Among the more obscure
covers on the album are "Dynamite" (originally recorded by
Cliff Richard and
the Shadows) and "Take Me for a Little While" (originally recorded by
Evie Sands and later covered by
Jackie Ross,
Dusty Springfield and
Vanilla Fudge). "Home in My Hand" had been recorded seven years previously by Nick Lowe's old band,
Brinsley Schwarz. "Bad Is Bad", written by
Huey Lewis, would later be recorded by Lewis and his band
the News for their 1983 multi-platinum album Sports.
The Globe and Mail wrote that "Edmund's pub-crawling rock doesn't wear thin if you're sipping and stomping along, but in the confines of your living room his Chuck Berry retakes are liable to send you back to an old Berry collection to find out where he copped the licks."[7]
^McGrath, Paul (25 August 1979). "Repeat When Necessary Dave Edmunds". The Globe and Mail. p. F4.
^Billy Bremner used the pseudonym "Billy Murray" for all his writing credits on this album; "Murray" is his middle name.
^Original pressings of Repeat When Necessary (Swan Song/Atlantic cat. no. SS 8507) credit "Bad is Bad" to Huey Lewis alone; the revised credit given on Lewis' 1983 album Sports (Chrysalis cat.no. FV 41412) is shown here.
^Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 100.
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