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Island Records
backing vocals Henry "Raleigh" Gordon
backing vocals Nathaniel "Jerry" Matthias
bass guitar Jackie Jackson
drums Paul Douglas
guitar Carl Harvey
guitar Hux Brown
keyboards Harold Butler
keyboards Winston Wright
lacquer cut by John Dent
lead vocals Toots Hibbert
mixed by [live sound mix] Richard Hutchison
photography by Johnnie Black
plated by Eddy Gorecki
producer, recorded by [live recording], mixed by Alex Sadkin
written-by [all tracks composed by] Toots Hibbert
Distributed By Island Records Ltd.
Manufactured By Island Records Ltd.
Phonographic Copyright (p) Island Records Inc.
Mixed At Island Mobile
Mastered At The Sound Clinic
Lacquer Cut At The Sound Clinic
Mastered At Gedmal Galvanic Ltd.
Pressed By Statetune Ltd.
Limited and numbered pre-release album for Island Records.

On front cover: Recorded & pressed in 24 hours.

Not mentioned on the release: This was in the Guiness Books as the fastest album release since a live concert.

The making of the record incl. the involved companies was described in a Record Mirror feature in October 1980:
12:30 to 4:30pm: mixing in Island's Mobile (credited as Mobile One).
4:34pm to 9:15am: tape mastering and lacquer cutting at the Sound Clinic.
9:15am to 1:00pm: lacquers are driven to Gedmal Galvanic in Leicester, where the stampers are made.
1:00 to 3:00pm: stampers are driven to Statetune in Wellingborough to press the records. The first labelled copy is available for testing at 3.00pm.
4:45pm: the first batch is sleeved and ready for the Virgin shop in Coventry. The other copies are distributed to the Coventry gig venue.
5:45pm: the Virgin store manages to collect the cash for some 50 copies from the initial 200 copies pressed. The rest disappear at the gig in the evening.
Matrix / Runout: TOOTS A1 EG JONZ (Runout side A etched)
Matrix / Runout: TOOTS B1 EG SOUND CLINIC (Runout side B etched)



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