Son of a Gun (EP)

Released 14 August 1987 Label 53rd & 3rd		Genre Indie Rock Son of a Gun (1987) Dying for It (1988)
Recorded March 1987, Berkeley Street Studios, Glasgow Producer Stephen Pastel The Vaselines

Son of A Gun is the debut extended play single by Glasgow alternative rock group The Vaselines. The title-song of this EP came to a wider audience after Nirvana covered it, along with "Molly's Lips", on their compilation album Incesticide. "You Think You're A Man" is a cover of a song written by the cult-film actor Divine, while the other two were written by Frances McKee and Eugene Kelly.

Track listing
Side A
Side B
Personnel
Additional personnel
Legacy
References

Track listing

All songs written by Kelly and McKee except where noted.

Side A

"Son of a Gun"
"Rory Rides Me Raw"

Side B

"You Think You're a Man" (Geoff Deane)

Personnel

Eugene Kelly — vocals, guitars

Frances McKee — vocals, guitars

Additional personnel

Aggi Wright — keyboards on "Son of A Gun"

Stephen Pastel - Producer, Additional guitar on "You Think You're A Man"

Gordon Rintoul — engineer

Legacy

A reggae version of the title track was released on the Little Roy album Battle for Seattle in 2011.

References

Son of a Gun (EP) Wikipedia

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