STIFF LITTLE FINGERS Song By Song (2006 UK 192-page softback book, they crashed into the public consciousness in 1977 when their first single was played every night for over a week by John Peel, their debut LP was the 1st album pressed for the Rough Trade label, their songs were anthemic & politically acute at a time of great turbulence & social unrest, tracing their lengthly career assembled from conversations between Jake Burns & life-long fan Alan Parker, Burns discusses the insp irations & driving forces that have resulted in some of the most passionate & meaningful songs of the last 3 decades).