
A listing is evidence that this barcode is sold there, on that date; a price is what that listing showed, not a recommended price.
Other names for this product
Also known as
- Bat Out of Hell
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Sources & research
Evidence reviewed
Amazon.com
Amazon.com: Bat Out of Hell: Meat Loaf: 0827969067826
retailer · Accessed 2026-09-14
Source & attribution [1] ↗MusicBrainz
MusicBrainz release: Bat Out of Hell (CD, Epic EK 90678, US, 2003)
catalogue · Accessed 2026-09-14
Source & attribution [3] ↗Coverage & research gaps (8)
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: 7 / 7 · 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 / 5 · Recorded specifications mapped to comparable property keys
- 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.
- identity · unknown: Release day 2003-10-07 rests on MusicBrainz alone; Discogs gives only the year 2003 and its entry is marked Needs Vote.
- 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.
- evidence · unknown: Evidence observation date is not recorded.
- images · not_researched: No product photographs recorded.
- schema · schema_gap: Some specifications retain source labels without comparable property keys.
All references & source details
References
- ↑ Amazon.com: Bat Out of Hell: Meat Loaf: 0827969067826 Amazon.com. retailer. Accessed 2026-09-14. Record: B0001XAS1M. page title.
- ↑ Wikipedia: Bat Out of Hell Wikipedia. publication. Accessed 2026-09-14. lead; release and promotion; reissues. CC BY-SA 4.0.
- ↑ MusicBrainz release: Bat Out of Hell (CD, Epic EK 90678, US, 2003) MusicBrainz. catalogue. Accessed 2026-09-14. Record: 355958cc-ab34-455c-b778-2736413fd6ed. barcode, label, packaging, date, tracklist. CC0.
- ↑ Discogs release 3632802: Meat Loaf – Bat Out Of Hell (CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered, US, 2003) Discogs. catalogue. Accessed 2026-09-14. Record: 3632802. identifiers, labels, companies, credits, notes.
- ↑ Barcodepedia (archived): Bat out of Hell Barcodepedia. other. Published 2007-03-03. Accessed 2026-09-14. Wayback Machine capture of 3 March 2007.
- ↑ MusicBrainz release group: Bat Out of Hell (album) MusicBrainz. catalogue. Accessed 2026-09-14. Record: 47616c4c-5d4b-30f6-83bc-60e1c696b099. first release date, releases. CC0.
Barcode & identifiers
- GTIN-14
00827969067826- EAN-13 / GTIN-13
0827969067826- UPC-A / GTIN-12
827969067826
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