Hands Up! You're Free

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Album Info

Release Date: 1988

Label: Ex Records

Subtitled "Three Peel Sessions"

© 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).

Tracklist position appears in sequential order regardless of sides.

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

Matrix run-out info:
Lacquer cutting engineer uncredited, can be identified by the matrix name variation in runout area.
Stamper/metalwork by Musitech, credited as Mastered At, identifiable by etched "MT" in matrix runout groove on side A.