Let Your Love Flow his [ie. Diamond's] vein" - and according to Howard, Johnny Rivers had also passed on "Let Your Love Flow". The song as recorded by Gene Cotton was a single release in the autumn of 1975 making Cotton's version - featured on his 1976 album release "For All the Young Writers" - the earliest released version of "Let Your Love Flow" although it is unclear if Cotton's recording of song was made prior to that by the Bellamy Brothers. The Bellamy Brothers - siblings David and Howard Bellamy from Pasco County- had been working as session musicians at the Studio 70
Hit Me with Your Rhythm Stick tracks written and composed by Ian Dury and Chaz Jankel, except where indicated. The 12" version of the single features a different mix of "Hit Me with Your Rhythm Stick" to the 7" version. The two sides of the single are labelled "A Wing" and "B Wing", in reference to prison blocks. The A-side has the caption "6_ Tricks, Points %✓" while the B-side has the captions "Late start high on fence" and "Segovia rules" printed on the label. "Hit Me with Your Rhythm Stick" is credited to "Ian & the Blockheads – Under the musical direction of Chaz Jankel",