Damned - rehearsals 1979

Here's a nice rehearsal tape of Captain, Rat, Algy and Dave working on a bunch of songs in the time before the Machine Gun Etiquette album. Only two songs here made it onto the album and there is one - Blind Lead The Blind - that didn't make it anywhere. There's also an early version of I Believe The Impossible which here is titled Don't Trouble Trouble. Most of these songs are instrumental. Very good quality.

track list:
01. Ballroom Blitz
02. unknown
03. unknown (2)
04. Melody Lee
05. Don`t Trouble Trouble (1) [I Believe The Impossible]
06. Don`t Trouble Trouble (2)
07. Don`t Trouble Trouble (3)
08. Don`t Trouble Trouble (4)
09. Don`t Trouble Trouble (5)
10. Don`t Trouble Trouble (6)
11. Don`t Trouble Trouble (7)
12. Anarchy In The UK
13. Pretty Vacant
14. Pretty Vacant (2)
15. Blame It On
16. Rich Kids God Save The Queen
17. unknown (3)
18. Love Song (1)
19. Love Song (2)
20. Love Song (3)
21. Love Song (4)
22. Do You Really Care
23. Love Song (5 - ENTER VANIAN)
24. Blind Lead The Blind (1)
25. Blind Lead The Blind (2)

New York Dolls - Max's, NYC 7-04-76 [with Mick Ronson]

After Thunders and Nolan left the New York Dolls in 1975 Johansen and Sylvain regrouped with new members and kept the band going for another two years. They never released any records but there area few live recordings to help tell the story. Here is a part of one that has Mick Ronson playing guitar with them. Besides Sylvain, Johansen and Ronson, Peter Jordan plays bass, Tony Machine is on drums, and Bobby Blaine plays keyboards. This one is recorded from the audience and is a little raw but is still a fun listen.

setlist: [from cassette tape]
01 Teenage News (Sylvain)
02 Pills (Diddley)
03 Boys' High Mambo (traditional high school chant/taunt)
04 Personality Crisis (Johansen/Thunders)

Nuns - Demo 1977

The Nuns from San Francisco existed from 1976 to 1979 and in that time they only had two singles released. At the end of 1977 they recorded demos for CBS Records but did not get a record deal. They moved for a while to New York City in 1978 and after returning to San Francisco they split up. In 1980 a final single was released before some of the band members got back together to record an LP for the Posh Boy label. These two songs are some of the demos they recorded in 1977 with the original line up. This is from a radio broadcast.

track list: [from cassette tape]
01. World War 3
02. Confused + Talk Talk

Damned - the utopia bootlegs 1979

The Damned do dub. Three songs worth on these demos from the Machine Gun Etiquette era. Very interesting.

track list:
01. Creatures (Plan 9 Channel 7 Dub)
02. Suicide Dub
03. Noise Dub
04. Love Song
05. Suicide
06. Noise

Leyton Buzzards - BBC In Concert 1979

Leyton Buzzards were from London and existed from 1977 to 1980. In that time they released 5 singles and an LP besides recording four John Peel Sessions. The first single 19 & Mad is a favorite of mine for its raw sound and teen anthem appeal. The rest of their output is soft in comparison but still enjoyable to listen to. This BBC live show features much rawer versions of songs from their album. This is a radio broadcast and the quality is excellent.

LP here: http://isksp.blogspot.com/2008/10/leyton-buzzards-1979-from-jellied-eels.htmlmore info here: http://punkmodpop.free.fr/buzzards_pic.htm
discography here: http://www.discogs.com/artist/Leyton+Buzzards

Setlist:
01. intro
02. The Greatest Story Ever Told
03. Sweet Dreams Little One
04. I Don't Want To Go To Art School
05. Saturday Night Beneath The Plastic Palm Trees
06. No Dry Ice Or Flying Pigs
07. Last Tango In Leyton
08. 19 & Mad
09. I'm Hanging Around

(DC) Youth Brigade - Demos 1981 + Obanion's, Chicago 8-03-81

This Youth Brigade were from Washington DC and existed for only 10 months in 1981. Their singer was a member of the now legendary Teen Idles and the bass player was a former member of The Untouchables. In their short existence they manage to release one 8 song 7" ep and had three songs on the Flex Your Head compilation LP. The quality on everything is very good. The live show is from the soundboard but the vocals dominate the mix. Minor Threat also played this show. From cassette tape.

1st Demo 1981:
01. It's About Time We Had A Change
02. Last Word
03. Full Speed Ahead
04. Pay No Attention
05. Point Of View
06. Waste Of Time
07. Wrong Decision
08. Barbed Wire

2nd Demo 1981:
01. I Object
02. Full Speed Ahead
03. Last Word
04. Waste Of Time
05. Youth Brigade
06. Bouncer
07. Snow Job
08. Moral Majority

@ Obanion's, Chicago 8-03-81: [from cassette tape]
01. I Object
02. Point Of View
03. Full Speed Ahead
04. title unknown
05. Last Word
06. Waste Of Time
07. Youth Brigade
08. Pay No Attention
09. Snow Job
10. Wrong Decision
11. title unknown
12. Moral Majority
13. Barbed Wire
14. No Song 2

Halloween Songs

Here's a fun post. In USA it's Halloween and here are some songs to help celebrate this event.

track list:
01. 3-D Invisibles - Roll Over In Your Grave.mp3
02. 45 Grave - Evil.mp3
03. Art Attacks - Frankenstein's Heartbeat.mp3
04. Brigette Handley & The Dark Shadows - Sleeping With A Vampyre.mp3
05. Corpse Grinders - Frozen Alive (demo).mp3
06. Dead Kennedys - Halloween.mp3
07. Destroy All Monsters - Meet The Creeper.mp3
08. Electric Frankenstein - Coolest Little Monster.mp3
09. Forbidden Dimension - A Cold And Lonely.mp3
10. Freeze - Halloween Night.mp3
11. Revillos - Monster Man.mp3
12. Roky Erickson - Bloody Hammer.mp3
13. Serial Killers - Heidnik's House of Horrors.mp3
14. Sick Things - Sleeping With the Dead.mp3
15. Slaughter & The Dogs - Victims Of The Vampire.mp3
16. Stranglers - In The Shadows.mp3
17. Valves - Wolfman (Live).mp3
18. Vibrators - Wolfman Howl.mp3
19. Voodoo Church - Eyes (Second Death).mp3
20. Zombina & The Skeletones - The Grave... & Beyond!.mp3