ROCKPILE – SECONDS OF PLEASURE LP + 7″ – Nr MINT A1 UK NICK LOWE DAVE EDMUNDS

Rockpile – Seconds Of Pleasure
 (F-Beat Records  1980  XXLP7)
Matrix No’s: A1/B1 – UK Pressing
“Porky Prime Cut” in dead wax

Gatefold Sleeve in Nr MINT/Excellent+ condition
– small split in top edge

Vinyl in Nr MINT condition
No 7″

Rockpile was a British rock and roll group of the late 1970s and early 1980s, noted for its strong pub rock, rockabilly and power pop influences, and as a foundational influence on new wave. The band consisted of Dave Edmunds (vocals, guitar), Nick Lowe (vocals, bass guitar), Billy Bremner (vocals, guitar) and Terry Williams (drums).

Seconds of Pleasure was a 1980 album by Rockpile.

LP track listing

All songs written by Nick Lowe and Rockpile, unless otherwise indicated.

Side one

1. “Teacher Teacher” (Kenny Pickett, Eddie Phillips) – 2:36
2. “If Sugar Was As Sweet As You” (Joe Tex) – 2:35
3. “Heart” – 2:38
4. “Now and Always” – 1:58
5. “A Knife and a Fork” (Kip Anderson, Isaiah Hennie, Charles Derrick) – 3:18
6. “Play That Fast Thing (One More Time)” (Lowe) – 4:13

Side two

1. “Wrong Again (Let’s Face It)” (Chris Difford, Glenn Tilbrook) – 2:23
2. “Pet You and Hold You” – 3:13
3. “Oh What a Thrill” (Chuck Berry) – 3:06
4. “When I Write the Book” – 3:17
5. “Fool Too Long” – 2:51
6. “You Ain’t Nothin’ But Fine” (Sidney Semien, Floyd Soileau) – 2:54

Personnel

• Billy Bremner – guitar, vocals
• Dave Edmunds – guitar, vocals, piano, organ
• Nick Lowe – bass, vocals
• Terry Williams – drums
• Aldo Bocca – engineer

(note: Bremner sings lead on “Heart” and “You Ain’t Nothin’ But Fine”. Edmunds and Lowe take turns on lead vocals for the rest of the album; amongst the non-Bremner songs, Edmunds sings all the covers except “Teacher Teacher”, while Lowe sings all the originals except “Fool Too Long”).