The Lurkers - New Guitar In Town

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The Lurkers
New Guitar In Town / Little Ole Wine Drinker Me
Beggars Banquet BEG 28 (1979)

The Lurkers were formed in 1976 by Pete Stride - Guitar, Nigel Moore - Bass, Pete (Esso) Haynes - Drums, and Howard Wall - Vocals. Dubbed the British Ramones for their high energy exciting recordings and their electrifying live shows they became an integral part of Punks first wave along with The Sex Pistols, The Clash, and The Buzzcocks etc.

Noticed by the newly formed Beggars Banquet Records The Lurkers noteably became the label's first signing and recorded two chart albums and seven chart singles. Their first album 'Fulham Fallout' is widely regarded as a Punk Classic and their fifth single 'Just Thirteen' was listed in Mojo magazine's top 100 punk singles of all time.

This 45 was their 11th (and last) release on Beggars Banquet. It scraped into the UK charts at #72. The flip is a cover of the country pop song first recorded by Charlie Walker in 1966.  Other artists who have released versions of the song include Robert Mitchum and Lefty Frizell however the song is mostly associated with Dean Martin.






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