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This discography is of all released material that I know of from SLF. Since they have been released on quite a few labels, and I really don't know all of them, nor all the countries they have been released in, I have listed only the original UK releases, with any others that I know of in the "notes" section of each entry. The original Chrysalis UK releases were also issued in the US, I believe with the same catalog numbers. I can guarantee that the Restless Retro US CD reissues are still in print and I believe that the EMI UK CD reissues are as well. If you know of any releases that I have not listed, please tell me so I can include them. Most of the notes are from Gordon Ogilvie's liner notes of All The Best; mostly verbatim, in fact, since who could really have said it any better anyway? To save loading time, I made links to the album covers and lyrics. Enjoy! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Title: Suspect Device Format: 7" Released Date: 17 Mar 1978 Label: Rigid Digits Catalog Number: SRD 1 Tracks: Suspect Device Wasted Life Notes: - released 17 Mar 79 on Rigid Digits / Rough Trade - versions of Suspect Device and Wasted Life are more raw than the LP versions - there is an unplugged version of Wasted Life, available in three places (that I know of): - Can't Believe In You UK 12" (Essential) - bonus track on Get A Life US CD (Taang!) - B's, Live, Unplugged, and Demos CD (Dojo) [see below for more details of these releases] - check out the cover -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Title: Alternative Ulster Format: 7" Release Date: 17 Oct 1978 Label: Rigid Digits / Rough Trade Catalog Number: RT004 Tracks: Alternative Ulster 78 R.P.M. Notes: - Alternative Ulster is probably SLF's most well-known song, showing up on many Punk compilations. It was written at the request of a local fanzine, called Alternative Ulster, for a flexi-disc giveaway which later fell through. Jake Burns once introduced it live as "a song about having nothing to do" - check out the cover -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Title: Inflammable Material Format: LP Release Date: Feb 1979 Label: Rigid Digits / Rough Trade Catalog Number: ROUGH 1 Tracks: Suspect Device State Of Emergency Here We Are Nowhere Wasted Life No More Of That Barbed Wire Love White Noise Breakout Law And Order Rough Trade Johnny Was Alternative Ulster Closed Groove Notes: - Johnny Was was originally done by Bob Marley. - Barbed Wire Love is among SLF's favorite live songs. Jake has said many times that they had some of the most fun they ever had writing it - UK CD/CA reissues in Mar 89 on EMI US CD/CA reissues in 1989 on Restless Retro (772363-2/4) - check out the album cover - check out the lyrics -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Title: Gotta Gettaway Format: 7" Release Date: 08 May 1979 Label: Rigid Digits / Rough Trade Catalog Number: RT015 Tracks: Gotta Gettaway Bloody Sunday Notes: - Jake wrote Gotta Gettaway to express his feelings about leaving home for London - check out the cover -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Title: Gotta Gettaway Format: 12" Release Date: ??? Label: Celluloid [France] Catalog Number: CEL 6591 Tracks: Gotta Gettaway Alternative Ulster Bloody Sunday Suspect Device Wasted Life 78 R.P.M. Notes: - 78 R.P.M. is listed on the cover as "78 Revolution" - this is a French release; I don't know anything about it -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Title: Straw Dogs Format: 7" Release Date: 21 Sep 1979 Label: Chrysalis Catalog Number: CHS 2368 Tracks: Straw Dogs You Can't Say Crap On The Radio Notes: - Straw Dogs was the first song SLF gave to Chrysalis - Straw Dogs is about Jake's and Gordon Ogilvie's disgust for mercenaries as a symbol of macho violence and racism - Jake wrote You Can't Say Crap On The Radio about the horrified reaction after saying "crap" in a live interview at Metro Radio, Newcastle - check out the cover -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Title: At The Edge Format: 7" Release Date 08 Feb 1980 Label: Chrysalis Catalog Number: CHS 2406 Tracks: At The Edge Silly Encores: Running Bear White Christmas Notes: - Jake wrote At The Edge about the things his parents used to say to him, even quoting his father's favorite cliches word for word - Running Bear (Johnny Preston) and White Christmas (Bing Crosby) were traditional silly encores at SLF shows by that time - check out the cover -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Title: Nobody's Heroes Format: LP, CA Release Date: Mar 1980 Label: Chrysalis Catalog Number: CHR 1270 Tracks: Gotta Gettaway Wait And See Fly The Flag At The Edge Nobody's Hero Bloody Dub Doesn't Make it Alright I Don't Like You No Change Tin Soldiers Notes: - Doesn't Make It Alright was originally done by The Specials - the album cover looks like a bar code, but actually spells out "Nobody's Heroes" - UK CD/CA reissues in Mar 89 on EMI US CD/CA reissues in 1989 on Restless Retro (772364-2/4) - check out the album cover - check out the lyrics -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Title: Nobody's Hero Format: 7" Release Date: 16 May 1980 Label: Chrysalis Catalog Number: CHS 2424 Tracks: Nobody's Hero Tin Soldier Notes: - Nobody's Hero was Jake's response to over-zealous fan letters - Tin Soldiers is a true story of a fan of the band who became a personal friend, which they felt summed up how many young people get trapped into dead-end lives - check out the cover -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Title: Back To Front Format: 7" Release Date: 18 Jul 1980 Label: Chrysalis Catalog Number: CHS 2447 Tracks: Back To Front Mr. Fire Coal Man Notes: - Back To Front was sparked by a renewal of skinhead seaside violence in the spring of 1980 and SLF's hatred for racist attitudes - Mr. Fire Coal Man is from The Wailing Souls, which Jake heard on a reggae compilation - check out the cover -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Title: Hanx! Format: LP, CA Release Date: Sep 1980 Label: Chrysalis Catalog Number: CHR 1300 Tracks: Nobody's Hero Gotta Gettaway Wait And See Barbed Wire Love Fly The Flag Alternative Ulster Johnny Was At The Edge Wasted Life Tin Soldiers Suspect Device Notes: - Hanx! is a live album, presumably recorded on 7-20-80 at the Rainbow, London, and on 7-25-80 at Friars, Aylesbury - UK CD/CA reissues in Feb 89 on Fame-EMI US CD/CA reissues in 1989 on Restless Retro (772365-2/4) - check out the album cover -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Title: Just Fade Away Format: 7" Release Date: 20 Mar 1981 Label: Chrysalis Catalog Number: CHS 2510 Tracks: Just Fade Away Go For It Doesn't Make It Alright (live) Notes: - Just Fade Away is "the tale of Jake's bafflement as to how to tell the awful truth to a too-keen girlfriend in his youth" - Got For It is an instrumental - check out the cover -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Title: Go For It Format: LP, CA Release Date: Apr 1981 Label: Chrysalis Catalog Number: CHR 1339 Tracks: Roots, Radicals, Rockers and Reggae Just Fade Away Go For It The Only One Hits And Misses Kicking Up A Racket Safe As Houses Gate 49 Silver Lining Piccadilly Circus Notes: - Jake said live once that they stole Gate 49 from the Stray Cats - UK CD/CA reissues in Feb 89 on Fame-EMI (CD includes Back To Front as a bonus track) - US CD/CA reissues in 1989 on Restless Retro (772366-2/4) - check out the album cover - check out the lyrics -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Title: Silver Lining Format: 7" Release Date: 05 May 1981 Label: Chrysalis Catalog Number: CHS 2517 Tracks: Silver Lining Safe As Houses Notes: - Silver Lining was Gordon's "idea to write a song that reversed the usual complacent platitudes that people try to fob you off with" - Silver Lining is probably my favorite SLF song, in all respects. There is an unplugged version available in three places (that I know of): - Can't Believe In You UK 12" (Essential) - bonus track on Get A Life US CD (Taang!) - B's, Live, Unplugged, And Demos CD (Dojo) [see below for more details on these releases] - brass section on Silver Lining is the Q-Tips - Jake once introduced Safe As Houses as "a song about people telling you not to move any further than next door whenever you grow up" - check out the cover -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Title: "R.E.P. £1-10 Or Less" Format: 7" EP Release Date: 06 Jan 1982 Label: Chrysalis Catalog Number: CHS 2580 Tracks: Listen Sad-Eyed People That's When Your Blood Pumps Two Guitars Clash Notes: - Listen was written by Jake about a conversation with a friend on his doubts about trusting people - Sad-Eyed People is also by Jake, about his observations of fellow drinkers in a pub one night - That's When Your Blood Pumps is from an idea of Gordon's about the moment of excitement when you come across a new person, sound, opinion, or anything - Two Guitars Clash was written by Henry about his joy at discovering new wave rock - there is an unplugged version of Listen, available in three places (that I know of): - Can't Believe In You UK 12" (Essential) - bonus track on Get A Life US CD (Taang!) - B's, Live, Unplugged, and Demos CD (Dojo) [see below for more details of these releases] - check out the cover -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Title: Talkback Format: 7" Release Date: 01 Apr 1982 Label: Chrysalis Catalog Number: CHS 2501 Tracks: Talkback Good For Nothing Notes: - Talkback was written by Jake about "people who are so set in their own prejudice that they won't even give you a hearing" - check out the cover -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Title: Bits Of Kids Format: 7", 12" Release Date: 23 Aug 1982 Label: Chrysalis Catalog Number: CHS 2637, CHS 12 2637 Tracks: Bits Of Kids Stands To Reason Notes: - Bits Of Kids was "Jake's thoughts on the aparent hopelessness of an inner city decay up-bringing exemplified by snippets of the true stories of some of the children taught by my [Gordon's] girlfriend" - Stands To Reason, according to Gordon, is "a Dolphin song", but on the Now Then... record, the song is credited to "Fingers/Ogilvie". I would believe Gordon... - I know that there is at least a 12" of Bits Of Kids because I own it - check out the cover -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Title: Now Then... Format: LP, CA Release Date: Sep 1982 Label: Chrysalis Catalog Number: CHR 1400 Tracks: Falling Down Won't Be Told Love Of The Common People The Price Of Admission Touch And Go Stands To Reason Bits Of Kids Welcome To The Whole Week Big City Night Talkback Is That What You Fought The War For? Notes: - Love Of The Common People was written by Hurley/Wilkins; it was introduced by Jake at a live show in 1993 as "a big hit for Paul Young and a big flop for us"; incidentally, I think it's wonderful... - Now Then... has got to be SLF's least known and hardest to find album - the LP was also released in France on Chrysalis/RCA (CHR 1400 / RC 250) - UK CD reissue Dec 94 on Fame - check out the album cover - check out the lyrics -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A single for The Price of Admission/Touch and Go was in the planning stages when Jake told the band that he was leaving. This ended Stiff Little Fingers until the reunion in 1987. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Title: All The Best Format: double-LP, double-CA Release Date: Jan 1983 Label: Chrysalis Catalog Number: CTY 1414 Tracks: Suspect Device Wasted Life Alternative Ulster 78 R.P.M. Gotta Gettaway Bloody Sunday Straw Dogs You Can't Say Crap On The Radio At The Edge silly encores: Running Bear (live) White Christmas (live) Nobody's Hero Tin Soldiers Back To Front Mr Fire Coal Man Just Fade Away Go For It Doesn't Make It Alright (live) Silver Lining Safe As Houses Sad-Eyed People Two Guitars Clash Listen That's When Your Blood Pumps Good For Nothing Talkback Stands To Reason Bits Of Kids Touch and Go The Price Of Amission Notes: - All The Best is a collection of every single and b-side SLF had ever released, put out shortly after they broke up - double CD released Jun 89 on Chrysalis - UK CD/CA reissued in Sep 91 on EMI - US CD released in ~94 on One Way Records - check out the album cover -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Title: The Price Of Admission Format: 7" Release Date: 04 Apr 1983 Label: Chrysalis Catalog Number: CHS 2671 Tracks: The Price Of Admission Touch And Go Notes: - The Price of Admission, by Jake, and Touch And Go, by Henry, were tied together by the theme of respect for women as people - this single, as mentioned, was still in the planning stages when SLF broke up - check out the cover -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Title: The Peel Sessions Format: 12" EP Release Date: Sep 1986 Label: Strange Fruit Catalog Number: SFPS004 Tracks: Johnny Was Law And Order Barbed Wire Love Suspect Device Notes: - recorded: 12 Sep 1978 first transmission: 18 Sep 1978 - CA reissue in May 1987 on Strange Fruit (SFPSCA004)? - CD reissue in Jul 1988 on Strange Fruit (SFPSCD004) - check out the cover -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Title: Live And Loud Format: double-LP, double-green-LP Release Date: Apr 1988 Label: Link Catalog Number: LINK LP 026 Tracks: Alternative Ulster Roots, Radicals, Rockers And Reggae Silver Lining Wait And See Gotta Gettaway Just Fade Away Wasted Life The Only One Nobody's Hero At The Edge Listen Barbed Wire Love Fly The Flag Tin Soldiers No Sleep Til Belfast Suspect Device Johnny Was Notes: - recorded live at the National Ballroom, Kilburn, 17 Dec 1987 - identical to No Sleep Til Belfast and Greatest Hits Live, though the latter lacks The Only One - CD reissue Sep 1989 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Title: No Sleep Til Belfast Format: LP, CD, CA Release Date: May 1988 Label: Kaz Catalog Number: KAZ CD 6 (CD) Tracks: [same as Live And Loud] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Title: No Sleep Til Belfast Format: 12" EP Release Date: Jun 1988 Label: Skunx Catalog Number: SLFX 1 Tracks: Suspect Device Alternative Ulster Nobody's Hero Notes: - tracks from No Sleep Til Belfast / Live and Loud -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Title: St Patrix Format: 12" EP, 3" CD Release Date: Mar 1989 Label: Virgin Catalog Number: SLF 1, SLFCD 1 Tracks: The Wild Rover Johnny Was Love Of The Common People Notes: - live covers from See You Up There! [see below] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Title: See You Up There! Format: double-LP, double-CD, double-CA Release Date: Apr 1989 Label: Virgin Catalog Number: VGD 3515, VGDCD 3515, VGDC 3515 Tracks: Intro: Go For It Alternative Ulster Silver Lining Love Of The Common People Gotta Gettaway Just Fade Away Piccadilly Circus Gate 49 Wasted Life At the Edge Listen Barbed Wire Love Fly The Flag Tin Soldiers The Wild Rover Suspect Device Johnny Was Notes: - recorded live at Brixton Academy, London, 17 Mar 1988 - The Wild Rover I believe is a traditional Irish song -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Title: The Last Time Format: 12" EP Release Date: Oct 1989 Label: Link Catalog Number: LINK 1203 Tracks: The Last Time Mr Fire Coal Man Two Guitars Clash Notes: - recorded live at Brixton Academy, London, 1989 - yes, The Last Time is the Rolling Stones song -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Title: Live In Sweden Format: green-LP, CD Release Date: Oct 1989 Label: Limited Edition Catalog Number: LTD EDT 3 LP, LTD EDT 3 CD Tracks: Alternative Ulster Straw Dogs Barbed Wire Love Wait And See No More Of That Tin Soldiers Gotta Gettaway No Change State Of Emergency Nobody's Hero Breakout Wasted Life White Christmas Suspect Device At The Edge Notes: - recorded live in Stockholm, Sweden, 1979 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Title: The Peel Sessions (album) Format: LP, CD, CA Release Date: Nov 1989 Label: Strange Fruit / Castle Catalog Number: SFPS 106 Tracks: Johnny Was Law And Order Barbed Wire Love Suspect Device Wait And See At The Edge Nobody's Hero Straw Dogs No Change I Don't Like You Fly the Flag Doesn't Make It Alright Notes: - tracks 1-4 recorded 12 Sep 1978 tracks 5-8 recorded 03 Sep 1979 tracks 9-12 recorded 12 Feb 1980 - the release that I own is on CD from Holland; I have seen it with a different green cover, presumably a UK release - check out the cover -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Title: Greatest Hits Live Format: CD Release Date: Apr 1991 Label: Dojo Catalog Number: DOJO CD 110 Tracks: [same as Live And Loud, minus The Only One] - check out the cover -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Title: Alternative Chartbusters Format: CD Release Date: Oct 1991 Label: Link Catalog Number: ??? Tacks: ??? Notes: - I know nothing of this release; any information would be much appreciated -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Title: Flags And Emblems Format: picture-LP, LP, CD, CA Release Date: Oct 1991 Label: Essential Catalog Number: ESSLP 171, ESSCD 171, ESSMC 171 Tracks: (It's A) Long Way To Paradise (From Here) Stand Up And Shout Each Dollar A Bullet The 'Cosh' Beirut Moon The Game Of Life Human Shield Johnny 7 Die And Burn No Surrender Notes: - re-released at lower price on Dojo (DOJO CD 243) - check out the album cover - check out the lyrics -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Title: Beirut Moon Format: CD EP Release Date: Oct 1991 Label: Essential Catalog Number: ??? Tracks: Beirut Moon Stand Up And Shout (interview) Notes: - Beirut Moon was written for Joe McCarthy, who was in a prison cell in Beirut for five years, and Terry Whim(sp?), who, at the time, was still there -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Title: Fly The Flags Format: CD Release Date: Dec 1992 Label: Dojo Catalog Number: DOJO CD 75 Tracks: Long Way To Paradise Roots, Radicals, Rockers And Reggae Nobody's Hero No Surrender Gotta Gettaway Just Fade Away The Cosh Johnny 7 Barbed Wire Love Stand Up And Shout Johnny Was Wasted Life Beirut Moon Fly The Flag Suspect Device Doesn't Make it Alright Each Dollar A Bullet Alternative Ulster Notes: - recorded live at Brixton Academy, London, 27 Oct 1991 - check out the cover -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Title: BBC Radio 1 Live In Concert Format: CD Release Date: Aug 1993 Label: Windsong Catalog Number: WINCD 037 Tracks: Roots, Radicals, Rockers And Reggae Just Fade Away Safe As Houses Gate 49 Hits And Misses The Only One Silver Lining Piccadilly Circus Notes: - recorded live at the Paris Theatre, London, 08 Apr 1981 - this is basically the Go For It album live, minus the song Go For It - check out the cover -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Title: Can't Believe In You Format: 12" EP Release Date: Jan 1994 Label: Essential Catalog Number: ESS T 2035 Tracks: Can't Believe In You Silver Lining (unplugged) Listen (unplugged) Wasted Life (unplugged) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Title: Can't Believe In You Format: CD EP Release Date: Jan 1994 Label: Essential Catalog Number: ESS X 2035 Tracks: Can't Believe In You Can't Believe In You (extended version) Alternative Ulster Smithers Jones Notes: - Alternative Ulster and Smithers Jones from Pure Finger Live - St. Patrix 1993 CD [see below] - Alternative Ulster features Ricky Warwick of the Scottish band The Almighty - Smithers Jones was written and sung by Bruce Foxton, and originally performed by The Jam - check out the cover -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Title: Get A Life Format: CD, CA Release Date: Feb 1994 Label: Essential Catalog Number: ESSCD 210, ESSMC 210 Tracks: Get A Life Can't Believe In You The Road To Kingdom Come Walk Away No Laughing Matter Harp Forensic Evidence Baby Blue (What Have They Been Telling You?) I Want You The Night That The Wall Came Down Cold When The Stars Fall From The Sky What If I Want More Notes: - Henry Cluney is not credited on this album, but is the first person thanked - US CD released in 1995 by Taang! (Taang 100) and includes unplugged versions of Silver Lining, Listen, and Wasted Life - check out the album cover - check out the lyrics -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Title: Harp Format: 12", CD EP Release Date: Jun 1994 Label: Essential Catalog Number: ESS T 2040, ESS X 2040 Tracks: Harp Shake It Off Not What We Were (Pro Patria Mori) Notes: - Shake It Off and Not What We Were are the Apr/May 1993 "Go West" demos - Check out the cover -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Title: Pure Fingers Live - St Patrix 1993 Format: CD Release Date: 1995 Label: Dojo Catalog Number: DOJO CD 224 Tracks: Go For It Nobody's Hero At The Edge No Surrender Love Of The Common People What If I Want More? Fly The Flag Piccadilly Circus Wasted Life When The Stars Fall From The Sky Road To Kingdom Come Stand Up And Shout Smithers Jones Barbed Wire Love (It's A) Long Way To Paradise Gotta Gettaway Suspect Device Walk Tall Tin Soldiers Alternative Ulster Notes: - recorded live at Glasgow Barrowlands on 17 Mar 1993 - this is a limited release of 10,500 and includes a poster of the advertisement for the show - Henry Cluney played at this show - Tin Soldiers and Alternative Ulster feature Ricky Warwick of the Scottish band The Almighty - Walk Tall is from Val Dunnigan (sp?). To introduce it, Jake says "... I mean forget your U2's; forget all those soft people; this is a song by a real artist..." - gotta love Jake... This was sung by Henry - check out the cover -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Title: B's, Live, Unplugged, And Demos Format: CD Release Date: 1995 Label: Dojo Catalog Number: DOSLF CD 1 Tracks: Can't Believe In You [radio edit] - from Can't Believe In You CD EP The Cosh [remix] - features extra vocals and guitar for a single that never materialized Long Way To Paradise [demo] Stand Up And Shout [demo] - demos for the Flags And Emblems album Silver Lining [unplugged] Listen [unplugged] Wasted Life [unplugged] - recorded for the Can't Believe In You 12" Johnny Was [live] - from Live St Patrix show, but omitted from CD due to time restrictions Shake It Off [demo] Not What We Were (Pro Patria Mori) [demo] - "Go West" demos; released on Harp CD EP Get A Life [live] Harp [live] Can't Believe In You [live] No Laughing Matter [live] - recorded live off the mixing desk at Nottingham Rock City during the Get A Life tour, featuring Dave Sharp on guitar The Last Time [live] Mr Fire Coal Man [live] Two Guitars Clash [live] - recorded live at Brixton Academy 1989; originally released as 12" EP on Link (LINK 1203) Alternative Ulster [live] - from Live St Patrix show, also available on Can't Believe In You CD EP Notes: - this is a limited release available only through mail- order offer in Live St Patrix CD - check out the cover -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Title: Tinderbox Format: CD Release Date: Sep 1997 Label: Taang! Catalog Number: T137CD Tracks: You Never Hear The One That Hits You (I Could Be) Happy Yesterday Tinderbox Dead Of Night The Message My Ever Changing Moral Stance Hurricane You Can Move Mountains A River Flowing You Don't Believe In Me In Your Hand Dust In My Eye No Barriers Roaring Boys (Parts I and II) Notes: - No Barriers not listed on CD track listing - Roaring Boys Part I and Part II listed as separate tracks, but are actually put together as one track - Check out the album cover -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
