In The Trashcan
Records GEM089
"These 16 unknown songs from the 20th century are
more interesting than whatever I hear on the charts
today..."
In 1978 you were a minor until 21. TV Smith is singing about teen angst as a perfect sequel to his "Bored teenagers", a year earlier. This one was released by Bright Records.
Pre-Modern Romance on Small Wonder in 1978. A punk rock quartet that released about 6 singles and an album in 1978-1980. They remind me of The Lurkers.
The very first entry of the very first volume of this series compilations was "Ain't no legend", the flipside of "Chelsea 77", Maniacs' best known recording, released on United Artists in 1977; what else.
The best cover version by a girl singer of this Darrell Rhodes tune (song title is "4 o'clock baby") is the Sin Alley version. Nobody can beat Martine Van Hoof with this one. Still these Norwegian girls delivered a terrific version as B-side of "Rebel love". Third song on this 45 is "Girlfriend". See vol 52 for more.
After "1-2-3-4", it's "3-2-1-go" that sums up what punk rock is all about: fast rock 'n' roll and go-go-go. Straight from Maryland Jakkpot released their third single on another label, Junk Records, in 1996.
Recorded in 1991 and released by Regal Select a year later. One of their punkier sides. Billy Childish himself was born in 1959.
Everybody in the UK knows Splodge and in Europe nobody seems to have heard of him. Max Splodge was the singer of Splodgenessabounds. It's the B-side of "Mouth and trousers" and also the title track of his 1982 punk album on Razor Records.
Outtake from the "Under the flag" sessions and flipside of "Life on the line", the 1982 indie hit single by Frank Tovey aka Fad Gadget who died exactly 20 years later, aged 45.
Fifteen Damned songs mixed up with a disco beat, from "Love song" to "Lovely money". Here, he proves again, not to be taken seriously. From 1984. Three years earlier he released the "This is your captain speaking" on Crass Records, though.
Originally a Phantoms instrumental, here our fave Alabama college kids are on a Belgian record label, delivering a spacey version of that surf rock classic. A 1994 Demolition Derby release.
I hear Secret Records and I think of The Exploited. This is one year earlier, 1980, and the record label released this post punk dub tune by Brian Brain.
Terrific surf trash instro, probably recorded by the Phantom Surfers, but what the heck… it's a great instrumental, released on Pin Up Records in 1994, the year they disbanded and formed The Spastics, The Spoiled Brats, The Bobbyteens, The Brentwoods, Countbackwards…
Belgian artist who presumably released only this 45… I do hope so. It's the worst Question Mark & the Mysterians cover version you'll probably ever hear in your life. It's so bad it's actually good. A 1978 release on Ariola.
An ode to the tape cassette by bongo beatin' Bow Wow Wow, who were formed by entrepreneur Malcolm McLaren after stealing the boys from Adam Ant's backing band. It's 1980, the start of a new decade, another countdown closer to the end of the century.
Have you ever seen the movie "2000 maniacs"? Then you'll love this hilarious hillbilly rebel yell song about "the south's gonna rise again". Who is Johnny Legend? Martin Margulies is his real name and he's inducted into the Rockabilly Hall Of Fame. Besides his rockabilly recordings, he was a film producer, actor and even a wrestling manager. A 1990 green vinyl release on Sympathy For The Record Industry.
"I'm always touched by your presence, dear" is only for one thing interesting for me: the B-side hides two gems. "Poets problem" and the magnificent "Detroit 442", brilliantly covered by a Belgian band 20 years later, Sin Alley, whose Martine Van Hoof never sounded better. Chris Stein and Jimmy Destri wrote this song in 1978 and today it still remains my all-time fave Blondie song.
