Series curated by long-time collector and dealer Chuck Warner, covering exclusively UK DIY post-punk produced between 1977 and 1983. The series was initially released on cdr and then subsquently as a series of regional compilations and discrete band collections on CD.
It's an offshoot of the parent label Hyped To Death whose aim is to release rare, obscure, independent and undiscovered punk, post-punk, D.I.Y., and power-pop groups from the U.S. and the U.K. 1977-1984.
BY THE END OF 1977 YEARS OF MUSIC-INDUSTRY NEGLECT (AND THE ABRUPT DEPARTURE FOR LONDON OF THE FEW FECKLESS PUNKS THAT HAD LANDED '77 RECORD-DEALS) HAD LEFT SOUTH WALES FERTILE GROUND FOR D.I.Y. THE MOST BASIC INSTRUMENTATION, ONE-TAKE RECORDINGS AND BLACK-AND-WHITE GRAPHICS RULED THE DAY, SO IT'S NO SURPRISE THAT NOT ONE OF THE RECORDS ON #104 SOLD MORE THAN 1200 COPIES. MINDFUL OF THESE FEEBLE SALES, A DOZEN ALUMNI OF CARDIFF'S Z-BLOCK LABEL (AND VARIOUS MATES) GAVE UP RELEASING RECORDS ALTOGETHER, AND BUSIED THEMSELVES IN A FRENZY OF INCREASINGLY-SOPHISTICATED HOME RECORDING. (WE'VE INCLUDED JUST THE TIP OF THAT ICEBERG...) 23 SONGS ON THE CD PLUS SIX BONUS MP3 TRACKS. 24-PAGE BOOKLET, LOVINGLY DOCUMENTED WITH HISTORIES AND PHOTOS GALORE,
Tracklist
The Czechs - Suffocation + 44 Seconds
Current Obsessions - Fish
What to Wear - The Robbery
The Tax Exiles - (I Don't Believe in) Miracles
The Flying Brix - Uniform ( I Don't Wanna Be Different)
The Immortal Invisibles - No Zip
The Spitfire Boys - Funtime
Decadent Few - There's a Place
The Sane - Arnold Palmer
Discount Chiefs - In a Different Light
Table Table - Magic Moments
Crash Action Winners - Hurricane Fighter Plane
Reptile Ranch - (Don't Give the) Lifeguard (a Second Chance)
Addiction - Violence
Boywonders - He Man
Hugh Volk - Talk of the Town
The Decadent Few - Burning Caroline
Ralph and the Ponytails - James Bond
The Janet and Johns - I Was a Young Man
What to Wear - We're the Martians Now
Ralph and the Ponytails - Splendid Stories
Discount Chiefs - Smell of Fossils
Puritan Guitars - Making It
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FILE LIST
Filename
Size
01 The Czechs - Suffocation + 44 Seconds.flac
17.5 MB
02 Current Obsessions (Lewis and Debbie) - Fish.flac
11.9 MB
03 What To Wear - The Robbery.flac
14.2 MB
04 Tax Exiles, The - (I Don't Believe In) Miracles.flac
21.9 MB
05 The Flying Brix - Uniform.flac
6.3 MB
06 Immortal Invisibles, The - No Zip.flac
23.4 MB
07 The Spitfire Boys - FunTime.flac
20.7 MB
08 Decadent Few - There's A Place.flac
19.8 MB
09 Sane - Arnold Palmer.flac
15.4 MB
10 Discount Chiefs - In A Different Light.flac
22 MB
11 Table Table - Magic Moments.flac
9 MB
12 Crash Action Winners, The - Hurricane Fighter Plane.flac
16.7 MB
13 Reptile Ranch - (Don't Give The) Lifegaurd (A Second Chance).flac