The Beat Wha'ppen?
1981 Vinyl
Ska

Main image
Go-Feet Records, Go-Feet Records
design [sleeve design] Hunt Emerson
design [sleeve design] The Beat
engineer Mark Dearnley
engineer [assistant] Nick Rogers
engineer [cutting] Ian Cooper
keyboards Dave Blockhead
marimba Bob Sargeant
performer Andy Cox
performer Dave Wakeling
performer David Steele
performer Everett Morton
performer Ranking Roger
performer Saxa
producer Bob Sargeant
steel drums Dick
trumpet Saltin
tracks a1 vocals [extra] Cedric Myton
tracks a1 written-by Colin Osbourne
tracks a5 written-by Jeff Joseph
tracks a1 to a4, a6 to b5 written-by The Beat
Distributed By PolyGram Records Ltd.
Manufactured By PolyGram Records Ltd.
Phonographic Copyright (p) Arista Records Ltd.
Copyright (c) Arista Records Ltd.
Published By Zomba Music Publishers Ltd.
Published By Beat Brothers Ltd.
Published By Copyright Control
Recorded At Roundhouse Studios
Lacquer Cut At The Town House
Pressed By PRS Ltd.
Issued with an inner sleeve with full lyrics; initial copies included a postcard.
lyrics reprinted by kind permission of beat bros. ltd. / zomba music publishers ltd. except 'french toast' copyright control

℗ © 1981 Arista Records Ltd.

Runouts are stamped except for the hand etched: 'STAND DOWN STILBERT', 'TRAP ONE IN TREESVILLE, and 'LEND US A QUID BOB!'

Matrix / Runout: BEAT 3-A (Label side A)
Matrix / Runout: BEAT 3-B (Label side B)
Matrix / Runout: BEAT3 A//4▽E TH STAND DOWN STILBERT TOWNHOUSE (Runout side A, variant 1)
Matrix / Runout: BEAT3 B//1▽E TH TOWNHOUSE TRAP ONE IN TREESVILLE (Runout side B, variant 1)
Matrix / Runout: BEAT3 A//4▽E TH 1 1 STAND DOWN STILBERT TOWNHOUSE (Runout side A, variant 2)
Matrix / Runout: BEAT 3 B//2▽E TH 12 1 3 TOWNHOUSE LEND US A QUID BOB! (Runout side B, variant 2)
Matrix / Runout: BEAT3 A//4▽E TH 13 t STAND DOWN STILBERT TOWNHOUSE (Runout side A, variant 3)
Matrix / Runout: BEAT 3 B//1▽E TH 12 t TOWNHOUSE TRAP ONE IN TREESVILLE (Runout side B, variant 3)
Matrix / Runout: BEAT3 A//4▽E TH STAND DOWN STILBERT TOWNHOUSE 11 4 (Runout side A, variant 4)
Matrix / Runout: BEAT3 B//1▽E TH TRAP ONE IN TREESVILLE TOWNHOUSE 11 2 (Runout side B, variant 4)
Matrix / Runout: BEAT3 A//4▽E TH 1 1 2 STAND DOWN STILBERT TOWNHOUSE (Runout side A variant 5)
Matrix / Runout: BEAT 3 B//1▽E TH TOWNHOUSE 11 6 TRAP ONE IN TREESVILLE (Runout side B variant 5)
Matrix / Runout: BEAT3 A//4▽E TH 13 1 STAND DOWN STILBERT TOWNHOUSE (Runout side A variant 6)
Matrix / Runout: BEAT 3 B//2▽E TH 13 4 LEND US A QUID BOB! TOWNHOUSE (Runout side B variant 6)



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