Nick Lowe - Labour of Lust

As the bassist and primary songwriter for Brinsley Schwarz, Nick Lowe was one of the catalysts of the pub rock phenomenon in the early 1970s. As the co-founder and house producer at Stiff Records, he would help create the blueprint for the modern indie rock label and usher in British punk and new wave, helming historic recordings for the Damned, Elvis Costello, and the Pretenders. Here, his landmark second solo album LABOUR OF LUST gets the deluxe reissue treatment, sporting an expanded 12 page. Booklet with period photos, new essays and artwork by groundbreaking graphic artist Barney Bubbles. Originally released in 1979 and out of print for nearly twenty years, the album has been re-mastered from the original source, reintroducing this masterpiece to a new generation of pop music obsessive's.