Grin And Bear It

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A1	West One (Shine On Me) Engineer – Paul BassEngineer [Mixing, Overdubs], Mixed By [Version] – John BrandMixed By [Version], Producer – Ruts*Saxophone – Gary BarnacleTechnician [Opted Tapes By] – Phil (Woops, There Goes The Master) Vinyl*	5:39
A2	Staring At The Rude Boys Engineer – John BrandEngineer, Producer – Mick GlossopTechnician [Tape Op] – 'Chappie' Chambers*	3:10
A3	Demolition Dancing Engineer – Dave DadeProducer – Tony Wilson	2:34
A4	Secret Soldier Engineer – Dave DadeProducer – Tony Wilson	2:16
A5	H-Eyes Engineer – Stuart Johnson Producer – Ruts*	2:47
B1	In A Rut Engineer – Stuart Johnson Producer – Ruts*	3:39
B2	Love In Vain Brass – Bill Barnacle's HornsEngineer – John BrandEngineer, Producer – Mick GlossopSaxophone [Sax], Other [Quips] – Gary BarnacleTechnician [Tape Op] – 'Chappie' Chambers*Trumpet, Other [Drinks, Quips] – Bill Barnacle	4:08
B3	S.U.S. Engineer – Michel (But We Can't Remember His Other Name)Mixed By [Bosun O' The Mix] – Andy Dayman	3:20
B4	Babylon's Burning Engineer – Michel (But We Can't Remember His Other Name)Mixed By [Bosun O' The Mix] – Andy Dayman	2:18
B5	Society Engineer – Michel (But We Can't Remember His Other Name)Mixed By [Bosun O' The Mix] – Andy Dayman	1:42

Companies, etc.

• Mastered At – The Town House
• Produced At – The Town House
• Engineered At – The Town House
• Produced At – Air Studios
• Engineered At – Air Studios
• Produced At – Maida Vale Studios
• Engineered At – Maida Vale Studios
• Overdubbed At – The Town House
• Mixed At – The Town House
• Recorded At – Fair Deal Recording Studios

Credits

• Compiled By, Edited By – John Brand, The Ruts
• Other [Credits Meticulously Typed By (in Working Hours)] – Julie
• Painting [Front Cover Painting] – Oliver Howard
• Written-By – Ruffy*, Jennings*, Owen*, Fox*, Mannah* (tracks: B3)

Notes

Initial quantities included a special price sticker on front cover and a foldout picture insert bearing catalogue number V2188.

Track A3 'Demolition Dancing' recorded on 11th February 1980. Released by arrangement with BBC Records Ltd. ℗ BBC 1980

Mastered at The Townhouse.

Track B3 'S.U.S.' recorded live.
Track B4 'Babylon's Burning' recorded live.
Track B5 'Society' recorded live.

From the back cover:
A FEW HANDY THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT THIS ALBUM
In A Rut/H-Eyes...
Our first single recorded at Fairdeal 8-track studio in Hayes May '78. Originally to be released as an e.p. with a considerably slower version of Society on it til now on Misty's own label People Unite.
Staring At The Rude Boys/Love In Vain....
We included Love In Vain on this record because nobody listened to it as the B-side of Staring At The Rude Boys and in case you didn't hear the A-side....
Produced and engineered (for Dukeslodge Enterprises) at Air and Townhouse Studios February '80. Brass added later.
Demolition Dancing/Secret Soldiers....
Taken from the last John Peel session we did aound February '80. (Thanks to John and the BBC).
Produced, engineered on 8-track at Maida Vale Studios. This was the only occasion Secret Soldiers was recorded.
West One (Shine On Me)......
The backing track was recorded in a 16-track in Shepherds Bush, but we don't talk about it. The engineer was OK tho'.
Overdubs and mixing engineered at the Townhouse.
SUS/Babylon's Burning/Society....
Recorded live, CHORUS late 1979. Mixed live onto 2-track, so no overdubs whatsoever.

Titles S.U.S. and Secret Soldier used on the record's labels, but SUS and Secret Soldiers used on the back cover.
Actual Catalog#: V2188

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Matrix / Runout (Side A): V2188 A2 THINK ONCE, THINK TWICE, THINK PUB! TOWNHOUSE
• Matrix / Runout (Side B): V2188 B4

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
TCV2188	Ruts*	Grin And Bear It ‎(Cass, Comp, Album)	Virgin	TCV2188	UK	1980
VV-33.065	Ruts*	Grin And Bear It ‎(LP, Album, Comp)	Virgin	VV-33.065	Portugal	1980
203 056 270 / 320	Ruts*	Grin And Bear It ‎(LP, Album, Comp)	Virgin	203 056 270 / 320	Germany	1986
V 2188	Ruts*	Grin And Bear It ‎(LP, Album, Comp)	Virgin	V 2188	New Zealand	1980
203 044	Ruts*	Grin And Bear It ‎(LP, Album, Comp)	Virgin	203 044	France	1980

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