Shaft (2) – Roobarb & Custard

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Label:	FFRR – TABX 100, FFRR – 869 635-1, FFRR – 869 635.1, Ffrreedom – TABX 100, Ffrreedom – 869 635-1, Ffrreedom – 869 635.1
Format:	Vinyl, 12", 45 RPM, Single
Country:	UK & Europe
Released:	1991
Genre:	Electronic
Style:	Hardcore, House

Tracklist

A	Roobarb & Custard (Dr Trip & Bob Bolts Mix) Vocals – Richard Easter Written-By – Hughes, Pritchard	5:36
B1	Roobarb & Custard (Apple Crumble Mix) Written-By – Hughes, Pritchard	5:26
B2	Bolts Beats Written-By – Pritchard*	3:58

Companies, etc.

Phonographic Copyright ℗ – FFRR
Copyright © – FFRR
Engineered At – The Icehouse
Pressed By – EMI Records

Credits

Arranged By – Adrian Hughes (tracks: A, B1), Mark Pritchard
Engineer – Dick*, Head
Producer – Adrian Hughes, Mark Pritchard

Notes

Engineered at "Ice House".

Tracks A samples:
Music from Johnny Hawksworth - Roobarb
Dialogue from the TV show Roobarb & Custard
Synth from Kraftwerk - Numbers

Track B2 samples:
Vocal from Dead Kennedys - I Kill Children

℗ 1991 FFRR © 1991 FFRR

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Barcode: 0 42286 96351 8
Rights Society: BIEM/STEMRA
Price Code: BA 121
Label Code: LC 7654
Matrix / Runout (Side A, stamped): TABX 100 A-1U-1-1
Matrix / Runout (Side B, stamped): TABX 100 B-1U-1-1

Other Versions (5 of 10)

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	Title (Format)	Label	Cat#	Country	Year
Recently Edited	Roobarb & Custard (7", 45 RPM, Single)	Ffrreedom, Ffrreedom	TAB 100, 869 634-7	UK	1991
Recently Edited	Roobarb & Custard (CD, Single)	Ffrreedom, Ffrreedom	TABCD 100, 869 635-2	UK & Europe	1991
Recently Edited	Roobarb & Custard (Cassette, Single)	Ffrreedom, Ffrreedom	TABMC 100, 869 634-4	UK	1991
New Submission	Roobarb & Custard (12", 45 RPM, Promo, White Label)	Ffrreedom	TABXDJ 100	UK	1991
	Roobarb & Custard (CD, Single)	Ffrreedom, Ffrreedom	TABCD 100, 869 635-2	Europe	1991

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Reviews

aquagak Apr 18, 2017
Bolts Beats fucking slamming mental rave acid mind collapsing mood;)))))
iehrenwald Jul 15, 2016
My copy (Shaft-01 version) has 4 tracks on it, 2 on each side. I wonder if this submission is incorrect? If all the submissions are incorrect? The CD versions of this release have 4 tracks.
TRAINSPOTTER47 Mar 17, 2016
Its all about Bolts Beats, what the . . seriously dark, like its been dragged out of 1993 and plonked into 1991, so dark and refreshing for the time, one of my top 5 choonz of 91, fierce!
pointblnk Apr 1, 2005
Edited 19 years ago
Following on from the above comment, the Ffrreedom release of this track is totally reproduced, and sounds a lot cleaner than the original white label mix. Due to this, the white label mix is a bit more 'ardcore. It also contains a terrifying acidic track on the B-Side, sadly omitted from this release.
rlearner Jan 14, 2005
Edited 19 years ago
This track heavily samples the Roobarb and Custard theme from the 1970s kids' TV programme of the same name, but the vocal snippets are not original. Failing to obtain permission to land the original Richard Briers vox (eg "Roobarb's slim pianist claws danced quickly over the keys") they hired Richard Easter from the Radio 1 Steve Wright in the Afternoon gang to re-record them. However if you can track down the original white label version which came out before the FFRReedom version, you will find the same tune but with the unauthorised vocals from Briers still there...