Label: Soul Jazz
Reissued 5/24/2024, Originally released 2014
Soul Jazz Records’ new 10th anniversary edition of their long-out-of-print Punk 45: There Is No Such Thing as Society. This is a one-off limited-edition heavyweight special-edition cyan coloured vinyl pressing + download code. The album charts the rise of underground punk and post-punk in the UK from 1977-81. This album is fully remastered, relicensed and includes five new tracks from 23 Skidoo, Notsensibles, Pretty Boy Floyd, The Astronauts and The Impossible Dreamers. The album is a collection of seminal, classic, obscure and rare punk and post-punk singles from the likes of The Mekons, Johnny Moped, The Killjoys, The Rings and many more which all chart the rise of independent music and Do It Yourself culture that exploded in the wake of punk and during the years of Britain under Margaret Thatcher. The album comes complete with text, biographies on each of the bands, exclusive photos and original record artwork and is newly available as a limited-edition super-loud, super-heavy double gatefold-sleeve vinyl edition complete with full sleeve-notes plus download.
Track listing:
- The Users– Sick Of You
- Johnny Moped– Incendiary Device
- The Astronauts– Everything Stops The Baby
- Pretty Boy Floyd & The Gems– Rough, Tough, Pretty Too
- 23 Skidoo– Lost Words
- Notsensibles– I'm In Love With Margaret Thatcher
- The Rings– I Wanna Be Free
- The Now– Development Corporations
- The Killjoys– Johnny Doesn't Want To Go To Heaven
- The Impossible Dreamers– Spin
- The Lines– White Night
- 'O' Level– East Sheen
- The Jermz– Powercut
- Roses Are Red– Can't Understand
- Eric Random– 23 Skidoo
- The Nerves– TV Adverts
- The Mekons– 32 Weeks
- The Freeze– For J. P. S.
- The Scabs– Leave Me Alone
- The Cravats– You're Driving Me
- The Shapes– Wot's For Lunch Mum
- The Cigarettes– They're Back Again, Here They Come
- Disturbed– I Don't Believe
- Puncture– Mucky Pup
- Josef K– Radio Drill Time