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Wednesday 28 January 2015

VIRGIN LONDON MARATHON APRIL 26th 2015

As well as being a collector and seller of vinyl I am also a half marathon runner and soon to be full marathon runner. Follow the link below to find out all about my marathon challenge for 2015!
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Thursday 1 January 2015

PUNK ARTWORK 7" VINYL

Punk rock coincided with the emergence of  a proliferation of coloured vinyl and the renewal of the picture sleeve. The picture sleeve has been around a long time with a lot of the 50's & 60's releases in uninspiring picture sleeve format (predominantly with just band/artist photos). Whilst there were still plenty of P/S releases in the 70's the punk era moved it to a different level and the covers became far more interesting. Shown below is a selection of punk 7" vinyl from some of the major bands of the day.






THE SKIDS - 1977-1982 from Scotland (Dunfermline)
THE DAMNED - from London & probably one of the most well known punk bands with multiple band member changes down the years.
STIFF LITTLE FINGERS - from Belfast started out during the punk explosion of 1977
THE VIBRATORS - Another London band and like many still playing today
THE PLEASERS - From London/Surrey more pop than punk I guess but like others bundled into punk genre sometimes.
SHRINK - I think he was from London but not 100% sure
THE CORTINAS - Are from Bristol and the single shown "Fascist Dictator" was their first
999 - Another London band with quite a large output of vinyl in their heyday
THE REZILLOS - From Edinburgh still around today and probably one of the most sucessful bands

All the above vinyl is currently available from Vinyl_Spurs

THE DICKIES - Are from California and some people refer to them as "bubble gum punk"
3 of their early singles are shown below, all released on coloured vinyl on the A&M label
Give it Back AMS 7391 - Eve of Destruction AMS 7373 - Banana Splits AMS 7431
Banana Splits of course being the theme tune for the famous US TV programme of the same name..all togther now ..Tra la la




Finally today here is a rare punk 7" from American Band called Human Sexual Response
Z2 on the bizarrely named "don't fall off the mountain" record label- The single released slightly later than most of the above in 1981 entitled "What does sex mean to me?"



Of course there are many many more punk bands from around the world, and the genre remains to be one of the most collectable genres in music/vinyl