Use Your Loaf
The second Nightingales single, re-recorded as the penultimate track of Pigs on Purpose.
The Nightingales, from Pigs on Purpose (1982)
The single was Cherry Red CHERRY 34, a 7-inch dated February 19, 1982 by MusicBrainz. Wikipedia dates the album sessions to September 6 to 8, 1982, so the album take, track 12 at 2:07, is a later recording; the date of the single recording is unknown. Stewart Lee's guide says the song recalls Lloyd's time working in a bakery, and a blogger praised its lyrics, including a line about jokes being passed down like illnesses. Lloyd's lyrics for the 45 are collected in the book Well Done, Underdog! The Lyrics of Robert Lloyd, Volume I. The blogger says it did not make the indie charts, which we did not check.
A 7-inch version opens King Rocker (The Soundtrack), released by Fire Records on December 3, 2021. Stewart Lee and Nick Pynn recorded a cover for the Fire 7-inch of April 16, 2021, per a search summary of Norman Records. Setlist.fm lists four plays across 197 Nightingales setlists, mostly after 2004. We could not identify which version our upload carries.
Covers and versions
- Stewart Lee and Nick Pynn (2021) The B-side of the Fire Records 7-inch.
Sources
- Pigs on Purpose, Wikipedia
- Stewart Lee's guide to the Nightingales, stewartlee.co.uk
- King Rocker (The Soundtrack), Fire Records