Writtten by:
Mark E Smith, Ben Pritchard (credits on The Real New Fall LP)
Mark E Smith, Ben Pritchard, Rob Lally [credits on (We Wish You) A Protein Christmas single]
Initial release:
The Real New Fall LP Action Records TAKE021 LP; CD: TAKE021CD
[US version: The Real New Fall LP, Narnack Records NCK7018 LP (13 July 2004); NCK7018 CD; 15 July 2004; track entitled Recovery Kit 2#]
Date:
27 October 2003
Subsequent release:
(We Wish You) A Protein Christmas, Action Records TAKE22 Double 7”;TAKE22 CD; 8 December 2003 (track entitled Recovery Kit 2#)
The Real New Fall LP; Narnack Records 12″ coloured vinyl; 16 April 2016
Group on initial recording:
Mark E Smith – vocals; Ben Pritchard – guitar, vocals; Jim Watts – bass, guitar, computers; Dave Milner – drums, vocals, keyboards; Elena Poulou – keyboards, vocals (+ S. Beswick – keyboards)
Commentary:
Dave Millner in The Pseud Mag no. 15 (April/May 2007):”Tune written by Ben.”
Recovery Kit (UK) vs Recovery Kit 2 (Alternative Version) (US) Recovery Kit on the US album is “Recovery Kit 2#” from the Protein Christmas single. There are two officially released versions:
Recovery Kit on the UK RNFLP–this version is bass-oriented with subtle electronics in the background
Recovery Kit # 2 on the US RNFLP and the (We Wish) You a Protein Protection Xmas EP–this version is electronic oriented with the bass line turned down a bit in the mix.
The Wikipedia entry for The Real New Fall LP has the folllowing to say about the differences between the original Country On The Click version of the track and the eventually officially released one: “Layered vocals are removed, the keyboards are less to the forefront, and the lyrics are altered. In particular the phrase ‘Oh father’, which originally played a key role, is absent here.”
Rob Lally, credited on the Protein Christmas version of the song, is apparently a friend of MES’s. There are no other credits for him on any other Fall tracks.
Although never played live, although it has appeared on tape, for example before the Munich gig on 13 October 2004.