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| Released | July 1982 | |||
| Recorded | 1982 | |||
| Studio | 171-A Studios, New York City | |||
| Genre | Hardcore punk | |||
| Length | 10:42 | |||
| Label | Rat Cage | |||
| Producer | Scott Jarvis, Beastie Boys | |||
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Polly Wog Stew is the first recorded release byBeastie Boys, released as an EP in 1982 on theindependent record labelRat Cage. Now out of print in its original form, all eight songs saw reissue on the 1989punk rock compilationKilled by Death #1 but were removed from the record's subsequent releases when the band repackaged the entire EP, along with theCooky Puss 12", as the compilation albumSome Old Bullshit.
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All tracks composed by Beastie Boys (Adam Yauch,John Berry,Kate Schellenbach,Michael Diamond).
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "Beastie Boys" | 0:56 |
| 2. | "Transit Cop" | 1:18 |
| 3. | "Jimi" | 2:06 |
| 4. | "Holy Snappers" | 1:22 |
| 5. | "Riot Fight" | 0:30 |
| 6. | "Ode To…" | 1:33 |
| 7. | "Michelle's Farm" | 1:38 |
| 8. | "Egg Raid On Mojo" | 1:20 |
| Total length: | 10:43 | |
This is one of the fewhardcore punk songs that the band continued to play in later years. Liner notes from the anthologyThe Sounds of Science state that the song is based on an event where members of the band were denied entry to a club by abouncer, later returning, dressed in black, to pelt the offender with eggs. Some of the lyrics, such as "We dressed all in black" were reused in thePaul's Boutique song "Egg Man".
TheSome Old Bullshit compilation includes an alternate version taped fromTim Sommer'sNoise The Show radio program. Two tracks fromPolly Wog Stew also appeared on the 1982ROIR cassette compilationNew York Thrash.
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