Love Over Gold

Love over Gold was initially released on vinyl LP and cassette, and later on compact disc. Early discs were manufactured in Langenhagen, Germany (PolyGram Hanover, the first CD manufacturer worldwide), but an exact date for the first CD release is not known. Although a German release event on April 18, 1984 is recorded on www.offiziellecharts.de, it's still possible that there was an earlier release. It's not very likely that it was released in 1983 in the US only.

CD Label Designs, Made in Germany

The European cat# 800 022-2 was printed on most European and early US released discs.

• Target label → early US released discs, glass master (GM) version 01, 1983
• Blue spiral, blue text, unprinted (silver) hub area → German release, GM version 01, 1983 or 1984
• Blue (divided) spiral, black text, rim text "MADE IN W.GERMANY BY POLYGRAM" → German release, GM version 01, 1984
• Red swirl (or wave), rim text "MADE IN W.GERMANY BY POLYGRAM", no mould text → German release, GM versions 01 to 06, 1984 or 1985
• Red swirl (or wave), rim text "MADE IN W.GERMANY BY POLYGRAM", mould text MADE IN W. GERMANY BY PDO → German release, GM version 03, 1986
• Black on silver, "MADE IN W.GERMANY BY POLYGRAM" on disc face → US release, GM version 04, 1984 (?) (US cat#)
• Red swirl (or wave), rim text "MADE IN W.GERMANY", mould text MADE IN W. GERMANY BY PDO → German release, GM version 04, 1986 or later
• Red swirl (or wave), rim text "MADE IN W.GERMANY", mould text MADE IN GERMANY BY PDO → German release, GM version 07 and 08, approx. 1990
• Red swirl (or wave), rim text "MADE IN W.GERMANY", no mould text (clear hub area) → German release, GM version 08, approx. 1990
• Red swirl (or wave), rim text "MADE IN GERMANY" → German release, GM version 08, since approx. 1991 (known versions with mould text MADE IN GERMANY and MADE IN GERMANY BY PMDC)

Further European releases with cat# 800 022-2 were manufactured by PMDC France and Sony DADC.

(List researched by @Bajoran_Steffi)