(We Wish You) A Protein Christmas

Front cover

Group

Mark E Smith – vocals
Ben Pritchard – guitar
Simon “Ding” Archer – bass
Dave Milner – drums, vocals
Elena Poulou – keyboards
With:
Spencer Birtwistle – drums, keyboards (track 3)

Recording

Recorded late 2003.

Production

Mark E. Smith

Releases

8 December 2003 on Action Records CD: TAKE22CD: and Limited Edition Double 7″: TAKE22

Tracks

  1. (We Wish You) A Protein Christmas (Smith/Watts/Pritchard/Milner/Archer/Poulou) 3:32
  2. (We Are) Mod Mock Goth (Smith/Poulou) 4:44
  3. (Birtwistle’s) Girl In Shop (Smith/Birtwistle) 3:54
  4. Recovery Kit 2# (Smith/Pritchard/Lally) 4:04 Lyrics

Notes

The double 7″ was a limited edition of 1,000 copies. Track 1 was a newly recorded reworking of  Protein Protection. Track 4 was an alternate version of that from The Real New Fall LP.  A promo CD for the single carried the warning: “For promotional use only – abuse it and we will get one of Santa’s helpers to drop a little present on you from a great height”.