Pills And Soap [3:39] / Pills And Soap (extened version) [4:05]
Release date
Media
Catalogue number (comments)
1983-05-27
7"
Demon IMP 001 (UK, no ps)
Producer:
Clive Langer & Alan Winstanley.
Personnel:
The Imposter (as for Punch The Clock).
Charts:
#16 (UK).
Notes:
EC wanted this single out fast, before the general election,
while F-Beat was undergoing a change of distribution. For this he
formed a new label and issued it as 'The Imposter'. Originally, the
single was only going to be available for less than a week, and
planned to be deleted on the eve of the general election. The first
pressing was of only 15,000 copies, but finally a total of 160,000 copies
were made.
This song was slightly remixed for the album.
In the extended version the chorus "Give me the needle/Give me the
rope..." is sung twice just before the "Four and twenty crowbars..."
verse. This is done by splicing in the third chorus of the regular
version.
