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KING ROCKER OST - THE NIGHTINGALES RED VINYL LP (NEW/SEALED)

Sold Date: December 10, 2023
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Title: KING ROCKER OST - THE NIGHTINGALES RED VINYL LP (NEW/SEALED) Red Vinyl LP Catalogue Number: KROCK001LP Barcode: 809236190895 Record Grading: Mint (M) Sleeve Grading: Mint (M) Condition Note: Brand New

LP is on RED vinyl, includes A3 Theatrical Poster, Booklet + DL Card.   Track Listing Side A A1. Use Your Loaf (7” Version) A2. Surplus And Scarcity (Live) A3. What A Carry On A4. Let's Think About Living (7” Version) A5. Black Country (7” Version) A6. Ghost   Side B B1. Born Again In Birmingham B2. Overreactor B3. Thick And Thin (Glam Version) B4. Chaff B5. The Desperate Quartet B6. Gales Doc   Comedian Stewart Lee and director Michael Cumming (Brass Eye, Toast Of London) investigate a missing piece of punk history. Robert Lloyd, best known for fronting cult Birmingham bands The Prefects and The Nightingales, has survived under the radar for over four decades. But how, if at all, does Robert want to be remembered? The anti rockumentary ‘King Rocker’ weaves the story of Birmingham’s undervalued underdog autodidact into that of the city’s forgotten public sculpture of King Kong, eschewing the celebrity interview and archive-raid approach for a free-associating bricolage of Indian food, bewildered chefs, vegetable gardening, prescription medicines, pop stardom and pop art. All of the highlights from the film are here, along with rarities which won’t appear on any of the deluxe reissues of the Nightingales’ catalogue, among them 7″ versions of “Use Your Loaf”, the Bob Luman hit “Let’s Think About Living” and “Black Country”, a glam remix of crowd favourite “Thick And Thin” and a version of Christy & Emily’s “Ghost” which rivals the Nightingales’ take on TLC’s “Unpretty” for sheer beauty. The only act with roots in the punk era that have gone on to make records more captivating, cutting and entertaining today than at any point in their past.