Another one on the Polydor Label - this time from English legends John Otway and his sidekick,Wild Willy Barrett.
Staying with Stiv Bators,this was The Wanderers 2nd and final single. It never came with a picture cover. Both songs are on the Only Lovers Left Alive album. Well its better than the Bob Dylan version isn't it?
What can I say about this classic? I dunno. If you don't like this then seek medical help!
And to finish on Stranglers related stuff,this was a fan club only release from 1980.
And from 1983 these 2 Stranglers got together and released this little ditty. Both songs are from their album Fire And Water.
And staying on this particular theme,then fellow Strangler Hugh Cornwell's collaboration with Robert Williams from the same year. Both songs are also on the the album Nosferatu.
The debut solo single from Strangler JJ Burnel. Its hard to believe this is 30 years old now.
When punk rock was well and truely down on its arse,Snuff were almost single-handedly keeping it going (or so it seemed at the time) This is later one of theirs from '99.
This one is quite hard to get hold of. This was Patrik's 5th 7'' single. In my humble opinion,not as excellent as the previous four he put out but that doesn't mean its not very good. Everything Patrik puts out is good!
Another S.O.D. single this time from '88. NOT the Elvis Costello song of the same name.
And heres The Teardrops 12'' EP which I also brought recently from Mr E Bay. I see I wasn't the only one who selotaped his covers back together back in the good old days!
A nice bit of reggae from '75 from Rupie Edwards. Its all I can manage today!
When the Lurkers first reformed back in 1982 without Howard Wall on vocals I was sceptical but Mark Fincham was an admirable deputy. This was their first single in their "new" incarnation on the Clay Label with Pete Stride,Esso and Nigel Moore remaining in the band.
And now for a long lost classic from 1970 from the aptly named Stamford Bridge. I'm not quite sure why I love this one so much but I do : - ) Be honest,I really spoil you lot sometimes! The B side is shite unfortunately, unlike Ossie who was my hero as a kid.
Just last week here on Punk Friction we had a very special guest non other than Trevor Wain the singer from The Teardrops (see comments on the other Teardrops post) Well I mentioned to him I was eyeing this one up on ebay and I made an offer for 7 quid which to my surprise was accepted. So I went the whole hog and also brought the In And Out Fashion 12'' too while I was at it. I'll post that next week if anyone wants it.
This one came with a special Carry On 7'' fanzine. Sounds like they were fans of Carry On films. Not my cup of tea those films I must admit but the single is good and thats all that counts.
You'd just as well have Primary too. Another good one from Robert Smith & crew from a couple of years later. The B side here is just a "dreary" instrumental - not much kop at all in my opinion.
One of my favourite Cure singles alongside Killing An Arab. The much underated Jumping Someone Else's Train from 1979. The B side is more crackly than the A for some reason - I can't think why as I can hardly remember playing it that much.
John Cooper Clarke is a legend. Clever,witty,original and brilliant. I only ever saw JJC the once back in the early 80's at the Elephant Fayre festival supporting Siouxsie. I've never laughed so much at a gig in my life. To be honest I'm not sure if it was JJC or the acid I was on at the time (probably the mixture of both!)
Just for a change some Teardrop Explodes with this double 7''. Don't turn your nose up, this is good.
Just when you thought it was safe to come out of the water - another Jimmy Pursey single turns up from nowhere. Alien Orphan is of course from the album of the same name but the B side is not on any album. This one hasn't got a picture cover and I don't know if one exists or not.
A bit of a strange one this starting with the cover! I have no idea why Borstal Breakout is on it with a strange "from London" introduction either. Hey but who cares. Not many bands have got the stick Sham have over the years but they are one of the bands I love. Just heard they are playing down here later in the year too so I'm one happy Longy today!
