Picked this up in 79 after reading great reviews in NME. Didn't have a clue what I'd be hearing when I put it on the record player but hell it was a great single. It was just so dynamic, lean and muscular with a minimum of sounds. You could hear each instrument clearly. And Damaged Goods was the highlight for me. Though on certain days I'd be singing along to Armalite Rifle just as loud. Fantastic stuff.
Later on the song was covered by Melbourne's Wet Ones, a girl band, who did a great job of it. The Wet Ones released their records through Paul Elliot's Polyester Records. The first single release on Polyester was 100 Drugs by Little Murders. So far a short time there we were on two labels. At the same time we released the Stop album on Au Go Go records.
This came about because the Murders used to hire Paul Elliot's sound equipment. One night a bunch of his stuff was stolen while we doing a gig at the Prospect Hill. I don't know all the details but after the Murders broke up I found out we still hadn't paid him back. So we brokered a deal where I have game him the master copy of 100 Drugs & Beat Goes On plus a thousand bucks to put it out and everything was sweet. 100 Drugs managed to get my worst record review ever in The Age Weekender. It just said "Of the soporific kind" I had to look that one up in the dictionary. It meant sleep inducing drugs. Funny guy.
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