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A1	Mr. Clarinet Written-By – Cave*	3:42
A2	Hats On Wrong Written-By – Cave*	2:40
A3	The Hair Shirt Written-By – Cave*	4:05
A4	Guilt Parade Written-By – R. Howard*	2:52
A5	Riddle House Written-By – R. Howard*	2:43
B1	The Friend Catcher Written-By – N. Cave*	4:22
B2	Waving My Arms Written-By – R. Howard*	2:15
B3	The Red Clock Written-By – R. Howard*	2:47
B4	Catman Written-By – G. Vincent*, B. Davis*	2:27
B5	Happy Birthday Written-By – Harvey*, Cave*, Howard*	3:50

Companies, etc.

• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Missing Link Records
• Recorded At – Richmond Recorders
• Distributed By – CBS Records Australia Limited
• Made By – CBS Records Australia Limited
• Published By – Doo Dah Music
• Published By – Copyright Control

Credits

• Engineer – Tony Cohen
• Performer – Mick Harvey, Nick Cave, Phillip Calvert*, Rowland Howard*, Tracy Pew
• Producer – Keith Glass, The Birthday Party, Tony Cohen

Notes

Recorded August/September 1979 and January/February 1980.
Originally released in 1980 as The Boys Next Door.

Track B5 mistakenly credited to Harvey / Cave / Harvey on labels.

All songs published by Doo Dah Music except B4 Control

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Matrix / Runout (Side A label): MX201708
• Matrix / Runout (Side B label): MX201709
• Matrix / Runout (Side A runout): MX201708 LINK7-1
• Matrix / Runout (Side B runout): MX201709 LINK7-2
• Price Code: 130

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
LINK 7	The Boys Next Door	The Birthday Party ‎(LP, Album)	Missing Link	LINK 7	Australia	1980
LINC 7	The Boys Next Door	The Birthday Party ‎(Cass, Album)	Missing Link, Missing Link	LINC 7	Australia	1980
LINK 7	The Boys Next Door	The Birthday Party ‎(LP, Album)	Missing Link	LINK 7	Australia	1980