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A1	A Day At The Botanical Gardens Written-By – Thomas*	3:43
A2	Pedestrian Walk Written-By – Thomas*, Thornton*	4:16
A3	Bird Town Written-By – Thomas*, Thompson*	2:42
A4	The Egg & I Written-By – Fier*, Thomas*	2:54
A5	Who Is It ? Written-By – Cutler*, Thomas*, Cooper*	3:30
B6	Song Of Hoe Written-By – Thomas*	5:42
B7	Hurry Back Written-By – Thomas*, Jones*	3:57
B8	The Rain Written-By – Fier*, Cutler*, Thomas*	3:47
B9	Semaphore Written-By – Cutler*, Thomas*, Monck*, Cooper*	5:05

Companies, etc.

• Mixed At – Suma Recording Studio
• Recorded At – Suma Recording Studio
• Recorded At – Cold Storage
• Recorded At – Sunrise Studios
• Recorded At – Surrey Sound Studios
• Mastered At – Studio-Nord-Bremen
• Published By – Hearpen Music
• Published By – Rough Trade Music Ltd.
• Published By – Island Music Ltd.
• Published By – Rough Trade Inc.
• Published By – Arcades Music
• Phonographic Copyright (p) – David Thomas
• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Sixth International
• Copyright (c) – David Thomas

Credits

• Bass [Most Of The Bass Parts] – Paul Hamann
• Cover, Artwork, Design – Mary Thomas
• Engineer – Adam Kidron (tracks: A5, B9)
• Engineer, Recorded By – Chris Gray , Ken Hamann, Paul Hamann, Robert Vogel, Steve*
• Mastered By – SNB
• Mixed By – Ken Hamann, Paul Hamann
• Musician – Chris Cutler (tracks: A5, B8, B9), Lindsay Cooper (tracks: A5, B8, B9)
• Musician [Featured Players] – Anton Fier, Richard Thompson
• Musician [Significant Contributions] – Jack Monck, Jim Jones
• Producer – David Thomas

Notes

All of the songs were mixed and most of the songs were recorded in March 1983 at Suma in Painesville Ohio. Some songs and overdubs were recorded at Cold Storage, London, Sunrise Studios, Kirchberg, Switzerland, and Surrey Sound, London.

Catalogue numbers : PLUREX 3301 on back cover, spine and center labels / VR22619 on spine and center labels

All credits are on back cover, except the engineer credit to Adam Kidron (tracks A5 & B9) which is seen only on the center labels.

On labels :
Made in Holland.
Produced by David Thomas for David Thomas's Record Company.
(p) 1983 David Thomas/Sixth International
Album container is (c) 1983 David Thomas.
Hearpen Music is BMI

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Matrix / Runout (runout side A): DAVID THOMAS AII A 08-22619-1A-1
• Matrix / Runout (runout side B): Mastered by SNB NL DAVID THOMAS BII 08-22619-1A-1 530 001-B
• Rights Society: STEMRA
• Other (Number on back cover, bottom left corner): 08-022619-20

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
Silo2	David Thomas And The Pedestrians with Richard Thompson	David Thomas And The Pedestrians with Richard Thompson - Variations On A Theme ‎(LP, Album)	Sixth International	Silo2	US	1983
Rough 60	David Thomas And The Pedestrians With Richard Thompson	David Thomas And The Pedestrians With Richard Thompson - Variations On A Theme ‎(LP, Album)	Rough Trade	Rough 60	UK	1983
BASE 40143	David Thomas And The Pedestrians with Richard Thompson	David Thomas And The Pedestrians with Richard Thompson - Variations On A Theme ‎(LP)	Base Record	BASE 40143	Italy	1983
RTD 9, Sixth International 2LP	David Thomas And The Pedestrians with Richard Thompson	David Thomas And The Pedestrians with Richard Thompson - Variations On A Theme ‎(LP, Album)	Rough Trade, Sixth International	RTD 9, Sixth International 2LP	Germany	1983