Congratulations!

.."Rifle have just paid you a visit"

Returned home yesterday to find this, their just released & first ever vinyl release. Top drawer late 70's style punk band my middle bro discovered a couple of weeks ago; we're seeing em next week. Beyond excited.

Played on my £80 1970's turntable bought second hand in my student days from Manchester's indoor market "Afflecks Palace"

- for hardcore punk fans only
https://northerntransmissions.com/warfare-by-rifle/

 Return Home
Mum was quite tearful at my return home. We'd had a really great time.
Stress-free delays on both my trains returning - should get half my fare back; got a substantial refund for the delays going down.

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City of London Coat of Arms is on their sleeve with it's motto from Roman times
"domine dirige nos" 
 "Lord Guide Us"

Lyrics

UNDER TWO FLAGS

DISORDERLY

JOLTED HUNG UP, STRUNG OUT
WILTED PETALS, FLOWERS OF DOUBT
 DEMOB SUITS OF THE ELDERLY
RACE TO THE GRAVE
HEAVY HANDED HOLY

EVERYONE WANTS TO LISTEN
BUT NO ONE WANTS TO HEAR
WHAT YOU'VE GOT TO SAY
MADE TO LOOK LIKE THE VILLAIN
SKULLDUGGERY IS THE ORDER OF DAY

DISORDERLY
LED BY NO ONE
NO LONGER FREE
NO LONGER FUN

YOUR REASONS MAKE NO SENSE TO ME
CHASTISE FREEDOM, HATE THE FREE
BLASTED, PLASTERED, CLEANSED AND CRAVED
BACK IN THE SOIL FROM WHICH I WAS MADE
IRKED BY THE SIGHT OF MY OWN FACE
EXTRADITE MYSELF FROM THE HUMAN RACE
GROPED, GRAPPLED, MURDER ON THE DOORS
CUT IT OUT, KNOW THE SCORE

MARKED MAN

MARKED MAN
I'M A MAN OF MY WORD
LONG CLAW, LONG CRAWL,
UNHEARD TIDE OF ANGER, GOOD FOR NOTHING
FAILING HOPE, I MUST DO SOMETHING

CLOCKED IN I PLAYED MY PART
EVEN IF THE PART WAS DIRE
STOOD UP AND STOOD IN
COVERED IN THIS SHIT I'M MIRED
 
IT'S A DIVE BUT IT'S MINE IT'S MINE
 
JIBBED UP, ON THERE'S A SURPRISE!
NO WHITES LEFT IN THE WHITES OF MY EYES
I DON'T LIKE THE WAY MY FACE IS
DO ME A TURN AND LET'S TRADE PLACES

CLOCKED OUT, I'VE PAID MY DUES
EVEN IF I PAID THEM POORLY
I'VE BROUGHT SHAME AND I'VE CAUSED PAIN
I'VE KICKED DIRT ON THE FAMILY NAME
 
IT'S A DIVE BUT IT'S MINE IT'S MINE

WARFARE

WRISTS STRAPPED DOWN,
ELECTRIC CHAIR
PULLED OUT TEETH
PULLED OUT HAIR
SCRATCHED AND SCATHED
STORIES OF YOUTH
TENSE HOSTILITY
UNDER MY ROOF
GROW UP BOY, MIX THE MUCK
SEVEN DAYS OF GRAFT
THINGS ARE LOOKING UP
BODY'S BROKEN
WRITHING IN PAIN
I NEED THE RELIEF
SO CALL HIM AGAIN

PSYCHOLOGICAL WARFARE

NO HOPE
ENGLAND'S GLORY
BROKEN FACTS
HELLBENT STORY
SOFTEST TOUCH
ROUGHEST HANDS
PLEASE THE BOSS
DEVIL OF A MAN
BLACKENED LUNGS
DIRTY SOUL
WRITHE AND WRETCH
LEFT UNWHOLE
SUFFERED SILENCE
LIPS SEALED SHUT
SUPRESSED VIOLENCE
TREATED LIKE A MUTT
  
飯44 遊
 
FOUND DEAD AT THE AGE OF 44
TOPPED HIMSELF
COULDN'T TAKE IT NO MORE
THE BELLEVUE FLAT
BARBITONE
LEFT TO HIS OWN DEVICES
ON HIS OWN
TERRY NATION AND SID JAMES
ALL THE FACES, ALL THE NAMES
RAILWAY CUTTINGS IN EAST CHEAM
FAR FROM GLAMOUR, FROM THE DREAM

THINGS
HAVE GONE
TOO WRONG
TOO MANY TIMES

ALWAYS THE LAD AND NEVER THE MAN
THE BOWLER HAT AND THE ASTRAKHAN
LONG LIVE THE BOY OF HALLGREEN
SOPPIEST MUG THAT YOU'VE EVER SEEN
BILL KERR AND HATTIE JAQUES
LAUGH AT ALL THE JOKES HE MAKES
NEVER THE HERO, ALWAYS THE CLOWN
NEVER THE SMILE, ALWAYS THE FROWN