compiled by, edited by John Brand compiled by, edited by The Ruts painting [front cover painting] Oliver Howard written-by David Ruffy written-by John Jennings written-by Malcolm Owen written-by Paul Fox tracks b3 written-by Richard Mannah Mastered At The Town House Produced At The Town House Engineered At The Town House Produced At Air Studios Engineered At Air Studios Produced At Maida Vale Studios Engineered At Maida Vale Studios Overdubbed At The Town House Mixed At The Town House Recorded At Fair Deal Recording Studios Pressed By CBS Pressing Plant, Aston Clinton Published By Virgin Music (Publishers) Ltd. Phonographic Copyright (p) Virgin Records Ltd. Phonographic Copyright (p) BBC Issued on custom labels in a non-finished card picture sleeve and plain inner; initial quantities with a special price sticker on front cover and a foldout picture insert bearing catalogue number V2188.
Track A3, A4 recorded on 11th February 1980. Released by arrangement with BBC Records Ltd. Whith thanks to John Peel ℗ BBC 1980.
Mastered at The Townhouse.
Track B3 'S.U.S.' recorded live. Track B4 'Babylon's Burning' recorded live. Track B5 'Society' recorded live.
From the back cover: A FEW HANDY THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT THIS ALBUM In A Rut/H-Eyes... Our first single recorded at Fairdeal 8-track studio in Hayes May '78. Originally to be released as an e.p. with a considerably slower version of Society on it til now on Misty's own label People Unite. Staring At The Rude Boys/Love In Vain.... We included Love In Vain on this record because nobody listened to it as the B-side of Staring At The Rude Boys and in case you didn't hear the A-side.... Produced and engineered (for Dukeslodge Enterprises) at Air and Townhouse Studios February '80. Brass added later. Demolition Dancing/Secret Soldiers.... Taken from the last John Peel session we did aound February '80. (Thanks to John and the BBC). Produced, engineered on 8-track at Maida Vale Studios. This was the only occasion Secret Soldiers was recorded. West One (Shine On Me)...... The backing track was recorded in a 16-track in Shepherds Bush, but we don't talk about it. The engineer was OK tho'. Overdubs and mixing engineered at the Townhouse. SUS/Babylon's Burning/Society.... Recorded live, CHORUS late 1979. Mixed live onto 2-track, so no overdubs whatsoever.
Titles S.U.S. and Secret Soldier used on the record's labels, but SUS and Secret Soldiers used on the back cover. Actual Catalog#: V2188
℗ 1980 Virgin Records Ltd. ℗ BBC 1980 (for A3, A4)
Matrix / Runout: V.2188-A Matrix / Runout: V.2188-B Matrix / Runout: V2188 A2 THINK ONCE, THINK TWICE, THINK PUB! TOWNHOUSE (Runout side A, etched) Matrix / Runout: V2188 B4 A (Runout side B, etched)