The Return Of The Los Palmas 7, UK, 1981

Format: 7″
Release date: 16/1/1981
Label: Stiff
Catalogue No.: BUY 108
Secondary Cat. No.: –
Barcode: none
Chart Position: 7
Release notes: –

Tracks:
The Return Of The Los Palmas 7
That’s The Way To Do It

Spent 11 weeks in the top 75 peaking at no.7 for 2 weeks in February 1981
Certified Silver (200,000) in February 1981.

The white sleeves and labels are much more common than the green labels

The B-Side features a locked groove which loops the last 2 seconds (see below)

‘The Return Of The Los Palmas 7’ master page

Sleeve

Variant 1

Cartoon sleeve, glossy card, small curve cut-out. These are the most common.

Variant 2

Cartoon sleeve, glossy card, wide V cut-out. Not very common

Variant 3

Green canteen photo sleeve, glossy card, wide curve cut-out

Labels

Variant 1

Label profile: 44mm lip, 32mm ring

Label profile: 44mm lip, 38mm hole

These can be found in any of the sleeve variants but most commonly in variant 1

Lacquer cut by Steve ‘SA’ Angel at Utopia Studios, Primrose Hill, London NW1. Pressed by CBS, Aston Clinton

Runouts – any combination of A1, A2, A4, A5 and B1, B2:

A-Side: BUY-108-A1 Ʊ SA NO CARDS REQUIRED / BUY-108-A2 Ʊ SA NO CARDS REQUIRED / BUY 108 A4 Ʊ SA NO CARDS REQUIRED / BUY 108 A5 Ʊ STEVE NO CARDS REQUIRED
B-Side: BUY-108-A1 B1 Ʊ SA DONK YOU’VE BEEN DANKED / BUY-108-A2 B2 Ʊ SA DONK YOU’VE BEEN DANKED

Variant 2

Label profile: slight slope from 62mm to 52mm, 32mm ring

Label profile: slight slope from 62mm to 52mm, 38mm hole

Lacquer cut by Steve ‘SA’ Angel at Utopia Studios, Primrose Hill, London NW1. Pressed by Precision Records & Tapes, London W1

Most of these appear translucent red to clear when held in front of a bright light

These are found in sleeve variant 1

Runouts:

A-Side: BUY 108 A3 NO CARDS REQUIRED x y Ʊ SA / B-Side: BUY 108 B3 DONK YOU’VE BEEN DANKED x y Ʊ SA
(x = a number 1 or 2 at 3 o’clock, y = one or two letters, e.g. ‘AN’ at 9 o’clock)