This is a re-post from April the 29th 2006. Added more scans and I Gave My Punk Jacket To Rickie since it’s not available at James site anymore.
I know that James over at the excellent MP3 blog Worthless Trash posted the a-side “I Gave My Punk Jacket to Rickie” so head over there and pick it up. Here’s the equally excellent b-side. This was one of John Peels(may he rest in peace) favourite records. The back of the sleeve is hold togheter with two small safety pins. How punk rock!
Country: USA
Year: 1977
Label: Malicious
Format: 7″
Songs:
I Gave My Punk Jacket To Rickie.mp3
Popgun.mp3
YES !!!. Sheer brilliance
Peely wasn’t wrong often, other great punky things in his box included Some Chicken, Users, Anti-Social and the Quads, also XL Capris’ “My City Of Sidney” is in there but we’ll forgive him the odd stinker!
The Anemic Boyfriends’ “Guys Are Not Proud” 7′ was another rarity in Peel’s stash. DIY-ish Alaskan punk rock (with female vocals) from 1980. My boss lent me the single years ago, and it was only recently I was able to track down rips of both tracks on it.
I Gave My Punk Jacket To Ricky is much better than “Popgun.” Tyrades cover “Popgun” on the new P. Trash comp Killed By Trash. I guess they couldn’t do I” Gave My…” since it didn’t appear on a KBD volume. I’ve been playing “My City Of Sydney” so much this last week. I love that song. I have it on Where The Birdmen Flew Revisited #3. It’s really catchy.
I loved “I gave my punkjacket to rickie”
One of the best songs ever…
Oh my goodness…do I hate guitar solos? Do I?Yes!!
//Killad av dödenPeter
Ha ha you’re not alone in your hating regarding guitar solos.
That´s comforting to hear. I thought I was alone in my hatemosphere.
//Bored to Death by guitar solosPeter
Hey I got that Anemic Boyfriends record. A friend didn’t want it, ages ago. Reminds me of D-Day or Suburban Lawns.
Wow, I have loved “I Gave My Punk Jacket” forever! Thank you for posting this. When I played it awhile back for my gf, she thought the vocals sounded a lot like proto-Kathleen Hanna, and when she said that, I could kind of hear it, too. The song sticks in your head. Also, my gf has a cat named Cricket, so we often sing it while we’re playing with him, but change the words a bit: “I gave my punk jacket to Cricky.”
Thanks so much for this post!
Mary gave her punk tshirt to Kathy Peck from the Contractions. It will be up for bids soon in the Dirk Dirksen (Mabuhay Gardens) Benefit Auction:
http://hearnet.com/auction.html
I am still bothered that she gave the jacket to Rickie and she promised it to me a few months before that…oh well.
Play “Rickie Boy” at a slower speed and it sounds like Tim Curry fagging it up.
Superb!
Bet the singer is a looker.
The singer was a liar! She promised to give the fucking jacket to me, but ended up giving it to that asshole Rickey! End of fucking story.
ha ha ha
Does anyone have info on how many copies of this 45 were pressed? cheers
I’ve had a copy of this one lying around for fucking centuries.
Can’t say I ever enjoyed the ‘A’ side. Too poseur-ish for me, I’m afraid.
Popgun is a little better.
Compared to the REAL stuff out there like the Dead Boys, or Ramones, this is fairly lightweight “Hey let’s jump on the bandwagon for cash” stuff.
When it came out, record shops couldn’t give this one away. Now it’s collectable. Go figure.
John Peel was right. this rocks. usually don’t like it that kind of punk but i’ve opened my mind a bit. now i can’t get i gave my punk jacket out of my head. aaaaaaaaaaa!
Been trying in vain to track down a copy of this for years, missed one on ebay about 4 years ago for £100. Been kicking myself in over it since.
Still have a cassette of John Peel’s show when he played it though.
Don’t suppose anyone knows a site where one can download these 2 tracks.
I know I can listen to them online but would love them on my ipod.
Lee the tracks are right here for you to download. What’s the problem?
Got them now, a friend told me about ‘Audio hijack’. many thanks!.
You don´t need Audio Hijack. You can just download the mp3s here. How hard can it be :)?
Flame me for being thick but can you please tell me/us step by step just how?. I know i can save a copy through quicktime pro but i don’t have it.
Thanks
(Firehose at the ready!)
Hi Bengy! RIGHT click the mp3 link and choose “Save as…” then save to whatever destination on your hard drive you want. Works?
You bet matey!! Thanks a lot for that. I heard it on John Peel in 1977 and never even got to find out who it was leta alone a copy!!!
Sometime I don’t mind owning up to being a pratt!
Bengy
Identical voice to Lotus Lame and the Lame Flames. Same person?
I got a copy in mint condition. I think I paid 10 pence for it 25 years ago
Ok. Good to know?
Dont care wot anyone else thinks this is the mutts nutts……..
I have an old 45 – does anyone know how much it’s worth?
around $200.