18 December 2012

Stiff Little Fingers "Hanx!" (1980) (live)

Hanx! (live)
release date: Sep. 1980
format: vinyl (CHR 1300) / digital
[album rate: 4 / 5]
producer: Doug Bennett
label: Chrysalis Records - nationality: Northern Ireland, UK

Tracklist: 1. "Nobody's Hero" - 2. "Gotta Gettaway" - 3. "Wait and See" - 4. "Barbed Wire Love" - 5. "Fly the Flag" - 6. "Alternative Ulster" - 7. "Johnny Was" - 8. "At the Edge" - 9. "Wasted Life" - 10. "Tin Soldiers" - 11. "Suspect Device"
[ full album playlist ]

3rd album release by Stiff Little Fingers on Chrysalis is their first live album and one of my first acquisitions with the band. It may seem pretty early to release a live album after only two studio albums but SLF was a terrific live band, which this serves to document.
[ allmusic.com 3 / 5 stars ]

[ SLF live at Rockpalast Nov. 30, 1980 ]
[ SLF older and live at The edge, 2004 ]
[ Older men playing punk, 2011 ]
[ Even older men playing punk, 2013 ]