Sunday, September 4, 2011

Punishment of Luxury: Peel Sessions (1978-1979)


Punishment of Luxury (a.k.a. Punilux) were a pummeling late-seventies post-punk band from Newcastle, England who played in a tightly-wound, hard-hitting, funk-inflected style, comparable to the Gang of  Four but artier and more mad. Lemon Records has re-issued their landmark debut, Laughing Academy (which I picked up a few months ago). Here for all MRML readers but especially Blog Hero 1st Class, Roberto, who requested these sessions amidst all the gifts he has given us. It took me a Longy time to find the files but finally a good friend of this blog came though to help Roberto and me out.


30/08/1978
01-Funk Me
02-Let's Get Married/You're So Beautiful
03-Babylon
    Brian Bond (Lead Vocals)
    Jeff Thwaite (Drums)
    Malla Cabbala (Guitar, Vocals)
    Nevil Luxury (Lead Guitar, Vocals)
    Jimmy Giro (Bass, Vocals)

30/05/1979

01-Radar Bug/Metropolis
02-British Baboon
03-Secrets
    Brian Bond (Lead Vocals)
    Steve Secret (Drums, Backing Vocals)
    Nevil Luxury (Lead Guitar, Vocals)
    Jimmy Giro (Bass, Vocals)


Feedback on Punilux, in the form of COMMENTS, is invited. (Peel Sessions link is in that same feedback-giving section).

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Posted by jeffen at 8:24 AM
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  1. jeffenSeptember 4, 2011 at 10:33 AM

    As
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    feedback
    is
    appreciated
    .
    This
    space
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    last
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    you
    that
    if
    you've
    come
    this
    far
    it's
    probably
    fitting
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    leave
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    behind
    Thank
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    http://www.mediafire.com/?enfwn03c7y2951p

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  2. robertoSeptember 4, 2011 at 11:02 AM

    Great!I suspect the presence of a Longy hand in this,true?thank you very much Jeffen and Longy!!! (a p.s. for J:hope you received last message with F.H. upload,'cause i have two of your email addresses and every time i write you i'm a little bit confused...i think i'm too old...)

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  3. Punkzer0September 4, 2011 at 11:19 AM

    Excellent been looking for this for ages

    Thanks

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  4. ShawnSeptember 4, 2011 at 1:04 PM

    I like it a lot. Thank you so much.

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  5. newstoneageSeptember 4, 2011 at 1:45 PM

    good stuff! bit of a devo + magazine vibe for me...

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  6. postbearSeptember 5, 2011 at 1:36 AM

    thanks for this, not heard it in ages.

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  7. AnonymousSeptember 5, 2011 at 12:51 PM

    delightful

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  8. bskSeptember 5, 2011 at 1:47 PM

    Great stuff. Not heard this selection before - a pity that there is so little of theirs left behind. Thanks a lot.

    Just a little pedantic note: British Baboon & Radar Bug/M are switched in the actual running order of the file.

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  9. Ade3333September 6, 2011 at 4:02 AM

    thanks for this, not heard before, their first and best album 'laughing academy' is still one of my favourite albums.

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  10. AnonymousSeptember 7, 2011 at 8:29 PM

    how come I never heard of any of these bands....

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  11. AnonymousSeptember 8, 2011 at 8:20 AM

    Thanks very much for posting this. I remember seeing them at Reading festival in the late 70's and they blew me away

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  12. jeffenSeptember 9, 2011 at 9:24 PM

    Thanks for leaving a reaction everyone - glad the Punilux went over so well (which I wasn't sure it would...)

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  13. PisŧöffDecember 8, 2011 at 10:16 AM

    Thanks Jeffen. Jacked this link too- I'll share some love yer way.
    Peace,
    PettyV

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  14. zuiopJune 6, 2013 at 9:57 AM

    Please re-up!!

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