Irish Punk & New Wave Discography: Pretty Boy Floyd & The Gems

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Pretty Boy Floyd & The Gems

From: N.IRL

Active: late 70s

Style:

Lineup: (first LP)

Jim Lyttle - vocals

Bio:

Originally a mid-70s showband called Candy, thus never fully accepted by the punk audience. Vocalist Jim Lyttle later formed a big hair & makeup heavy metal band called Rogue Male

Discography

• Hold Tight / I Rock Cause I Like It / Rough Tough Pretty Too
12" - Montreco Records - EPM RC 3005 - Canada 1978
Don't believe the hype, this is a commom enough item unless it includes the one-sided 12"x12" photo insert which is very hard to locate.

• Hold Tight / Spread The Word Around
7" - Rip Off Records - RIP 1 - July 1978 - PS

• various artists - Belfast Rock
7" - Rip Off Records - RIP101 - IRL - 1978
See Compilations section for full track listing.

• various artists - Belfast Rock
LP - Rip Off Records - ROLP-1 - IRL - 1978
See Compilations section for full track listing.

• The Instigator / Sharon
7" - Rip Off Records - RIP-10 - IRL - 1979 - diecut PS

• various artists - Permanent Wave
LP - Plastic Passion/Montreco Records - MRC 1478 - Canada 1979
tracks: Rough Tough Pretty Too / I Rock Cause I Like It

• Drugs
LP - Needle 001 - 1980?

Unlikely to exist, or is confused with a different band.

• various artists - Bloodstains Across Northern Ireland
LP - bootleg - UK - 1998
See Compilations section for full track listing.
tracks: Sharon

• various artists - Raw & Rare Vol.1
LP - bootleg - UK
tracks: Spread the Word Around / Hold Tight

Rogue Male

From: London

Active: 1980s Style: Heavy Metal

Lineup:

Jim Lyttle - vocals
John Fraser-Binnie - lead guitar
Kevin Collier - bass
Steve Kingsley - drums

Bio:

A punk, metal and R&B concoction. The first LP is more successful than the second. Steve Kingsley left after the first LP and a session drummer plays on the second. Further lineup changes and the lesser nature of the second elpee led to the band being dropped by Music For Nations, with an unreleased third album in the can. They split sometime after.

Jim Lyttle on the cover of Kerrang #101 in 1985

Discography

• First Visit
LP - Music For Nations - MFN 40 - UK - 1985 - inner
LP - Elektra Records - 60423 - USA - 1985
LP - Roadrunner Records - RR 9789 - NL - 1985
LP - Bernett Records - SB 18048 - France - 1985
CD - Metal Mind Records - ??? - Poland - 2008

• All Over You (edit) / All Over You (LP version)
12" - Elektra Records - ED 5059 - USA - 1985 - promo, no PS
12" - Roadrunner - RR 125494 - NL - 1985

• Animal Man
LP - Music For Nations - MFN68 - UK - 1986 - inner sleeve
LP - New Electric Way Records - 2343 - France - 1986
CD - Metal Mind Records - ??? - Poland - 2008

• Belfast / Rough Tough (Pretty Too) / Take No Shit
12" - Music For Nations - 12 KUT 122 - UK - 1986 - PS
The non-LP B-side is a reworking of the Gems track.

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