tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-237330042012-01-26T15:48:27.170ZWorthless Trashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14135925229095286409noreply@blogger.comBlogger671100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23733004.post-74819056094046900692011-12-13T18:03:00.001Z2011-12-13T18:04:15.472Z

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

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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 previous 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

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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

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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

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Got 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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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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Back in November 2009 I thought others outside our small circle might like to know about the Feather and Rollerball singles. So I sent the details to Record Collector magazine for inclusion in their sometimes interesting 'Diggin' For Gold' column. Jason Draper at RC seemed interested asking for sleeve/label scans which I sent off in a follow-up email. Then nothing, until now... You'll need to

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Hans 6022-228, 1978. (Belgian pressing) 01 - Saturday Night 02 - Summer Again This record, unlike the previous post, has never been too far from my turntable since I bought it about 4 years ago. Everytime I listen to 'Saturday Night' I'm convinced I've just heard the greatest record every made. I also get the same feeling about another dozen or so records and a high percentage of those are

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Revo/Albion ION-1028, 1982. 01 - Spirit In The Sky 02 - Diplomat Mick Brophy - vocals/guitar/harmonica, Neil Cossar - guitar, Neil Brockbank - bass, Stewart Burnett - drums. A few days ago I was digging out a few records I haven't played in years and here's one that's been neglected for too long. The Cheaters were formed by Mick Brophy after he headed to Manchester after the break up of

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Asprin ASP-001, 1980. 01 - Edward Fox 02 - Come Again Ged McNulty - vocals, Geoff Crane - guitar/vocals, John Harrison - bass/vocals, Steve Spicer - drums. The first of two singles released by Smack both recorded at Manchester's Drone Studios. First released on the band's Asprin label and then re-issued by Pinnacle a few months later with unsold Asprin stock being paired with Pinnacle

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Aerco/Wreckord AERE-1104/WRECK-001 01 - MOR 02 - Don't Go Backwards 03 - Wrong Song 04 - Ignore Us Philip G. Martin - vocals/guitar, Mark Addison - guitar/vocals, Martin Horn - bass/vocals, Gordon Larner - drums. They don't hang wallpaper on walls in Margate, Kent, apparently they use it to print their record sleeves on. This was the first of three singles by The Record Players, all

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Red Lightnin' MET-2, 1980. 01 - Chances 02 - Little Lasers Rik Johnson - vocals/bass, Paul de Raymond Leclercq - guitar, Matthew Kleinman - sax, Ian Pearce -drums. Much less common than The Method's other single on Red Lightnin'. I got mine a few years ago from the label after having no luck elsewhere (sometimes the obvious is the best solution). Peter Shertser at Red Lightnin' must have

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Varese International VI-1001, 1977. (12") 01 - Do It The French Way 02 - Not Tonight Josephine 03 - She Gives Me Hell Paul Dale - vocals, Neil Buchanan - guitar, Andy Charters - guitar, Steve Dinwoodie - bass, Keith Knowles - drums. Debut from the Liverpool based hard rockers. Credited as Marseille (no 'S') on all the band's other records so likely an error by the label Varese. 'Do It The

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Regent Sound Studios, London, 18th December 1978. 01 - It Don't Mean Nothing At All 02 - Radios 03 - Anytime 04 - Walk Don't Walk 05 - Haircuts From Mars Dee Robertson - vocals, Ronnie MacKinnon - guitar, Gordon Scott - bass, Teddy Dair - drums. Edinburgh punk legends The Valves cut two singles for Bruce Findlay's Zoom label in later part of 1977. By August the following year their

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Downtown Studios, Belfast, 1978. 01 - Suggestions 02 - 9 To 5 03 - Lipstick Heroes 04 - Terminal Breakout 05 - Untitled Joe Zero - vocals, Steve Rainey - guitar, Aza Middleton - bass, Billy McIlwaine drums. The Androids formed late 1977 in Belfast and the following summer these demos were recorded at Downtown Studios with the first 4 tracks apparently being broadcast on local radio.

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A re-issue of Mouth To Mouth's 'Gallery Of Dolls' single is available from the 15th of April via Rave Up Records of Italy. Mouth To Mouth featured Guy Greenhough and Jeff Jansen formerly of The Vacants. Both 'Gallery Of Dolls' and 'Life In The Subterrain' are DIY garage punk classics!

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Lightning GIL-536, 1978. 01 - (Sing A Little Song For) The Boys On The Dole 02 - (Sing A Little Song For) The Boys On The Dole (Instrumental) Neville Wanker was a pseudonym for Ron Ellis a songwriter, poet and author from Merseyside. American muso Tim Rose plays guitar on this single but who the other musicians were is not clear. Ellis would suggest that Lightning supplied Edinburgh band Bilbo

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Rip Off RIP-8, 1979. 01 - Cheatin' 02 - Library Book Paul 'Kipper' Dickson - lead vocals, Hugh 'Bamber' McIlfatrick - guitar/vocals, Chris 'Cree' Tweed - guitar/vocals, John Henry - bass, Willis Beckett - drums. The Faders were based in Ballymoney in Northern Ireland. They perfected their blend of pub rock and new wave by playing regularly at Spuds in Portstewart, as well as other venues

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Decca F-13867, 1979. 01 - Tearaway 02 - Impossible John Faulkes - vocals/guitar, Michael Rigg - bass/vocals, Ian Craig - drums. The only single by this obscure trio called The Jets is easily one of the best pop records to come out of the new wave. If there was any justice 'Tearaway' would have been all over daytime radio and high in the charts on release in late 1979. Despite being

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EMI 2C-004-96687, 1975. (French pressing) 01 - Judy, Judy, Judy 02 - Judy, Judy, Judy (Instrumental Version) Roger Semon - vocals, Frank Torpey - guitar, Ray Brown - bass, Colin Mackay - drums. In 1977 the people at Lighning's distribution warehouse suggested to RCA sales rep Roger Semon that he should get his band Crackers to record a punk single for Lightning's newly launched record

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MBC JOCK-12-002, 1987. (12" only) 01 - Suicide Girl 02 - I Don't Mind 03 - I Don't Wanna Be Found 04 - She's A Sidewalker Garry Borland - vocals, Richard Simpson - guitar, Jacqui Crane - bass, Murray Dalglish - drums. Baby's Got A Gun formed in 1985 in East Kilbride and were noted for the inclusion of Murray Dalglish formerly a drummer with The Jesus And Mary Chain. The following year

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DJM DJS-10822, 1978. 01 - Loaded 02 - Street Fighting Man Rikki Sylvan - vocals, Valac Van Der Veene - guitar, Andy Prince - bass, Nick Weiss - keyboards, Hugh Lillingstone - drums. You've probably read a lot of negative things about Rikki And The Last Days Of Earth. I've got to admit I'm not a huge fan of their LP but this single is a must have. 'Loaded' is pretty good but the real hit

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Active ACT-8, 1980. 01 - I Want To Be You 02 - Orient Express Brenda Prescott was one of two female vocalists in Welsh new wave band Hot Water who released two singles on the Duff label in 1978/79. While others from Hot Water went on to form the band Fay Ray, Brenda signed a solo deal with the RCA distributed Active label. Brenda released two singles for Active, the first 'I'm Bored' was

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Topkapi 2103-136, 1978. (Belgian pressing) 01 - French Girls 02 - Promotion Mike Butcher - vocals/guitar/bass, Pascal Van Het Groenewoud - drums. You can find Mike Butcher's name as engineer/producer on lots of things recorded at Morgan Studios in both London and Brussels. Everything from Black Sabbath to the Gibson Brothers, even adding a little guitar to the latter. What interests us

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AMI AIS-107, 1980. 01 - I Need A Witness 02 - The Age Of Reason Garrie Lammin - vocals/guitar, Barrie Mizen - lead guitar, Steve Burgess - bass, Gary Eve - keyboards, Steve Bruce - drums. The Little Roosters were one of the new breed of R&B/pub bands who found an audience within the mod revival of 1979. They were formed by Garrie Lammin after the break up of Cock Sparrer in 1978. By 1980

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Sonet/Warped SON-2127, 1977. 01 - Get Down On Your Knees 02 - Bus Stop Romance Ozzie Orzell - lead vocals/congas, Terry Hamid - lead guitar, Donnie Burke - guitar/vocals, Dell Vickers - bass/vocals, John Hawley - drums. Sounder had very little in common with the punk sound of 1977, but a budget production job coupled with Ozzie Orzell's gravel throat voice made for some interesting results.

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Zig Zag ZZ22-002, 1979. 01 - Too Blind To See 02 - (No Such Thing As A) Bad Boy Rick Smith - vocals, George Lloyd - guitar, Alan Offer - bass, Ronnie Griffen - drums. Follow up to their 'Make A Record' EP which was released under the name The Drug Addix on Chiswick in 1978. Not only had they shortened the band name but also lost backing vocalist Mandy Doubt (the late Kirsty MacColl). Two

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Lightning GIL-511, 1978. 01 - Let Go Of My Hand 02 - Shouldn't Do It 03 - Guitar In My Hand 04 - Gonna Quit Cliff Cresswell - vocals, Henry Hartman - guitar, Rick Cresswell - bass, Nick 'Taff' Williams - drums. In 1977, a then 17 year old Cliff Cresswell was photographed by Billy Russell of Bluebird Music in some rather provocative poses for the picture sleeve of Dirty Dog's only single.

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Had a couple of requests for this, so why not? You should all know that Slush were actually Pumphouse Gang and everything you need to know is right here. This punk cover of 'White Christmas' from 1978 on the unfashionable Ember label was backed by 'Rich Man' a song from the band's earliest live sets. 01 - White Christmas 02 - Rich Man As a bonus here's Pumphouse Gang's first attempt at '

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What a fantastic record this is! Kicking off with a great spoken intro before launching into a sublime fake punk song in the Gyppo or Airship vein. 'Juvenille City' (sic) was part of a group of songs written for a television broadcast under the title 'Songs Of The City' which was apparently shown on London regional TV. The album of the same name referred to on the back of the picture sleeve more

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Spot the difference... Yeah, the 'Hansa' logo on the 2nd picture is much larger. The first picture is the more common standard issue of the record which usually comes in a picture sleeve. The 2nd picture is the rarer 'clean version' with altered lyrics and a slightly better remix. This different version usually turns up sleeveless which makes it easier to spot. To double check the matrix

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The Cheetahs came from Penicuik just outside Edinburgh and were fairly prolific gig wise in and around the Scottish capital. The band were Joe Donkin (vocals), John Roberts Dobson (guitar), Andrew Allan (bass), Droo Farmer (drums) and Nasty Phil (harmonica). This single on Bruce Findlay's Zoom label was the band's only release and was quite a popular record locally if memory serves me. Of the

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Someone sent an email several weeks ago asking for something by The D.P.'s. Now, I always reply to emails if it's anything that's related to the website/blog but somehow this one must have got binned along with the promo push by the next big thing in indie rock or the female rapper who thinks that 'Paranoia' by The Freeze sounds like the Beastie Boys (really?). Anyway, apologies to whoever you

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Guy Greenhough (vocalist with Mouth To Mouth and The Vacants) requested I post these mp3's on here. These aren't my rips but were kindly sent to me last week by Bernd from Germany and are heard as they came. I'd only previously heard rough mixes of the songs from a CDR supplied by Guy which was mastered from a less than perfect tape. The reason Guy wants me to post the Mouth To Mouth mp3's is

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'The Punks Of 76 Medley' was the brainchild of one time Sex Pistols producer Dave Goodman. Not only did Goodman produce the record but he also played bass. The other musicians were Dan Wiseman (a tape operator at Spaceward Studios) on guitar and Andrew Bor (ex Users) on drums. The vocals were supplied by ex Eater frontman Andy Blade except on 'Liar' where the Rotten impersonation was done by

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The English Boys discography listing looks like this... New wave/pop from Steve Jolley and various other in-housers at Red Bus Studios. A 1981 album was released only in Spain and Portugal. THE ENTERTAINER / DANNY 7" ................ EMI RB-101 ................................. -/78. THE RUSSIANS ARE COMING / TV GIRLS 7" ................ Red Bus RBUS-52 ........................... 04/80.

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You can tell that Cole Younger was at least aware of the new wave if not yet fully committed when he recorded 'She's Not My Lover' in late '77. It didn't make the cut for the 45 Revolutions book but perhaps should have if only for the fact it's a great record. As well as the records listed on the discography there was a 1984 single on Rak Records coupling 'Fool' with 'Shake Rattle And Cole'

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From Torrington in Devon, The Cult Maniax were Big Al (vocals), Paul (guitar), Foxy (bass), Mildew (drums). Strangely when sales of punk records started to dip in 1984, The Cult Maniax became more successful scoring big indie hits with their 'Full Of Spunk' and 'Johnny The Duck' EP's. 'American Dream', the band's third single was released in January 1983 without a picture sleeve when the

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I've always liked Mike Read, he gave The Valves a BBC session so he must be alright. Unfortunately, Read had to give up his record collection recently when he was declared bankrupt with various scavengers auctioning bits off on ebay. There's only one great track on each of the Train Spotters singles. Everyone knows 'High Rise' from the first, if not you'll know Read's BBC jingle. The A-side of

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The Mice were Gary Croudace (vocals), Neville Crozier (guitar), Geoff Peel (guitar), Barry Stanford (bass), Kenny Mundye (drums). Some of the names above you might recognise from the Fruit Eating Bears. 'A Song For Europe' from 1980 was the only Mice single (audio found here), the song being a reaction to the Fruit Eating Bears infamous Eurovision appearance two years previous. From the ashes of

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1977 fake punk from Germany by a Puerto Rican born singer/photo model. Rosy usually wears a bit less clothes than she's wearing above (check out the various cover shots for the Pretty Maid Company's 1976 Euro pop hit 'Pretty Maid' for example). Rosy's infamous 'toilet terror' pose resulted in 3 million poster sales, or so the bio on the back cover of this record claims. 'Punk Police' no doubt

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Jakpak were Mick Griffin (vocals), Mick Williams (lead guitar), Tim Burbridge (rhythm guitar), Steve Jayes (bass) and Matt McIntyre (drums). Matt was one of several drummers used by Jakpak and had previously played with The New Hearts and The Gorillas. 'Soul In A Box' was released on Dart Records, a label owned by John Cousins (manager/accountant for the Bee Gees). If you follow the mp3 link you

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Though regarded as 'inferior' to the live Roxy version by some people (see the entry in 45 Revolutions for example), for me the studio version of 'Never Wanna Leave' with added piano and harmonica is pretty much perfect. The stunning pop song on the flip 'Seventeen' deserves a mention too. Only pressed in small numbers (500 copies apparently), why hasn't this been booted or re-issued?

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Belgium, scientifically proven to have more fake punk per square mile than any other country in the world. Here's another record that justifies doing the maths. I can't tell you much about King Louis And The Memphis Maffia other than they look like the sort of misfits that would be hanging out at Monopole Records with Bobby Ranger and The Praetors. The songwriters, T. King and C. Peeters, names

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Cheeky first formed in the early 70's gigging through the glam and pub rock eras playing mostly covers. There was even a spell with two female vocalists. By 1980 the band's line-up was Chris Southorn (bass/vocals), Nick Dee (lead guitar), Martin Hainsworth (rhythm guitar/vocals) and Nick Chimes (drums). Nick had recently replaced Mark Sippitts. 'Don't Mess Around' released in 1980 was Cheeky's

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I know, it's been quiet here lately, but I've been busy with other things. Still, during any spare time I've been working on the discography on the website and have finally reached the end of the alphabet. The discography is going to be my main focus from now on. I've now re-organised the whole thing into two sections. The main section is now for UK releases rather than UK artists, so I can

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What's the best record featured on the 'Killed By Death' series? Tapeworm, Le Peste or something else from one of those 'All American Punk, No Foreign Junk' volumes? ...wrong! If you ask me nothing touches the sublime punk 'n' roll swagger of Saturday Night by Johnny Palermo. By rights it shouldn't really be anywhere near a 'Killed By Death' comp. Penned by muso songwriters Robert and Rene

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Just added a whole page to the website dedicated to Airship, the band who gave us the pseudo-punk classic Get Out, Take Your Mother With You. Includes a few rare photos and info which I pulled together from various band members over the last 3 years. http://www.worthlesstrash.co.uk/airship.html

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Guy Greenhough was kind enough to send me a copy of The Vacants CD re-issue a couple of days ago which uses the artwork from the rare German cassette release. If you don't have one of the original vinyl LP's, then you can't go wrong with this for only £8 direct from Detour Records. Needless to say it's a fantastic album. Does anyone out there have the hyper-rare Gallery Of Dolls single by Guy's

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When I first contacted Mike Butcher a few years back he was genuinely surprised that anyone was interested in records he made 30+ years ago. Well, interest was at a peak last night when a copy of the insanely rare Feather single Stupid Girl broke the £200 mark. The same seller also cleaned up with German pressings of both Jet Staxx singles, I'm Gonna Be The Best Guy and French Girls. Where does

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This dates from 1991 and was probably the first attempt by anyone to put a value on punk era singles in book format. Compiled by Neil Perry who together with his wife runs Foggy Notion Records mail order. Nice people, who I've found to be quick to respond and send out orders. Fair prices too. The info in this A4 128 page book is pretty basic as you can see if you click on the sample page above,

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Got this recently ... ...trouble is, I'm getting a 'reaction' instead of an 'erection'. I know, should have checked the run out groove, especially as the same thing happened before with the same record. I'm not too bothered, it was cheap, they always are, I'll try again next time I see one. Anyway, has anyone else had the same problem, either with this Regents single or something totally

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Here's the final 6 pages from the old Small Wonder catalogue. There's not as many bargains as we reach the album section, but The Desperate Bicycles LP at £1.99 would have been nice even back then. Also quite a few reduced comps like Identity Parade, Logical Steps and that Nova Vaga LP (half various artists, half The Warm). £28.50 for the Factory Video, was that the going rate for a VHS tape

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SING-007 : Blaze X - Some Hope SING-008 : De Cylinders - We Must Pay SING-009 : Tinopeners - Set Me Free Available to buy now directly from www.singsingrecords.com

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It seems the further you go through this catalogue, the more crazy the bargains get. On offer at 25p from pages 13 to 15 include records by Trainspotters, Tiger Ashby, Twilight Zoners, The What, What To Wear and best of all Voice Of The Puppets. By contrast Skrewdriver were already considered collectable as the price for Anti Social is a full 50p above the then RRP for a 7" single.

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Saturday morning kids TV goes punk (well, sort of). Here we have Chris Spedding & The Vibrators performing pseudo-punk gem Pogo Dancing on Supersonic in 1976. Supersonic was a casualty from the glam era and was last broadcast in early 1977. It's a pity it never had a slightly longer run as host/producer Mike Mansfield seemed willing to accept the new wave as Eddie & The Hot Rods and The

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Three more pages from that old Small Wonder catalogue. Lots of nice cheapos on offer from these pages including one of my personal favourites Rejection by Pure Product. Page 10 has the Mondo Billie Davies single for 25p, a record I've never heard and one that no one seems to be able to confirm a release date for. The fact that it's reduced here tells us it's highly unlikely to have been

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So sang 'O' Level on one of the tracks on their The Malcolm EP. On one particular Saturday evening in the summer of 1978 that 'everybody' extended to top Birmingham cabaret punk band Brent Ford And The Nylons. This show-stealing performance saw Brent Ford And The Nylons race through two of the three tracks on their only single, namely 19th Nervous Breakdown and C'mon Everybody. Some of the

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Nice discography/price guide by Ingo Eitelbach from the early 90's, spanning 36 x A5 pages. I think I got this from Detour Records rather than direct from Ingo. Interesting in that it reveals which records were considered collectable back then and which ones are missing from the list not yet discovered. I remember being quite surprised at the value quoted for the first Killermeters single with a

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Here's pages 7-9 from the May '83 Small Wonder catalogue, again click on the pictures below to get readable versions. Back then no one cared about the Fast Cars so Mari reduced it to 25p ...or how about a Fire Exit for 50p ...or some cheap Homosexuals?

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I thought that this might be worth a look despite the tear on the front page. Note how some of the records listed cheap are now highly collectable. If you click on the pictures below you can view readable versions. If you'd like to see the rest, let me know and I'll post more pages at a later date.

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