Format: 7″
Release date: 18/9/1981
Label: Stiff
Catalogue No.: BUY 126
Secondary Cat. No.: –
Barcode: none
Chart Position: 7
Release notes: –
Tracks:
Shut Up
A Town With No Name
Spent 9 weeks in the Top 75 peaking at no. 7 in October 1981
Certified Silver (200,000) in October 1981.
Sleeve
Variant 1
Glossy paper (thin card) sleeve, small curve cut-out. These are fairly common.
Variant 2
Silk paper sleeve with design credit at bottom. Uncommon.
Variant 3
Glossy card sleeve with design credit. These are the most common.
Labels
Variant 1
Label profile: 44mm lip, 32mm ring, 26mm ring (some do not have the 26mm ring)
Label profile: 44mm lip, 38mm hole
Lacquer cut by Arun Chakraverty at Master Room, London W1, pressed by CBS, Aston Clinton
Runouts – combination of A1, A2 and B1, B2:
A-Side: BUY-126.A 1 ARUN PASS THAT BUCK- / BUY.126.A2 ARUN PASS THAT BUCK-
B-Side: BUY.126.B.1 GOOD LUCK TO THE FAITHFUL SHERPAS / BUY.126.B 2 GOOD LUCK TO THE SHERPAS
Variant 2
Label profile: slope from 58mm to 44mm, 25mm ring
Label profile: slope from 58mm to 44mm, 38mm hole
Lacquer cut by Arun Chakraverty at Master Room, London W1, pressed by CBS, Aylesbury (suggested by the presence of ‘AY’ in the runouts)
Runouts (with ‘AY 52724‘) – combination of A1, A2 and B1, B2:
A-Side: BUY-126.A 1 ARUN PASS THAT BUCK- AY 52724 / BUY.126.A2 ARUN PASS THAT BUCK- AY 52724
B-Side: BUY.126.B.1 AY 52724 GOOD LUCK TO THE FAITHFUL SHERPAS / BUY.126.B 2 GOOD LUCK TO THE SHERPAS AY 52724
Variant 3
Label profile: slope from 58mm to 44mm, 4-prong dink, 32mm ring
Lacquer cut by Arun Chakraverty at Master Room, London W1, pressed by CBS, Aylesbury (suggested by the presence of ‘AY’ in the runouts)
I have never seen a non-dinked version with ‘AY 53640‘ in the runouts
Runouts (with ‘AY 53640’):
A-Side: BUY-126.A 1 AY 53640 ARUN PASS THAT BUCK / B-Side: BUY.126.B.1 AY 53640 GOOD LUCK TO THE FAITHFUL SHERPAS
Variant 4
Label profile: slight slope from 58mm to 44mm, 32mm ring. No gripper ring.
Lacquer cut by Eddy Gorecki at Gedmal Galvanic, Leicester, pressed by unknown, possibly Orlake, Dagenham
These are quite uncommon. The same press was used for the Promo (see below)
Runouts:
A-Side: BUY 126 A3 PASS THAT BUCK EG / B-Side: BUY 126 B3 GOOD LUCK TO THE FAITHFUL SHERPAS EG
Variant 5
Label profile: slight slope from 56mm to 44mm, 32mm ring
You’re extremely lucky to get this – you probably don’t deserve it
Plain white, stamped sleeve (red or black stamp) with different colour labels.
Pressed by MPO, France
Runouts:
A-Side: BUY- 126 A4 MPO. / B-Side: BUY- 126 B4 MPO.
A-Side: BUY- 126 A5 MPO. / B-Side: BUY- 126 B5 MPO.
Test Pressing
Image from Discogs – not in my collection
Runouts:
A-Side: BUY 126 A3 PASS THAT BUCK EG / B-Side: BUY 126 B3 GOOD LUCK TO THE FAITHFUL SHERPAS EG
See also:
Promo – BUY DJ 126
In Print
Sheet Music
4-page sheet music ‘KY 16338’
Shop display poster
Poster with CBS sales order line
1981H01