Here's a vinyl rip of another essential album of its era. 5 of these songs were singles.
Recorded live in July 1980 (Johnny Was at the Rainbow, all other tracks at Aylesbury) this LP was initially intended as a USA only release prior to the bands' US tour.
I was very small as a kid- and when I was 13 SLF played in Llanelli.Unbelievable! Hardly anyone ever played in Llanelli. It was over 18's and I looked about 8. I was spared the ignominy of being refused entry ( I would have seen fuck all anyway) by not having the balls to defy my old man (what an anarchist I was!). So whilst one of my favourite groups played 5 miles from my house I was playing cricket in the park, or something like that...
In the interest of continuity I haven't split the tracks up.
Jake Burns – vocals, guitar
Jim Reilly – drums
Henry Cluney – guitar
Ali McMordie – bass
I know that I’ll never really grow up. I do grown up things, but when I stop and think about it, it seems that I am just playing. I’m past 40, and yet here I am writing about pop music, playing ‘records’ (all this is a virtual substitute for sitting next to my cheap turntable with the stack of singles, loving the smell, the feel…).
When I first heard this record I was 14 years old. I felt that it spoke to me directly, and I have to say that it still does. I still get excited by the frantic opening beats. Get your feet back on the ground, son! No, I don’t think I ever will…
If your not used to Jake's dulcet tones you can read the words here, although I remember one reviewer writing that compared to Cal of Discharge Jake sounded like Mario Lanza.
Line up:
Jake Burns - vocals,guitar
Henry Cluney - guitar,vocals
Ali McMordie - bass, vocals
Jim Reilly - drums
