Small Block is the debut EP of the Huntington Beach pop punk band Big Drill Car

Big Drill Car

Big Drill Car was a pop punk/melodic hardcore group from Huntington Beach, California, who were active from the late 1980s to mid-1990s and briefly again in the mid-2000s...

, released in 1988 on their own Varient Records! label and again in 1990 on Cruz Records.

To save money on mastering, Big Drill Car placed all six tracks on the A-side of the record, not only to let the B-side remain shiny and smooth, but also to save listeners the annoyance of having to flip the record over after seven minutes. When asked why the vinyl version of this EP would have one side, frontman Frank Daly

Frank Daly

Francis Joseph "Frank" Daly was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician. He was elected to Dáil Éireann as a Teachta Dála for the Cork Borough constituency at the 1943 general election, and was re-elected at the 1944 general election. He did not contest the 1948 general election. He served as Lord Mayor...

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Like many Big Drill Car albums, Small Block is currently out of print.

Track listing

1. "5 Year Itch" (Arnold, Daly) - 3:24
2. "Glory" (Daly) - 2:04
3. "Les Cochons Sans Poils" (Daly, Thomson) - 2:53
4. "Let Me Walk" (Arnold, Daly, Thomson) - 3:01
5. "Mag Wheel" (Arnold, Daly, Thomson, Marcroft) - 2:30
6. "Annie's Needle" (Daly, Marcroft) - 2:38

Personnel

• Frank Daly - Vocals
• Mark Arnold
  Mark Arnold
  Mark Arnold is an American punk rock singer and guitarist, best known for two band projects Big Drill Car and All Systems Go! .-References:...
  
   - Guitar
• Bob Thomson - Bass
• Danny Marcroft - Drums

Additional personnel

• Stephen Egerton - Engineer, Producer
• Richard Andrews - Engineer, Producer