Lightning GIL-536, 1978.
01 - (Sing A Little Song For) The Boys On The Dole
02 - (Sing A Little Song For) The Boys On The Dole (Instrumental)
Neville Wanker was a pseudonym for Ron Ellis a songwriter, poet and author from Merseyside. American muso Tim Rose plays guitar on this single but who the other musicians were is not clear. Ellis would suggest that Lightning supplied Edinburgh band Bilbo Baggins for the sleeve photo, but the sleeve would suggest otherwise. Though Bilbo may well have played on the record.
'The Boys On The Dole' is a solid punk piss-take but it would have been nice if the B-side offered another song in the same style rather than the basic backing track with added sax.
A very small number of copies were pressed credited to Neville And The Punters (without the word 'wanker') on both sleeve and labels for a failed promotional push.
Ron Ellis would later release a cover of the Jerry Keller hit 'Here Comes Summer' on the Rox label in 1979.
4 comments:
Love Ron Ellis and everything he recorded.
Could you please review the Glasgow band The Urgent Crunch Band?
Someone sell me a no-Wanker. Even just the sleeve would be nice.
Sorry Johnny, don't have the Urgent Crunch Band 45. Wouldn't mind hearing it myself.
I'll post it for you!
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