New Hope For The Wretched

Tracklist

A1	Tight Black Pants
A2	Monkey Suit
A3	Living Dead
A4	Test Tube Babies
A5	Won't You
A6	Concrete Shoes
A7	Squirm (Live)
B1	Want You Baby
B2	Dream Lover
B3	Sometimes I
B4	Corruption
B5	Butcher Baby

Companies, etc.

• Pressed By – Sound Manufacturing – C5259

Credits

• Bass Guitar – Jean Beauvoir
• Concept By, Management – Rod Swenson
• Drums, Electronic Drums [Syndrums] – Stu Deutsch
• Engineer – Trevor Hallsey*
• Lead Guitar – Richie Stotts
• Mixed By – Ed Stasium, Rod Swenson
• Photography By – Butch Star
• Photography By [Assistant] – John Michaels
• Producer – Jimmy Miller
• Rhythm Guitar – Wes Beech
• Vocals, Saxophone, Performer [Chainsaw, Machine Gun] – Wendy Orlean Williams*
• Written-By – B. Darin* (tracks: B2), Funuhara (tracks: A6), Stotts* (tracks: A1, A3, A4, A5, B1, B3 to B5), Axeman* (tracks: A1 to B1, B3 to B5), Beech* (tracks: A2, A7)

Notes

Wendy O'Williams is also credited on the sleeve as playing the chainsaw and machine gun!
During the instrumental portion of 'Dream Lover' the musicians were isolated from one another so that they could not see or hear what each other were playing.
Plasmatics concept and management Rod Swenson

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Matrix / Runout (Runout side A stamped): SEEZ 24-A-1 C5259
• Matrix / Runout (Runout side A hand-etched): EVERYONES A KILLER STEVE
• Matrix / Runout (Runout side B stamped): SEEZ 24-B-2 C5259
• Matrix / Runout (Runout side B hand-etched): AND NO FILLER... STEVE

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
USE 9	Plasmatics	New Hope For The Wretched ‎(LP, Album)	Stiff America	USE 9	US	1980
SEEZ 24	Plasmatics	New Hope For The Wretched ‎(LP, Album, Red)	Stiff Records	SEEZ 24	UK	1980
SEEZ 24	Plasmatics	New Hope For The Wretched ‎(LP, Album, Rad)	Stiff Records	SEEZ 24	UK	1980
SEEZ 24	Plasmatics	New Hope For The Wretched ‎(LP, Album, Col)	Stiff Records	SEEZ 24	UK	1980
CDM RED 204	Plasmatics	New Hope For The Wretched Plus Bonus Tracks ‎(CD, RE)	Cherry Red	CDM RED 204	UK	2002