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 some surface marks visible on the vinyl when held up to the light but they don’t affect the sound quality apart from the odd light pop/crackle)

Sleeve in Very Good+ condition
– some wear to edges/corners, tiny tear at opening edge & crease along opening edge – sticker mark in top left corner – crease on bottom left corner
Inner Sleeve has some ringwear but no splits

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