Title: Track 12

Title: Track 12 Title Record # 57632
Author: J. G. Ballard
Date: 1958-04-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Webpages: Wikipedia-EN
Language: English

Note: Genre-ness relies on SF-ness of highly detailed recording technology.

Synopsis: A man whose hobby is recording sounds gets revenge on his wife's extramarital lover.

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Year	Language	Title
1965^ⓘTranslated by Hilja Brinis	Italian	Amplificazione
1971^ⓘTranslated by Dagmar Türck-Wagner	German	Technische Spielerei
1972^ⓘTranslated by Bruno Martin	French	Bande son
1973^ⓘTranslated by Mieke Meuldrager-Ezelin	Dutch	Opname 12
1976^ⓘTranslated by Maria Emília Ferros Moura	Portuguese	A gravação
1976^ⓘTranslated by Hans Kemming	Dutch	Spoor 12
1979^ⓘTranslated by Drago Bajt and/or Bogdan Gradišnik and/or Branko Gradišnik	Slovenian	Posnetek št. 12 [as by James G. Ballard]
1984^ⓘTranslated by Charlotte Winheller (as Charlotte Franke)	German	Spur 12
1984^ⓘTranslated by Michel Demuth	French	La plage douze

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Title	Date	Author/Editor	Publisher/Pub. Series	ISBN/Catalog ID	Price	Pages	Format	Type	Cover Artist
New Worlds Science Fiction, #70 April 1958	1958-04-00	ed. John Carnell	Nova Publications Ltd.		2/-^?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling. Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g. 3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters of a shilling).	128	digest^?Digest-size magazine, including both standard digest size, at about 7" by 4.5", and also large digest, such as recent issues of Asimov's, which are about 8.25" by 5.125".	mag	Brian Lewis
Penguin Science Fiction	1961-10-00	ed. Brian W. Aldiss	Penguin Books	1638	3/6^?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling. Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g. 3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters of a shilling).	236	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	anth	Brian Keogh
Penguin Science Fiction	1961-12-00	ed. Brian W. Aldiss	Penguin Books	1638	3/6^?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling. Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g. 3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters of a shilling).	236	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	anth	Brian Keogh
Penguin Science Fiction	1962-00-00	ed. Brian W. Aldiss	Penguin Books	1638	3/6^?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling. Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g. 3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters of a shilling).	236	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	anth	Brian Keogh
Penguin Science Fiction	1963-00-00	ed. Brian W. Aldiss	Penguin Books	1638	3/6^?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling. Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g. 3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters of a shilling).	236	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	anth	Brian Keogh
Passport to Eternity	1963-09-00	J. G. Ballard	Berkley Medallion	F823	$0.50^?$: US dollar	160	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll	Richard Powers
Penguin Science Fiction	1965-00-00	ed. Brian W. Aldiss	Penguin Books	1638	3/6^?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling. Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g. 3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters of a shilling).	236	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	anth	Oscar Dominguez
Urania #371	1965-02-14	ed. Carlo Fruttero, Franco Lucentini	Mondadori	371	Lit 200^?Lit: Italian lira	144	digest^?Digest-size magazine, including both standard digest size, at about 7" by 4.5", and also large digest, such as recent issues of Asimov's, which are about 8.25" by 5.125".	mag	Karel Thole
Penguin Science Fiction	1966-00-00	ed. Brian W. Aldiss	Penguin Books	1638	3/6^?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling. Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g. 3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters of a shilling).	236	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	anth	Oscar Dominguez
The Overloaded Man	1967-11-00	J. G. Ballard	Panther	2336	3/6^?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling. Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g. 3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters of a shilling).	158	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll	R. Ginghofer
The Overloaded Man	1971-00-00	J. G. Ballard	Panther	0-586-02336-4	£0.30^?£: UK pound	158	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll
Liebe 2002	1971-00-00	ed. Thomas Landfinder	Bärmeier & Nikel		DM 26.00^?DM: German (Deutsche) mark	419	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Eckart Warminski
Best Horror Stories 3	1972-00-00	ed. Alex Hamilton	Faber and Faber	0-571-08969-0	£2.40^?£: UK pound	236	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
Liebe 2002	1972-00-00	ed. Thomas Landfinder	Deutscher Bücherbund			350	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Rathin Chattopadhyay
Fiction, #223	1972-07-00	ed. Alain Dorémieux^?Alain Doremieux	OPTA		F4.00^?F: French frank	164	digest^?Digest-size magazine, including both standard digest size, at about 7" by 4.5", and also large digest, such as recent issues of Asimov's, which are about 8.25" by 5.125".	mag	Lacroix
De wachtvelden	1973-00-00	J. G. Ballard	Meulenhoff (M=SF #61)	90-290-0336-7		186	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll	Rik Lina
Liebe 2002	1973-04-00	ed. Thomas Landfinder	Fischer Taschenbuch (Fischer Orbit #22)	3-436-01687-X	DM 4.80^?DM: German (Deutsche) mark	269	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	anth	Eddie Jones
The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus	1973-06-00	ed. Brian Aldiss	Penguin Books	0-14-003145-6	£0.60^?£: UK pound	616	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	anth	David Pelham
The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus	1974-00-00	ed. Brian Aldiss	Penguin Books	0-14-003145-6	£0.60^?£: UK pound	616	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	anth	David Pelham
Liebe 2002	1974-02-00	ed. Thomas Landfinder	Fischer Taschenbuch (Fischer Orbit #22)	3-436-01687-X	DM 4.80^?DM: German (Deutsche) mark	269	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	anth	Eddie Jones
The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus	1976-00-00	ed. Brian Aldiss	Penguin Books	0-14-003145-6	£1.25^?£: UK pound	616	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	anth	David Pelham
Fontein science fiction	1976-00-00	ed. Brian W. Aldiss	De Fontein (Fontein SF)	90-261-0125-2		176	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	anth	Karel Thole
Passaporte para o eterno	1976-00-00	J. G. Ballard	Livros do Brasil (Argonauta #230)			217	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll	Manuel Dias
Prodajalna svetov — znanstvenofantastične zgodbe^?Prodajalna svetov — znanstvenofantastichne zgodbe Prodajalna svetov — znanstvenofantasticne zgodbe	1979-00-00	ed. Drago Bajt, Bogdan Gradišnik^?Bogdan Gradisnik Bogdan Gradishnik , Branko Gradišnik^?Branko Gradisnik Branko Gradishnik	Mladinska Knjiga			197	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Peter Jepson
The Venus Hunters	1980-00-00	J. G. Ballard	Granada	0-586-05187-2	£0.95^?£: UK pound	144	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll	Peter Gudynas
The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus	1980-00-00	ed. Brian W. Aldiss	Penguin Books	0-14-003145-6	£1.95^?£: UK pound	616	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	anth	Tom Stimpson
Urania #908	1981-12-26	ed. Carlo Fruttero, Franco Lucentini	Mondadori	908	Lit 1,500^?Lit: Italian lira	384	digest^?Digest-size magazine, including both standard digest size, at about 7" by 4.5", and also large digest, such as recent issues of Asimov's, which are about 8.25" by 5.125".	mag	Karel Thole
Die Zeitgräber und andere phantastische Erzählungen	1984-00-00	J. G. Ballard	Suhrkamp (Phantastische Bibliothek #138)	3-518-37582-2	DM 8.00^?DM: German (Deutsche) mark	171	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll	Tom Breuer
Les chasseurs de Vénus^?Les chasseurs de Venus	1984-05-00	J. G. Ballard	Denoël^?Denoel ( Présence du Futur^?Presence du Futur #382)	2-207-30382-9		215	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll	Patrick Demuth
The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus	1985-00-00	ed. Brian W. Aldiss	Penguin Books	0-14-003145-6	£3.50^?£: UK pound	616	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	anth	Peter Jones
The Venus Hunters	1985-00-00	J. G. Ballard	Triad Granada	0-586-05187-2	£2.50^?£: UK pound	142	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	coll	James Marsh
The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus	1986-00-00	ed. Brian Aldiss	Penguin Books	0-14-003145-6		616	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	anth	Peter Jones
The Venus Hunters	1986-11-00	J. G. Ballard	Gollancz	0-575-03771-7	£8.95^?£: UK pound	142	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Mark Foreman
The Venus Hunters	1988-00-00	J. G. Ballard	Grafton / Collins (UK)	0-586-05187-2	£3.50^?£: UK pound	142	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	coll	James Marsh
The Venus Hunters	1992-00-00	J. G. Ballard	Flamingo	0-586-05187-2	£4.99^?£: UK pound	142	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	coll	Larry Rostant
The Complete Short Stories	2001-11-00	J. G. Ballard	Flamingo	0-00-712405-8	£25.00^?£: UK pound	ix+ 1189	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Jerry Bauer
The Complete Short Stories	2002-11-00	J. G. Ballard	Flamingo	0-00-713812-1	£16.99^?£: UK pound	ix+ 1189	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	coll
Die Stimmen der Zeit	2007-04-02	J. G. Ballard	Heyne (Meisterwerke der Science Fiction)	978-3-453-52229-9	€10.95^?€: Euro	[1]+ 987	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll	Ellen Schuster
A Science Fiction Omnibus	2007-11-29	ed. Brian Aldiss	Penguin Books (Penguin Modern Classics)	978-0-14-118892-8	£9.99^?£: UK pound	592	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	anth	Jim Burns
A Science Fiction Omnibus	2007-11-29	ed. Brian Aldiss	Penguin Books (Penguin Modern Classics)	978-0-14-191343-8	£7.99^?£: UK pound		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	anth
The Complete Stories of J. G. Ballard	2009-09-00	J. G. Ballard	W. W. Norton & Company	978-0-393-07262-4	$35.00^?$: US dollar	xv+ 1199	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	David Levenson
The Complete Stories of J. G. Ballard	2010-00-00	J. G. Ballard	W. W. Norton & Company	978-0-393-33929-1	$24.95^?$: US dollar	xv+ 1199	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	coll	David Levenson
The Complete Stories of J. G. Ballard	2012-06-01	J. G. Ballard	W. W. Norton & Company	978-0-393-07687-5	$24.95^?$: US dollar		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	coll
The Complete Stories of J. G. Ballard	2014-08-26	J. G. Ballard	Audible Studios				digital audio download^?Digital recording in any format that is downloaded directly from the Internet. This category includes podcasts.	coll
The Complete Stories of J. G. Ballard	date unknown	J. G. Ballard	Audible Studios				digital audio download^?Digital recording in any format that is downloaded directly from the Internet. This category includes podcasts.	coll

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