Fatback* – You're My Candy Sweet / King Tim III (Personality Jock)

The Fatback Band - You're My Candy Sweet / King Tim III (Personality Jock) album cover

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Label:	Spring Records – SP-D-402
Format:	Vinyl, 12", 33 ⅓ RPM, Single, Stereo, Light Green Label Uppers
Country:	US
Released:	1979
Genre:	Hip Hop, Funk / Soul
Style:	Funk, Disco

Tracklist

A		You're My Candy Sweet Written-By – Bill Curtis, Gerry Thomas	7:04
B		King Tim III (Personality Jock) Written-By – Bill Curtis, Fred Demery	6:13

Companies, etc.

Manufactured By – Polydor
Lacquer Cut At – Sterling Sound
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Polydor Incorporated
Published By – House Of Gemini
Published By – Clita Music, Inc.
Pressed By – Keel Mfg. Corp.
Marketed By – Polydor

Credits

Producer – The Fatback Band

Notes

In his book 'The Rap Records' Freddy Fresh says this was the 'second rap 12" first on radio'.

This version has light green label uppers and different text layout to another version You're My Candy Sweet / King Tim III (Personality Jock) which has dark green label uppers.

All parts of matrix string are etched except for "STERLING" and "ᐉ", which are stamped.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Rights Society: BMI
Pressing Plant ID (Plant ID Printed On Label Ring Text): 53
Pressing Plant ID (Stamped in runout areas): ᐉ
Other (Intl. #): 2141 160
Matrix / Runout (A Side Label): 79 NP 4364
Matrix / Runout (B Side Label): 79 NP 4365
Matrix / Runout (A-Side Runout Etching (Variant 1)): A-2 ᐉ SP-D-402-79NP-4364-S-K STERLING
Matrix / Runout (B-Side Runout Etching (Variant 1)): A-1 ᐉ SP-D-402-79NP-4365-S-K STERLING
Matrix / Runout (A-Side Runout Etching (Variant 2)): A-2 ᐉ SP-D-402-79NP-4364-S-K STERLING
Matrix / Runout (B-Side Runout Etching (Variant 2)): S̶P̶-̶D̶-̶4̶0̶2̶-̶7̶9̶N̶P̶-̶4̶3̶6̶4̶-̶S̶-̶K̶ A-2 ᐉ SP-D-402-79NP-4365-S-K STERLING

Other Versions (5 of 15)

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	Title (Format)	Label	Cat#	Country	Year
Recently Edited	You're My Candy Sweet / King Tim III (Personality Jock) (7", 45 RPM, Single, Styrene, Stereo, Pitman Pressing)	Spring Records	SP 199	US	1979
	King Tim III (Personality Jock) (12", 33 ⅓ RPM, Promo, Stereo)	Spring Records	SP-D-402	US	1979
Recently Edited	You're My Candy Sweet (12", 33 ⅓ RPM, Promo, Stereo)	Spring Records, Spring Records	SP-D-402, 2141 160	US	1979
New Submission	You're My Candy Sweet / King Tim III (Personality Jock) (7", 45 RPM)	Polydor, Spring Records	POSP 78	UK	1979
New Submission	You're My Candy Sweet (7", 45 RPM, Promo, Styrene, Pitman Pressing)	Spring Records, Spring Records	SP 199, 2095 103	US	1979

Reviews

boogaloo123 Mar 28, 2011
Controversially regarded as the first mainstream rap single. "King Tim III (Personality Jock)" by The Fatback Band was released a few weeks before Sugarhill Gang's "Rapper's Delight".