mastered by [cassette mastering], technician [volume productions] Alan
Mastered At Tape To Tape (2)
This is the commercial release of C81 that was available to buy for a short period in 1981. Tracks A9 and B7 are substituted tracks.

A note on the cassette inlay sleeve states: This cassette began as a mail order only offer through the NME. Two tracks (marked **) are new, due to contractual obligations. Many thanks to the NME for their efforts.

This is the first release (catalogue number Copy 001) of ROUGH TAPES, the new Rough Trade tape cassette catalogue. Future Rough Tapes releases will include Voice Of America by Cabaret Voltaire, Colossal Youth by Young Marble Giants, The Art Of Walking by Pere Ubu, new studio LPs by The Raincoats, Scritti Politti, Red Crayola and Wire cassette only collection of unreleased material.

The special care with which these cassettes are manufactured is your guarantee of optimum sound quality and of musical reproduction close to the master tape. All our cassette mastering and volume productions was handled by Alan of Tape To Tape Duplicating, phone No. 01 388 5392.

DAF appear by the incredibly kind permission of Mute Records. Orange Juice, Aztec Camera and Josef K are all on the Postcard label. Buzzcocks appear to be part of the of the EMI Leisure Combine; Ian Dury appears courtesy of Stiff Records; Wah! Heat appear couresty of Inevitable Records, and Subway Sect appear courtesy of Oddball.
All the rest are on the Rough Trade Label 221 - 1100.

Track B13 is unlisted.

An extra booklet called C81 Owner's Manual was available (to cut-out-and-keep) in NME.