SQUEEZE – SINGLES 45’s AND UNDER LP – Nr MINT A4/B3 UK 1982 NEW WAVE

Squeeze – Singles 45’s And Under
(A&M Records  1982  AMLH68552)
Matrix No’s: A4/B3 – UK Pressing

Vinyl in Nr MINT condition

Sleeve in Nr MINT condition
Inner Sleeve in Nr MINT condition

Squeeze are a British band that came to prominence in the United Kingdom during the New Wave period of the late 1970s and continued recording successfully in the 1980s and 1990s. They are known in the UK for their hit songs “Cool for Cats”, “Up the Junction”, “Tempted”, “Labelled With Love“, “Black Coffee In Bed“, “Another Nail in My Heart”,”Pulling Mussels (From the Shell)” and “Hourglass”. Though not as commercially successful in the United States, Squeeze had American chart hits with “Tempted”, “Hourglass” and “853-5937”, and they have a dedicated following there and continue to attract new fans. All of Squeeze’s hits were written by band members Chris Difford and Glenn Tilbrook, with the former penning the lyrics and the latter handling the composition. The duo were hailed as “the heirs to Lennon and McCartney’s throne” during their peak of popularity in the early 1980s.

The group formed in Deptford, London, in 1974, and first broke up in 1982. Squeeze then reformed in 1985, and disbanded again in 1999.

The band reunited for tours through the United States and United Kingdom in 2007. In 2010, they issued Spot the Difference, an album of newly recorded versions of older material. The band’s first album of all-new material since 1998, Cradle to the Grave, was released in October 2015, followed by another album, The Knowledge, in October 2017.

Singles – 45’s and Under is a compilation album by Squeeze, released on the A&M Records label on 22 October 1982. The album consisted of all their singles from 1978 to 1982 in chronological order, with the exception of “Bang Bang”, “Christmas Day” and “When the Hangover Strikes”, and included a new song, “Annie Get Your Gun”, which was released as a single ahead of the album. It was the band’s biggest selling album, having been certified platinum in both the UK and the US.

Additionally, it included the US single version of “Goodbye Girl”, which features slightly different lyrics from both the album and UK single versions. The US version of the album substituted “If I Didn’t Love You” for “Labelled with Love”.

Track listing

All tracks written and composed by Chris Difford and Glenn Tilbrook.

Side one

1. “Take Me I’m Yours” – 2:48
2. “Goodbye Girl” (US single version) – 3:05
3. “Cool for Cats” – 3:10
4. “Up the Junction” – 3:10
5. “Slap and Tickle” – 4:16
6. “Another Nail in My Heart” – 2:55
7. “Pulling Mussels (from the Shell)” – 4:00

Side two

1. “Labelled with Love” – 4:34 / “If I Didn’t Love You” (US) – 4:10
2. “Is That Love” – 2:30
3. “Tempted” – 4:00
4. “Black Coffee in Bed” – 6:10
5. “Annie Get Your Gun” – 3:22