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Released
  
October 1980

Length
  
12:47

Yellow EP (1980)
  
Solid Gold (1981)

Release date
  
October 1980

Genre
  
Post-punk

Recorded
  
1979-1980

Producer
  
Gang of Four

Artist
  
Gang of Four

Label
  
Warner Bros. Records

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The so-called Yellow EP was an untitled 12" Gang of Four EP released in 1980 by Warner Bros. in the US, consisting of songs issued as singles by EMI Records in The UK. It came to be known as the Yellow EP because of its sleeve color. All four songs were later included on Infinite Zero Archive/American Recordings's 1995 CD issue of Entertainment!.

Contents

Track listing

All songs written and produced by Gang of Four.

Side one

  1. "Outside the Trains Don't Run on Time" – 3:13 (recorded March 1980. A re-recorded version later appeared on Solid Gold in 1981)
  2. "He'd Send in the Army" – 3:39 (recorded March 1980. A re-recorded version later appeared on Solid Gold)

Side two

  1. "It's Her Factory" – 3:07 (recorded March 1979. Originally released as the B-side of the "At Home He's a Tourist" single)
  2. "Armalite Rifle" – 2:48 (recorded June 1979. An earlier version was released in December 1978 as B-side to Gang of Four's 1st single, Damaged Goods, recorded for Fast Product Records)

Personnel

  • Dave Allen - bass guitar, vocals
  • Hugo Burnham - drums, vocals
  • Andy Gill - guitar, vocals
  • Jon King - vocals
  • Songs

    1Outside the Trains Don't Run on Time3:16
    2He'd Send In the Army3:41
    3It's Her Factory3:10

    References

    Yellow EP Wikipedia