Read Only Memory (EP)

Read Only Memory
EP by Chrome
Released	1979
Recorded	Alamar Studios, San Francisco, California, United States & Trident Studios, London, England
Length	20:31
Labels	Siren Cleopatra
Producer	Damon Edge
Chrome chronology
Half Machine Lip Moves (1979) Read Only Memory (1979) Red Exposure (1980)

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Read Only Memory is an EP by the American rock band Chrome, released in 1979 by Siren Records. It was reissued in 2014 by Cleopatra Records.

Track listing

Original release

All tracks are written by Helios Creed and Damon Edge.

Side A

No.	Title	Length
1.	"You Can't See Them – They Can't Touch You"	3:16
2.	"Inacontact"	5:35
3.	"Read Only Memory"	1:06

Side B

No.	Title	Length
1.	"In Front of the Crowd"	1:10
2.	"I Am the Jaw"	9:24

2014 reissue

The 2014 Cleopatra reissue combined both original sides onto side A and added four bonus tracks, recorded from a live performance in Italy in 1981, on side B.

Side B

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Perfumed Metals"	3:41
2.	"Jam 10"	5:40
3.	"Insect Human"	6:48
4.	"Out of Reach"	3:58

Personnel

• Helios Creed – guitar synthesizer, bowed guitar, synthesizer, drum machine, bass guitar, vocals, illustrations
• Damon Edge – synthesizer, guitar synthesizer, tape, drum machine, vocals, production, engineering, illustrations

Charts

Chart (1980)	Peak position
UK Indie Chart	48

External links

• Read Only Memory at Discogs (list of releases)