ROCKPILE – SECONDS OF PLEASURE LP – Nr MINT A1 UK 1980 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
– some wear to edges/corners

Vinyl in Nr MINT condition
(there are some light surface marks visible on the vinyl when held up to the light but they don’t affect the sound quality)
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”).