''Small Block'' is the debut EP of the Huntington Beach pop punk band
Big Drill Car
Big Drill Car is a punk rock group from Costa Mesa, California, formed in 1987. While the group never gained a mainstream audience, they provided an influence on their contemporaries – most notably ALL, Chemical People and Dag Nasty – alon ...
, released in 1988 on their own Records! label and again in 1990 on
Cruz Records
Cruz Records was an offshoot record label of SST Records, owned by the Black Flag guitarist Greg Ginn. The label was founded in 1987. Its roster consisted mainly of pop punk and grunge bands, along with Ginn's solo records. The label has rema ...
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To save money on mastering, Big Drill Car placed all six tracks on the A-side of the record, not only to let the B-side remain shiny and smooth, but also to save listeners the annoyance of having to flip the record over after seven minutes. When asked why the vinyl version of this EP would have one side, frontman
Frank Daly
Francis Joseph Daly (1884 – 18 February 1950) was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician. He was elected to Dáil Éireann as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Cork Borough constituency at the 1943 general election, and was re-elected at the 1944 gen ...
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Like many Big Drill Car albums, ''Small Block'' is currently out of print.
Track listing
#"5 Year Itch" (Arnold, Daly) - 3:24
#"Glory" (Daly) - 2:04
#"Les Cochons Sans Poils" (Daly, Thomson) - 2:53
#"Let Me Walk" (Arnold, Daly, Thomson) - 3:01
#"Mag Wheel" (Arnold, Daly, Thomson, Marcroft) - 2:30
#"Annie's Needle" (Daly, Marcroft) - 2:38
Personnel
*Frank Daly - Vocals
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Mark Arnold - Guitar
*Bob Thomson - Bass
*Danny Marcroft - Drums
Additional personnel
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* Stephen Egerton (priest) (1555?–1621?), English clergyman
* Stephen Egerton (diplomat) (1932–2006), British Ambassador to Iraq, Saudi Arabia and Italy
*Stephen Egerton (guitarist)
Stephen Patrick O'Reilly (bor ...
- Engineer, Producer
*Richard Andrews - Engineer, Producer
References
1988 debut EPs
Big Drill Car albums
Cruz Records EPs
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