Soft Core

Songwriting
‘Soft Core’: Maurice DePas, Paul Wilson-Brown, Gary Westlake
‘Beautiful Girls’: Maurice DePas, Paul Wilson-Brown, Gary Westlake
‘Unschuld’: Maurice DePas, Paul Wilson-Brown, Gary Westlake

Publishing
Dootes N’ Yockies Music (ASCAP)
Renlor Music (BMI)

Production
Produced by Jamie Bowers, Maurice & The Clichés
Executive producer: Ian MacLennan

Mastering
Mastered at Liberty
Jeff Sanders: mastering, ‘Beautiful Girls’
‘Beautiful Girls’ also mastered at Kendun Recorders

Manufacturing and Distribution
U.S. issues distributed by Applause Records Inc.
U.S. pressings by Rainbo Records
French issues distributed by Vogue P.I.P.
Printed in France by France Imprimerie Sorel

Additional Releases
The French Vogue 12-inch issue, catalogue 310983, paired the full-length 4:22 version of ‘Soft Core’ with ‘Beautiful Girls’ and ‘Unschuld’.

A French Vogue 7-inch issue, catalogue 101779, paired ‘Soft Core’ with ‘Beautiful Girls’. The label identifies Jamie Bowers and Maurice & The Clichés as producers and Ian MacLennan as executive producer.

In the United States, RMS issued ‘Soft Core’ / ‘Beautiful Girls’ as catalogue RMSD-12002 in 1983. Both commercial and promotional 12-inch pressings are known. These contain the 4:22 version of ‘Soft Core’ and the 3:47 version of ‘Beautiful Girls’.

RMS also issued a U.S. promotional 7-inch, catalogue RMSS-7001, containing shorter edits:

‘Soft Core’: 2:57
‘Beautiful Girls’: 3:00

The promotional copies are marked PROMOTIONAL COPY NOT FOR SALE.

Rights
ASCAP
BMI
SACEM
SDRM
SACD
SGDL

Additional Info
The U.S. RMS labels credit Dootes N’ Yockies Music (ASCAP) and Renlor Music (BMI). This physical-label spelling should take precedence over the “Renior Music” spelling appearing in some Discogs entries.

The U.S. 12-inch issues were mastered at Liberty, with ‘Beautiful Girls’ additionally carrying a Jeff Sanders / Kendun mastering credit.

The various releases therefore document at least two commercially circulated versions of ‘Soft Core’: the 2:57 edit and the 4:22 extended version. ‘Beautiful Girls’ likewise appears in at least 3:00 and 3:47 versions.