The Ex - Hands Up! You're Free

Tracklist

This Side
A1	Crap-Rap
A2	U.S. Hole
A3	Pleased To Meat You
A4	Scrub That Scum
A5	Choice
A6	Hands Up! You're Free
That Side
B7	Butter Or Bombs
B8	Uh-Oh Africa
B9	Knock
B10	Ignorance
B11	A Job/Stupid
B12	Business As Usual

Companies, etc.

• Phonographic Copyright (p) – BBC
• Copyright (c) – The Ex
• Distributed By – Nine Mile
• Distributed By – The Cartel
• Distributed By – Konkurrent
• Published By – Low Noise Music
• Recorded At – Maida Vale Studios
• Mastered At – Musitech

Credits

• Mastered By – Porky
• Music By – The Ex
• Performer [The Ex Were] – Dolf* (tracks: A1 to A4), G.W. Sok*, John* (tracks: B9 to B12), Joke* (tracks: A1 to A4), Jon Langford (tracks: A5 to B8), Katrin* (tracks: A5 to B12), Kees* (tracks: A1 to A4), Luc*, Sabien* (tracks: A1 to A4), Susy Honeyman* (tracks: A5 to B8), Terrie*, Tom Greene* (tracks: A5 to B8), Wineke (tracks: A1 to A4)
• Producer – Dale Griffin (tracks: A5 to B12), Roger Pusey (tracks: A1 to A4)
• Words By – Nico van Apeldoorn (tracks: A5, B7), The Ex (tracks: A1 to A4, A6, B8 to B12), Ex* (tracks: B7)

Notes

Subtitled "Three Peel Sessions"
Tracks are numbered consecutively 1 to 12 across the two sides of the vinyl.

© 1988

Released by arrangement with BBC Enterprises Ltd.
Session 1 ℗ BBC 1983, session 2 ℗ BBC 1985, session 3 ℗ BBC 1986.

Thanks to (of course) John Peel, and to Cobie (also of course).

Distributed by Nine Mile & The Cartel, Warwick, England, distributed by De Konkurrent, Amsterdam, Holland.

Made in England

A collection of three studio sessions for John Peel's BBC radio show.

Session 1 (track A1 - A4) took place on September 4, 1983.
Session 2 (track A5 - B8) was recorded on November 24, 1985.
Session 3 (track B9 - B12) dates from November 30, 1986.
All sessions were at the BBC's Maida Vale Studios in London, England.
Published by Low Noise Music.
© april 1988- The Ex.
Except for track B8 (which was never released before), all songs appear in different musical settings (while recorded elsewhere in time and place)on various other (formerly vinylised) Ex-products.
A version of track 1 appeared on The Red Dance Package, a split 12" with Alerta (CNT Productions, CNT 017, September '83), and there is also a live version on Support The Miners' Strike, a split live-benefit album with Zowisoand Morzelpronk+Nico (Records Against Thaatchism, RAT 001, February '85).
Versions of track 2, 3 & 4 can be found on Blueprints For A Blackout, a double album on Pig Brother Productions (EX 018/019, March '84).
A recording of track 5 appeared on two compilations, i.e. Hits And Corruption (Hits$Corruption, HAC1, March '86) and the double album Emma (M.A. Draje Records, 001tm4, May '86).
A live version of track 9 can be heard on The First After Epiphany, the Ron Johnson compilation (Zron 21, May '86).
And then there are different versions of track no. 5, 6 (with entirely different music), 7, 9, 10, 11 & 12 on the double album Too Many Cowboys (Ex Records, EX 031/032 June '87).

Includes a huge about A2 sized poster sleeve with lyrics, credits, paintings on one side and another huge painting on the other.

Mastering engineer uncredited, identified by the matrix etchings.
Stamper/metalwork by Musitech, High Wycombe, identified by the "MT" in the matrix.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Matrix / Runout (Side A, etchings): EX-035-AI MT A PORKY PRIME CUT NO PANIC
• Matrix / Runout (Side B, etchings): EX-035-B2 PANIEK AUB PORKY

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
EX 035	The Ex	Hands Up! You're Free ‎(LP, Comp)	Ex Records	EX 035	Netherlands	1988
EX 035D	The Ex	Hands Up! You're Free ‎(CD, Comp, RE)	Ex Records	EX 035D	Netherlands	2003

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