Recorded at Indigo Studios Manchester on the 28th December 1976, the single is often credited as the first true independent punk record.  The modest picture sleeve features a Polaroid shot of the band taken at the Robert Peel statue in Manchester's Piccadilly Gardens.  Funded by loans from friends, the initial pressing of 800 units sold out within four days.  It is rumoured that the very first few copies came with an insert(?).  The single was subsequently pressed in small quantities up until July 1977 with a final total of 16,000.

Following a string of top 40 hits during 1978 and '79, New Hormones decided to cash-in on this success by re-releasing the first single.  By this time Howard Devoto had parted company with the band, and as such a discrete reference was made to his contribution on the picture sleeve.  The re-release also used paper labels as opposed to the plastic injection-moulded ones on the first pressing.

In 1991 Document Records officially released the infamous bootleg album Time's Up.  Only 100 promotional copies of this album were pressed, included with which was this special PROMO copy of the first single--a mere 50 of which were autographed by the original line-up.  The paper label design mimics those used on the original EP, whilst the front of the sleeve is also identical.  To compliment the official release of Time's Up, Document Records also pressed 1000 numbered copies of the record in 12" format (DV1T).  This is the only legitimate 12" version of the single to ever be released.