MadnessAbsolutely

Label:

Stiff Records – SEEZ 29

Format:

Vinyl , LP, Album

Country:

UK

Released:

Genre:

Rock

Style:

Ska

Tracklist

A1 Baggy Tros
Written-ByMherson*
2:45
A2 Embarrassment
Written-ByBarson*
3:13
A3 E.R.N.I.E.
Written-ByMherson*
2:08
A4 Close Escape
Written-ByThompson*
3:29
A5 Not Home Today
Written-ByBedford*
2:30
A6 On The Beat Pete
Written-ByMadness
3:05
A7 Solid Gone
Written-BySmash*
2:22
B1 Take It Or Leave It
Written-ByBarson*
3:26
B2 Shadow Of Fear
Written-ByBarson*
1:58
B3 Disappear
Written-ByBedford*
2:58
B4 Overdone
Written-ByThompson*
3:45
B5 In The Rain
Written-ByMadness
2:42
B6 You Said
Written-ByBarson*
2:35
B7 Return Of The Los Palmas 7
Written-ByBarson*
1:57

Companies, etc.

  • Phonographic Copyright ℗Stiff Records
  • Copyright ©Stiff Records
  • Published ByNutty Sounds
  • Published ByWarner Bros. Music Ltd.
  • Mastered AtSterling Sound
  • Pressed ByCBS Pressing Plant, Aston Clinton

Credits

  • Baritone Saxophone, Tenor SaxophoneLee Thompson*
  • BassMark Bedford
  • Drums, Other [Fire Extinguisher]Woody*
  • Guitar, Sitar, Slide GuitarChris Foreman
  • IllustrationHumphrey Ocean
  • Lead Vocals, PercussionSuggs
  • ProducerClive Langer & Alan Winstanley
  • Sleeve NotesRobbi Millar
  • Vibraphone, Marimba, Harmonica, Piano, OrganMike Barson
  • Vocals, TrumpetChas Smash

Notes

Issued in a front-laminated cover with an illustrated inner sleeve with Madness family tree detailing 'The Birth Of The Nutty Boys'.
Both sides' labels have small, faint song-credit font
Initial copies with a 'Pay No More Than £3.99' sleeve sticker.
A Clanger Winstanley Production
℗&© 1980 Stiff Records
Made in England

Runouts are etched except for the CBS mark which is stamped

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Matrix / Runout (Run-out side A, variant 1): SEEZ-29-A2 NUTS TO SCRIBES
  • Matrix / Runout (Run-out side B, variant 1): SEEZ-29-B1 RIGHT IS RIGHT BESTS BEEST STERLING
  • Matrix / Runout (Run-out side A, variant 2): SEEZ-29-A2 NUTS TO SCRIBES STERLING
  • Matrix / Runout (Run-out side B, variant 2): SEEZ-29-B2 RIGHT IS RIGHT BEST IS BEST STERLING
  • Matrix / Runout (Run-out side A, variant 3): SEEZ-29-A4 NUTS TO SCRIBES STERLING A
  • Matrix / Runout (Run-out side B, variant 3): SEEZ-29-B1 RIGHT IS RIGHT BEST IS BEST STERLING A
  • Matrix / Runout (Run-out side A, variant 4): SEEZ-29-A3 NUTS TO SCRIBES A
  • Matrix / Runout (Run-out side B, variant 4): SEEZ -29-B4 RIGHT IS RIGHT BEST IS BEST ! STERLING A
  • Matrix / Runout (Run-out side A, variant 5): SEEZ-29 A4 NUTS TO SCRIBES STERLING A
  • Matrix / Runout (Run-out side B, variant 5): SEEZ-29-B2 RIGHT IS RIGHT BEST IS BEST STERLING A

Other Versions (5 of 130)

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Title (Format) Label Cat# Country Year
Absolutely (LP, Album) Stiff Records 6.24 511, 6.24511 AO, SEEZ 29 1980
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Absolutely (LP, Album) Stiff Records SEEZ 29, 6.24511 BL, 6.24 511 1980
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Absolutely (LP, Album) Stiff Records SEEZ 29 NP Portugal 1980
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Absolutely (LP, Album) Stiff Records L 37479, L-37479, SEEZ 29 Australia 1980
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Absolutely (LP, Album) Stiff Records SEEZ 29 Italy 1980

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Reviews

  • Bimpse57's avatar
    Bimpse57
    my cover has sticker with only £2.99 stiff on and doesnt have anything other than seez 29 -A/B etched but i can make out what looks like ky etched on side A
    • MadNotMad's avatar
      MadNotMad
      Why has no one listed Ruby version of this LP?
      • cgogstad's avatar
        cgogstad
        Edited 12 years ago
        Cover picture from Chalk Farm Undergroud station on The Northen Line north of Camden Town.

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