Yellow EP
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The so-called Yellow EP was an untitled 12" Gang of Four
Gang of Four (band)
Gang of Four are an English post-punk group from Leeds. Original personnel were singer Jon King, guitarist Andy Gill, bass guitarist Dave Allen and drummer Hugo Burnham. They were fully active from 1977 to 1984, and then re-emerged twice in the 1990s with King and Gill...

 EP
Extended play
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 released in 1980 by Warner Bros.
Warner Bros.
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 in the US, consisting of songs issued as singles by EMI Records in The UK. It came to be known as the Yellow EP because of its sleeve color. All four songs were later included on Infinite Zero Archive/American Recordings's 1995 CD
Compact Disc
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 issue of Entertainment!.

Side one

  1. "Outside the Trains Don't Run on Time" – 3:13 (recorded March 1980. A re-recorded version later appeared on Solid Gold
    Solid Gold (album)
    Solid Gold is the second album by the British post-punk band Gang of Four, released in 1981. Two of its tracks, "Outside the Trains Don't Run on Time" and "He'd Send in the Army", are re-recordings of songs previously released as a single in the UK....

    in 1981)
  2. "He'd Send in the Army" – 3:39 (recorded March 1980. A re-recorded version later appeared on Solid Gold)

Side two

  1. "It's Her Factory" – 3:07 (recorded March 1979. Originally released as the B-side of the "At Home He's a Tourist" single)
  2. "Armalite Rifle
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    " – 2:48 (recorded June 1979. An earlier version was released in December 1978 as B-side to Gang of Four's 1st single, Damaged Goods, recorded for Fast Product Records)

Personnel

  • Dave Allen
    Dave Allen (producer/bassist)
    Dave Allen was the bass guitarist for the post-punk band, Gang of Four. In 1981, he left Gang of Four to found Shriekback....

     - bass guitar
    Bass guitar
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    , vocals
    Singing
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  • Hugo Burnham
    Hugo Burnham
    Hugo Burnham was the drummer for the English rock group Gang of Four. Creem magazine's Dave DiMartino said in 1980 "Witness Hugo Burnham, a close-cropped, thickset out-and-out scary drummer who looks like his idea of fun might be pushing young American faces into old American brick walls." He...

     - drums
    Drum kit
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    , vocals
  • Andy Gill
    Andy Gill
    Andy Gill is a founding member and guitarist for the English rock group Gang of Four, considered among the most influential post-punk bands...

     - guitar
    Guitar
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    , vocals
  • Jon King
    Jon King (musician)
    Jon King, born 8 June 1955, London, is a singer, musician and founding member of the Leeds based UK rock band Gang of Four. He attended Sevenoaks School, where he was a member of the 'Art Room' that produced musicians Tom Greenhalgh and Mark White of The Mekons, along with Andy Gill of Gang of...

    - vocals
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