 "Screeching Weasel" was released on vinyl in September 1987 with a limited pressing of 1,000 copies on Underdog Records as the label's third release.After BBC Radio 1 DJ John Peel played the song "Murder in the Brady House" on his radio show, the group got an overseas deal with What Goes On?Records, who released the album in the UK with a pressing of 2,000 copies.