70's UK Punk/New Wave Listing =Rec-
Record Players/ Records/ Red Letters/ Red Lights/ Reducers/ Reels/ Regents/ Reluctant Stereotypes/ Reptile Ranch/
Resistance/ Rest/ Restricted Hours
RECORD PLAYERS
WRECK-001 (AERE-1104) Double C Side (Wrecord/Aerco 8/78)
M.O.R./ Don't Go Backwards// Wrong Song/ Ignore Us
WRECK-2 Don't Give An Inch/ Squirmin' In The Vermin// 67/ Parasite City (Wrecord 1979)
comp.)
6. M.O.R. on 'Business Unusual'
From Ramsgate. Power pop. 4 pieces. Also listed LP= 'Record Players' (Wrecord GULP-1).
VS-247 Rock'n' Roll Love Letter// Wives And Mothers Of Tomorrow/ Starry Eyes (live) (Virgin 4/79) -7"
(w/o 'Starry Eyes') & 12".
VS-250 Teenarama/ Held Up High (Virgin 5/79)
VDJ-29 High Heels EP (Virgin 6/79) -bonus 12" EP of 1st LP.
Abracadabra (Have You Seen Her)/ See My Friends// 1984/ Have You Seen Your Mother Baby
(Standing In The Shadow)
LP)
V-2122 Shades In Bed (Virgin 6/79)
1.Girl 2.Teenarama 3.Girls That Don't Exist 4.Starry Eyes 5.Up All Night// 6.All Messed Up And Ready To Go 7.Insomnia
8.Affection Rejected 9.The Phone 10.Another Star -rec. 2-4/79.
v, g-John Wicks g-Huw Gower b-Phil Brown d-Will Birch
Power pop. Wicks and Birch= ex.Kursaal Flyers. 2nd LP= 'Crashes' (V-2155 6/80).
Starry Eyes (German Virgin 1979)
RED LETTERS
CPS-025 Sacred Voices/ Shot In The Dark/ Science Has The Answer (Burning Bing 1979) -rec. 9/79.
From Newtongrange, Scotland. 3 pieces punk.
Never Wanna Leave/
Seventeen (Free Range 1978) -1 on LDK21. comp.) 7.Never Wanna Leave on 'Farewell To The Roxy' Punk. |
VR-003 Man With A Gun/ Vengence/ Can't Stop Now (Vibes 1979)
v-Raggy F.C. g-Roy Tynan b-Stuart Lyons d-Graham Barstow
From Lancashire. Punk. 3rd single 'Airways' (EMI 1980).
DOOR-003 Prefab Hearts/
Spot The Ridge (Back Door/ Phonogram 1979) Pop new wave. sounds like E.Costello. |
Power pop. More single= 'See You Later' (Arista ARIST-350 1980).
RELUCTANT STEREOTYPES
OVAL-1013 The Lull// The Rounds/ Fetch Mr.Clifford/ The Political Boys're On Us (Oval 1979)
From Birmingham. Reggae new wave.
REPTILE RANCH
Z-2 Animal Noises EP: Henry/ Saying Goodbye// Young Executive/ Ice Blue (Z Block 1979)
comp.)
9.Waterhole on 'Is The War Over?'
v, g, violin-Spike b, stuff-Philip John v, k, clarinet-Simon Smith
From Cardiff. Alternative.
v, g-Mark Damron b-John O'Leary v, k-Ian Reid d-Martin Saunders
Pop new wave. singing like E.Costello.
SSR-1 Carnival (Shooting
Star 1979) -power pop. 2nd single= Raga/ My House (Shooting Star SSR-2 1980). |
RESTRICTED HOURS
SRAR-1 Getting Things Done/ Still Living Out The Car Crash// (One Way Or Another/ I Want To Be Somebody
by the SYNDICATE) (Rock Against Racism 1979)
v-Mark g, b-Alan syn-Gordon
From Stevenage.