Polly Wog Stew

Polly Wog Stew is the first recorded release by Beastie Boys, released as an EP in 1982 on the independent record label Rat Cage. Now out of print in its original form, all eight songs saw reissue on the 1989 punk rock compilation Killed by Death #1 but were removed from the record's subsequent releases when the band repackaged the entire EP, along with the Cooky Puss 12", as the compilation album Some Old Bullshit.

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Polly Wog Stew
EP by
Beastie Boys
ReleasedJuly 1982
Recorded1982
Studio171-A Studios, New York City
GenreHardcore punk
Length10:42
LabelRat Cage
ProducerScott Jarvis, Beastie Boys
Beastie Boys chronology
Polly Wog Stew
(1982)		 Licensed to Ill
(1986)

Track listing

All tracks composed by Beastie Boys

No.TitleLength
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

Track information

"Egg Raid On Mojo"

This is one of the few hardcore punk songs that the band continued to play in later years. Liner notes from the anthology The Sounds of Science state that the song is based on an event where members of the band were denied entry to a club by a bouncer, later returning, dressed in black, to pelt the offender with eggs. Some of the lyrics, such as "We all dressed in black" were reused in the Paul's Boutique song "Egg Man".

The Some Old Bullshit compilation includes an alternate version taped from Tim Sommer's Noise The Show radio program. Two tracks from Polly Wog Stew also appeared on the 1982 ROIR cassette compilation New York Thrash.

Personnel

Beastie Boys

Additional personnel
  • Dave Parsons, Dave Scilken, Dave-id Busaras, Nick Cooper – backing vocals

References
  1. "Pollywog Stew – Beastie Boys" at AllMusic. Retrieved 10 October 2011.
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