bass Graham Main design [package] Malcolm Garrett drums Russell Burn tracks a1, a2 engineer Wilf Smarties guitar Murray Slade guitar, vocals David Henderson lacquer cut by Porky mastered by Denis Blackham photography by [rear cover photograph] Peter Anderson tracks a3 to b18 producer Bob Last tracks a3 to b18 producer Fire Engines tracks a1 to a6, a8 to b18 written-by David Henderson tracks a1 to a6, a8 to b18 written-by Graham Main tracks a1 to a6, a8 to b18 written-by Murray Slade tracks a1 to a6, a8 to b18 written-by Russell Burn Record Company Creation Records Licensed From Holdings Ecosse Ltd. Distributed By Pinnacle (3) Phonographic Copyright (p) Creation Records Copyright (c) Creation Records Published By Sound Diagrams Ltd. Published By Virgin Music (Publishers) Ltd. Mastered At Porky's Mastering Pressed By MPO Fire Engines UK LP re-release of: Cdx 01 1980 [tracks: A1, A2] ACC 001 1981 [tracks: A3 - A6, B10 - B14] POP 010 1981 [tracks: A8, A9] POP 013 1981 [tracks: B18, B15, B16] John Peel Session 1981 [tracks: A7, B17] later re-released on: RUG 218 2006 [track: B17]
A1, A2 recorded 2 August 1980. A3 to A6 recorded 5 October 1981. A7, B17 recorded for a BBC John Peel session, recorded 23 Feb 1981 & originally broadcast 9 March 1981. A7 originally performed by Heaven 17. A8, A9 recorded May 1981 B10 to B14 recorded 5 October 1980 B15, B16 recorded November 1981 B18 recorded November 1981
Tracks are numbered sequentially regardless of side on rear cover. Meat Whiplash is listed as the final track on side A, but it is actually the first track on side B.