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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Every One a (Punk Rock) Classic Volume 4

To belabor our original post, "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".



While once again on Volume 4, anthemic punk and hummable power-pop vie for dominance but with the addition of a batch of S-related mod bands (Seventeen, Squire and Smart Alec) the pop continues its ascension. Further highlights of this wing include the The top-tappin', head-boppin' "Language School" by the Tours, the the Hoax's punked-up Evis Costello-ish "Nice Girls", and the short, sharp shock of Dyak's "Gutter Kids" and last but likely most, UXB's "Crazy Today", which melds the angry passion of Stiff Little Fingers to the pop flourishes of the Records - a stone clasic of this or any era. This series just keeps getting better as it goes.


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(Attention all fans of that wonderful seventies Irish variant of pop-punk: please visit MRML's previous Moral Support post here.)

Possible curios (odd, not bad) in this exhibit include, the uber lo-fi Anorexia with their arty-punk track, "Pets" and the devoutly Christian Moral Support whose "Just Where It's At Tonight" is full of loud handclaps and shouted exhortations (but as mentioned above, do check out their superior album).

1. The Cigarettes They're back again,here they come
2. Hoax Nice girls
3. Dyaks Gutter kids
4. Shag Nasty Looking for love
5. Victimize Where did the money go?
6. U.X.B Crazy today
7. 3rd men Your so fashionable
8. Moral support Just where it's at tonight
9. Seventeen Bank holiday weekend
10. Tours Language school
11. Squire Get ready to go
12. Private sector Just (wanna) stay free
13. Valves It don't mean nothing at all
14. The Jump Shake up
15. Smart Alec Scooter boys

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Every One a (Punk Rock) Classic Volume 3

To reiterate our first post, "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 Deadbeats and No Ones)

Still splitting the difference between rocking power-pop and sing-along punk, Volume 3 does tilt towards the pop (as any compilation featuring the maudlin yet infectious "Nobody Loves Me" by the Letters must), making for a fine display of pop obscurica. Highlights of this wing include, the call and response beat-punk of Really 3rd's "Every Day, Every Way", and the brilliant Valves (when's their compilation coming?) with their power-punk anthem, "You Don't Mean Nothing at All", which ends in an avalanche of little hooks.

(image courtesy of The 5P)

Possible curios (odd, not bad) include Dansette Damage's hilarious N.M.E, which slams the trend-whoring of the New Musical Express, while repeating it's initials just shy of one million times at the song's end and the once-topical but still less than tuneful, "Idi Amin" by The K-9's.

1. Future bodies Terrorist
2. Beez Do the suicide
3. Letters Nobody loves me
4. Really 3rds Everyday, Everyway
5. G Squad In my mind
6. Dansette damage NME
7. Cybermen Where's the new wave
8. Blitzkrieg bop UFO
9. Buzzards We make a noise
10. A.V.O 8 Gone wrong
11. Push Cambridge stomp
12. Private Sector Just wanna stay free
13. Valves It mean nothin' at all
14. The K9's Idi Amin
15. Joe 9T & the Thunderbirds Joe 9T theme

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Every One a (Punk Rock) Classic Volume 2

To recap our starting point, "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".



As a series EOAC continues primarily in it's mid-tempo, shout-along vein, (think the Professionals) but that's no weakness. Highlights of this wing include the blistering"YT502951D" which sounds like a cross between Dr. Feelgood and the Subhumans (UK 'natch), the crunching mod-punk of Sta-prest's "Schooldays" and the keyboard-y new wave of "The Telephone Rings Again" by the Not Sensibles. Then, finally, for a song where the interplay of each strum, thump and bang is designed for maximum dynamic impact and whose wide-screened chorus will bore right through your skull, don't miss Radio City's "Love and a Picture". (Maybe someone - hello Low Down Kids/45 Revolutions - can tell us something about this band who, for all the internet info on them, seem to have never existed!)





Possible curios include the Kidz Next Door featuring the lesser of the Pursey brother following in the footseps of his brother's band, Sham 69 (but don't miss the superior a-side here) or Cyanide's thuggish though not charmless take on "I'm a Boy".

1. Perfectors YT502951D
2. Quality drivel Stagnent minds
3. Sta-prest Schooldays
4. Kidz next door Kidz next door
5. Silent noise I've been hurt
(so many times before)
6. Bee bee cee You gotta know girl
7. Martin and the Brown Shirts Taxi driver
8. Psykik volts Horror stories #5
9. Long tall shorty Win or lose
10. Accident on the East lancs Tell me what you mean
11. Notsensibles The telephone rings again
12. Xtraverts 1984
13. Shock treatment Big check shirts
14. Radio city Love and a picture
15. Cyanide I'm a boy

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Every One a (Punk Rock) Classic Volume 1

The Every One A Classic series of CD 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 Bored Teenagers)

On Volume 1, the compilers show a bias towards mid-tempo shout-alongs whether it's in the form of the high-fructose power-pop of the Trainspotters,"Highrise Living" or the hard-charging punk rock of Horrorcomic's "England '77". Highlights of this wing include the keyboard driven "Blue Movies" by the Fascinators, the Acme Attractions echo-y, "Anyway", the Rivals cranked-up-really-high take on "Here Comes the Night" and the smack-pop of Xpress' "Junked up Judy".

(Image courtesy of Killed By Death)

Possible curios here include the we-were-a-pub-rock-band-just-last-week sound of Lenny and the Lawbreakers, who cover Kris Kristofferson's "Me and Bobby McGee" and the queerly-named Warm Jets, whose "Big City Boys" sounds a mite like a punk version of the Village People ("not that there's anything wrong with that").

Update: Go check out the archival wonderland known as 45 Revolutions for some learnin' on the Warm Jets.

EVERY ONE A CLASSIC volume 1
1. Acme attractions Anyway
2. Fascinators Blue movies
3. Escorts Bingo
4. English Hooray for the English
5. Xpress Junked up Judy
6. Horrorcomic England 77
7. Warm jets Big city boys
8. Moving targets The boys own
9. Trainspotters High rise
10. Fun 4 Singing in the showers
11. Rivals Here comes the night
12. Shadowfax Calling the shots
13. Blunt instrument No excuse
14. Lenny & the law breakers Me and Bobby Mcgee
15. Now Nine oclock

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