Every One a (Punk Rock) Classic Volume 5

As we began by saying, "The Every One A Classic series of bootlegs (now all out-of-print) are well-curated exhibits of U.K. obscurities of the late seventies. The series' pieces lie somewhere between the glorious wussiness of the Shake Some Action or Powerpearls series and the caustic primitiveness of the Killed by Death or Bloodstains series".

(Image courtesy of Punk Rock From the UK)

Volume 5 errs slightly towards the shouty, faux-punk and along the way loses a bit of its charm, at least for those who love sharp hooks. Fortunately this wing still has lots of highlights. The Proles "Stereo Love" manages to be a little bit shouty and a little bit poppy, Fast Cars effer-fuckin'-vescent "The Kids Just Wanna Dance" is perfect, Flying Colours, "Abstract Art while a little precious is still too fun to be denied as is the Names riffy n' catchy ode to paranoia, "Scared".



(Attention fans of that feel-good pop-punk that only kids from civil war-torn Northern Ireland could create, check out MRNL's Moondogs' posts here)

Possible curios (odd, not bad) include the good, but possibly overrated, "Bleak Outlook" by the Unwanted, who sound a bit like what would happen if Monty Python's Gumby formed a band, the also queerly-named Terry Trans n' the Vestites whose dole-punk anthem, "State Hand-Out" is surprisingly cheerless especially in contrast to the almost giddy rockabilly pub-punk-pop with sax song, "Dynamo" by the Method.

1. Proles Stereo love
2. Unwanted Bleak outlook
3. Last stand Just a number
4. Terminal spectators Another day another dream
5. Sneeky feelins Private mail
6. The Method Dynamo
7. Fast cars The kids just wanna dance
8. Flying colours Abstract art
9. Strate jacket Too soon,too young
10. Ruefrex Capital letters
11. Moondogs She's nineteen
12. Terry Tranz n' the vestites State hand-out
13. Sabotage Standing alone,cold girl
14. Frank details False pretences
15. Names Scared

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If you're enjoying these seventies mod-power-pop-punk compilations, you should surely check our MRML's Shake Some Action posts.