70's UK Punk/New Wave Listing =A
Accelerators/ Accident On The East Lancs./ Acme Sewage Co./ Act/ Action Replay/ Adam & The Ants/ Addiction/
Addicts/ Addix/ A.D. 1984/ Advertising/ Adverts/ Agony Column/ Airmail/ Airship/ AKA/ Alberto Y Lost Trios Paranoias/
Alien Kulture/ Aliens/ Allies/ Alternative TV/ Alternators/ Alwoodley Jets
ACCELERATORS
SPIV-1 The Accelerators EP: Popguns And Green Lantern/ Liberate The Night/ Broken Promises// Reason For Treason/
Telepathic Romance/ This Is Your Life (Spiv 1979) -12". a-side= rec. 20-21/8/79, b-side= rec. 14-15/9/79.
comp.)
'Radio Blues' on 'Street To Street'
v-Chris Martin g-Martin Smith g-Kathy Freeman v, b-Tony Doyle d-Brian Damage
From Liverpool. Pub punk/power pop.
ACCIDENT ON THE EAST LANCS
v-Andy Sharrocks g-Kieran Miskella b-Dave Addison d-Pete Kenyon
From Manchester area. Punk. Formed late '78. 2nd single= 'Back End Of Nowhere/ Rat Race' (Roach RR-1 1980).
ACME SEWAGE CO.
comp.)
2.I Don't Need You 10.I Can See You on 'Raw Deal'
2.Smile And Wave Goodbye on 'Farewell To The Roxy'
Punk.
comp.)
1.Sure Fire 14.Skip The Beat on '499 2139'
v, g-Nick Laird-Clowes
g-Mark Gilmour b-Mr.Mystery d-Derek Adams Mods/Pop new wave singing like Elvis Costello. |
ACTION REPLAY
ROK-15/16 ('What's Wrong With A Pop Group' by the ZEROS)/ Decisions (ROK 1979)
Pop new wave.
F-13803 Young Parisians/ Lady (Decca 10/78)
LP)
RIDE-3 Dirk Wears White Sox (Do It 11/79)
1.Cartrouble (Parts 1&2) 2.Digital Tenderness 3.Nine Plan Failed 4.Day I Met God 5.Tabletalk// 6.Cleopatra
7.Catholic Day 8.Never Trust A Man (With Egg On His Face) 9.Animals And Men 10.Family Of Noise 11.The Idea
-rec. 8/79
comp.)
1.Deutscher Girls 5.Plastic Surgery on 'Jubilee Cert X' -these two tracks were later issued as a single on EG/Polydor 2/82.
v-Adam Ant g-Matthew Ashman b-Andrew Warren (later Monochrome Set) d-David Barbe
Punk. Ashman and Barbe later Bow Wow Wow. Signed to CBS in '80, then became pop star.
ADDICTION
comp.)
1.Violence 2.Stampede 3.Seek And Search on 'Is The War Over?'
v-Beva g-Blob v, b-Willy Scream d-Nicky
From Cardiff. Punk.
ADICTS
TUX-1 Lunch With The Adicts EP: This Week/ Straight Jacket// Organized Confusion/ Easy Way Out (Dining Out 1979)
v-Monkey g-Pete Davidson b-Mel Ellis d-Kid Dee
ADDIX
ZZ-22-002 Too Blind To See/ (No Such Thing As A) Bad Boy (Zig Zag 1979) -Punk/Power pop.
A.D. 1984
VOY-005 The Russians Are Coming!/ New Moon Falling (Voyage International 1979) -1 on TT1. Punk.
EMI-2710 Lipstick/ Lonely Guys (EMI 10/77)
LP)
EMC-3253 Advertising Jingles (EMI 1978)
1.Lipstick 2.Ich Liebe Dich 3.Pleasure Seekers 4.Suspender Fun 5.Shy 6.The Lookalikes 7.A.R.T.-ART//
8.Respect 9.Mean To Me (The Clothes You Wear) 10.The Lonely Guys 11.My Advice 12.Jealousy 13.Stolen Love
14.You Cost Too Much
comp.)
3.Lipstick on 'Meet The New Punk Wave'
v, g-Simon Boswell v, g-Tot Taylor b-Dennis Smith (later Secret Affair) d-Paul Bultitude (later Innocents)
Power pop w/ modern pop sense.
ADVERTS
AGONY COLUMN
TYG-2 (I Had It) All Worked Out/ Good Grief (Tyger 1979)
Listed as power pop. 2nd single= 'Love In The Head/ Free Of Love' (Back Door DOOR-8 6/80).
GIT-001 In A Moment/ No
Human Feeling (Graffiti 1979) v-Kay B g-Tone b-Zero d-Mik Stup Sound mixing-Dave Sound Alternative punk, sounds like Siouxsie & the Banshees. |
Get Out, Take Your Mother With You (Decca 1979) on LDK32. Punk/power pop.
ALBERTO Y LOST TRIOS PARANOIAS
Alberto Y Lost Trios Paranoias
Asian Youth/ Culture Crossover (RAR 1979) -also listed as on Kulture rec. 1 1981.
Punk/power pop. 3 Asians and a Welshman. On LDK7.
ALIENS
comp.)
6.The Prisoner on 'Southend Rock'
Punk.
HSP-1025 Push Living/
Computer (Harp 1979) Alternative punk. Back cover is almost same as front cover. |
ALTERNATIVE TV
SRTS/NRG-001 No Answers/ Kid Don't Know (NRG 1978)
Punk featuring keyboard.