Legendary English underground band Zounds first came to prominence in the early 1980s with a string of independent chart hits on Rough Trade and Crass Records. Growing out of the London-area squatter communities, they quickly became key figures in the burgeoning DIY / anarcho-punk scene and toured Europe with contemporaries such as The Mob, Poison Girls, Crass, The Birthday Party and many others. On record, their sound was more expansive than most punk of the era. In Rough Trade: Labels Unlimited, author Rob Young describes Zounds as “a distinctively paranoid and claustrophobic sonic crush that avoid[s] formulaic protest song.” Their Rough Trade album The Curse of Zounds! is now recognized as a classic of the genre and one of the most inspirational albums of the post-punk period. A notorious recluse, songwriter and lead singer Steve Lake has reunited Zounds only intermittently since the band’s early ’80s heyday, despite receiving numerous requests to record and tour. The ten songs he has written for The Redemption of Zounds retain all the hallmarks of the classic template: incisive lyrics, sharp guitars, satirical overtones, emotional terror and great, memorable tunes. It sounds totally at home in a modern world that Lake claims “is as bewildering, absurd, tragic and joyful as it ever was.”
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09/20/2011
***A reissue of this beloved album of early demo and rare tracks from legendary, experimental anarcho-punk faves FLUX OF PINK INDIANS. Unavailable for many years, the album is back with a vengeance, hitting you with seventeen classic tracks of 1980s British punk.
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08/09/2011
***A collection of highly collectible singles, demos, live and unreleased material from this late-70s British punk group, whose members COLIN and DEREK went on to form FLUX OF PINK INDIANS. Twenty-eight tracks in all packaged with an 8-page booklet containing previously unpublished photos and a detailed band history written by the group.
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08/08/2011
***A collection of both of the records recorded by this beer-drinking British postman in 1978, who got his start hijacking the Buzzcocks' equipment for a drunken rendition of "Louie Louie." Twelve tracks of mucking-around punk including the first-ever vinyl appearance by MARK E. SMITH of THE FALL.
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08/02/2011
***A look back at this early UK punk band's recklessly pursued musical exuberance. Between '79 and '81 the band put out two singles, "Part of the Furniture" on the Sofa label—which got them a John Peel gig as well as the title "punk pathetique"—and "Airline Disaster" on Belfast's Good Vibrations label. Known for their humorous views and complete lack of seriousness as well as vocalist SEYMOUR BYBUSS' wacked-out lyrics.
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08/02/2011
***Twenty tracks from the band’s most successful period. Includes the albums If and At The Rainbow and the singles 42f and Arctic Flowers, all digitally remastered and packed in a 12-page booklet designed by SID and ZILLAH.
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07/26/2011
***NOW AVAILABLE!!! A collection of pre-Beggars Banquet recordings from this late-'70s British punk group the CARPETTES. Includes all the songs from the band's first two studio excursions, some Peel Session business and a handful of others, none of it previously released. Nineteen tracks in all, packaged with previously unpublished photos and a detailed band history from frontman NEIL THOMPSON.
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07/12/2011
***NOW AVAILABLE!!! 2007 re-recording of the legendary lost 1978 album by VIC GODARD and co. Recorded with the sound and spirit of ‘70s punk rock.
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07/12/2011
***NOW AVAILABLE!!! One of the first and most respected of the anarcho punk bands. Twenty tracks including the Ching cassette, other cassette only appearances and previously unheard studio recordings. Imported from the UK.
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06/28/2011
***NOW AVAILABLE!!! One of the seminal anarcho-punk albums, includes the bonus tracks from the Mirror Breaks 7-inch and a previously unheard version of “Stay.” Digitally remastered for the first time and packed in a deluxe 12-page booklet. Imported from the UK.
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06/28/2011
***NOW AVAILABLE!!! Twenty-three unreleased studio recordings of which nineteen are previously unheard in any shape or form from the formative years of this genre defying band. Packaged in a 12-page full-color booklet with extensive sleeve notes by JOWE HEAD. Imported from the UK.
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06/28/2011