compiled by Alfred Hilsberg
lacquer cut by Peter Harenberg
photography by [coverphotos, newspaper photos] Sabine Schwabroh
Recorded At Hafenklang Studio
Recorded At Combinatsstudio
Recorded At Szlovak-Studio
Mixed At Hafenklang Studio
Recorded At Claus Poland Studio
Recorded At Exxess, Berlin
Recorded At Jugendzentrum, Diez
Lacquer Cut At TELDEC-Studio, Hamburg
Pressed By Teldec-Press GmbH
Distributed By Rip Off
Alle Aufnahmen dieses Samplers sind bisher unveröffentlicht (translated: All recording on this compilation are previously unreleased).
Alle Rechte bei den Gruppen und bei ZickZack Platten (translated: all rights reserved by the groups and ZickZack Platten).

Sticker on the front cover:
Jetzt mit GRATIS Hit-Single! HAPPY NEW WAVE / PUNK SUPERMARKT Limitierte Auflage! (transl.: Now with FREE Hit-Single! HAPPY NEW WAVE / PUNK SUPERMARKET Limited edition!

The regular edition of this release (→Lieber Zuviel Als Zuwenig (ZickZack Sommerhits 81)) came without the single.

Includes a large newspaper like insert with info about the bands: 'ZICK ZACK Zeitung für neue Musik'.
The single Happy New Wave was released by the fake label Zwickzwack with cat# 'ZwickZwack 1'. The artist names are not to be found neither on the cover nor the label. Side one has an advertisement to a fictional sampler, with excerpts from Mittagspause, DAF, Abwärts, Palais Schaumburg, Wirtschaftswunder and more. On side two features a parody conversation between a customer and a shop assistant in a record shop - with short pieces of music.

The label is branded Zickzack Platten on the LP cover and label. The 7 is jokingly branded ZwickZwack.

Compiled at Hafenklang-Studio, Hamburg at the beginning of June 1981.
P + C June 1981
Rip Off Vertrieb.

Track A1: Recorded at Hafenklang-Studio.
Track A2: Taken from a recording session in Osterode in spring 1981.
Track A3: Recorded on tape at Kassettenkombinat, Berlin.
Track A4: Recorded on a 4-track machine.
Track A5: Recorded on a 2-track tape recorder.
Track A6: Recorded June 2nd at Hafenklang-Studio.
Track A7: Recorded on a 4-track machine at home in Hamburg-Eimsbüttel.
Track A8: Recorded at Szlovak-Studio, Hamburg on a 8-track machine. Mixed at Hafenklang-Studio.
Track A9: Recorded April 1981 at Szlovak-Studio on a 8-track machine.
Track B1: Recorded May 1981 at Hafenklang-Studio.
Track B2: Recorded at Kassettenkombinat, Berlin.
Track B4: Recorded May 1981 at Szlovak-Studio.
Track B5: Recorded on a 8-track machine at Claus Poland Studio, Munich. The Skinhead was performed by a guest from Lübeck.
Track B6: Recorded at Szlovak-Studio, Hamburg.
Track B7: Recorded live on tape November 14th, 1980 at Exxess, Berlin.
Track B8: Recorded May 1981 at Hafenklang-Studio.
Track B9: Recorded live end of 1979 at Jugendzentrum, Diez.

Engineer for lacquer cut uncredited, identified by the etched matrix.
Rights Society: GEMA
Matrix / Runout: ZZ 45 A2 H1 (LP, side A, etched)
Matrix / Runout: ZZ 45 B H1 (LP, side B, etched)
Matrix / Runout: 76.12 903-01-1/1 H1 (7, side C, stamped, H1 etched)
Matrix / Runout: 76.12 903-01-2 H1 (7, side D, stamped, H1 etched)
Other: Zwickzwack 1 (7 catalog number)