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Stiff Little Fingers - Nobody’s Heroes

Stiff Little Fingers - Nobody’s Heroes album cover

Buy Stiff Little Fingers — Nobody’s Heroes on Black Vinyl 2LP at Kilmorna, Listowel, Ireland. Explore the album and order online.

2LP · 1980 · Parlophone

Available from Kilmorna Collection in Listowel.

Buyer notes: 1980 2LP on Parlophone, currently available from the Kilmorna Collection vinyl shelf. Pay for pickup in Listowel, ship within Ireland from EUR 5.95 per record or outside Ireland from EUR 12.00 per record.

Nobody's Heroes finds Stiff Little Fingers building on the urgency of their debut while widening the band's musical range. Originally released in 1980, the second album retains the sharp edges of punk but makes greater room for melody, reggae and ska influences. Gotta Gettaway, At the Edge and Tin Soldiers give the record its most familiar landmarks, while the full sequence keeps questions of authority, identity and individual resistance close to the surface. This expanded two-LP edition places the studio album beside BBC session recordings. The additional performances include material recorded for John Peel and Mike Read, allowing the band's songs to be heard in a different working environment. The contrast is useful without disrupting the original album: one record carries its complete ten-track shape, and the second follows the energy and variation of the radio sessions.

The album shows how punk's directness could accommodate broader rhythmic ideas without softening its arguments. Its songs remain strongly associated with Stiff Little Fingers' identity, and the BBC material adds a contemporary view of how the band delivered that writing outside the studio-album setting.

This black two-LP edition combines the original ten-song Nobody's Heroes album with a second record of BBC sessions. The extra programme draws from John Peel sessions in September 1979 and February 1980 and a Mike Read session broadcast in February 1980, providing twelve additional performances.

Urgent punk vocals and bright, forceful guitars meet reggae and dub-influenced rhythms; the BBC recordings add the immediacy of a separate performance setting.

Recommended for: Stiff Little Fingers fans seeking the album plus BBC sessions; Listeners interested in punk’s connection with reggae; Collectors of expanded editions of 1980s punk records; Fans of political songwriting and energetic guitar bands.

What is included on the second LP? The second record contains twelve BBC session performances drawn from John Peel and Mike Read sessions around 1979 and 1980. Does the first LP contain the complete album? Yes. The original ten-song album is included, beginning with Gotta Gettaway and ending with Tin Soldiers. Which colour is this vinyl edition? This expanded edition is pressed on two black vinyl LPs, pairing the studio album with the BBC session programme.