Back in March 2018, as part of the ‘Cracking Debut Singles’ series, I featured What A Waster and I Get Along, the two tracks on either side of the 7″ debut by The Libertines, which came out on Rough Trade Records in June 2002.
The CD version of the single had a third track. It might about a minute to listen to from start to end, but it is kind of one of the great ‘lost’ songs from the band, and of course one of their very oldest.
mp3: The Libertines – Mayday
Seemingly written after Pete Doherty was caught up in the anti-capitalist protests that took place in London on 1 May 2000.
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