[1] "The Rattler" was originally released independently, but was withdrawn from radio airplay over its lyrical content.

[1] On 6 October 1986, Precious issued "The Rattler" on 7" vinyl, backed with bonus track "Candlestick Park".

[3] The band edited a home-made music video for "The Rattler", which was broadcast on The Tube, which encouraged radio play of the song.

But within weeks, "The Rattler" was abruptly dropped from Radio One playlists, allegedly due to the lyrics alluding to cunnilingus.

[3] The single package was rounded out with b-sides "Calton Hill" and "Here Comes Deacon Brodie", named respectively after Calton Hill, an Edinburgh location and William Brodie, a local 18th century councillor who maintained a secret life as a burglar; and a recording of sea shanty "Drunken Sailor".