The Vibrators - Automatic Lover 7'' (1978)

Just a little plug for Knox and the lads who are playing at The Hippo in Plymouth on Friday. If you've got a spare 6 quid then get along there for what should be a good night. Alas,I won't be able to make this one due to the new painkillers I'm on. I've had several accidents over the last few days(pouring boiling water over my fingers,slicing half a thumb off,wearing a bowl of Rice Crispies and falling over twice) Who said the drugs don't work! An alcohol free night before an early start for Saturday's football is in order. I might not even make the game at this rate.

Anyway,back to the music. Everyone knows these 2 classic tracks but for the few that might not of heard the 7'' version of Automatic Lover,its different than the one on the excellent V2 album. Destroy is the same version and is one of the greatest Punk Rock B sides ever in my humble "drugged up" opinion.



Tracks


1) Automatic Lover
2) Destroy


http://rapidshare.com/files/378015850/Automatic_Lover_7__.rar

Punk In England DVD Rip (1978)

Wolfgang Büld's follow-up music documentary to Punk In London. It states on the cover that this was made in 1978 but whether it was fully completed then,I have my doubts. The Dvd SHOULD also feature the extra 25 minute bonus movie, Women In Rock but my Dvd ripper is very moody at the moment. When its working again,I'll stick that up too. At least it did the main movie before it f****d up again. If someone wants to donate the extra's here then please feel free. If not,then you might have a long wait!

This docu is 56 mins long at 391mb and includes The Clash,Spizz,The Jam,Secret Affair,The Specials,The Selector,Madness,Ian Dury and the Pretenders and deals with the legacy of Punk.

Posted especially for Topper. Many thanks to Gareth for lending me this one.

Links

http://rapidshare.com/files/370307084/Punk_In_England.avi.001

http://rapidshare.com/files/370321518/Punk_In_England.avi.002

http://rapidshare.com/files/370335319/Punk_In_England.avi.003

http://rapidshare.com/files/370346671/Punk_In_England.avi.004

Spear Of Destiny - Strangers In Our Town 7'' (1987)

Some more SOD from 1987. The B side is much better than the A in my opinion.


Tracks


1) Strangers In Our Town
2) Somewhere Out There



http://rapidshare.com/files/377591476/Strangers_In_Our_Town_7__.rar

The Damned - White Rabbit 7'' (1980)

Another golden oldie here with The Damned covering Jefferson Airplanes excellent White Rabbit. A great job they do of it too if you ask me.


Tracks


1) White Rabbit
2) Rabid (Over You)
3) Seagulls


http://rapidshare.com/files/376548111/White_Rabbit_7__.rar

Angelic Upstarts - We've Gotta Get Out Of This Place 7'' (1980)

The Upstarts doing a great cover of The Animals old classic. Currently Joleon Lescott's favourite song!


Tracks


1) We've Gotta Get Out Of This Place
2) Unsung Heroes Part II


http://rapidshare.com/files/376151627/We_Gotta_Get_Out_Of_This_Place_7__.rar

The Stranglers - European Female Picture Disc 7'' (1982)

A nice mellow Stranglers number from 1982.


Tracks


1) European Female
2) Savage Breast


http://rapidshare.com/files/365581628/European_Female_7___Pic_Disc.rar

The Straps - Brixton 7'' (1982)

Well after meeting The Straps singer Jock Strap at the Buzzcocks gig on Friday,it would be rude not to post this one. Jock now lives down in St Ives in Cornwall. This was always a favourite of mine from this era.


Tracks


1) Brixton
2) No Liquor


http://rapidshare.com/files/377649586/Brixton_7__.rar

Buzzcocks - Reconciliation CD Single (2006)

This is one I downloaded off soulseek a while back.

A quick review of Fridays gig. I expected it to be good but it was absolutely brilliant. One of the best gigs I've seen in many years. They kicked off with Boredom and the crowd were in a frenzy. Songs I remember off the top of my sweating head included What Do I Get,Whatever Happened To,Oh Shit,I Don't Mind,Autonmony,Love You Love,Noise Annoys,Harmony In My Head,Why Can't I Touch It,Promises,Fast Cars,Sick City Sometimes,Why Shes The Girl From The Chainstore and many many more. Encore was Orgasm Addict and Ever Fallen In Love.

What really stood out was how much the band seemed to enjoy this small venue. Diggle was especially loving it. We were for sure. I can't really stress enough how f****** brilliant this gig was. Fifteen quid.......bargain of the centuary! The added bonus for me was despite the excess beer,I made the train for the football and saw my boys "stuff" Hull City 2 1 (Don't be fooled by the scoreline and the injury time winner.......it was a slaughter....honest!)

PS I was yapping to some Scots geezer before the gig and again afterwards. His Alberto Y Lost Trios Paranious Snuff Rock T shirt getting my attention. It turns out he was Jock Strap,singer with The Straps. A pissed up dual vocal version of "Brixton" followed later at the bar. Its a small world we live in!


Tracks



1) Reconciliation
2) See Through You
3) Holding Me Down



http://rapidshare.com/files/375846926/_2006__Reconciliation_CDS.rar

Buzzcocks - You Say You Don't Love Me 7'' (1979)

Well tonight I'm off to see Buzzcocks at the Hippo in Plymouth. It should be a good one. A nice small venue should be packed to the rafters as Diggle,Shelley & co Punk the house down. I'm expecting a very heavy night on the beer and I just hope I can make the 7.47am train in the morning for the Chelsea game. I hate SKY TV and 12.45 kick offs!


Tracks



1) You Say You Don't Love Me
2) Raison D' Etre



http://rapidshare.com/files/375846930/You_Say_You_Don_t_Love_Me_7__.rar

The Last Words - Animal World 7'' (1979)

This is a request for Bob. The first single from The Last Words,the classic Animal World.


Tracks


1) Animal World
2) No Music In The World Today


http://rapidshare.com/files/377076576/Animal_World_7__.rar

Jimmy Pursey - Zap Pow 12'' (1986)

And the final re-up of Jimmy's,Zap Pow from 1986. Again I'd like to thank Sir Take Off for donating all these rips.


Tracks


1) Zap Pow
2) Zap Pow (Terror Junk Mix)


http://rapidshare.com/files/376885102/Zap_Pow__Maxi__.rar

Jimmy Pursey - If Only Before 7'' (1984)

Single number four from James T Pursey.


Tracks


1) If Only Before
2) Above & Beyond (Revenge Is Not The Password)



http://rapidshare.com/files/376885097/If_Only_Before__Single_.rar

Jimmy Pursey - Naughty Boys Like Naughty Girls (1981)

And this was his third 7''.


Tracks


1) Naughty Boys Like Naughty Girls
2) Who's Making Who Happy


http://rapidshare.com/files/376885099/Naughty_Boys_Like_Naughty_Girls.rar

Jimmy Pursey - Animals Have More Fun 7'' (1980)

This is Jimmy's second solo single from 1980. Produced by Peter Gabriel (probably why its so shite!)


Tracks


1) Animals Have More Fun
2) Sus


http://rapidshare.com/files/376885095/Animals_Have_More_Fun.rar

Jimmy Pursey - Revenge Is Not The Password (Code Black) CD (1996)

First up for the re-up treatment is Jimmy Pursey's Revenge Is Not The Password (Code Black) CD from 1996. All these top quality rips of Pursey's were kindly donated here by commenter "Sir Take Off" and as they are all dead,they need to re-upping! Imagination Camoflauge,Alien Orphan + the Revenge Is Not The Password LP's and the Lucky Man 7'' have already been done btw.




Tracks




1) Die In Disneyland
2) Death Dr. War
3) Animal Night
4) Attractions
5) Movement Interior
6) Bits Of Paper
7) Speechless Like Poverty
8) Revenge Is Not The Password-Code Black
9) Rainbow Warrior (Sham 69)




http://rapidshare.com/files/385783322/Revenge_Is_Not_The_Password__Code_Black_.rar

Re-ups - Your Requests!

Its been brought to my attention that quite a links have died on here so over the next few days I'm gonna re-up some stuff. The Jimmy Pursey stuff is first on the list and will be done tomorrow.

Newer vistors on here might want some stuff re-upped. If so leave a comment here and I'll do it as soon as I get some time. If you don't ask,then you don't get!

The Revillos - Where's The Boy For Me 7'' (1979)

And this was the Revillos first single. Poptastic stuff.


Tracks


1) Where's The Boy For Me
2) The Fiend


http://rapidshare.com/files/377387402/Where_s_The_Boy_For_Me_7__.rar

A Wembley ticket for tomorrow. Must keep it safely. Maybe in the wallet. But no,the bloody thing is too big to fit in there. Look at the size of the damned thing compared to the 2oz of (bootlegged) baccy besides it. Its hardly helping the enviroment is it! Maybe I'll use a disposable carrier bag to put it in :-)

The Revillos - Midnight 7'' (1984)

This was single number 9 (I think) from Scotland's Revillos. This was also released as a 12'' single featuring an extended version of Midnight but alas I don't own it. This ones much slower than your average Revillos/Rezillos song but I like it even if it does have a touch of "Abba" about it. I like Abba! The B side is an instrumental. And I would just like to put it on record that I am still offically in love with Faye Fife after all these years :-)

Tracks

1) Midnight
2) X-Y-7

http://rapidshare.com/files/377387401/Midnight_7__.rar

Reggae In A Babylon (Video) VHS Rip (1978)

Wolfgang Büld's (Punk In London & Punk In England) 3rd documentary about the British music scene in the late 70's. Just under 50 minutes in total but what a great watch it is and it gives you a great feel of the time Reggae wise. Featured artists include Steel Pulse, a young Aswad,Jimmy Lindsay & Matumbi.

This has been re-issed now on DVD and you can pick it up pretty cheap on ebay (I wish I knew that before I borrowed my mate Gareth's VHS video,recorded it from VHS to DVD then ripped it to the computer ect ect ect) Cheers Gareth! 257mb in total.

Use HJ-Split to join the downloaded files together http://www.freebyte.com/hjsplit/

New Re-upped Links

http://rapidshare.com/files/398894369/Reggae_In_A_Babylon.avi.001

http://rapidshare.com/files/398908571/Reggae_In_A_Babylon.avi.002

http://rapidshare.com/files/398917986/Reggae_In_A_Babylon.avi.003

Raped - Cheap Night Out 7'' (1978)

Continuing with letter "R" this was Raped's 2nd and last single before they changed their name to the Cuddly Toys. I would class Raped as a glam/smut/shock kind of band. With a name like Raped they were bound to shock,their dress was outrageously glam and the lyrics were indeed smut (Foreplay Playground) Their 1st single Pretty Paedophiles EP (more shock!) was better than this one and can be found over at Gary's blog Always Searching For Music: Raped - Pretty Paedophiles E.P.

I have also included the insert which has a "Win A Free Night Out With Raped" competition. I never did fill mine out and enter!


Tracks


1) Cheap Night Out
2) Foreplay Playground


http://rapidshare.com/files/342338891/Cheap_Night_Out_7__.rar

The Ruts - Something That I Said 7'' (1979)

Single number 3 from The Ruts. A band that surely would of been massive if it hadn't been for the tragic death of singer Malcolm Owen. Guitarist Paul Fox unfortunately joined Malc up in the great gig in the sky 27 years later in 2007. This one reached No 29 in the UK chart back in '79.


Tracks


1) Something That I Said
2) Give Youth A Chance


http://rapidshare.com/files/377405599/Something_That_I_Said_7__.rar

Ramones - Rockaway Beach 12'' (1977)

When I asked that easy "what is the best Ramones song" question on the last Ramones post on here,this one got a few votes. Absolutely nothing you haven't heard before except a few Longy crackles but when you're rapidly running out of singles to post what do you do?



Tracks



1) Rockaway Beach
2) Teenage Lobotomy
3) Beat On The Brat



http://rapidshare.com/files/375134849/Rockaway_Beach_12__.rar

Ken Boothe - Love Come Tumbling Down 7'' (1976)

Its Monday and the majority are stressed out at work looking out the window and wondering where the sun has gone (again) so a nice bit of relaxing reggae from Ken Boothe should do the trick. Like most Punk lovers my age,I got into reggae through Punk. Ken Boothe gets a name check on The Clash's epic White Man In Hammersmith Palais "Ken Boothe for UK pop reggae" and that in itself is good enough reason to check it out!


Tracks


1) Love Come Tumbing Down
2) Tumbling Dub



http://rapidshare.com/files/377700507/Love_Come_Tumbling_Down_7__.rar

Sham 69 - Borstal Breakout (Pink Vinyl Bootleg) 7'' (1997)

If somebody had told me back in 1978 that Borstal Breakout would be released nearly 20 years later on a bootleg pink vinyl 7'' with only 300 made,I would be straight on the blower to the funny farm for them. Both songs are the same re-recorded versions that were on the Kings & Queens album so not the originals (and or course,not as good as the originals either) These 7'''s might still be available on ebay for £7 quid if anyone wants one but they might not be either.

For the record,the original Borstal Breakout/Hey Little Rich Boy 7'' is my favourite punk single of all time.

Just a quick word on Friday's gig. I didn't really know what to expect without Pursey but I wasn't disappointed and despite new vocalist Tim being a Millwall supporter,he did a pretty damn good job. He didn't try to be Pursey which I liked and as an East Londoner his style was pretty well suited to the Sham style. They did 3 songs off the last album and off the top of my head Angels With Dirty Faces,Ulster,Red London,I Don't Wanna,They Don't Understand,We Gotta Fight,Who Gives A Damn,Thats Life,The Cockney Kids Are Innocent,Hey Little Rich Boy,Hurry Up Harry,Questions & Answers,Rip Off & Borstal Breakout. Encore Hersham Boys and If The Kids Are United. Me and mate went backstage afterwards and had a good chinwag with the band (some interesting stuff about Jimmy that I won't mention) They had to play at a festival in Poland yesterday where 300,000 people were expected to attend.

More people could of turned up but overall I thought it was an excellent night. Shampoo? Na mate,more like Shamtastic!



Tracks


1) Borstal Breakout
2) If The Kids Are United


http://rapidshare.com/files/377628523/Borstal_Breakout_7____Pink_Vinyl_.rar