Potatoes and Melons Wholesale Prices Straight from the Lock Up | ||||
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Released | 29 July 1997 | |||
Genre | Punk rock | |||
Length | 23:39 | |||
Label | Deceptive Records Fat Wreck Chords | |||
Producer | Snuff | |||
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Potatoes and Melons Wholesale Prices Straight from the Lock Up is an album of mostly cover versions performed by English punk rock band, Snuff. It was released in July 1997 on American independent label, Fat Wreck Chords. [1] The UK version (on the Deceptive label) is called Potatoes and Melons at Wholesale Prices Direct to You the Public and does not contain tracks 3, 4 and 6 which were already released in the UK as b-sides to the "Do Do Do" single.
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