V/A - Oi! The Rarities Vol.3 1995

End of the 90s has Captain Oi! brought a lot of very good reissues out and part of it was this small serie called Oi!-The Rarities on five records. We can find there mega rare songs, of course, of mega rare 7inches which were pressed in small numbers and nowadays traded to horror prices. So even people like you and me with little money in our pockets can come to benefit this classics, so that's why such compilations will created....and that's good! And if then a nice litte insert with all information about the records with it laughs the collector's heart. Meanwhile it is difficult to catch up a vinyl version of these tuneful recordings (I myself have only this volume) but at any well-stocked record fair they should be found, so keep your eyes and ears as well.

1.Addicted To Love - THE GUTTERSNIPES

2.Football Violence - SKIN DEEP

3.Boots Go Marching In - CONDEMNED 84

4.Blind Ambition - THE PARTISANS

5.Hippie Punks - CROWBAR

6.Mull Of Kintyre - THE OPTIMISTS

7.Vendetta - THE SAMPLES

8.Cowards - INTENSIVE CARE

9.Loves Young Dream - THE GUTTERSNIPES

10.Boots On His Feet - SKIN DEEP

11.Come Clean - THE PARTISANS

12.White Riot - CROWBAR

13.The Plumbers Song - THE OPTIMISTS

14.Computer Future - THE SAMPLES

15.Class Of 84 - INTENSIVE CARE

16.Count The Dead - SKIN DEEP

17.We Will Never Die - CONDEMNED 84

18.Change - THE PARTISANS

19.Rabies - THE SAMPLES

20.Organised Crime - INTENSIVE CARE

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THE PARTISANS - Hysteria EP 2001

 

Now militant island stuff and something well-tried and you know I'm a lazy writer I quote a suitable one which I found in the web, written from back then: "If you are really into early UK Punk, chances are that you're a fan of the Pogo punx the Partisans. These guys are back together after thirteen years of silence, but with only two original members Spike on vocals and this time around on guitar also, and Lealand still on guitar. They're back with a new EP titled "Hysteria" via the American label TKO Records. The songs on this slab could have easily been on their second album The Time Was Right. The Partisans are still not afraid of showing their energetic clash influences instrumentally on all three tracks. The lyrics talk about how everyone else is making more money, and etc. (the usual from this band). All along this whole three song record will have you singing the tunes after just one listen for the rest of your life. You know you want this because this is just another great "Top" release by a classic band, so go grab your wallet and buy it, or if you're too "Punk" to buy it steal a copy. (Thx to Brett)" - In 2004 they released their last record and two years later the band toured the UK with fellow Welsh punk band Picture Frame Seduction and played the Punk & Disorderly festival 2007 in Berlin. No further plans are being made to play live, although on 27. November 2015 they opened for the Italian glam rockers Giuda @ Orion, a rock venue in Ciampino, a small town near Rome and maybe they'll come back with a bang, who knows.

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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 - There Is No Future... 1984

I changed my mind and post this compilation which appeared on Cherry Red in 1984 and contains, not really surprising, a nice overview of early UK punk bands, i.e. bands from the essential No Future label, rather what for collectors or anyone who overslept the punk explosion. All songs are well known and released on other records at that time, so it may be boring for some but I think the record is okay and it is always refreshing to call up the old classics every now and then. Some slabs can be found in the blog the planned vinyl rip will be postponed until tomorrow. Until then, pleasant nostalgia flash with these sixteen nuggets! 

1.Someone's Gonna Die - BLITZ

2.Police Story - THE PARTISANS

3.Banned From The Pubs - PETER & THE TEST TUBE BABIES

4.In Britain - RED ALERT

5.Gangland - VIOLATORS

6.I've Got A Gun - CHANNEL 3

7.Abuse Of Power - BLITZKRIEG

8.Today's Generation - ATTAK

9.Warriors - BLITZ

10.Up Yer Bum - PETER & THE TEST TUBE BABIES

11.17 Years Of Hell - THE PARTISANS

12.El Salvador - THE INSANE

13.Fight For Your Life - CRASH

14.Dead Hero - THE SAMPLES

15.Summer Of '81 - VIOLATORS

16.Megalomania - THE BLOOD

- Great Thx to Fredrik -

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THE PARTISANS - Police Story 7'' 1981

Debut 7Inch from the Partisans fron Bridgend, South Wales with two raging catchy classics, released via No Future Records and they made an immediate splash in the thriving Punk/Oi! scene of the day with this superb one in 1981, line-up at the 1.2.3. Studios in Cardiff were Spike (vocals), Lealand (guitars), Louise (bass), Shark (drums) and I've been thinking about posting this slab for a long time, it's available on every snotty blog, but since I got it in good quality and both songs are a real NonPlusUltra, the decision wasn't difficult. Three albums stand on their biography and whether they still active is not entirely clear.

- Great Thx to Fredrik -

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THE PARTISANS - The Time Was Right 1984

Start this day with a classic record: The Partisans, formed in Bridgend/South Wales in early 1978, when all four members were in their early teens, issuing a handful of tightly played high-octane singles with better-than-average lyrics declaimed in a distinctive quasi-Cockney adolescent strop by Spike. This is their second album on Cloak & Dagger Records with thirteen energetic smashers, six of them live, which sounds still fresh and as up-to-date as in the 80s. Yeah, love this kind of intense music, a bit like G.B.H but only 'softer' if you know what I mean. So, I have to go into the city and get some gifts and it will surely a fight, every year the same... I kill them all!

- Special Thx to Fredrik -

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