STIFF LITTLE FINGERS – GO FOR IT LP – EXC+ A2/B1 UK 1981 ORIG PUNK

Stiff Little Fingers – Go For It
(Chrysalis Records  1981  CHR1339)
Matrix No’s: A2/B1 – UK Pressing

Vinyl in Excellent+ condition
(there are some surface marks visible on the vinyl when held up to the light but they don’t affect the sound quality apart from some light pops/crackles)

Sleeve in Excellent condition
– some wear to edges with some scuffing along top edge
Inner Sleeve in Nr MINT condition

Stiff Little Fingers are a punk rock band from Belfast, Northern Ireland. They formed in 1977, at the height of the Troubles. They started out as a schoolboy band called Highway Star (named after the Deep Purple song), doing rock covers, until they discovered punk. They split up after six years and four albums, although they reformed five years later, in 1987. Despite major personnel changes, they are still touring and recording as of 2011. Jake Burns, their lead singer, is the only member to have been with the band during all its incarnations, but in March 2006, original bass guitarist Ali McMordie rejoined them following the departure of The Jam bass player Bruce Foxton after fifteen years.

Go for It is the third album by Stiff Little Fingers, released in 1981. “Just Fade Away” was released as a single.

Track listing

1. “Roots, Radicals, Rockers and Reggae” (B. O’Riley, arr. Fingers) – 3:59
2. “Just Fade Away” (Fingers/Ogilvie) – 3:06
3. “Go for It” (Fingers) – 3:17
4. “The Only One” (Fingers/Ogilvie) – 4:18
5. “Hits and Misses” (Burns/Ogilvie) – 3:51
6. “Kicking Up a Racket” (Fingers/Ogilvie) – 2:44
7. “Safe as Houses” (Fingers/Ogilvie) – 5:29
8. “Gate 49” (Fingers/Ogilvie) – 2:23
9. “Silver Lining” (Fingers/Ogilvie) – 3:04
10. “Piccadilly Circus” (Fingers/Ogilvie) – 4:43

Personnel

• Jake Burns – vocals/guitar/piano
• Jim Reilly – drums
• Henry Cluney – guitar
• Ali McMordie – bass guitar
• Stewart van Blandamer – alto saxophone
• Tony Hughes – trumpet
• Steve “Fixit” Farr – baritone saxophone
• Doug Bennett – producer/piano
• Bill Gill – engineer
• David Hamilton Smith – engineer
• Shaun Bradley – equipment
• Agency – cow bell
• John “Teflon” Simms – cover illustration
• Eugene Adebari – photography