Work Rest & Play EP, UK, 1980

Format: 7″
Release date: 21/3/1980
Label: Stiff
Catalogue No.: BUY 71
Secondary Cat. No.: –
Barcode: none
Chart Position: UK 6 / IRE 12
Release notes: 4-track EP, plays at 33⅓ rpm

Tracks:
Night Boat To Cairo
Deceives The Eye

The Young And The Old
Don’t Quote Me On That

Spent 8 weeks in the top 75 peaking at no. 6 in April 1980.
No BPI Certification.

‘Work Rest & Play’ EP / ‘Night Boat To Cairo’ master page

Sleeve

Variant 1

Blue ‘Madness’, silk card sleeve, top opening, wide curve cut-out

Variant 2

White ‘Madness’, front-laminated card sleeve, top opening, wide curve cut-out

Labels

Variant 1

Lacquer cut by Steve ‘SA’ Angel at Trident Studios, London W1. Pressed by CBS, Aston Clinton. Label profile: 44mm lip, 32mm ridge.

Sleeve – variant 1 or 2

Runouts – any combination of A6, A7 and B1, B2, B3:

A-Side: BUY.71.A6 THE ROCKINGEST SOUND STEVE / BUY.71-A.7 THE ROCKINGEST SOUND STEVE

B-Side: BUY-71.B.1 GOES AROUND AND AROUND… SA / BUY-71-B2 GOES AROUND & AROUND SA / BUY-71-B3 GOES AROUND AND AROUND SA

Variant 2

Lacquer cut by Steve ‘SA’ Angel at Trident Studios, London W1. Pressed by Tranco, Mitcham. Label profile: flat, 33mm ring (some have slight slope).

Vinyl can appear translucent red when held in front of a bright light.

Sleeve – variant 1

Runouts – any combination of A4, A5 and B4:

A-Side: BUY 71 A4 STEVE THE ROCKINGEST SOUND / BUY 71 A5 STEVE THE ROCKINGEST SOUND

B-Side: BUY 71 B4 SA GOES AROUND AND AROUND

BUY-71-A1

An early mix (rough mix/demo mix) of ‘Night Boat To Cairo’ was pressed with runout BUY 71 A1. The mix had not been approved and any pressings were withdrawn, but at least two are known to exist. The same mix (with different guitar and organ to the original) was released on the Portugal EP using the rejected UK master plates

Portugal EP ‘BUY 71 NP’ features the rough mix of Night Boat To Cairo

Test Pressing

Stamped label image from Discogs – my copy is not stamped

Tranco A4/B4 pressing (variant 2 above) white label. The stamped copy may be a one-off, mine is blank on both sides

BUY JB 71 (4-track)

The standard Jukebox version features 2 tracks and plays at 45 rpm (see below). There is also a 4-track version with a large jukebox hole that plays at 45 rpm, with a unique runout (CBS pressing):

A-Side: BUY.71.JB.A.4 .. THE ROCKINGEST SOUND STEVE / B-Side: BUY.JB.71.B.1 GOES AROUND & AROUND