THIS IS THE ITALIAN ORIGINAL PRESSING on SHOKING Records [Has a different tracklist and cover than French version]. PARTIALLY IN SHRINK SINGLE COVER. The cover is in VG+ condition: normal wear and without any major deterioration  BUT  discolouration/wear on corners (where missing shrink), mild creases on corners/edges, 2cm seam split on left spine (centre); left spine is fully readable; please for details see photos (with and without flashlight). Vinyl is in NEAR MINT condition [PLAYED ONCE] and plays wonderfully. RARE ALBUM.

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F.U.2.

Art Less (Arthur Keith Evans / Keith Grant) - bass, lead vocals

Terry Deville (Terry Clemson / Terry Gibson) - lead guitar, vocals

Rob Groan (Robin Langridge) - keyboards;   Clay Stone (Paul Holm) - drums

Special Guests

Mad Mick (Michael O'Donnell / Don Craine) - rhythm guitar

Paul Tone (Paul Tiller) - harmonica

1977     LP     SHOKING RECORDS     SHL 45000

MADE IN ITALY    ORIGINAL  PRESSING

PARTIALLY IN SHRINK SINGLE COVER

NOTES: Has a different tracklist and cover than French version.

This same cover design was also used for a bootleg version, released sometime in the late 90s to early 00s. That version has plain white labels.

Barcode: none

LABEL: SHOKING -  ORANGE LABEL - BLACK TEXT

Catalog on cover:  SHL 45000

Catalog on labels: SHL 45000

Matrix / Runout, (Side A, Stamped): SHL 45000 A

Matrix / Runout, (Side B, Stamped): SHL 45000 B

On labels: Marchio depositato..........Made in Italy

Right Society: S.I.A.E. [printed on both sides and stamped on side A]

On back cover: Tracklist + Credits

distribuzione Messaggerie Musicali - Milano

tracklisting

Side A: F.U.2 - TAX EXILE - MANIC DEPRESSION - ROCK CLUB (DOWN THE ROXY)

SNIFFIN' GLUE - YOU DON'T LOVE ME

Side B: STAR IN THE STREET - COME ON STRONG - OUT OF SCHOOL

MEAN EVIL CHILD - PLAYING MY GUITAR - MOVE AROUND

grading

RECORD NEAR MINT but (please, read above description)

SLEEVE VG+ but (please, see pictures and read above description)

F.U.2, the album, has for many years been the subject of much speculation. Some refer to it as the "Secret Downliners Sect Album". It really never was........Many theories and stories of how it came about have circulated over the years...How it actually came about was thanks to a record producer friend of mine, Eddie Bourne. Eddie was asked to produce a Punk album, by a band called The Vacants. At the time Eddie felt the band needed augmenting for recording purposes, so he asked me to play guitar on the session...Following on the back of the relative success of The Vacants album, I pursuaded Eddie to allow me to record a Punk album under the name F.U.2. It all started out as a bit of a joke really. It was late 1970's that me and Keith Grant (2), of the Downliners Sect, set about to write the songs. Some of these we already had in the can that we thought would fit the bill, like "Out Of School", "Playin' My Guitar" which incidentally were later to appear on the Sects 'Showbiz' album. It wasn't long before ten other songs had been assembled and were ready to take into the studio. As a band F.U.2 obviously never existed, so Keith and I enlisted musician friends to play on the session. Paul Holm was on drums, Robin Langridge on keyboards. Don Craine on rhythm guitar and Paul Tiller on blues harp were also co-opted to play on a couple of tracks. The only reason we co-opted Don and Paul Tiller into the session wasn't to make it a "secret Sect album" but merely to give them a few pounds in session money. ...The whole album was recorded and mixed in a day"...(From the liner notes of F.U.2 - Punk Rock, 2012 Reissue of the Album originally release in 1977. F.U.2 - The Myth and the Legend by Terry Clemson aka Terry Gibson)