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

The TV Eye // Drummer got this in the mid 80s from a german distributor as a replacement for another record he intially bought. He wasn’t too sad about it. After a couple of years it finally landed on my turntable in a trade with Calle from the almighty Outlast.

I think I’ll repeat what most people here know: J.Mascis on drums and Lou Barlow on guitar. The two later formed Dinosaur JR a band I enjoyed too in their early stage. Barlow later formed Sebadoh.

Went to see Dinosaur JR in 1992 and was yelling at Mascis to play some Deep Wound:”Play Sick Of Fun with that hysterical yelling J!”. He only smiled back. But nothing they’ve done beats this. Fast and furious Boston HC with great lyrics. They can handle both the speed as in Sisters and the slow stuff as in Dead Babies. And that Radiobeat sound with Lou Giordano behind the mixing desk. How the hell where they able to pull out such great and unique sounds out of their studios? Inne Ear in DC, Radiobeat in Boston, Spaceward in the UK and Bosses Sound in Sweden.

1000 pressed(thanks Erich) and bootleged several times.

Country: USA
Year: 1983
Label: Radiobeat
Format: 7″
Songs:
I Saw It.mp3
Sisters.mp3
In My Room.mp3
Don’t Need.mp3
Lou’s Anxiety Song.mp3
Video Prick.mp3
Sick Of Fun.mp3
Deep Wound.mp3
Dead Babies.mp3

I won’t go into much detail about mad man GG. But fact is that in his early days he released some great classic stuff. While looking at pictures of how he looks in the early 80s it’s hard to believe what he did to himself to make himself ruin his good looks. And the later scum rock he played wich I think most of you knows is nothing like the early stuff.

I don’t like what he got famous for. But I love his stuff up till 1983. This is his third 7inch backed up by Wayne Kramer on guitar and Dennis Thompson on drums from MC5. Dead Or Alive should’ve been the a-side. Gimme Some Head is great no doubt about it but hey Wayne these small solos everywhere just gets annoying after awhile. Listen to what a great sweet voice he has here!

Country: USA
Year: 1980
Label: Orange
Format: 7″
Songs:
Gimme Some Head.mp3
Dead Or Alive.mp3

You’ve noticed the little rascal haven’t been posting here lately. Cause of his rude behaviour I just had to block him. He was fun for awhile then he just didn’t knew when to stop. Someone got his eBay ID deleted: septicnecro. I wish I was the one who got him out of eBay but it wasn’t. Who ever got him out of there is a hero to me.

Today I got the good news that he’s finally banned from the excellent How’s Your Edge trading board after writing totally false acusations about me with no links to this site. He used to go under the name of Adam Wilson with the email adress: bukowski38@hotmail.com. As you can see he’s now gone: knock knock anybody home? If you search google.com for “adam wilson+bukowski38@hotmail.com” you can find his cached page.

Happy Halloween everybody. Yeah even to you Adam Wilson real name Mike Rush.

Buzzaw guitar sound, Jelloish vocals and great song writing. I really don’t think James McMonagle tried to sound like Jello. He just happened to sound that way. Ahhh that yo yo yo yo middle part in Powerload give me shivvers everytime. Too bad the LP that came after this didn’t live up to the quality of this debute record.

Inside the sleeve one of the guys have written:”Only four more covers to do!!” and then there’s a nice drawing too. What a relief after hand glueing 500 sleeves. Classic US HC with a unique sound folks.

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Country: USA
Year: 1984
Label: Speed Of Sound
Format: 7″
Songs:
Powerload.mp3
Babysitter.mp3
Meat Factory.mp3
Guidance Counselor/Metamorphosis.mp3
Love Song.mp3

This is a re-post from July the 8th 2006. Added more scans

If you got tinnitus like me this is the record for you! It has some very high background noise that’s a real pleasure for your ears. But who cares as long as it’s this great. Totaly snotty punk rock out of Australia and you know you can’t go wrong with that.

Once again I downloaded the versions over at 7inchpunk.com just to find out there where something that wasn’t right. I guess those tracks are from some remastered version that’ve been speeded up a little bit AND the lovely noise was gone. So here you get them directly ripped from my copy.

Mandatory reading is Ryan Richardsons article about Young Identities:”In 1977, Peter Miller from Brisbane’s outer Western suburbs was already a minor player in the city’s punk music scene. He worked part-time at Discreet Music, one of only two local record stores that imported U.K and American music. He edited one of Brisbane’s first fanzines, The Rat, and ran local punk gigs outside the premises of the Darra Cement Works.“.

Country: Australia
Year: 1979
Label: Shake Music
Format: 7″
Songs:
New Trends.mp3
Instant Feelings.mp3
Threats.mp3

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Killer powerpop/punk! You like Rezillos? Then you’ll love this. Even a slight hint of Sparks on Computerrock. Listen to the piano sound! Is it Rus Mael sitting there in Holland helping them out to write these two classics maybe? And take a close look at the nice hairdoes they fancy!

Country: Holland
Year: 1981
Label: CNR
Format: 7″
Songs:
Freddy Mercury.mp3
Computerrock.mp3