Only one posting today, but it is a 17 track 'LP' (it takes a long time to rip and scan in LP's - I think I will mainly stick to singles). This is touted as the first ever 'Punk Compilation' album. Although it was released on the 'Beggars Banquet' label, it is a compilation from other labels as well. The excellent cover artwork is from 'Savage Pencil' aka 'Edwin Pouncey' aka 'Lead singer for the Art Attacks'.
There are some real 'gems' on this album. I will pick out a few and then you can sample the others yourself. I have already posted 'The Art Attacks' first single and I mentioned that they contributed one song to this album, so here it is the excellent 'Arabs In 'Arrads'. The 'Members' also feature for their first time on this blog, not one of their best, but it's still very good, I will post a couple of their classics very soon. A brilliant 'Lurkers' song, 'Be My Prisoner' from their debut album Fulham Fallout', classic punk that will have you jumping around.
'Arthur Comics' aka 'Giovanni Dadamo' aka 'lead singer of the Sniveling Shits' plays 'isgodaman' again not one of their best but interesting, the excellent 'Pork Dukes' and their classic 'Bend and Flush' (I haven't posted any of theirs as yet because of their explicit covers - still not sure how to handle stuff like that). Punk poet 'John Cooper Clarke' also features with the brilliant 'Innocents'. On top of these more well know artists there are some further classics, from less known bands such as 'The Dogs, The Reaction, The Exile and Jerkin, but as usual I will leave it to you to choose.
Leave a comment and tell me what you think of some of these tracks.
There are three tracks on this album that I have already posted a singles, and I have left them on here for completeness.
Some etching trivia on this one. On the a-side we have "More College Girls Please" a reference to track 8 from 'Crane'.
Bands: Various
Label: Beggars Banquet
Year: 1977
Tracks:
Side A
01. Trash - The Doll
02. Fear On The Streets - The Members
03. Be My Prisoner - The Lurkers
04. isgoadaman - Arthur Comics?
05. Arabs In 'Arrads - Art Attacks
06. 19 - The Dogs
07. Talk Talk Talk Talk - The Reaction
08 College Girls' - Cane
Side B
09 - Cranked Up Really High - Slaughter and the Dogs
10. Ain't Been To No Music School - The Nosebleeds
11. Lookalikes - The Drones
12. Hungry - The Zeros
13. Bend and Flush - The Pork Dukes
14. Disastermovie - The Exile
15. Jerkin - Drive
16. Innocents - John Cooper Clarke
17. No More Rock n'Roll - Tractor
Ripped from glorious scratched vinyl:
I love this single, I love the cover, and I loved the Art Attacks. If you like punk, you cannot not like this, both side are brilliant. My favorite is "I Am A Dalek", but only just. See what you think.
