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Stiff Little Fingers / Inflammable Material reissue

4CD+DVD deluxe edition

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Stiff Little Fingers / Infammable Material 4CD+DVD box set

Inflammable Material, the debut album of Northern Irish band Stiff Little Fingers is being reissued in November across three physical formats.

Originally released in 1979 at the height of The Troubles in Northern Ireland, the album depicted volatile life in Belfast at the time and was met with critical acclaim.

The formats for reissue are a 4CD+DVD deluxe set, a 2LP vinyl edition and a 2CD version. All offer a new remaster, with the 4CD+DVD set adding previously unreleased demos, John Peel Sessions (some never broadcast), an unreleased 1979 concert from Troon and finally a DVD which includes the Rough Trade 1979 SLF promotional film along with concert footage from Friars in Aylesbury originally broadcast on BBC’s Old Gray Whistle Test in 1980 and a rare clip of ‘Alternative Ulster’ from the 1979 film Shellshock Rock.

The book-pack presentation features 9,000 words of notes from Stuart Bailie and includes fresh interviews with original band members and manager/lyricist Gordon Ogilvie.

The 2LP vinyl and 2CD editions include the remastered original album on the first disc and add the unreleased Troon live performance on the second.

Inflammable Materials will be reissued on 27 November 2025, via Parlophone.

Tracklisting

Stiff Little Fingers / Infammable Material 4CD+DVD box set

Inflammable Material Stiff Little Fingers /

    • CD 1: Original Album
      1. Suspect Device
      2. State Of Emergency
      3. Here We Are Nowhere
      4. Wasted Life
      5. No More Of That
      6. Barbed Wire Love
      7. White Noise
      8. Breakout
      9. Law & Order
      10. Rough Trade
      11. Johnny Was
      12. Alternative Ulster
      13. Closed Groove
      Bonus Tracks
      1. Suspect Device (Single Version)
      2. Wasted Life (Single Version)
      3. ’78 RPM
      4. Gotta Gettaway (Single Version)
      5. Bloody Sunday
    • CD 2: BBC John Peel Sessions
      1-4 broadcast 13th April 1978. Tracks 5 & 6 were never broadcast
      1. Wasted Life
      2. Johnny Was
      3. Alternative Ulster
      4. State Of Emergency
      5. White Noise
      6. No More Of That
      7-10 Broadcast 12th September 1978
      1. Johnny Was
      2. Law & Order
      3. Barbed Wire Love
      4. Suspect Device
    • CD 3: 1978 Demos
       All tracks previously unreleased.
      Island Records Demos Recorded 20th & 21st May 1978.
      1. ’78 RPM
      2. Johnny Was (Short Version)
      3. White Noise
      4. Alternative Ulster
      5. Law & Order (No Vocal)
      6. State Of Emergency
      Outlet Studios, Belfast Demos September 1978
      1. Revenge
      2. Here We Are Nowhere
      3. Rough Trade
      4. No More Of That
      5. Breakout
      6. Barbed Wire Love
    • CD 4: Live album. 1979 Troon May 1979
      1. You Can’t say Crap On The Radio
      2. At The Edge
      3. Johnny Was
      4. Suspect Device
      5. Nobody’s Hero
      6. No Change
      7. No More Of That
      8. Gotta Gettaway
      9. Rough Trade
      10. Wait And See
      11. Breakout
      12. Straw Dogs
      13. Wasted LIfe
    • DVD
      Shellshock Rock (Hollywood Films) (October 1978)
      1. Alternative Ulster (UNRELEASED)
      Old Grey Whistle Test (BBC) Filmed at Friar Aylesbury May 1979). Broadcast 25th July 1980
      1. Barbed Wire Love
      2. Gotta Gettaway (UNRELEASED)
      Rough Trade Video (Summer 1979)
      1. Suspect Device
      2. Barbed Wire Love
      3. Gotta Gettaway
      4. Alternative Ulster

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