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extended play
An extended play record, usually referred to as an EP, is a musical recording that contains more tracks than a single but fewer than an album or LP record. by Australian rock band
the Saints. The EP contained two cover versions of other artists' work and two re-recorded tracks which originally appeared on their debut album ''
(I'm) Stranded
''(I'm) Stranded'' is the debut album by Australian punk rock group The Saints which was released by EMI on 21 February 1977. Their debut single, " (I'm) Stranded", was issued ahead of the album in September 1976, which '' Sounds'' magazine's ...
''. It was originally released in the UK as both a single disc EP and a double 7" with a gatefold shelve. An Australian edition of the EP appeared in the following month.
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the original
on 9 October 2004. Retrieved 6 April 2016. Australian musicologist,
Ian McFarlane
Ian McFarlane (born 1959) is an Australian music journalist, music historian and author, whose best known publication is the ''Encyclopedia of Australian Rock and Pop'' (1999), which was updated for a second edition in 2017.
As a journalist h ...
, felt their versions of "
Lipstick on Your Collar" (originally by Connie Francis) and "
River Deep – Mountain High
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" (originally by Ike and Tina Turner) were "ragged but inspired".
The complete EP was issued on CD in 2007 as bonus tracks to ''
(I'm) Stranded
''(I'm) Stranded'' is the debut album by Australian punk rock group The Saints which was released by EMI on 21 February 1977. Their debut single, " (I'm) Stranded", was issued ahead of the album in September 1976, which '' Sounds'' magazine's ...
''.
Track listing
Single disc EP
Two-disc 7"
Disc 1
Disc 2
Personnel
The Saints
*
Chris Bailey - vocals
*
Ed Kuepper
Edmund "Ed" Kuepper (born 20 December 1955) is a German-born Australian guitarist, vocalist and songwriter. He co-founded the punk band The Saints (1973–78), the experimental post-punk group Laughing Clowns (1979–85) and the grunge-like ...
- guitar
*Ivor Hay - drums
*Kym Bradshaw - bass guitar
Catalogue numbers
*Australia (EP):
EMI EMI 11597
*UK (EP):
Harvest
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*UK (2 Disc 7"):
Harvest
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2HAR5137
References
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The Saints (Australian band) EPs
1977 debut EPs
Harvest Records EPs