Hanx

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Hanx
Hanx cover
Studio album by Stiff Little Fingers
Released 1980
Recorded June 20, 1980 at the Rainbow London and July 25, 1980 at Friars, Aylesbury
Genre Punk
Length 45:25
Label Chrysalis
Producer Doug Bennett
Professional reviews
Stiff Little Fingers chronology
Broken Fingers/Live In Aberdeen
(1979)		 Hanx
(1980)		 Live and Loud
(1988)

Hanx! is a live Punk album by the band Stiff Little Fingers, released in 1980 (see 1980 in music). Originally intended for the American market to introduce the band before they toured there, it was subsequently released at a budget price in the UK as the band were concerned that a lot of their fans would insist on buying the album on import anyway for a higher price. Jake Burns remarks on the sleeve notes for the CD reissue that only "Johnny Was" came from the Rainbow Theatre show with the remainder recorded at the Aylesbury gig.

The title "Hanx!" is simply "Thanks" in the dialect of the part of Northern Ireland the band hail from.

[edit] Track listing

  1. "Nobody's Hero" (Burns/Ogilvie) – 4:03
  2. "Gotta Gettaway" (Fingers/Ogilvie) – 2:23
  3. "Wait and See" (Burns/Ogilvie) – 4:19
  4. "Barbed Wire Love" (Fingers/Ogilvie) – 3:25
  5. "Fly the Flag" (Fingers/Ogilvie) – 3:28
  6. "Alternative Ulster" (Fingers/Ogilvie) – 3:01
  7. "Johnny Was" (Marley) – 10:09
  8. "At the Edge" (Fingers) – 2:38
  9. "Wasted Life" (Burns) – 3:28
  10. "Tin Soldiers" (Fingers/Ogilvie) – 5:02
  11. "Suspect Device" (Fingers/Ogilvie) – 2:17

The CD reissue has added tracks: Running Bear and White Christmas, both b-sides of their "At The Edge" single; plus a further part of a Jake Burns interview with Alan Parker recorded in 2001.

[edit] Personnel

  • Jake Burns – vocals/guitar
  • Jim Reilly – drums
  • Henry Cluney – guitar
  • Ali McMordie – bass
  • Doug Bennett – producer
  • Bill Gill – engineer
  • Andi Banks – tour manager
  • Arthur Kemish – equipment
  • Bazz Ward – Livewire PA
  • 'Side' Phil Wilkie – Livewire PA
  • Colin Phillipps – Livewire PA
  • Alan Espley – light and sound design
  • Steve Ruisling – light and sound design
  • Mike Carter – road transport
  • John Ferguson – security
  • Wally Grove – security
  • Dave Jupp – Keedwell Trucking
  • John Jackson – cowbell agency
  • Pete Greenslade – The Manor Mobile
  • Dave Chapman – The Manor Mobile
  • John "Teflon" Sims – sleeve design
  • Dave Storey – sleeve design
  • Brian Cooke – front cover pictures and colour effects
  • Ian McKell – back cover picture