Ian Dury And The Blockheads – Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick

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Label:	Stiff Records – BUY 38
Format:	Vinyl, 7", 45 RPM, Single
Country:	UK
Released:	Nov 23, 1978
Genre:	Rock
Style:	New Wave

Tracklist

	A Wing
A	Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick Band – Ian & The Blockheads* Music Director – Chaz Jankel* Written By – Dury/Jankel Written-By – Jankel, Dury	3:36
	B Wing
B	There Ain't Half Been Some Clever Bastards Musician – Charlie Charles, Chaz Blockhead, Davey Payne, Ian Blockhead, John Turnbull, Michael Gallagher, Norman Watt-Roy Written By – Dury/Hardy Written-By – Dury, Hardy*	2:58

Companies, etc.

Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Stiff Records
Copyright © – Stiff Records
Published By – Blackhill Music
Published By – Oval Music
Lacquer Cut At – Strawberry Mastering
Pressed By – EMI Records

Notes

A & B-side of labels are titled "A Wing" & "B Wing": a reference to prison (aka: "chokey")

Unusual printed text on A-Side label:-
6̲
Tricks, Points % ✔︎

Also printed on B-Side label:- "Late Start High On Fence" and "Segovia Rules".

On the B-Side the band members are individually credited, rather than as 'The Blockheads'
On the sleeve-back they are "ID And The Blocks".

℗1978 Stiff Records
©1978 Stiff Records
A-Side published by Blackhill Music
B-Side published by Blackhill/Oval Music

There is another version here, which states on the back cover "Made and produced in England", which is missing from this version.
There is also a version here, that has a slightly different intro on the A-side.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Matrix / Runout (Side A label): BUY 38-A
Matrix / Runout (Side B label): BUY 38-B
Matrix / Runout (A-side run-out, stamped/etched, var. 1): BUY 38 A-3U 1 AT STRAWBERRY
Matrix / Runout (B-side run-out, stamped, var. 1): BUY 38 B-1U 1 AD B̶U̶Y̶ ̶3̶8̶ ̶B̶ ̶A̶-̶1̶ ̶2̶ ̶U̶-̶
Matrix / Runout (A-side run-out, stamped, var. 2): BUY 38 A-3U 7 RDP
Matrix / Runout (B-side run-out, stamped, var. 2): BUY 38 B-1U 6 RGO
Matrix / Runout (A-side runout., variant 3): BUY 38 A-3U STRAWBERRY
Matrix / Runout (B-side runout, variant 3): BUY 38 B-2U STRAWBERRY
Matrix / Runout (A-side runout, variant 4, STRAWBERRY. etched): BUY 38 A-3U STRAWBERRY. GD 1
Matrix / Runout (B-side runout, variant 4): BUY 38 B-1 U RR 2
Matrix / Runout (A-side runout, variant 5): BUY 38 A-3U 2 C O STRAWBERRY.
Matrix / Runout (B-side runout, variant 5): BUY 38 B-1U 1 CT B̶U̶Y̶ ̶3̶8̶ ̶B̶ ̶A̶-̶1̶ ̶2̶ ̶U̶-̶

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	Title (Format)	Label	Cat#	Country	Year
Recently Edited	Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick (12", 45 RPM)	Stiff Records	12 BUY 38	UK	1978
Recently Edited	Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick (7", 45 RPM, Single)	Stiff Records, Stiff Records	640-157, 640.157	Belgium	1978
Recently Edited	Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick (7", Single, 45 RPM)	Stiff Records, Dureco	BUY 38	Netherlands	1978
	Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick (7", Single, 45 RPM)	Stiff Records, Stiff Records	K 7372, BUY 38	Australia	1978
Recently Edited	Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick (7", 45 RPM, Single, Promo, Styrene)	Stiff-Epic, Stiff-Epic	AE 7-1179, AE7 1179	US	1978

Reviews

ottomanmusick Nov 25, 2020
My copy is even groovier on 33 rpm +8.

I present now for you, the great lyrics:

In the deserts of Sudan
And the gardens of Japan
From Milan to Yucatan
Every woman, every man
Hit me with your rhythm stick.
Hit me! Hit me!
Je t'adore, ich liebe dich,
Hit me! hit me! hit me!
Hit me with your rhythm stick.
Hit me slowly, hit me quick.
Hit me! Hit me! Hit me!
In the wilds of Borneo
And the vineyards of Bordeaux
Eskimo, Arapaho
Move their body to and fro.
Hit me with your rhythm stick.
Hit me! Hit me!
Das ist gut! C'est fantastique!
Hit me! hit me! hit me!
Hit me with your rhythm stick.
It's nice to be a lunatic.
Hit me! Hit me! Hit me!
Hit me! Hit me! Hit me!
In the dock of Tiger Bay
On the road to Mandalay
From Bombay to Santa Fe
Over hills and far away
Hit me with your rhythm stick.
Hit me! Hit me!
C'est si bon, mm? Ist es nicht?
Hit me! hit me! hit me!
Hit me with your rhythm stick.
Two fat persons, click, click, click.
Hit me! Hit me! Hit me!
Hit me! Hit me! Hit me!
Hit me!
Hit me!
Hit me! Ow!
Hit me!
Hit me!
Hit me! hit me!
vinylshrine Sep 13, 2020
Not a variation, just a pressing mishap - does not need separate entry.
crowshine Sep 2, 2018
My copy variant run out: (printed) BUY 38 A-4 U / ...B-3 U
asd429 Mar 28, 2018
A very few copies of the UK issue BUY 38 were pressed on red vinyl, probably only running into single figures.
jamin80 Jul 31, 2016
I recently bought a copy that appears to be mislabeled. The label says Ian Dury but when I play the single it's actually an "Earth, Wind & Fire" single. Anybody else run into this?
bootilove Aug 21, 2011
i have a copy with buy it 214 as the cat number - anyone?