V.A. Back to Front (1977-1983) Volume Two

Yeah I pulled the last B2F volume due to lack of comments, then relented in the face of strong, positive feedback. Perhaps my pissy mood came from outside forces, perhaps it resulted from spending a valuable hour that morning setting up the whole series to no avail. It's all irrelevant now, as I'm happy as hell to re-commence the series and looking forward to hearing what you have to say about all this obscurica!

When  Incongito Records began this limited-edition series back in 1993, they made an honest attempt to contact as many of these late seventies/early eighties bands as they could to secure rights. That attention to detail  gave this series a reputation as one of the best in the torrent of punk retrospectives that the nineties unleashed.  On Volume two, compiler Peter Parzinger still has a lot of wilder, cruder punk rock from all over the Western world with bands like Fresh Color, Scrotum Poles and Chainsaw but we also get some catchier, hookier punkishness like Incredible Kidda Band, Sudden Fun, Groove, The Newtown Neurotics and, of course, The Cigarettes who seem to appeal to almost all every faction of late seventies obscurity-fanatics. (Plus we get a visit from Canada's the Demics!)


(Wrong IKB song but one of my fave obscurities of the entire era!)


Previous volumes HERE!

Back to Front V. 2 (Incognito INC. 047, Germany, 1993)

    They're Back Again, Here They Come (Cigarettes, UK, 1979, from 1.7")
    Floozie of the Neighborhood (Features, USA, 1979, from only 7")
    The Source (Fresh Color, Switzerland, 1978, from 1.7")
    Radio Tay (Scrotum Poles, UK, 1980, from only 7")
    Everybody Knows (Incredible Kidda Band, UK, 1978, from 1.7")
    Radio Nation (Subverts, USA, 1981, from only 7")
    Kill The Blanks (Chainsaw, Belgium, 1977, from only 7")
    Ja Vill Inte Ha (Problem, Sweden, 1978, from 1.7")
    Sudden Fun (Sudden Fun, USA, 1981, from only 7")
    Hello From Berlin (Defnics, USA, 1981, from only 7")
    Hate Me Hate Me (Spelling Mistakes, New Zealand, 1980, from 2.7")
    Fuck The Army (Briard, Finland, 1978, from 2.7")
    Hypocrite (Newtown Neurotics, UK, 1979, from 1.7")
    F.U.2 (F.U.2, Italy, 1978, from only 7") [Actually the Downliners Sect from UK]
    Pappas Pojkar (Goteborg Sound, Sweden, 1979, from 3.7")
    Ultimate Orgasm (N.C.M (Non Compos Mentis), USA, 1980, from 1.7")
    Only Fools Pretend To Be Happy (Checkmate, France, 1979, from only 7")
    Hilton Bomber (Thought Criminals, Australia, 1978, from 1.7")
    Talk's Cheap (Demics, Canada, 1979, from only 12" EP)
    Heart Complaint (Groove, UK, 1980, from only 7")

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