70's UK Punk/New Wave Listing =E

Eater/ Echo & The Bunnymen/ Eddie & The Hot Rods/ Edge/ Jimmy Edwards/ Electrix/ Elizabeth/ Empty Vessels/ End/

English Subtitles/ Epileptics/ Escalators/ Essential Bop/ Essential Logic/ Europeans/ Everyone Else/ Excel/ Exile/ Exits/ Exits/

Expelaires/ Eyes/ Eyes At Risk


EATER

Eater

 

ECHO & THE BUNNYMEN

CAGE-004 The Pictures On My Wall/ I've Read It In Books (Zoo 3/79) -rec. 3/79

comp.)

Monkeys on 'Street To Street'

 

v, g-Ian McCulloch g-Will Sergent b-Les Pattinson

From Liverpool. Formed '78. Alternative. LP= 'Crocodile' (Korova CODE-1 7/80).

 

EDDIE & THE HOT RODS

Eddie & The Hot Rods

 

EDGE

ION-4 Macho Man/ I'm Cold (Albion 11/78)

FIRE-3 Downhill/ American Excess (Hurricane 1979)

FIRE-6 Watching You/ Overtaking (Hurricane 1979)

 

v, b-Glyn Havard g-Lou Edmonds (ex.Damned) v, k-Gavin Povey d-Jon Moss (ex. London, Damned)

Punk/Power pop. LP= 'Square 1' (FLAK-102 1980). They are Jane Aire's back band, the Belvederes.

 

JIMMY EDWARDS

Nora's Diary/ Call Me A Fraud (Warner 1979) -Prod. by Jimmy Pursey. 1 on PP1.

Twentieth Century Time/ Seven Hail Marys (Polydor 1979) -& the Profile. 2 on LDK7.

Ex.Masterswitch. Power pop. More singles in '80-'81.

 

ELECTRIX

ELX-001 Holland/ Oh So Different From The Crowd/ Call A Spade A Spade/

Enemy Of The State (Electrix 1979) -Punk. 1 on LDK16.

 

ELIZABETH

CR-139 God Save The Sex Pistols/ Silver Story (Creole 1977)

Another punk cash-in. No punk/new wave music.

 

EMPTY VESSELS

SRTS-79/CUS-261 Too Much Trouble/ Loomy (SRT 1979) -1 on LDK30. Punk/power pop.

 

END

I Can't Take Any More (no label 1979) -listed as new wave.

 

ENGLISH SUBTITLES

SMALL-22 Time Tunnel// Sweat/ Reconstruction

(Small Wonder 1979)

 

v-Warden Ginter g-Lou Librium g-Jewels Web b-Dil Deadman d-Paul Hookman

Unique punk. 2nd single= 'Tannoy/ Carson Fire' (Glass GLASS-007 1981).

 

EPILEPTICS

BEAT-8 1970's Have Been Made In Hong Kong// System Rejects/ Hitler's Still A Nazi/Warcrimes (Stortbeat 11/79)

 

v-Col Latter v, g-Kev Hunter b-Derek Birkett d-Rich Coveney

From Bishops Stortford, Essex. Punk. Later changed name to the Licks and re-issued the same EP. Re-issued the EP as the

Epileptics again (Spider Leg SDL-1 1981).

 

ESCALATORS

comp.)

5.Carscape on '499 2139'

 

v-Mark Gullick g-Steve Musham b-Tim Sales d-Mike Johnson

Pop new wave w/ reggae.

 

ESSENTIAL BOP

comp.)

5.Chronicle on 'Avon Calling'

 

v-Steve Bush g-Danny Cotterill b-Dave Robinson k-Simon Taylor d-Phil Howard

Formed in Bristol summer '78. Pop new wave. 1st EP= 'Eloquent Sounds' (Monopause MOAN-1001 1980).

 

ESSENTIAL LOGIC

SELL-1 Aerosol Burns/ World Friction (Cells/Rough Trade 1978)

VS-261 Wake Up/ Eagle Bird// Quality Crayon Wax O.K./ Bod's Message (Virgin 5/79) -7" & 12"

RT-029 Popcorn Boy (Waddle Ya Do)/ Flora Force (Rough Trade 1979)

LP)

ROUGH-5 Beat Rhythm News (Waddle Ya Play) (Rough Trade 10/79)

1.Quality Crayon Wax O.K. 2.The Order Form (I Want To Order A Pelican) 3.Shabby Abbott 4.World Friction

5.Wake Up 6.Albert Albert Albert 7.Alkaline Loaf In The Area 8.Collecting Dust 9.Popcorn Boy (Waddle Ya Do)

 

v, sax-Lora Logic (ex.X-Ray Spex) sax-David g-Phil Lip g-William Bennett (Later Come, Whitehouse)

b-Mark Turner d-Rich Tea

Punk. 1st single lineup= v, sax-Lora g-Stuart Action, b-Tim Wright (ex.Pere Ubu, later DNA) d-Rich Tee.

Lora also joined the Red Crayola.

 

EUROPEANS

PULSE-2 Europeans/ Voices (Heartbeat 11/78)

TREB-105 Europeans/ It Wasn't Me (Rialto 1979)

comp.)

2.On The Continent on 'Avon Calling'

 

v, g, syn-Jonathan Cole g-Jon Klein b-Stephan Street d-James Cole

Pop new wave.

 

EVERYONE ELSE

School Days (Woodbine St. WS-001 1979) -on LDK12.

 

EXCEL

If It Rains EP: If It Rains/ Rolling Home/ She's One Of The Boys/ Rock Show (A.R.S.S. 1979)

-private pressing. 1 on LDK8/26/ 4 on PP2.

 

v, g-Richard Taylor v, g-Allan Walsh v, b-Tony Kelly d-Stephen Gawtry

From Rochdale. Power pop. One more single on Polydor.

 

EXILE

BO-1 Don't Tax On Me EP: Jubilee 77/ Hooked On You// Fascist DJ/ Windmill (Boring 8/77) -rec. 6/77. 3 on TT3.

CYS-1033 The Real People// Tomorrow Today/ Disaster Movie

(Charly 1/78) -rec. 10/77. all on SSS.

comp.)

14.Disaster Movie on 'Streets'

13.Fascist DJ on 'Nova-Vaga'

 

v, g-Graham Scott g-Stan Workman b-Robert Kirk d-Dougie Burns

From Glasgow. Formed 2/77. Punk.

 

EXITS

GIL-519 The Fashion Plague/ Cheam (Lightning 6/78)

 

v, b-Colin Swan g-Geno Buckmaster k-John Clarkson d-Gary Hurley

Formed in South London '75. Power pop. Swan and Buckmaster formed the Direct Hits, a mod band, 11/80.

 

EXITS

WOO-1 Yodelling EP: Apathy/ Glandular Angela/ Going Places/ Fuck The Weekend/

I Love The Dole (Way Out 6/78) -1 on TT3/ 2 on TT5. Punk.

 

EXPELAIRES

CAGE-007 To See You/ Frequency (Zoo 1979)

v-Gregory g-David Wolfenden b-David Harper k-Craig Adams

d-Carl Harper

Alternative. 2nd single= Sympathy (Don't Be Taken In)/ Kicks (Rockburgh ROCS-222 1980).

 

EYES

RAW-16 I Like It/ Once Ain't Enough (Raw 3/78)

RAW-29 Once In A Lifetime/ Hello I Love You (Raw 1978)

 

v-Doug Kane g-Nick Porter g-John Stuart Mills b-Reg Marshall d-Steve Simmons

Punk.

 

EYES AT RISK

comp.)

4.Night Life 14.Sane Problems on 'New Wave From The Heart'

 

v-Ian Campbell g-Pagan Bo g-David Lee b-Paul Walters d-Chris Wright

Punk.