Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick coverSTIFF RECORDS · BUY 38
hit-me-with-your-rhythm-stick-ot7gw7 UK · 1978-11-23
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  1. A Wing
  2. A Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick 3:36
  3. B Wing
  4. B There Ain't Half Been Some Clever Bastards 2:58
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Liner notes

A & B-side of labels are titled "A Wing" & "B Wing": a reference to prison (aka: "chokey") Unusual printed text on A-Side label:- 6̲ Tricks, Points % ✔︎ Also printed on B-Side label:- "Late Start High On Fence" and "Segovia Rules". On the B-Side the band members are individually credited, rather than as 'The Blockheads' On the sleeve-back they are "ID And The Blocks". ℗1978 Stiff Records ©1978 Stiff Records A-Side published by Blackhill Music B-Side published by Blackhill/Oval Music There is another version [here](http://www.discogs.com/release/6210698), which states on the back cover "Made and produced in England", which is missing from this version. There is also a version [here](http://www.discogs.com/release/7541956), that has a slightly different intro on the A-side. Runouts are stamped except for the etched ”STRAWBERRY”.

Matrix / Runout
Side A labelBUY 38-A
Side B labelBUY 38-B
A-side runout, variant 1BUY 38 A-3U 1 AT STRAWBERRY
B-side runout, variant 1BUY 38 B-1U 1 AD B̶U̶Y̶ ̶3̶8̶ ̶B̶ ̶A̶-̶1̶ ̶2̶ ̶U̶-̶
A-side runout, variant 3BUY 38 A-3U STRAWBERRY
B-side runout, variant 3BUY 38 B-2U STRAWBERRY
A-side runout, variant 4BUY 38 A-3U STRAWBERRY. GD 1
B-side runout, variant 4BUY 38 B-1 U RR 2
A-side runout, variant 5BUY 38 A-3U 2 C O STRAWBERRY.
B-side runout, variant 5BUY 38 B-1U 1 CT B̶U̶Y̶ ̶3̶8̶ ̶B̶ ̶A̶-̶1̶ ̶2̶ ̶U̶-̶
Manufacture
Phonographic Copyright (p)Stiff Records
Copyright (c)Stiff Records
Published ByBlackhill Music
Published ByOval Music
Lacquer Cut AtStrawberry Mastering
Pressed ByEMI Records
℗ 1978 Stiff Records
Digr Archive · hit-me-with-your-rhythm-stick-ot7gw7
Release UK · 1978-11-23 · Vinyl, 7", 45 RPM, Single
Ian Dury And The Blockheads

Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick

Label
Stiff Records
Cat #
BUY 38
Country
UK
Released
1978-11-23
Genre
Punk
Style
New Wave
Format
Vinyl, 7", 45 RPM, Single
Main release of Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick — master Data correct
Filed under PunkNew Wave1970s
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