''Polly Wog Stew'' is the first recorded release by Beastie Boys, released as an EP in 1982 on the independent record label Rat Cage. Now out of print in its original form, all eight songs saw reissue on the 1989 punk rock compilation '' Killed by Death #1'' but were removed from the record's subsequent releases when the band repackaged the entire EP, along with the ''

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'' 12", as the compilation album ''

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Track listing

All tracks composed by Beastie Boys (

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, John Berry,

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, Michael Diamond).

Track information

"Egg Raid On Mojo"

This is one of the few

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songs that the band continued to play in later years. Liner notes from the anthology '' The Sounds of Science'' state that the song is based on an event where members of the band were denied entry to a club by a

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, later returning, dressed in black, to pelt the offender with eggs. Some of the lyrics, such as "We all dressed in black" were reused in the ''

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'' song " Egg Man". The ''

'' compilation includes an alternate version taped from

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's '' Noise The Show'' radio program. Two tracks from ''Polly Wog Stew'' also appeared on the 1982

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cassette compilation ''

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''.

Personnel

Beastie Boys

*John Berry – guitar * Michael Diamond – vocals, cowbell *

– drums, washboard, backing vocals *

– bass guitar, backing vocals, acoustic guitar

Additional personnel

*Dave Parsons, Dave Scilken, Dave-id Busaras, Nick Cooper – backing vocals

References

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