STIFF LITTLE FINGERS – INFLAMMABLE MATERIAL LP – Nr MINT/EXC+ A1/B2 UK 1979 ORIG PUNK

Stiff Little Fingers – Inflammable Material
(Rigid Digits/Rough Trade Records  1979  ROUGH1)
Matrix No’s: A1/B2 – UK Pressing
“Porky Prime Cut” in dead wax

Vinyl in Nr MINT/Excellent+ condition
(there are 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 & a few light clicks in State Of Emergency)

Sleeve in Excellent/Very Good+ condition
– some wear to edges/corners & some rubbing/marks
Inner Sleeve has small strip of tape along bottom edge and crease in top left corner

Stiff Little Fingers are a punk rock band from Belfast, Northern Ireland. They formed in 1977, at the height of the Troubles. The original line up was Jake Burns (guitar, vocals), Ali McMordie (bass guitar), Henry Cluney (guitar, vocals) and Brian Faloon (drums). Later members were Jim Reilly (drums), Dolphin Taylor, ex Tom Robinson Band (drums)  Bruce Foxton ex The Jam (bass guitar).

Inflammable Material is the 1979 debut album by the Northern Irish punk band Stiff Little Fingers. The album contains “Alternative Ulster”, “Suspect Device” and their Bob Marley cover “Johnny Was”.

Track listing

All tracks composed by Jake Burns and Gordon Ogilvie; except where indicated

1. “Suspect Device” – 2:36
2. “State of Emergency” (Burns) – 2:29
3. “Here We Are Nowhere” (Henry Cluney) – 1:00
4. “Wasted Life” (Burns) – 3:10
5. “No More of That” (Cluney) – 2:04
6. “Barbed Wire Love” – 3:33
7. “White Noise” – 1:57
8. “Breakout” (Burns) – 3:04
9. “Law and Order” – 3:14
10. “Rough Trade” – 2:41
11. “Johnny Was” (Bob Marley) – 8:12
12. “Alternative Ulster” – 2:45
13. “Closed Groove” – 4:25

Personnel

• Jake Burns – vocals, guitar
• Henry Cluney – guitar, vocals
• Ali McMordie – bass, vocals
• Brian Faloon – drums
• Geoff Travis – producer
• Mayo Thompson – producer
• Mike Kemp – Engineer
• Doug Bennett – producer