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▶ PANIC - 13 LP
Sing Sing are proud to announce the reissue of this Dutch masterpiece of punk rock from Amsterdam's Panic! Their debut release from '78 simply titled '13' is a powerful album of perfectly constructed, attitude-riddled punk numbers from start to finish.
Nevermind the Sex Pistols references on the album cover, Panic aren't getting their sounds from Rotten & Co. but with songs like "He Can Come" and "13" we're sure they picked up a thing or two about vulgarity from those chaps. Panic's sound, however, is uniquely successful and no doubt plays a part in the albums reputation amongst collectors.
PANIC formed in 1977 as a follow up to the short lived band “Big Peter and the Terrible Garage” (see poster on album cover). In 1978 PANIC’s LP 13 was released by two labels; first by Universe (red vinyl) and then by Ariola (black vinyl). The reissue comes in a gatefold jacket with liner notes by Peter Penthouse, unseen band photos and your own personal copy of the 'Big Peter' poster.
Release Country: Holland
Release Year: 1978 / Reissue Date: 01.11
Original Label: Universe & Ariola
More info including track listing, bio and press photos is available HERE
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▶ STRIKE - 'Radio Songs' b/w 'Teenage Rebel'
Strike were a four-piece powerpop band from Belfast consisting of Mark Nixon (v),
Noel Rafferty (gtr), Paul Kenny (gtr), Laurence Sprott (b) and
Davy Johnston (d). Their sole release was 'Radio Songs' b/w "Teenage Rebel", an amazing 45 issued by the "Shock Rock" label in 1980 an edition of only 500 copies. Shock Rock was setup up by Outlet, a traditional / folk recording studio and label to cash in on punk in Belfast in 1980 but both tracks are well crafted pop songs and its unfortunate that the band didn't go on to more releases. (A later version of Strike featuring a female singer did have a couple tracks on a Shock Rock compilation aptly titled 'Belfast')
Check our blog (HERE) for an extended history from Strike's lead guitarist Paul Kenny.
Release Country: UK
Release Year: 1980 / Reissue Date: 11.10
Original Label: Shock Rock
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▶ RIP OFF RECORDS Compilation LP
RIP OFF RECORDS was formed in 1978 by George Doherty to capitalize on the vibrant punk scene in Northern Ireland. The original releases have eluded collectors worldwide for years and when they occasionally surface only trade hands at large sums. This RIP OFF RECORDS Compilation LP should put an end to some of that hunting because for the first time in years punk and powerpop fans can easily locate and afford their favorite tracks by CRAMP, CLIVE CULBERTSON, LENNY & THE LAWBREAKERS, NO SWEAT, PRETTY BOY FLOYD & THE GEMS and THE ZIPPS. But that's not all! We tracked down George Doherty and
got a few unreleased tracks from THE FADERS, MINOR CLASSICS and TINOPENERS!
Release Country: UK
Release Year: 1978-1979 / Reissue Date: 11.10
Original Label: Rip Off Records
More info including track listing, bio and press photos is available HERE
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▶ THE TUNNELRUNNERS - Plastic Land EP
Main-man Madoc was never a real feature of the local scene, and only every now and again would he be spotted, with his long shaggy non-punk locks and mostly sporting some kind of brightly coloured miltary tunic, fronting The Tunnelrunners in some God-forsaken you-take-your-life-in-your-hands gig like the Admiral Benbow pub out on Fabian Way. You couldn't just go and see The Tunnelrunners: you had to be lucky, to be in the right place at the right time. With the legend of the Tunnelrunners' glories grown to almost mythic proportions, the group was eventually nailed down in one place long enough to record a ten-song everything-live session for the local radio station, and in January 1981 five tracks from the session were released as the "Plastic Land" EP. The group played one final Swansea gig, to show willing, and then disappeared back to the up-England-way college-lives that had effectively finished the group that past autumn. (Low Down Kids)
Release Country: UK
Release Year: 1981 / Reissue Date: 04.10
Original Label: Sonic International Records.
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▶ THE LOCALS - 'You Never Have Fun' b/w 'Yes Or No'
An underrated punk-tinged pop band comprised and founded by four Pratt students, among them Bill Rohlfing, former bass player from the unruly punk ‘n’ roll band Public Problems. The band gigged regularly around the New York from ‘79 to ‘83 and soon built a reputation as an amazing live act (check out the live songs on our blog from Max’s Kansas City)!! This, their one and only vinyl release, was recorded at Backstreet Studios and released in 1980 on the private Griffy label. It was distributed locally and sold primarily at gigs. Both sides are extremely well written and masterfully played punky-pop songs with intricate vocal harmonies and monumental guitar lines. Guaranteed to get in your head and stay there. A totally essential record from a criminally overlooked band.
Release Country: USA
Release Year: 1980 / Reissue Date: 04.10
Original Label: Griffy Records. |
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▶ PROTEX - Strange Obsessions LP
Strange Obsesesions has long been the holy grail of fervent record collectors worldwide. Rumors have abound that this album had been released in Holland and or that there were a small number of white label test pressings in existence but none of these claims have ever been substantiated. As far as I can ascertain, this is the first time that ten of these tracks have become commercially available anywhere. The fruits of these Chas Chandler sessions had only been previously hinted at with the bands final singles and the track All I Wanna Do Is Rock ‘N’ Roll that appeared on the American only Polydor compilation album Made In Britain.
The title track of this release is worth the entrance fee alone. A genuine teen anthem if there ever was one. A live rendition of the song was featured in the Shellshock Rock movie but to get to hear the song recorded in a proper studio is truly a blissful experience. The production is clean and crisp and it baffles me how either the band or record company were dissatisfied with these sessions at the time. Perhaps when revisited and with the hindsight of time on their side their perspectives may have changed.
(Sean O'Neill; co-author of It Makes You Wanna Spit!)
More info including track listing, bio and press photos is available HERE
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▶ DEAF AIDS - 'Do It Again' b/w 'Peep Show' / 'Aren't People Strange'
A Sheffield-based band formed in September 1978 as Charles Hawtrey & The Deaf Aids. Early in 1979 the group reduced the name to Deaf Aids and gained a certain local following which increased thanks to a national tour with The Jags. An EP, co-produced by their promoter/ financier Mike Charlesworth, was issued in October 1979 in a pressing limited to 250 copies (the tracks were originally recorded as a demo and only released on vinyl as an afterthought). The 7’’, one of the rarest singles of the era, includes three Gamwells-penned songs of a certain quality, with a particular mention to DO IT AGAIN, a strong Powerpopper which could have been an indie hit with appropriate promotion. In mid-1980 Gamwells, Hoggard and newcomer John O’Rourke were arrested after smashing up the stage with microphone stands during a Sheffield gig. In 1982 Deaf Aids metamorphosed into Bambi-Kino (named after a Hamburg cinema where The Beatles slept) who one year later became Urban Pears. (45 Revolutions)
** The original release was issued without artwork. The reissues comes complete with the band's intended artwork.
Release Country: UK
Release Year: 1979 / Reissue Date: 01.10
Original Label: Regional Records. |
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▶ SPIDER - 'Back To The Wall' b/w 'Down & Out'
Hailing from Wallasey (Merseyside), Spider were a four-piece formed in 1976 by Brain Burrows, Col Harkness, Dave Bryce and Rob E. Burrows. The group began performing on the local live scene in Spring 1977 and recorded their debut 7" in September at the Pennine Sound Studio, Oldham; the single emerged in late November 1977 in a pressing of 500 copies, mainly sold at gigs. Its two band-composed songs show definite promise and should appeal to both Powerpop and Punk Rock collectors, as BACK TO THE WALL is an infectious Powerpop/Glam-Punk number ('beat with thunderous percussions said the music press) while DOWN AND OUT is a remarkable melodic Punk tune. During 1978 and 1979 Spider progressively changed approach towards a sort of Satus Quo-like rock with Heavy Metal touches. The combo gained a steady cult following though incessant gigging, but failed to issue other records before the end of the decade. In the '80s, the band would record several singles and albums on the Alien, City, RCA, A&M and PRT labels, scoring two minor hit singles and two top 100 UK albums between 1982 and 1984. (45 Revolutions)
Release Country: UK
Release Year: 1977 / Reissue Date: 01.10
Original Label: Pennine |
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▶ RUDI - 'I Spy' / 'Genuine Reply' b/w 'Sometimes' / 'Ripped In Two'
After recording a track for Good Vibrations' double 7" BATTLE OF THE BANDS on February 1, 1979, Rudi entered Belfast's Wizard Studios taping four songs that appeared in the last week of July on an EP which seemed about to be released by Polydor, but which finally emerged on the Good Vibrations label when the combo refused to replace Graham Marshall with a different drummer as suggested by Polydor. The Buzzcockian guitar solo of GENUINE REPLY, the chorus of RIPPED IN TWO and the John Barry-esque intro to the title-track were the platter's most memorable moments. Although all four tunes were very convinving and could stay on your turntable for days.
Release Country: Northern Ireland
Release Year: 1979 / Reissue Date: 05.09
Original Label: Good Vibrations |
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▶ JETZ - 'Catch Me' b/w 'Breaking It Down'
A rock band from Cheshunt, in Hertfordshire, active from 1974 as Red Whyman with a line-up comprising Alex Kinder (v), Tracy Graham (b), Tony Skeggs (gtr), Dennis Pugsley (gtr) and Paul Titchmarsh (d). Having signed a deal with Rebel Records (a subsidiary of EMI), late in 1976 the combo recorded three tracks at London's Majestic Studios. Early in 1977 Red Whyman changed moniker to Jetz, recruited new drummer Steve Bye and changed their set in a New Wave direction. Two further songs were taped, again at Majestic Studios, with Dave 'Howie' Howman producing. One of them IF THAT'S WHAT YOU REALLY WANT, would remain unreleased, but the other, an enjoyable Powerpopper with Punk overtones entitled CATCH ME, would surface on the A-side of a single only issued in Holland, Belgium, Germany and Scandinavia between the end of 1977 and the beginning of 1978.
Release Country: Holland
Release Year: 1977 / Reissue Date: 05.09
Original Label: Rebel / Negram
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▶ THE ZIPS - 'Take Me Down' / 'Don't Be Pushed Around' b/w 'I'm In Love' / 'Over & Over'
In 1978 John McNeil (v/gtr) and Brian Jackson (gtr) recruited Joe Jaconelli (d) and Phil Mullen (b/v), and launched The Zips onto the New Wave. They released their debut single, The Zips EP, in April 1979, a favourite of Radio Clyde, and the late-John Peel on Radio One. The 500 copies swiftly sold out, and it was followed by a new single, Radioactivity, on their own Tenement Toons label.
Release Country: Scotland
Release Year: 1979 / Reissue Date: 03.09
Original Label: Black Gold Records
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▶ RUDI - 'Big Time' b/w 'No. On'
The first punk band to emerge from Belfast, Northern Ireland, Rudi was formed in late 1975; although before punk broke, the original lineup toyed with glam sounds and even had two drummers! This lineup consisted of Ronnie Matthews (gtr/v), Brian Young (gtr/v), Drew Brown (d) and Graham 'Grimmy' Marshall (bass/vcls). By the time their first single was recorded, Graham Marshall moved to drums and Gordon Blair joined on bass. "A single, cheaply recorded at Templepatrick Studios on February 1978, emerged in the last week of April '78, housed in a fold-open cover with artwork inspired by the 1932 movie 'The Mummy' (with Boris Karloff) on the front. A punk/powerpop song of superior musical level, Big Time was the perfect introduction to Rudi: crisp, tight, energetic and contagiously melodic. The flip was a good '77 three chord garage-punker, which confirmed the band's talent." [45 Revolutions]
Release Country: Northen Ireland
Release Year: 1978 / Reissue Date: 03.09
Original Label: Good Vibrations
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▶ ROSES ARE RED - 'Can't Understand' b/w 'Your Love Is Like A Ballistic Missile'
"A five-piece punk band formed in the first half of 1978, Roses Are Red suffered a series of personnel changes before a March 1979 line-up featuring Chris Thompson (v) and Nicky Hallam (gtr) with Vibrators members Greg Van Cook, Ian 'Knox' Carnochan and John 'Eddie' Edwards recorded this self-produced single at Elephant Studios, London, and privately issued it in June, receiving positive responses. The stand out track is Your Love Is Like A Ballistic Missile, and infectious punk song built around a catchy chorus: a DIY punk gem which has developed a steady reputation among collectors...." [45 revolutions]
Release Country: UK
Release Year: 1979 / Reissue Date: 03.09
Original Label: Posthumous Petal
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Sing 039 :: ROTTWEILER |
a] I'm Down
b] Wanna Be Your Friend
COMING MAY 2012! |
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Sing 040 :: NASAL BOYS |
a] Hot Love
b] Die Wüste Lebt!
COMING MAY 2012! |
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Sing 041 :: THE NOTHING |
a] Scream N Cry
b] Uniformz
COMING MAY 2012 !
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