Whilst I try to keep up with the wealth of new music and new artists coming out - and spectacularly fail to do so - I also try to keep a steady rotation of albums in my collection.
On the digital decks this week is The Fire Of Love, the 1981 debut from The Gun Club.
I knew of the band via bassist Patricia Morrison's subsequent stint with The Sisters Of Mercy, although she joined later, Rob Ritter aka Rob Graves being in the line-up that recorded this album.
Another member who missed out on the recording was co-founder Kid Congo Powers, having temporarily joined The Cramps at the time The Gun Club entered the studio to record The Fire Of Love. but has a co-writing credit on one of the songs.
Otherwise, all songs are written by frontperson Jeffrey Lee Pierce, and I've picked the three fire-themed songs, including the title track. All live performances, all varying recording quality and camera angles, all fizzing with the same energy and excitement that listening to the album brings.
In 2004, Andrew Weatherall and Keith Tenniswood recorded a cover version of The Fire Of Love's opening song, Sex Beat, which was released as a single and included on the Two Lone Swordsmen album, From The Double Gone Chapel.
As a bonus, a live performance of Sex Beat by The Gun Club, still on fire after all these years...
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