Singer: The Stranglers
Title: The Early Years - 74-75-76 Rare Live & Unreleased
Label: Newspeak ‎– SPEAK DLP 101
Type: 2 x Vinyl, LP, Album, Compilation, Limited Edition, Coloured Vinyl
Country: UK
Date of released: 1992
Category: Rock
Style: Punk
Size MP3 zip: 1377 mb
Size FLAC zip: 1894 mb
Rating: 4.7✭
Format: MP3 TTA VOX AUD MP1 XM MOD ADX FLAC

Tracklist Hide Credits

A1	Grip
A2	Bitching
A3	Go Buddy Go
B1	Wasted Lyrics By [Uncredited] – Hugh CornwellMusic By [Uncredited] – Hans Wärmling
B2	Strange Little Girl Written-By – Warmling*, The Stranglers
B3	My Young Dreams Lyrics By [Uncredited] – J.J. BurnelMusic By [Uncredited] – Warmling*
B4	Princess Of The Streets
C1	Get A Grip
C2	Sometimes
C3	Bitching
C4	Peasant In The Big Shitty
C5	Hanging Around
D1	Peaches
D2	Ugly
D3	Down In The Sewer
D4	Go Buddy Go

Companies, etc.

• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Newspeak
• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Kingsfleet Ltd.
• Copyright (c) – Newspeak
• Copyright (c) – Kingsfleet Ltd.
• Distributed By – RTM
• Distributed By – Pinnacle
• Published By – Complete Music Ltd.
• Published By – EMI Publishing

Credits

• Design, Artwork – Jill Cowne, Mark Griffiths*
• Liner Notes – Owen Carne The Irregulars*
• Written-By – The Stranglers (tracks: A1-B1, B3-D4)

Notes

Sticker on front of sleeve state 'Limited Numbered Edition No. Distributed By RTM Pinnacle'

A1-A3: The Demo's ('76) - Studio unknown
B1-B3: The Demo's ('74) - Recorded at TW Studios Fulham
B4: Nob gig - Railway Tavern, live 1975
C1-D4: Hammersmith Odeon 23-10-'76

Set appears to have been released in a number of coloured vinyls, known colours are: yellow, orange, blue, red, green, brown & white.

[Writing credits for B1 according to Hugh Cornwell's "Song By Song" book: "It was a Hans Wärmling/Hugh Cornwell composition, like 'Strange Little Girl'. Hans wrote all the music on keyboards and I wrote the lyrics." (page 343)]
[Writing credits for B3 according to Hugh Cornwell's "A Multitude Of Sins" book: "I discovered a poem of John's called 'My Young Dreams' which I set to a piece Hans had written on the piano."(page 70, paperback edition)]

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode: 5 023459 000013
• Matrix / Runout (SIDE A:): PORKY SPEAK LP 101 A1
• Matrix / Runout (SIDE B:): A PORKY PRIMER SPEAK 101 B2
• Matrix / Runout (SIDE C:): A PORKY PRIMER SPEAK 101 C1
• Matrix / Runout (SIDE D:): A PORKY PRIMED CUT SPEAK 101 D1

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
CLACD 401	The Stranglers	The Early Years (74 75 76 - Rare Live & Unreleased) ‎(CD, Album, Comp)	Castle Classics	CLACD 401	UK	1994
SPEAK MC 101	The Stranglers	The Early Years - 74-75-76 Rare Live & Unreleased ‎(Cass, Album)	Newspeak	SPEAK MC 101	UK	1992
SPEAK CD 101	The Stranglers	The Early Years '74 '75 '76 - Rare Live & Unreleased ‎(CD, Album, Comp)	Newspeak	SPEAK CD 101	UK	1992
06076-81185-2	The Stranglers	Rare, Live & Unreleased 1974-76 ‎(CD, Album, Comp, RE)	Castle Music, Sanctuary Records	06076-81185-2	US	2002
ESM CD 715	The Stranglers	Rare, Live & Unreleased 1974-76 ‎(CD, Comp)	Castle Music	ESM CD 715	UK	1999

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