CoolMcCool

@historyofpunkrock Interesting 'white label' semi-bootleg release of Shane MacGowan's pre-#Pogues band *The Nips* from 1980. Plain white cardboard cover with a stuck-on b&w insert, in typical #bootleg style. Features the legendary 'King of the Bop' on side one - perhaps the first really cracking song that Shane ever wrote. A cross between #punk and #rockabilly.

I bought this in 'Rock On' in London's Camden Town. Three quid and seventy-five pence, at the time. @vinylrecords

A bargain.

#RIPShaneMacGowan #ShaneMacGowan #Vinyl #rareVinyl

Dec 6, 2023 at 2:15amWeb
Show threadCoolMcCoolDec 6, 2023
@historyofpunkrock @vinylrecords More details on this release on Discogs: https://www.discogs.com/release/9317422-The-Nips-Only-The-End-Of-The-Beginning
The Nips - Only The End Of The Beginning

View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the 1980 Vinyl release of "Only The End Of The Beginning" on Discogs.

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Show threadProfessor Michael TDec 6, 2023
@Coolmccool played the Nips on my most recent podcast in memory of Shane.
Show threadCoolMcCoolDec 6, 2023
@ProfessorMichaelT Good on ya, mate.