A collection of classic punk plus new and no wave tunes that goes far beyond the obvious -- one that includes long heralded names such as Suicide and the Adverts, plus tons of names that we're personally seeing for the first time ever! What really puts this collection above and beyond the call of duty, other than sheer number of tunes, is the way of provides a snapshot of the era, warts and all. The floodgates tore open with ferocity of the first wave of punk trailblazers ran screaming through the culture, and this set snaps a vast portrait of the ensuing chaos! 51 tracks on 2CDs!


Track Listings
Disc: 1
1. The Damned - New Rose
2. The Adverts - One Chord Wanderers (Live)
3. Sham 69 - (There's Gonna Be A) Borstal Breakout
4. Sister Ray - Suicide
5. Tin Openers - Set Me Free
6. John Cooper Clarke - Innocents
7. Eddie Mooney And The Grave - I Bought Three Eggs
8. It Doesn't Bother Me
9. The Out - Who Is Innocent
10. Cyanide - I'm A Boy
11. Toy Dolls - Tommy Kowey's Car
12. Gyro - Central Detention Centre
13. Genocide - Renegade
14. Speed - She's All There
15. V2 - Man In A Box
16. Victim - Why Are Fire Engines Red?
17. I.Q. Zero - She's So Rare
18. Voice In The Dark
19. Deaf School - All Queued Up
20. Dead Fingers Talk - Can't Think Straight
21. Slaughter And The Dogs - Cranked Up Really High
22. The Freshies - Yesterday/Tomorrow
23. Chelsea - Right To Work
24. Private Sector - Just Wanna Stay Free
25. The Teardrops - Seeing Double

Disc: 2
1. The Nosebleeds - Ain't Bin To No Music School
2. The Water Pistols - Gimme That Punk Junk
3. The Punkettes - Goin' Out Wiva Punk
4. Eater - 15 (Live)
5. Cyanide - Do It
6. Steroid Kiddies - Seaside Teaser
7. UK Subs - I Live In A Car (Live)
8. Horrorcomic - I'm All Hung Up On Pierrepoint
9. Frantic Elevators - Hunchbank Of Notre Dame
10. Norman And The Hooligans - I'm A Punk
11. Matt Black And The Doodlebugs - Punky Xmas
12. Jilted John - Jilted John
13. Ed Banger - Kinnel Tommy
14. Pathetix - Love In Decay
15. Public Zone - Naive
16. The Fabulous Poodles - Convent Girls
17. Toy Dolls - She Goes To Finos
18. Lucy - Really Got Me Goin'
19. The Teardrops - Colours
20. Chris Sievey - Baiser
21. Direct Hits - Back To The Sixties
22. Public Skool - Walking The Rat
23. The Damned - Help
24. Ritchie Hale And The Stormers - Punkski
25. Alberto Y Los Trios Paranoias - F**k You

I'm surprised how little of this I know (Damned, Adverts, Suicide, Toy Dolls, Fab Poodles, Jilted John, Uk Subs & Sham 69) which could be a great thing or a sign of mediocrity. I'm intrigued though. How's it look to your eyes?

This looks pretty fantastic, even if i only know a handful of those bands

Good Lord, Billy, I don't know at least half these songs.

Awesome. Will get this.

I'll be getting this. I'm not enthusiastic over the live tracks, though. I've heard live recordings of the Adverts, Sham 69, UK Subs, etc. and the sound quality is usually pretty bad.

Lots of stuff I don't recognize, so I hope there's good liner notes.

I'll vouch for these.

John Cooper Clarke was a spoken word dude. Heavy northern accent and some pretty funny songs. "Cycle Sluts" and "Evidently Chickentown" were his, er, hits.

I've got Deaf School's English Boys/Working Girls on vinyl - that's were "All Queued Up" comes from - and I've been trying to hunt down either the CD version of the album or their 2-CD anthology for years now. Shit is hard to find.

If the band name wasn't enough of a William S. Burroughs tribute, Dead Fingers Talk also used a Burroughs quote for the title of their debut Storm The Reality Studios, which was produced by Mick Ronson. It's not bad, though way too musicianly to be considered among the British punk bands of the time. I haven't listened to the album in ages - I should pull it out and give it a shot.

Alberto Y Los Trios Paranoias were a bit of a joke band - and I really can't remember what the joke was. I think their debut was produced by Nick Lowe.

And then there's...


One of the worst punk bands ever.

You can get the anthology here :

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/searc ... 98-6292950

or here :

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This comp showed up in the mail yesterday. Whoooo boy, vat a bargain at $15.99.

This was humbling, 'cause I thought I had a pretty decent singles collection, but this reminds me that there's so much more to acquire.

The liner notes are a hoot, I wish the guy that compiled this posted here.

"'Hunchback of Notre Dame' was later covered by that notoriously talent-free zone (and John Prescott favourites) Chumbawamba."

The few duds are included on purpose, I believe as an attempt to expose the crap that clung on to the fringes of the punk movement.

All in all some excellent, rare, and in many cases historically significant gems. You get stuff like The Nosebleeds, bands that were the breeding grounds for folks who went on to form bands like The Smiths.

Definitely worthwhile.

Oh yeah, the Eater track, it ain't so bad. It's a hopped up, faster cover of Alice Cooper's "Eighteen" dialed back three years.

I've got their "Outside View" single, and it's not so horrible either. I'd rate 'em ahead of, say, UK Subs.