All three songs were recorded on 2" 16-track tape at Master Sound Productions in Franklin Square, New York, on August 7, 1980, with Bobby Steele on guitar for the main riff of "London Dungeon" and producer Robbie Alter playing the chords, while Jerry Only's younger brother Doyle (Paul Caiafa) recorded guitar on the rest of the songs on September 5, 1980, following Bobby's departure.

"London Dungeon" was written by Glenn Danzig about his experience while jailed in Brixton on December 2, 1979.

The pressing history and details of this three-song EP are the most confounding to record collectors of any Misfits' release.

Estimates on the number and order of the various combinations of record attributes ranges from 3,000 to 7,000 black vinyl with a grey label and large spindle, which is known conclusively to be the earliest pressing, 2,000 to 7,000 black vinyl with a red label and large spindle, of which as many as 10 to 100 may actually be from an abbreviated earlier pressing, and 400 to 1,000 black vinyl with a red label and small spindle.

The only fixed number is that there were 400 white vinyl copies with a red label and a large spindle, which was the final pressing.