Stretcher Case Baby 3184959 216506923 2008-06-01T23:26:30Z GiantSnowman 1005449 unreferenced tag {{unreferenced|date=June 2008}} {{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]] {{1970s-single-stub}}