tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-49666719571676598242024-02-08T03:35:25.883+00:00Hitsville UKRuss at Hitsville UKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00945804748345517024noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4966671957167659824.post-15740830836515322862010-05-20T17:57:00.004+01:002010-05-20T18:02:10.778+01:00John Otway & Wild Willy Barrett<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFWtdMvE_Oxc-GcvRxY10fDi_PDW2dz7JPcf_iamJWIj5XIQAvCyNBPYsxw6kCX444Dc2y6m8OltDl5LpzWstVoDxodpV7sqPqO7dUdbm4yG_iEs5di6RWloDSmMbyr8-9YoLLEClB7Ig/s1600/otway01.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFWtdMvE_Oxc-GcvRxY10fDi_PDW2dz7JPcf_iamJWIj5XIQAvCyNBPYsxw6kCX444Dc2y6m8OltDl5LpzWstVoDxodpV7sqPqO7dUdbm4yG_iEs5di6RWloDSmMbyr8-9YoLLEClB7Ig/s320/otway01.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5473398131436114658" /></a><br /><b>(Cor Baby That's) Really Free!/Beware Of The Flowers ('Cos I'm Sure They're Gonna Get You Yeah!) (Polydor 2058951) 1977 </b><div><br /></div><div>Aylesbury's finest, released November 77. This one should go on the Punkertainment Blog too... picked up some airplay and a chart placing at the time. Comedy punk at its finest by two hippies from the home counties.</div><div><br /></div><div>Sound clip:-</div><div><br /></div><div>http://punksleeves.com/sounds/Otway01.mp3</div>Russ at Hitsville UKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00945804748345517024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4966671957167659824.post-25272984452368438942010-05-20T16:32:00.003+01:002010-05-20T16:35:21.303+01:00The Jags<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1Vx3drsRPULkIN2XcJLylIFSJRoBJK__-QDRH8kwzBjfgiiRK33nrXloZdAMBKZlZuKC6lRSJ25wRcXP0p-Bqeq3vxPI441dacwMnxNMaorQCJ0lNjVm6TiiUt5YzFty5gj3L5lQoKq0/s1600/jags01.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1Vx3drsRPULkIN2XcJLylIFSJRoBJK__-QDRH8kwzBjfgiiRK33nrXloZdAMBKZlZuKC6lRSJ25wRcXP0p-Bqeq3vxPI441dacwMnxNMaorQCJ0lNjVm6TiiUt5YzFty5gj3L5lQoKq0/s320/jags01.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5473376081198375026" /></a><br /><b>Back Of My Hand/Double Vision (Island WIP6501) 1979</b><div><br /></div><div>Classic PowerPop from this Bournemouth quartet, this made an impact on radio and the charts but the group didn't last more than a couple of years and never managed to build on its success.</div><div><br /></div><div><div>Sound edit:-</div><div><br /></div><div>http://punksleeves.com/sounds/Jags01.mp3</div></div>Russ at Hitsville UKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00945804748345517024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4966671957167659824.post-30677604035309323942010-05-20T16:24:00.003+01:002010-05-20T16:29:30.351+01:00Krypton Tunes<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT5rd2ED8SvAp8laT2bEe2_n-DUOFG1IiPfDTtNGnc__f212aNcxWmLyEAi_O0WZN6Br26w06HYhyeg0sUMurFquOaIYEIqwHZUbmg_8RK4SzRVXiIlLXihIS9mTLhtq9HTbcyrCGKOC0/s1600/kryptontunes01.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT5rd2ED8SvAp8laT2bEe2_n-DUOFG1IiPfDTtNGnc__f212aNcxWmLyEAi_O0WZN6Br26w06HYhyeg0sUMurFquOaIYEIqwHZUbmg_8RK4SzRVXiIlLXihIS9mTLhtq9HTbcyrCGKOC0/s320/kryptontunes01.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5473374431265529970" /></a><br /><b>Limited Vision/(All In) Jail (Lightning GIL546) 1978</b><div><br /></div><div>Second single by Welsh group Krypton Tunes, released on the Lightning label in June 1978. Quite hard to find nowadays, as is their debut single <i>Behind Your Smile</i>, released at the tail end of 1977.</div><div><br /></div><div>Sound edit:-</div><div><br /></div><div>http://punksleeves.com/sounds/KryptonTunes01.mp3</div>Russ at Hitsville UKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00945804748345517024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4966671957167659824.post-51401741449982873292010-05-20T16:18:00.005+01:002010-05-20T16:22:37.487+01:00Eater<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuVKfPl8PTJi_ef_c8kTlZglKqdSqy6s7RAnrSocUr_Rd1x7PZ2hIm4BWwNUYzMJZOdrl4b3exaKifcL9zi5571RJUsHf-ZsVc6bGkYUaowZu3pe0y8t5xfnvvhOaWqUd4_lddQ0_roZM/s1600/eater03.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuVKfPl8PTJi_ef_c8kTlZglKqdSqy6s7RAnrSocUr_Rd1x7PZ2hIm4BWwNUYzMJZOdrl4b3exaKifcL9zi5571RJUsHf-ZsVc6bGkYUaowZu3pe0y8t5xfnvvhOaWqUd4_lddQ0_roZM/s320/eater03.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5473372600604012194" /></a><br /><b>Lock It Up/Jeepster (The Label TLR004) 1977</b><div><br /></div><div>Great third single by Eater, released October 1977 in both 7" and 12" formats.</div><div><br /></div><div><div>Sound clip:-</div><div><br /></div><div>http://punksleeves.com/sounds/Eater03.mp3</div></div>Russ at Hitsville UKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00945804748345517024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4966671957167659824.post-13004411552406603942010-05-20T15:47:00.002+01:002010-05-20T15:50:33.263+01:00China Street<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3Sc5nh0YOjlM86YWZ0CleRWzvuRPYqVIioyu3DxmQ_Gakas3yNq4aCfhEHDUX8ofj77BH1xsKlMKnDEWEW50QgHhJUGYOTEgR5NPKdTcZySaE6m2tJthdQEVwWx_CRJQzG8U8F4P4yck/s1600/chinastreet02.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3Sc5nh0YOjlM86YWZ0CleRWzvuRPYqVIioyu3DxmQ_Gakas3yNq4aCfhEHDUX8ofj77BH1xsKlMKnDEWEW50QgHhJUGYOTEgR5NPKdTcZySaE6m2tJthdQEVwWx_CRJQzG8U8F4P4yck/s320/chinastreet02.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5473364619368104722" /></a><br /><div><b>Rock Against Racism (RAR)/Dubbage (EMI EMI2864) 1978</b></div><div><br /></div><div>Released on the EMI label (who were busy associating with RAR via the Tom Robinson Band) in October 1978. Sleeve design by Hot Pink Heart/Red Wedge Graphics<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'Lucida Grande', verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'Lucida Grande', verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div>Sound clip:-</div><div><br /></div><div>http://punksleeves.com/sounds/ChinaStreet02.mp3</div>Russ at Hitsville UKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00945804748345517024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4966671957167659824.post-20858398015774429042010-05-20T15:43:00.004+01:002010-05-20T15:47:17.776+01:00China Street<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim1s33bAzfQmO2KKLlSYkLZuuBeqor8KytkjndnLkNq4TcdZQ8RE7vER6iEz00wtmd-Mn2TWeY1i1aFr6F5KpRVwTCLMPbcsWa-EUFcNHW2x5UdVPhS8fVRg3t9q5-gC1Om3kS1D6ukck/s1600/chinastreet01.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim1s33bAzfQmO2KKLlSYkLZuuBeqor8KytkjndnLkNq4TcdZQ8RE7vER6iEz00wtmd-Mn2TWeY1i1aFr6F5KpRVwTCLMPbcsWa-EUFcNHW2x5UdVPhS8fVRg3t9q5-gC1Om3kS1D6ukck/s320/chinastreet01.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5473363081526722450" /></a><br /><b>You’re A Ruin/(I Wanna Be) Your M.P. (Criminal Records CRM1) 1978</b><div><br /></div><div>Lancaster, February 1978. Strange sleeve design, home made layout but professionally printed, and issued on the band's own label.</div><div><br /></div><div><div>Sound clip:-</div><div><br /></div><div>http://punksleeves.com/sounds/ChinaStreet01.mp3</div></div>Russ at Hitsville UKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00945804748345517024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4966671957167659824.post-49495279361184433262010-05-20T15:27:00.004+01:002010-05-20T15:35:13.089+01:00Automatics<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizkruHQX9Ff3gQiMwWWnDwYkZCnAJtJKT2AWVpdyNt1vR3wHIr7bXC07qIGyKfHSXJHsDUey3toTI2rOKhS9V2q3hbzvj2R0gfEO6hWTffFXV6HxE0ju6SJXddJpwBtnOKS8eo-ug5teM/s1600/automatics01.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizkruHQX9Ff3gQiMwWWnDwYkZCnAJtJKT2AWVpdyNt1vR3wHIr7bXC07qIGyKfHSXJHsDUey3toTI2rOKhS9V2q3hbzvj2R0gfEO6hWTffFXV6HxE0ju6SJXddJpwBtnOKS8eo-ug5teM/s320/automatics01.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5473360711812132866" /></a><br /><b>When The Tanks Roll Over Poland Again/Watch Her Now (Island WP6439) 1978</b><div><br /></div><div>Released June 1978, apparently (according to Mario P) featuring Johnny Thunders on guest guitar. Island Records didn't invest too heavily in punk, other than the Pub Rock/Proto Punk fringes with Eddie & The Hot Rods, Ultravox! and later Killing Joke.</div><div><br /></div><div><div>Sound clip:-</div><div><br /></div><div>http://punksleeves.com/sounds/Automatics01.mp3</div></div>Russ at Hitsville UKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00945804748345517024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4966671957167659824.post-52707802590817835702010-05-20T15:22:00.003+01:002010-05-20T15:27:52.705+01:00Gloria Mundi<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid2kLfFMOJ5JnG6BNFcE2gnG1KsiEFOsj0Cv0JDutEVVeTMmkEsTWsgV8IOOj9MMhVhZi5wHWVzr9Fw5cV-Nf_HD-N8hfJzTYCqqKlbWzFCxNuAGaZVQoTtCTrBMytOofVHDXwO7HvK8o/s1600/gloriamundi01.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid2kLfFMOJ5JnG6BNFcE2gnG1KsiEFOsj0Cv0JDutEVVeTMmkEsTWsgV8IOOj9MMhVhZi5wHWVzr9Fw5cV-Nf_HD-N8hfJzTYCqqKlbWzFCxNuAGaZVQoTtCTrBMytOofVHDXwO7HvK8o/s320/gloriamundi01.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5473358508321897762" /></a><br /><div><b>Fight Back!/Do It (RCA PB5068) 1978</b></div><div><br /></div><div>February 1978 release from a group loosely associated with Ultravox! and bearing some musical similarities.</div><div><br /></div><div><div>Sound clip:-</div><div><br /></div><div>http://punksleeves.com/sounds/GloriaMundi01.mp3</div></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Russ at Hitsville UKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00945804748345517024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4966671957167659824.post-38445915446404159912010-05-20T14:58:00.003+01:002010-05-20T15:18:49.244+01:00The Cannibals<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYktiLLqUrH7yYTGvX2NzKMHV3q4GUoFwD5rDHwdOzWMTfNCzIuxu38xqBm4SGbfj420fiSjkCu8qT0v_NLf9H5_R3uTW7X6sXETvIOqsflpYKIE3eSndV_xSnnyWi4Q8QKtJpJCOHtoc/s1600/cannibals02.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYktiLLqUrH7yYTGvX2NzKMHV3q4GUoFwD5rDHwdOzWMTfNCzIuxu38xqBm4SGbfj420fiSjkCu8qT0v_NLf9H5_R3uTW7X6sXETvIOqsflpYKIE3eSndV_xSnnyWi4Q8QKtJpJCOHtoc/s320/cannibals02.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5473355595494005746" /></a><br /><div><b>Nadine/You Can’t/Sweet Little 16 (Hit Records F-UK2) 1978</b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div>Follow up to their cover version of the Standells' garage classic <i>Good Guys Don't Wear White</i>, this was released in December 1978.</div><div><br /></div><div>Sound clip:-</div><div><br /></div><div>http://punksleeves.com/sounds/Cannibals02.mp3</div>Russ at Hitsville UKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00945804748345517024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4966671957167659824.post-19159466242507994212010-05-20T14:49:00.002+01:002010-05-20T14:57:06.085+01:00The Realists<div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPHh9ZIOsq0P6V0HRQhfuhmFRqKAkIQhgxRjbhhu2G28pB8haEFwHoiYPJuMjrIhfAdXLbL0QAnMWgKshhEur4dj9569MGZw_fJpEHJpqWjGcOdpF0rOdLGZ0PmvdQKumLlNY9CvlSsEU/s1600/Realists01.jpg"><br /><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPHh9ZIOsq0P6V0HRQhfuhmFRqKAkIQhgxRjbhhu2G28pB8haEFwHoiYPJuMjrIhfAdXLbL0QAnMWgKshhEur4dj9569MGZw_fJpEHJpqWjGcOdpF0rOdLGZ0PmvdQKumLlNY9CvlSsEU/s320/Realists01.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5473349279938296370" /></a><div><b>I've Got A Heart/Living In The City (Stiff One Off OFF4) 1978</b></div><div><br /></div><div>Another Stiff Records one-off release, June 78. Others on the Stiff one-off roster included the debut singles by The Members and The Subs, great New Wave singles all. </div><div><br /></div><div>Sound clip:-</div><div><br /></div><div>http://punksleeves.com/sounds/Realists01.mp3</div></div>Russ at Hitsville UKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00945804748345517024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4966671957167659824.post-14505215682677743282010-04-08T16:43:00.009+01:002010-05-20T14:57:17.704+01:00The Duggie Briggs Band<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaXnbTsFSZPyfa88r5qSLYF7kNQ6lE2FCNjSQaxG2aALU0UOOCbB2C-cQGA2BxWiXvkjlAS5UkiesHpH3KcXCnO9F-RWqZbAuFX-ptCEgyoPLudrJk1JBAK0kiiMRfSzVmHyBXiAyb2p4/s1600/duggiebriggsband01.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaXnbTsFSZPyfa88r5qSLYF7kNQ6lE2FCNjSQaxG2aALU0UOOCbB2C-cQGA2BxWiXvkjlAS5UkiesHpH3KcXCnO9F-RWqZbAuFX-ptCEgyoPLudrJk1JBAK0kiiMRfSzVmHyBXiAyb2p4/s320/duggiebriggsband01.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5457793361477460098" /></a><br /><div><b>Punk Rockin' Granny!/I'm A Flasher (It Records IT3) 1978 </b></div><div><br /></div><div>Released Belfast, February 78. Novelty single – think this one will also make it onto the Punkertainment Blog, where I'm aiming to cover a range of comedy punk singles together with various releases which don't come under the Hitsville UK umbrella.</div><div><br /></div><div>Sound clip:-</div><div><br /></div><div>http://punksleeves.com/sounds/DuggieBriggsBand01.mp3</div><div><br /></div>Russ at Hitsville UKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00945804748345517024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4966671957167659824.post-22545192010680626452010-04-08T16:35:00.009+01:002010-05-20T14:47:08.410+01:00Downliners Sect<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtJiFufifqYoOdNcRuAV87wbnzpn3LM0HJfE3jEkzLUkXGdbQ-JunFys3KcaBq4DzDJUd3joYYBjYtH3cPoLjOdTam0ZJEY0eUT2MYVwpQTolzYy6YwJSkPcxhES67UYhXaN2fc0FxQLg/s1600/downlinerssect01.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtJiFufifqYoOdNcRuAV87wbnzpn3LM0HJfE3jEkzLUkXGdbQ-JunFys3KcaBq4DzDJUd3joYYBjYtH3cPoLjOdTam0ZJEY0eUT2MYVwpQTolzYy6YwJSkPcxhES67UYhXaN2fc0FxQLg/s320/downlinerssect01.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5457791271327946402" /></a><br /><b>Showbiz/Killing Me (Raw RAW10) 1977<br /></b><br />London, November 77, released on the wonderful Raw Records label. A bit of a cash in from some professional musicians on the live circuit: Downliners Sect had been a successful British rhythm and blues band in the early 1960s, and renewed interest during the punk boom led to their reformation. Worth a listen all the same.<div><br /></div><div><div>Sound clip:-</div><div><br /></div><div>http://punksleeves.com/sounds/DownlinersSect01.mp3</div></div>Russ at Hitsville UKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00945804748345517024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4966671957167659824.post-63532815863083908742010-04-08T16:32:00.009+01:002010-05-20T14:47:40.194+01:00The D.P.'s<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEa8Re-gvOzLR5SGTEwfwxxQfMu9tCI_me-eeKtZRnHLFHp96OzGynfQi6qtsYLqf8YLwoMqbOcUTsdD8YtMvK-jYHUA8U0i-RJc3_vMSH_XrD9u6Omuu61HqrHDC55aIyvX6ydFql_8A/s1600/depressions05.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEa8Re-gvOzLR5SGTEwfwxxQfMu9tCI_me-eeKtZRnHLFHp96OzGynfQi6qtsYLqf8YLwoMqbOcUTsdD8YtMvK-jYHUA8U0i-RJc3_vMSH_XrD9u6Omuu61HqrHDC55aIyvX6ydFql_8A/s320/depressions05.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5457867190102241042" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Television Romeo/Born To Win (Barn 2014129) 1978<br /></span><br />Final single release from the Depressions/D.P.'s. This was released in November 78, again without a picture sleeve.<div><br /></div><div><div><div>Sound clip:-</div><div><br /></div><div>http://punksleeves.com/sounds/Depressions05.mp3</div></div></div>Russ at Hitsville UKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00945804748345517024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4966671957167659824.post-21166571869848590462010-04-08T16:04:00.005+01:002010-05-20T14:47:52.899+01:00The D.P.'s<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXbA6JuGU_RkTy77NZKSKTXvw0HfYc4S8mT2ClT2IZp_u4ZZvnhfRZFq_pe7FkEudTnd6dHGkYSc-Tbskgx1hxm69Z9HNemgneC42X85X3haSkhOsIcPuL5odz04sr43fowfSjusXdq9o/s1600/depressions04.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXbA6JuGU_RkTy77NZKSKTXvw0HfYc4S8mT2ClT2IZp_u4ZZvnhfRZFq_pe7FkEudTnd6dHGkYSc-Tbskgx1hxm69Z9HNemgneC42X85X3haSkhOsIcPuL5odz04sr43fowfSjusXdq9o/s320/depressions04.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5457867028673493554" /></a><br /><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><b>If You Know What I Mean/Running Away (Barn 2014126) 1978</b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Brighton, August 78 release. Don't know why they decided to go without picture sleeves on their final run of singles – I'm sure it would have affected sales at that point in time (as the Television Personalities said, "we didn't want to, but what else do we do?").</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Georgia, serif;"><div><div>Sound clip:-</div><div><br /></div><div>http://punksleeves.com/sounds/Depressions04.mp3</div></div></span></span></div><div><br /></div>Russ at Hitsville UKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00945804748345517024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4966671957167659824.post-43362749186843518022010-04-08T15:57:00.005+01:002010-05-20T14:48:06.518+01:00The Depressions<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFCGjpOxoQzY1AFmopFV2rraT_TIIu1r9CsgAvlYpTqKbTqd1HXY_pxEgVLIN14onKjVw6vxiulAmm7L5ShSGBXIU2ClyXxPQb4YXj7K6yAbpvIm2vduorxxh2eViE1JdyGCm7Xo-WoXU/s1600/depressions03.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFCGjpOxoQzY1AFmopFV2rraT_TIIu1r9CsgAvlYpTqKbTqd1HXY_pxEgVLIN14onKjVw6vxiulAmm7L5ShSGBXIU2ClyXxPQb4YXj7K6yAbpvIm2vduorxxh2eViE1JdyGCm7Xo-WoXU/s320/depressions03.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5457781639947652018" /></a><br /><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><b>Get Out Of This Town/Basement Daze (Barn 2014122) 1978</b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Never issued in a picture sleeve, this was the final Depressions single before they changed names to The D.P.'s and released two further 7"ers in late 1978. Good band this, featured in Stewart Home's 'Cranked Up Really High' as a classic example of dumb street punk rock for their debut album. They went New Wave after a couple of singles and their eponymous debut, but I have to say the later singles are all growers in my opinion, and even the name change to the D.P.'s and the glossy production of the second album don't take too much away from it in retrospect.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Georgia, serif;"><div><div>Sound clip:-</div><div><br /></div><div>http://punksleeves.com/sounds/Depressions03.mp3</div></div></span></span></div><div><br /></div>Russ at Hitsville UKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00945804748345517024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4966671957167659824.post-446638567836421832010-04-08T15:32:00.004+01:002010-05-20T14:48:29.136+01:00The Denizens<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA0FXxvAAnLUKo-OCItPaINLXEfgVWM9HmrnDaRsw3_OJpnCgkRIl70pdzGa9jYpzGplAktSY5apiWbVg5Fo87LOk5Amku6Gh_2E6-m5xDnvCgjrMFrZchx1PqKCkqkvaD_uOvTbuZWNs/s1600/denizens01.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA0FXxvAAnLUKo-OCItPaINLXEfgVWM9HmrnDaRsw3_OJpnCgkRIl70pdzGa9jYpzGplAktSY5apiWbVg5Fo87LOk5Amku6Gh_2E6-m5xDnvCgjrMFrZchx1PqKCkqkvaD_uOvTbuZWNs/s320/denizens01.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5457776189330289682" /></a><br /><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><b>Ammonia Subway/People Of The Night (Big Records SOLD5) 1979 </b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">First single by The Denizens from Birmingham, released April 79. Great, angular Post Punk, surprising they weren't more successful. If only they had come from Sheffield, Leeds or Manchester...</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Georgia, serif;"><div><div>Sound clip:-</div><div><br /></div><div>http://punksleeves.com/sounds/Denizens01.mp3</div></div></span></span></div><div><br /></div>Russ at Hitsville UKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00945804748345517024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4966671957167659824.post-12219648766820313282010-01-01T21:53:00.000+00:002010-04-08T16:03:38.891+01:00Welcome to the Hitsville UK blog<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><b>Welcome to the Hitsville UK: Punk in the Faraway </b></span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><b>Towns blog..</b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'Lucida Grande', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><b>. </b></span></span></span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'Lucida Grande', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'Lucida Grande', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Please bear with me on this, I haven't used a blog before </span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'Lucida Grande', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">so it'll take me some time to get things working properly.</span></span></span></span></div><div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'Lucida Grande', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'Lucida Grande', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Feel free to send in comments and questions relating to the </span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'Lucida Grande', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Hitsville UK website, and I'll do my best to respond.</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'Lucida Grande', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'Lucida Grande', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre;">Right, April 2010 and I'm finally getting around to making</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'Lucida Grande', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre;">a start on posting. I've started adding some sleeve examples</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'Lucida Grande', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre;">from a range of singles which didn't fit onto the Hitsville</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'Lucida Grande', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre;">website grid, and I'm trying to find a way to add sound samples</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'Lucida Grande', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre;">so you can get to hear what they sound like too...</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'Lucida Grande', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'Lucida Grande', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre;">Russ</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'Lucida Grande', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'Lucida Grande', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre;font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div></div></div>Russ at Hitsville UKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00945804748345517024noreply@blogger.com1