Stretcher Case Baby
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{{Infobox Single
| Name = Stretcher Case Baby
| Cover =
| Artist = [[The Damned]]
| from Album = [[Music for Pleasure (album)|Music for Pleasure]]
| B-side = "Sick of Being Sick"
| Released = [[July 3]], [[1977]]
| Format = [[Gramophone record|7"]]
| Recorded = [[Roundhouse Studios]], [[London]], [[May 19]], [[1977]]
| Genre = [[Punk music|Punk]]/[[Rock music|Rock]]
| Length = 2:16
| Label = [[Stiff Records|Stiff]]<br/> <small>DAMMED 1</small>
| Producer = [[Shel Talmy]]
| Last single = "[[Neat Neat Neat]]"<br />(1977)
| This single = "Stretcher Case Baby"<br />(1977)
| Next single = "[[Problem Child (Damned)|Problem Child]]"<br />(1977)
}}
'''Stretcher Case Baby''' was a limited edition single by [[The Damned]].
Only 5,000 copies were distributed, none via record shops, so whether it can be regarded as a true single is up for debate. Copies were initially given away at the band's [[London Marquee]] 1st Anniversary concerts, but when these were cut short further copies were given to fan club members, and 250 were given as crossword prizes with the [[New Musical Express]]. The new tracks were cut with [[United States|American]] producer [[Shel Talmy]], marking the band's first real steps away from the traditional [[punk ideology|punk ethos]]. They would be re-recorded for the band's second album, [[Music for Pleasure (album)|Music for Pleasure]].
A CD version was issued in the ''Stiff Singles 1976-1977'' box set by [[Castle Music]] in 2003.
==Track listing==
# "Stretcher Case" (Scabies, James) - 2:16
# "Sick of Being Sick" (James) - 1:59
==Production credits==
* '''[[Record producer|Producer]]s''':
** [[Shel Talmy]]
* '''[[Musician]]s''':
** [[Dave Vanian]]: [[Singer|Vocals]]
** [[Brian James]]: [[Guitar]]
** [[Captain Sensible]]: [[Bass guitar|Bass]]
** [[Rat Scabies]]: [[Drum]]s
[[Category:1977 singles]]
[[Category:The Damned songs]]
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