THIRD WORLD WAR ?SELF TITLED DEBUT VINYL 1971 FLY RECORDS FLY 4 + LYRIC SHEET EX
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Description
The debut self-titled album by Third World War, on fly Records, in laminated sleeve with lyric insert. In excellent condition, with the only small issue being a side dent at the top of the record opening, visible in pictures 1 and 9.
"Third World War were an English rock & roll band formed in 1970 by manager and producer John Fenton together with songwriters Terry Stamp and Jim Avery. Fenton came up with the band's name and provided a large part of its musical direction; Phill Brown, the recording engineer on the band's first album, quotes him as saying, "I want a no-bullshit, working class band—I've had enough of all this pseudo peace crap." Due to this attitude, the band's raucous sound and its revolutionary lyrics, they have been described as "England's first punk band."
In 1970 the band recorded their first album, Third World War, which was released in 1971 on Fly Records. Largely, the themes of the album espoused far-left political sentiment. It featured Stamp on rhythm guitar and vocals, Avery on bass, Mick Lieber on lead guitars and Fred Smith (drums). Tony Ashton also added piano on some of the tracks, and Jim Price (trumpet and trombone) and Bobby Keyes (saxophone), American musicians who were playing with the Rolling Stones, provided some horn parts.
At the time the album was released, the band had yet to play live. In the summer of 1971 Avery, Fenton and Stamp reconfigured the group to get "the 'best' live grouping," which was Stamp, Avery, John Hawken on piano, John Knightsbridge on lead guitar, and Paul Olsen on drums. They toured Finland, playing 35 gigs in 30 days, and then went on to perform at a number of festivals across Europe. 1971 also saw the release of the band's two singles, "Ascension Day"/"Teddy Teeth Goes Sailing" and "A Little Bit Of Urban Rock"/"Working Class Man", both of which appeared on Fly Records."
Here is some info courtesy of discogs:-
Third World War – Third World War Label: Fly Records – FLY 4 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album Country: UK Released: 1971 Genre: Rock Style: Blues Rock, Rock & Roll, Hard Rock
Tracklist A1 Ascension Day 4:50 A2 M.I.5's Alive 8:07 Congas, Bongos – Speedy* Harmonica – Wingy A3 Teddy Teeth Goes Sailing 1:50 A4 Working Class Man 4:29 Congas, Bongos – Speedy* Tenor Saxophone – Bobby Keyes*
B1 Shepherds Bush Cowboy 4:35 Piano – Tony Ashton Tenor Saxophone – Bobby Keyes* B2 Stardom Road Part I 5:36 Classical Guitar – Pete Martin B3 Stardom Road Part II 3:43 B4 Get Out Of Bed You Dirty Red 1:24 B5 Preaching Violence 5:03 Piano – Tony Ashton
Companies, etc. Produced For – Cockney Coup Ltd. Published By – Vinbane Limited Published By – Pentclose Ltd. Recorded At – Island Studios Manufactured For – Fly Records (3) Printed By – MacNeill Press Ltd. Made By – MacNeill Press Ltd.
Credits Arranged By [Arrangements By], Bass – Jim Avery Arranged By [Bass Arrangements], Trumpet, Trombone – Jim Price Arranged By [Reed Arrangements] – Bobby Keyes* Arranged By [String Arrangements] – Nick Harrison Drums – Fred Smith (5) Engineer – Phil Brown* Lead Guitar – Mick Lieber* Photography By – Dick Polak*, Sylvia Pitcher Producer – Jon Fenton Vocals, Guitar [Chopper Guitar] – Terry Stamp
Notes Recorded at Island Studios, September-November 1970. Comes with lyric insert
Barcode and Other Identifiers Matrix / Runout (Side A, label): FLY 4A Matrix / Runout (Side B, label): FLY 4B Matrix / Runout (Side A runout stamped): FLY 4 A-1U 0 2 Matrix / Runout (Side B runout stamped): FLY 4 B-1U C 1
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