The Boomtown Rats – The Boomtown Rats
Label:
Ensign – ENVY 1, Ensign – 9102 800
Format:
Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo
Country:
UK
Released:
Sep 1977
Genre:
Rock
Style:
Punk
Tracklist
A1 Lookin' After No. 1 3:06
A2 Neon Heart 3:55
A3 Joey's On The Street Again 5:52
A4 Never Bite The Hand That Feeds 2:45
A5 Mary Of The 4th Form 3:30
B1 (She's Gonna) Do You In 3:52
B2 Close As You'll Ever Be 3:22
B3 I Can Make It If You Can 5:42
B4 Kicks 4:07
Companies, etc.
Phonographic Copyright (p) – Ensign Records
Published By – Sewer Fire Hits
Published By – Sewer Fire Hits Ltd.
Recorded At – Dierks Studios
Lacquer Cut At – Utopia Studios
Printed By – Robert Stace
Marketed By – Phonogram
Pressed By – Phonodisc Ltd.
Credits
Arranged By, Music By [Melodies] – The Boomtown Rats
Art Direction – Sue Dubois
Bass Guitar, Vocals – Pete Briquette
Design [Sleeve] – Geoff Halpin
Drums, Vocals – Simon Crowe
Engineer, Mastered By, Edited By [Laundered] – Steve Stiffgee Brown*
Guitar – Gerry Cott
Guitar, Vocals – Garry Roberts
Keyboards, Vocals – Johnnie Fingers
Lead Vocals, Harp, Lyrics By – Bob Geldof
Management – Fachtna O'Kelly
Mixed By – Robert John Lange (tracks: A2 to A4, B1 to B4), Steve Brown (tracks: A1, A5)
Photography By [Inner Sleeve] – Adrian Boot
Photography By [Sleeve] – Hannah Shavn*
Producer – Robert John Lange
Saxophone [Sax] – Albie "Gimme The Money" Donnelly*
Songwriter [All Titles] – Geldof*
Notes
This version of "Mary Of The 4th Form" is not the version that was released as a single. The single was an "Alternative Version".Sleeve: Printed in England by Robert Stace
Marketed by Phonogram.Record Labels: ℗ 1977 Ensign Records
Published by Sewer Fire HitsPressed by and Lacquer Cut by from Runout data:- //2 UT and Ʊ [Lyre symbol])
Record Labels list Sewer Fire Hits and inner sleeve credits list Sewer Fire Hits Ltd as publisher.
Recorded at Dieter Dierk's Studios, Stommeln, Köln, Germany.
A3: The label just says "Joey"
Includes a b/w printed liner with lyrics & band images.
This version with green label design, also available as white karo design.
There is a Repress which omits the "POG MO THON" etching in the A side runout.
Barcode and Other Identifiers
Matrix / Runout (Label side A): ENVY 1.1
Matrix / Runout (Label side B): ENVY 1.2
Matrix / Runout (Variant 1, A-side runout, stamped): ENV˅ 001 1˅//2 UT
Matrix / Runout (Variant 1, B-side runout, stamped): ENV˅ 001 2˅//2 UT
Matrix / Runout (Variant 1, B-side runout, hand-etched): DO THE GEE
Matrix / Runout (Variant 1, A&B-side runouts, hand-etched): Ʊ [Lyre symbol]
Matrix / Runout (Variant 1, A-side runout, hand etched): POG MO THON
Matrix / Runout (Variant 2, A side runout (Stamped, inverted etched [Lyre symbol] Ʊ PÓG MO THÓN)): ENV˅ 001 1˅//2 UT 1 3 9 Ʊ PÓG MO THÓN
Matrix / Runout (Variant 2, B side runout (Stamped, inverted etched DO THE GEE [Lyre symbol] Ʊ)): ENV˅ 001 2˅//2 UT 1 4 9 DO THE GEE Ʊ
Matrix / Runout (Variant 3, A side runout (Stamped, inverted etched [Lyre symbol] Ʊ PÓG MO THÓN)): ENV˅ 001 1˅//2 UT 13 10 PÓG MO THÓN Ʊ
Matrix / Runout (Variant 3, B side runout (Stamped, inverted etched DO THE GEE [Lyre symbol] Ʊ)): ENV˅ 001 2˅//2 UT 11 5 Ʊ DO THE GEE
The Boomtown Rats - The Boomtown Rats (LP, Album) (Ensign, Ensign)
Media: Very Good Plus (VG+)
Sleeve: Very Good Plus (VG+)
Record has some very light surface wear and some quiet surface noise , Outer sleeve has some light edge wear , inner sleeve has some light stain wear