01 - Stuck With You 02 - No Angels Zoom ZUM-4, 1978. Born out of Glasgow teenyboppers Slik, via PVC2, and losing Midge Ure on the way. Not quite as punk as the excellent PVC2 single but retains enough energy to give it that vital spark that's missing from the band's later output on Arista Records.
01 - Pink 02 - Across The Corner Paprika PST-0433/180, 1980 (Belgian pressing). There's some truly bizarre facial hair involved here. Still, Belgian musos The Praetors knock out some killer melodic punk rock on their debut single 'Pink' which spent five weeks in the Belgian top 30 in July/August 1980. The B-side is quite different and hints at the ska-ish sound that developed on later records
01 - I'm Not Ready 02 - (She's So) Free Jet S-JET-126, 1978. Dirty Dog once supported the Bernie Torme Band at the Marquee. Cliff Cresswell noted that Bernie Torme had quite a bad stutter, but it didn't seem to affect him once on stage. There's certainly nothing stuttering about this fine muso-punk 45.
01 - No Room For You 02 - Think Straight 03 - New Breed Round Ear EAR-3, 1981. The 2nd of two singles from Gloucester punks Demob. 'No Room For You' is described as 'disappointing' by Vernon Joynson in his book 'Up Yours'. Now, even allowing for personal taste that must be one of the most ridiculous things ever written in any punk/new wave guide. 'No Room For You' is without doubt a 100%
01 - Go Go Girl 02 - Simon E Cheree CHEREE-3F, 1989. 01 - Hard On Love Woosh WOOSH-007, 1989. OK, let's see if The Pooh Sticks get a better response than the Mondo Billie Davies record did? These two flexis were released a few months after the Swansea band's 'Dying For It' 45 and both include exclusive recordings. 'Go Go Girl' was written by Marc Bolan and originally recorded by John's
01 - Howard Hughes' Shoes 02 - White House Deccamondo MOND-0, 1980. The creative genius behind Mondo Billie Davies was the late Tom Hibbert, a journalist and brother of Jimmy Hibbert (Alberto Y Lost Trios Paranoias). Tom worked at the short lived weekly New Music News which appeared in 1980 when a strike affected the publication of both NME and Melody Maker, though he would later more
01 - Permanent Wave - She Ain't Mine Anymore 02 - Permanent Wave - Sunday Afternoons 03 - Helen Watson - Surfacing 04 - Helen Watson - Are You Receiving Me Davenhall DAV-001, 1981. A rare split EP from the Manchester area, and one of many records included in the updated New Wave Discography. Permanent Wave deliver some excellent powerpop on 'She Ain't Mine Anymore' before almost undoing
Angel Sound Studio acetate, 1977. (USA) 01 - Why Don't You Shoot Me With Your Sex Pistol Matthew Simmons - vocals/guitar, Karl Tsigosdin - guitar, Rob Falk - bass, Deborah Frost - drums. This record is the stuff of legends. I first saw it mentioned in Greg Shaw's book 'New Wave On Record - England & Europe 1975-78' where it was listed in the appendix of additions and late info. The fact
Hans 6022-230, 1978. (Belgian pressing) 01 - Silly Old Songs 02 - Make It Allright 'Silly Old Songs' was the 2nd of two 45's by Belgian punk 'n' roll star Johnny Palermo. Like his hit single 'Saturday Night' this one also dented the Belgian top 30 in the first weeks of 1979 with all copies being pressed on white vinyl. Euro pressings on coloured vinyl were still a bit of a novelty at the
MP3 links for The Jesus And Mary Chain's 'Spin Radio Underground' LP are active again for a little while for those who missed them. See original post here.
Why Not? NOT-001, 1980. 01 - Why? 02 - Grovelands Road Colin Newton - vocals/bass, Julian Stafford - lead guitar, Andy Stafford - rhythm guitar, David 'Chewy' Newton - drums. There's a bit of love for the 2nd Seize 45 over at the Terminal Boredom Forum, so thought I'd put the debut by Reading's finest on here (again!). This double 'B' side is definitely one of the best UK punk singles from
Active ACT-3, 1980. 01 - I'm Bored 02 - We're Okay The 1st of two singles by ex Hot Water vocalist Brenda Prescott. Not as good as the other single but still worth picking up. Brenda's own composition 'We're Okay' would have made a better A-side in my opinion. 'I'm Bored' was written by Jeff Taylor, another ex Hot Water member, who likely plays sax on this. No details of the other
Go my copy of the Pumphouse Gang LP in the post on Saturday. I've been listening to this stuff on a CDR for a few years now, but super excited to actually now have it on vinyl. The great thing about this LP is that rather than being put together from various (often poor quality) sources like some other retro releases, these tracks come from masters for an actual album intended for release in
Breaker BS-2001, 1977. 01 - Punker 02 - What A Sucker Steve Midnight (Brian Watkins) - vocals, Chuck Key (Trevor Davies) - guitar, Buss White (Derek Griffiths) - guitar, Dick Tater (Roger Philpotts) - bass, Bernie Bolt (Bernie Radnor) - keyboards, Lofty Brooks (Graham Brookes) - drums. (real names courtesy of 45 Revolutions) A short-lived punk band from Leominster in Hertfordshire who
Crackin' Up CRAK-1, 1981. 01 - Searching For The Only One 02 - Hunchback Of Notre Dame Mick Hucknall - vocals, Neil Smith - guitar, Brian Turner - bass, Kevin Williams - drums. Mick Hucknall! I know, we could have done without all that Simply Red nonsense. Thankfully Mick's time with Frantic Elevators was much more interesting. This single in particular being a highlight. The two songs
Spin Magazine NC-008-U3 (promo 2xLP), 1986. 01 - Never Understand 02 - Mushroom 03 - Inside Me 04 - The Living End 05 - Inside Me 06 - Here It Comes Again / Cracked 07 - You Trip Me Up 08 - Just Like Honey Jim Reid - vocals, William Reid - guitar, Douglas Hart - bass, Bobby Gillespie - drums. This double radio show LP features The Jesus And Mary Chain recorded live at The Roxy Theatre in
Beeb BEEB-021, 1977. 01 - Ten Years After 02 - Alltime Needletime Loser Malcolm Brown - keyboards/vocals, Mike Harding - guitar/vocals, Mike Franks - guitar, Paddy Kingsland - bass, Bryant Marriott - drums, Nick Curtis - vocals. Released to celebrate Radio One's tenth anniversary in September 1977. Brown and Harding were producers at Radio One, Marriott was assistant controller at Radio
Double Image SRTS/81/CUS-1223. 1981. 01 - Ain't No Fun On The Dole 02 - Story Of My Life Stag Marks - vocals/guitar, Mal Preest - bass, Adrian Sutherland - drums. A trio from South Wales who recorded their only single at Horseshoe studios in Knollbury. Stag Marks was previously in a band called Warchild, while Mal Preest had played with Shakin' Stevens & The Sunsets in the mid '70's. In
Hinterland HR-1(S/79/CUS-411), 1979. 01 - Countdown 02 - Champagne Suicide 03 - Parisian 04 - Telephone Affair Ashley - vocals, Jon - guitar, Chris - guitar, Mr X - bass, Steve - drums. London based five piece The Stereotypes were responsible for one of UK punk's rarest singles. Only 100 copies of the single were manufactured through the SRT pressing facility in the summer of 1979. The
Boring BO-1, 1977. 01 - Jubilee 77 02 - Hooked On You 03 - Fascist DJ 04 - The Windmill Graham Scott - vocals/guitar, Stan Workman - guitar, Robert Kirk - bass, Dougie Burns - drums. The Exile were one of the earliest bands on the Glasgow punk scene, and the first to get a record out. This EP on their own Boring label does have a rather unique take on punk thanks in equal parts to an
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