V/A - Clay Records Punk Singles Collection 1996

Well, Christmas is just around the corner and you might know this is not my time and I'm just only enjoying the days off before going back to servitude on Tuesday. But first we relax and the freedom kicks off with Receiver Records, who released this little compilation by the Clay Records label and this Punk Singles Collection "captures some of the prime material released on one of the most important labels in Britain's transition from Punk to Hardcore. The collection is naturally dominated by Discharge, who have eight of the twenty-two songs here; there are also multiple selections from G.B.H, the Abrasive Wheels, and the Lurkers, plus one track apiece by the Killjoys and future goth mainstays the Sex Gang Children. While it might be better for some fans to simply pick up compilations by the individual artists for a more detailed look, this will serve those who simply want a more concise overview." (Steve Huey) - Now you know what to expect: rough, trashy, and urgent sound, that pleases even the innocent Christ Child. 💀

1.Reality Of Wars - DISCHARGE

2.Fight Back - DISCHARGE

3.Decontrol - DISCHARGE

4.Never Again - DISCHARGE

5.No Survivors - G.B.H.

6.Sick Boy - G.B.H.

7.This Dirty Town - THE LURKERS

8.State Violence State Control - DISCHARGE

9.Give Me Fire - G.B.H.

10.Drag You Out - THE LURKERS

11.This Is Not Love - THE KILLJOYS

12.Frankenstein Again - THE LURKERS

13.Catch 23 - G.B.H.

14.Jailhouse Rock - ABRASIVE WHEELS

15.Mauritia Mayer - SEX GANG CHILDREN

16.Banner Of Hope - ABRASIVE WHEELS

17.The Price Of Silence - DISCHARGE

18.Let's Dance Now - THE LURKERS

19.The Prisoner - ABRASIVE WHEELS

20.The More I See - DISCHARGE

21.Do What You Do - G.B.H.

22.Ignorance - DISCHARGE

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V/A - Burning Ambitions (A History Of Punk) 1982

Burning Ambition: The History of Punk, attempts to be a definitive overview of the British (except DK) wave/punk scene in the late 70s/early 80s and while it falls short of its goals, it's nevertheless an admirable effort. The Crème de la Crème are here to honor, only classics on it. Surely some of you, like me, have the original records at home but this double album should become a favorite of yours, because this record is one of the finest punk compilations which is ever released. Love to hear all these classic songs in this order and believe me.... you will enjoy it as a good fuck.

1.Boredom - BUZZCOCKS

2.Bingo Masters Breakout - THE FALL

3.12XU - WIRE

4.Life - ALTERNATIVE TV

5.Keys To Your Heart - THE 101'ERS

6.I'm Alive - 999

7.Gary Gilmore's Eyes - THE ADVERTS

8.Justifiable Homicide - DAVE GOODMAN & FRIENDS

9.Where Have All The Boot Boys Gone - SLAUGHTER & THE DOGS

10.(Get A) Grip On (Yourself) - THE STRANGLERS

11.Your Generation - GENERATION X

12.Baby, Baby - THE VIBRATORS

13.Identity - X-RAY SPEX

14.Read About Seymour - SWELL MAPS

15.I'm Stranded - THE SAINTS

16.Chinese Rocks - HEARTBREAKERS

17.Lock It Up - EATER

18.Ain't Got A Clue - THE LURKERS

19.Lady - ADAM & THE ANTS

20.Love Song - THE DAMNED

21.Looking After No. 1 - BOOMTOWN RATS

22.Where's Captain Kirk? - SPIZZ ENERGI

23.In A Rut - THE RUTS

24.Angels With Dirty Faces - SHAM 69

25.Stranglehold - U.K.SUBS

26.Flares & Slippers - COCKNEY REJECTS

27.The Wait - KILLING JOKE

28.No Goverment - ANTI-PASTI

29.Holiday In Cambodia - DEAD KENNEDYS

30.Dead Cities - THE EXPLOITED

31.Last Rockers - VICE SQUAD

32.Harry May - THE BUSINESS

33.Police Story - THE PARTISANS

34.Someone's Gonna Die - BLITZ

35.City Baby Attacked By Rats - G.B.H

36.Complete Disorder - DISORDER

37.Russians In The DHSS - ATTILA THE STOCKBROKER

38.Lust For Glory - ANGELIC UPSTARTS

- Huge Thx to Fredrik -

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V/A - Killed By John Peel #1 2020

Friends, there is hope again on the KBD front and after a long time finally a new compilation is out and the creators of Vatican Radio Records have the great idea "to conjure up one of the best punk rock compilations we've heard in a long time, from the amazingly rich vaults of John Peel's BBC 1 radio session recordings. Focusing on the less known side of the huge Peel Sessions catalog, Killed By John Peel comes stuffed to the rafters with mind blowing and little known gems from the opening track with French Synth Punk pioneers Métal Urbain and the incendiary recording of their hit E-202 to the closing with the kick ass Power Pop Punk hit She's Alarming by the Wasps, each and every single track on this monster record presents a band at their prime giving it all @ the legendary BBC Radio1 studios." And to my knowledge, Volume 2 is about to be release and we can look forward to it. Great stuff and absolute essential! 

1.E-202 - MÉTAL URBAIN

2.Gangland Warfare - THE OUTCASTS

3.Antipope - KING

4.Yummy Yummy - RUDI

5.Jealousy - IDIOT DANCERS

6.Further Education - THE CORTINAS

7.Going Round In Circles - ALTERNATIVE TV

8.Open Sound 1978 - SKIDS

9.She's Alive - SCARS

10.Countdown - THE LURKERS

11.Energy Boy - THE FLYS

12.Haircut Bob Dylan - FUNBOY FIVE

13.Bits - PRAGVEC

14.She's Alarming - THE WASPS

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THE LURKERS - Beggars Banquet 7Inch Collection 1997

Old acquaintances and always welcome guests in my theater and this is an excellent Compilation which features eighteen tracks by the Lurkers' early classic Singles, compiled by Anagram Records for their Punk Collectors Series, one of the best around this planet in my opinion. The Lurkers released a lot of 7Inches, and all A and B sides are immortalized here, I don't have to go into more detail to make this material appetizing for you because I think many of you have one or two records and you know exactly how hot the band is. This CD exudes energy and pure catchiness and the gents have been active since 1976, including some long breaks, and I think, it's time for another tour. So dear ones, now I'm going to do a little housework, and maybe I'll come back with more cool stuff. Stay tuned!

- Great Thx to Nolti -

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V/A - Streets 1977

"Select Highlights From Independent British Labels" and what an amazing LP this it. This glorious Compilation was released by Beggars Banquet Records and contains 17 Bands/17 Songs. I wonder each time how many fantastic bands make music in the early days where punk was new & the hype grows high. Here as well. Most bands have perhaps only one song released or an EP and some other (Slaughter & The Dogs or The Reaction, were later known as the pop band Talk Talk) became famous. And for me this music from the early days is pure, wild, aggressive and honest by comparison with today where much scrap is produced, yeah... I love this record - So get this Nugget and you know what I mean. Awesome Stuff!!!!!

1.Trash - THE DOLL

2.Fear On The Streets - THE MEMBERS

3.Be My Prisoner - THE LURKERS

4.Isgodaman - ARTHUR COMICS?

5.Arabs In 'Arrads - ART ATTACKS

6.19 - THE DOGS

7.Talk Talk Talk Talk - THE REACTION

8.College Girls' - CANE

9.Cranked Up Really High - SLAUGHTER & THE DOGS

10.Ain't Bin To No Music School - THE NOSEBLEEDS

11.Lookalikes - THE DRONES

12.Hungry - THE ZEROS

13.Bend & Flush - PORK DUKES

14.Disastermovie - THE EXILE

15.Jerkin - DRIVE

16.Innocents - JOHN COOPER CLARKE

17.No More Rock N' Roll - TRACTOR

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V/A - They Only Come Out At Night 1985

Let's say Tschüß to gray January with classics from tried and true bands who have released some fine slabs on Clay Records and this compilation has four of them ready. Dynamic PowerPunk songs are convincing from beginning to end on this piece of plastic (albums by them are also represented in large numbers on wdthtc), and the constant high energy is sufficient to turn all this ditties into an amazingly cool and catchy record and I believe, not just my heart will be feel warmer. Definitely a cool one and still easy to get at affordable prices these days, so watch out!

1.Frankenstein Again - THE LURKERS

2.Maybe Tomorrow - ABRASIVE WHEELS

3.Hellhole - G.B.H.

4.Newsflash - ENGLISH DOGS

5.Sonic Omen - ABRASIVE WHEELS

6.Womb With A View - G.B.H.

7.World War 2 - ENGLISH DOGS

8.Sea Of Madness - ABRASIVE WHEELS

9.Faster Faster - G.B.H.

10.One Mans Meat - THE LURKERS

11.The Fall Of Max - ENGLISH DOGS

12.Christianne - ABRASIVE WHEELS

13.Pins And Needles - G.B.H.

14.Heroin It's All Over - THE LURKERS

- Great Thx to Fredrik -

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THE LURKERS - Freak Show 7'' 1977

Veterans of the London Punkscene are The Lurkers and this is their second 7Inch on Beggars Banquet. Part of the first wave of British bands to emerge in the mid Seventies, playing tough, meat-and-potatoes Rock & Roll with plenty of attitude and a jaundiced eye toward the world around them. This little dittie came out in October 1977, and by the time it was released, Arturo Bassick (vocals/bass) had left the band to form his own group, Pinpoint. But the band found an adequate replacement and since then they've been delighting us with their straight-forward music and their debut Fulham Fallout from 1978 is for me one of the best UK records ever. So friends, the shitty world of work is calling and a good start has been taken care of, may Monday pass quickly.

- Great Thx to Nolti -

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THE NEW GUITARS - Laught At Me 7'' 1980

Before another important match in an hour rolls on in the Bundesliga, I'll adjust the mood accordingly with the next slab by the "New Guitars". A short project by Pete Stride from the Lurkers and John Plain from the Boys and they made an album in 1980 New Guitar In Town. 'Laugh At Me' is a cover from Sonny Bono (first release in August 1965) and was released via Beggars Banquet as the album's sole single (I haven't heard the album, but it's supposed to be excellent). Two great PowerPoppies (oh no.. not again) of the very finest smiling at me, and fit seamlessly with the roaring blasts of the previous posts. You either listen or you will be fucked. ⚽🍺 Cheers!

- Great Thx to Nolti -

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THE LURKERS - Fulham Fallout 1978

It's time for a classic one which is dedicated to the Lurkers, legendary British punx from Uxbridge/West London, formed 1976 and the original line-up consisting in Pete "Plug" Edwards (vocals), Pete Stride (guitar), Nigel Moore (bass), Pete "Manic Esso" Haynes (drums) and still active nowadays. They are notable for being the first group ever on Beggars Banquet Records for whom they released two albums. The style on their debut is a good demonstration of how they earned the nickname "The British Ramones" and it came out between the previous two singles, containing fourteen slices of nearly melodic lowbrow masterpieces, including a new version of the pogo-tastic 'Shadow'. "No pretensions, no hype, no frills and were nothing less than pure rock'n'roll. This is a band who deserve so much more respect than they get" One reviewer described it as by far their best with production that really makes the guitar kick. It's sloppy and amateurish, but that's what makes it so great. "Be My Prisoner", a song from the album, appeared on Streets, a compilation (BEGA1) from 1977 of early UK combos from a variety of independent record labels. - In my opinion their best album; catchy songs, singalong choruses, simple Punk'N'Roll, must have!

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PINPOINT - Third State 1980

A very underrated album is the full length by Pinpoint which were formed by Arthur Billingsley (AKA Arturo Bassick) in 1978 after he left the Lurkers, compiled by David M. Allen (bass) and Hugh Griffiths (drums) and it's really a shame that this LP received not much attention at the time of its publication. So for this we are bloggers here to change that. They released overall with the album three 7inches and the most known is their debut single Richmond, all on Albion Records. This album has ten great songs on it, a perfect mixture of fast punk numbers (Blind Eyes, Dark & Red), cool synthesizer smasher (Family Life, Waking Up To Morning, Drowning In The Wave Of Life) and simply great wavie tunes (Listen To The Snow, Hospital, Third State) and a fine ballad (Somebody Told Me). This brilliant record receives my full score and belongs in every punk collection. Compilation featuring the band on Killed By Death #1010011010 and Pure British Pop For Raw People Vol.1 and there is a complete collection CD with all their recordings out which you can order here. So enjoy the 'Third State' and have a sunny time.

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THE LURKERS - This Dirty Town 7'' 1982

Not really new in Blogland but when the Lurkers invite me I don't say no, especially since the gentlemen from London will soon be celebrating their fiftieth anniversary and they are always welcome in my palace. This is another small 7Inch, released via Clay Records, from their large repertoire. On the A-side, a speedy number like I know and the flip comes with an excellent grooving and driving pisstake, wonderful! That says all and you don't need more details. Anyone who knows the band will appreciate them, anyone who has just discovered them will be thrilled.

- Great Thx to Nolti -

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V/A - Espresso [Tape] 1991

My late evening post comes with a fine tape rip and for all of you who like's a scrape live sound like me this special gem is a must!!! 37 tracks recorded live on different places in Germany and this cassette shows a good overview who 1991 visited our pretty locations. I acquired this tape that time over a still existing german mailorder and I think it was a good idea, or?? Side A is full with German Punk bands while the B side belongs to the rest of the populated human scum world, Yes, I hate people (you know which one). Ninety minutes wild & rough sound. An awesome tone document in my opinion. Get It!!!

1.Nazischweine - HASS

2.No Escape - P.V.C.

3.Ein Tag An Meinem Fenster - EA80

4.Australien - CANAL TERROR

5.Der König Ist Tot - THE LENNONS

6.Alle Könige - ABWÄRTS

7.Sweet Sixteen - NERDS

8.Third Try - NOISE ANNOYS

9.Disco Queen - SHARON TATE'S CHILDREN

10.Go Away - SHADDOX

11.Chequered Love - ROCK'N'ROLL DISNEYLAND

12.What You Did To Me? - CHARTBUSTERS

13.Nice Boys - COLOGNE CITY ROCKERS

14.Screaming For A Better Future - DIE SCHWARZEN SCHAFE

15.Know About You - WOMBELS

16.In Dieser Zeit - BOXHAMSTERS

17.Guns & Rockets - GUTTERSNIPES

18.SPG - RED ALERT

19.Photo Love - THE URGE

20.Rock'n'Roll Hero - THE BIPS

21.Faut Pas S'Y Fier - PKRK

22.Lemonheads - SECT & JASON

23.Away - IDENTITY

24.Outside Your Room - THRILLED SKINNY

25.Fuckin' Finnish - KLAMYDIA

26.Bloody Hungarian - AURORA

27.Damned Croatian - KUD IDIJOTI

28.Boyfriend - BROKEN TOYS

29.What Kind Of Love? - SNUFF

30.Let Me Alone - ASEXUALS

31.Eve Of Destruction - THE DICKIES

32.I Don't Need To Tell Her - LURKERS

33.No Control - BAD RELIGION

34.After 45 - ANHREFN

35.Yellow Man - U.K.SUBS

36.I'm In Love With The G.T.O.'s - JEFF DAHL

37.Joking - ERIC WRECKLESS

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