My copy of the Mops second 7″ looks like it was found in a dumpster, but as it plays perfect I never bothered to update it to a better looking copy until a few months ago when I saw a copy on Ebay. As I bought this copy for about a dollar or two, I expected that it was still cheap as fuck, but was shocked when I saw that it ended on over $100! I sure didn’t see that coming when I put my bid on $12 and expected to pay less.Thank your lucky star that you’ll get the music for nothing and chicks for free here instead.

IMHO the B-side, that is some kind of cover of a Simon & Garfunkel song, is the real deal on this one, even if the A-side ain’t too shabby either. I guess I prefer Herr Bergstrom as it was included on The roots of Swedish pop compilation that was released in 1995 or 96, and served as my first introduction to the band.

Now get on your scooter and ride Peter!

Country: Sweden
Year: 1982
Label: Trend
Format: 7″
Songs:
Manen.mp3
Herr Bergstrom.mp3

Repost from April 27th, 2006 . Added more scans and new rips of all the songs.

Here’s one for all lovers of melodic punk rock. Floridas The Reactions extremly sought after second 7inch is good but not great. “Marianne” is the standout track. I know that japanese collectors will go ape shit over this record so if you’ll have something nice to trade I might part with it. For some info about The Reactions click here.

Country: USA
Year: 1981
Label: Reaction
Format: 7″
Songs:
The Nights On End.mp3
Marianne.mp3
I Can’t Help It.mp3
Rebe Rousers.mp3

It’s not that I’m running out of lesser known records. It’s just that I want to remind myself that most of the really great punk bands are the big ones. Like Ramones. And if I can post a known band with a rare sleeve version I’ll do it. What the fuck? It’s a rare DUTCH sleeve version. Again. To be certain I’m awaiting some comments that can confirm that this is the more rare dutch sleeve. One of my better finds. Payed $5.00 and seen it go for as high as $475. I wasn’t that fond of Ramones in the 70’s and the main reason was that all of my neighborhood didn’t like any other punk band except the Ramones. I thought that was silly when there was so many bands that I though was MUCH better like Pistols, Clash, Generation X, Vibrators etc. During the years I’ve come to love them more and more. The first punk band who released the first punk album and single. That’s how I see my punk history. Touring the UK in the summer of 1976 and gave fuel to the whole punk explosion. They need to be credited no doubt. Still, after Rocket To Russia they should’ve called it a day.

Country: USA
Year: 1978
Label: Phillips
Format: 7″
Songs:
Do You Wanna Dance.mp3
It’s A Long Way Back To Germany.mp3

This unknown gem will probaly make a bunch of you scream and hide under a rock as it’s well produced mod/power pop that sounds very British. Maybe not too surprising as two of the members moved to Sweden from the UK/Ireland after they met some nice blonde ABBA look-a-likes from Stockholm. Both these guys (Billy and John) played in 2760, who had 2 great songs on the Let it out comp LP and released a pretty good 12″ before they joined forces with Pelle from Raketerna to start Crash!.

Alright on the night sounds like a cheesy heavy metal title, and sort of sounds like a mod version of a cheesy heavy metal song as well. I kind of like it, but the bee’s knee’s is the killer on the B-side, Top billing. The drums in the intro got me hooked the same second I heard it for the first time,  and since then it’s been stuck in my head. Give it a spin and you’ll see that it’s even better than the Jumpers!

Country: Swedeno
Year:r 1981
Label: Future Firsts
Format: 7″
Songs:
Alright on the night.mp3
Top billing (in wonderland).mp3