Time's Up

First vinyl release 1977 on Voto Records LYN5333 as a bootleg.
CD released 1991 as Document DCD2
Vinyl released 1991 as Document DLP2 (interview 7 inch FDLP2)

Gez notes:
'Initial vinyl copies of the Time's Up LP on Document came with a free interview 7". The interview by Dave Hernderson was from "Q" magazine and placed onto vinyl as a freebie. It features Devoto and Shelley talking about the origins of the Time's Up bootleg. I have the VOTO b+w cover reissue bootleg. Track listing is the same as the tracks listed for your second running order (i.e. the one which has 2 versions of `Boredom') except that `Lester Sands' is entitled `Drop in the ocean' on the sleeve and `I love you, big dummy' is listed as `Love Everybody'.'
Greg Earle notes:
'The original issue had a deluxe red & white cover (as shown in "Product"). Some copies came on clear vinyl. Later, it was reissued with a deluxe black & white cover. It was again re-released (w/ b&w cover) in the US on Smilin' Ears as catalogue number 7709. Finally, in 1979 it was re-issued yet again on an Australian label, with catalogue number BZ-5333. The cover of this last version is b & w, with a picture taken from the "What's On" TV special that aired Jul 21, 1978, when Howard Devoto reunited with Buzzcocks to do "I Can't Control Myself".'
CD insert includes photograph of the broken off part of the Starway.
Live no-remix demos, no dubs, 4 track.
Recorded one afternoon Oct 1976 at Revolution Studio
Songs written by Devoto/Shelley except [a] Presley [b] Van Vliet
  1. You Tear Me Up
  2. Breakdown
  3. Friends of Mine
  4. Orgasm Addict
  5. Boredom
  6. Time's Up
  7. Lester Sands (Drop in the Ocean)
  8. Love Battery
  9. I Can't Control Myself [a, Troggs]
  10. I Love You, You Big Dummy [b, Captain Beefheart]
  11. Don't Mess Me 'Round
The original running order of the vinyl bootlegs (note there are 2 versions of 'Boredom', the second is lifted from Spiral Scratch, and 'Don't Mess Me 'Round' is omitted):
  1. Boredom
  2. You Tear Me Up
  3. I Can't Control Myself
  4. Orgasm Addict
  5. Friends of Mine
  6. Lester Sands (Drop in the Ocean)
  7. Breakdown
  8. Love Battery
  9. Time's Up
  10. I Love You, You Big Dummy
  11. Boredom

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