Vic Godard and the Sexual Objects - Marc Riley Session 11-29-12

Here's the always excellent Vic Godard playing a recent radio session that features two new songs and two old ones. Sound quality is excellent.

track list:
01. (Oh Alright) Go On Then
02. -interview-
03. -interview-
04. Nobody's Scared
05. -interview-
06. Parallel Lines
07. -dj Marc Riley
08. -interview-
09. Better Not Turn On

Buzzcocks - Drone Studio Sessions 2-13-91 to 4-24-91

Four of the songs from these sessions were released on the Alive Tonight ep. The line up is Shelley/Diggle/ Garvey/Joyce. Sound quality is very good.

info here: http://www.buzzcocks.com/buzzcocksdiscography.txt

tracklist:
01. Never Gonna Give It Up
02. Serious Crime
03. Dreaming
04. Last To Know
05. Run Away From Home
06. Tranquilizer
07. Alive Tonight
08. When Love Turns Around
09. Isolation
10. Successful Street
11. Who'll Help Me Forget
12. Why Compromise
13. Australia

Jimmy Norton's Explosion - John Peel Session 7-30-79

Today's post is another officially unreleased Peel session. This time from a sort of Punk Rock supergroup. The band featured Glen Matlock (Bass, Lead Vocals) fresh out of the Rich Kids and formerly of The Sex Pistols, Danny Kustow (Guitar, Backing Vocals) from Tom Robinson Band and Budgie (Drums) from Siouxsie & The Banshees and formerly of Spitfire Boys and Slits. Of these four songs Ambition and Just Like Lazarus were recorded by The Rich Kids in 1978 but remained unreleased until 1998 when they were released on the Burning Sounds CD, Ambition was also recorded by Iggy Pop when Glen played with him. This band changed their name in 1980 to Spectres and released two single, the first one featured a weaker version of Getting Away With Murder. Lost In A Landslide remains unreleased in any version. This is from a recent radio broadcast and the sound quality is excellent.

Spectres info: http://www.discogs.com/Spectres-This-Strange-Effect/release/2182231
Spectres singles: http://wilfullyobscure.blogspot.com/2009/07/spectres-glen-matlock-two-singles.html
Rich Kids discog:  http://www.discogs.com/Rich-Kids-Burning-Sounds/release/1672592

track list:
01. Just Like Lazarus
02. Getting Away With Murder
03. Lost In A Landslide
04. Ambition

Buzzcocks - Apollo Theatre, Manchester 5-25-12

The Buzzcocks play three sets with three different line ups covering the length of their existence and included are several new songs. This show was recorded from the audience. Sound quality is very good.

set 1:
01. intro
02. What Am I Supposed To Do?
03. Totally From The Heart
04. When Love Turns Around
05. Friends
06. Unthinkable
07. Lester Sands
08. Sell You Everything
09. Wish I Never Loved You
10. People Are Strange Machines
11. The Way
12. Sound Of A Gun
13. Reconcilliation
14. Big Brother Wheels
15. Choices
16. Isolation
17. Crystal Night
18. Alive Tonight
19. Innocent
20. Sick City Sometimes

Pete Shelley - guitar / vocals
Steve Diggle - guitar / vocals
Chris Remmington - bass guitar
Danny Farrant - drums

set 2:
01. intro
02. Fast Cars
03. I Don't Mind
04. Autonomy
05. Get On Our Own
06. Fiction Romance
07. You Say You Don't Love Me
08. Sixteen Again
09. Why She's A Girl From The Chainstore
10. Moving Away From The Pulsebeat
11. Why Can't I Touch It
12. Mad Mad Judy
13. Everybody's Happy Nowadays
14. Promises
15. Love You More
16. What Do I Get?
17. Harmony In My Head
18. Ever Fallen In Love With
19. Orgasm Addict

Pete Shelley - guitar / vocals
Steve Diggle - guitar / vocals
Steve Garvey - bass guitar
John Maher - drums

set 3:
01. intro
02. Breakdown
03. Times up
04. Boredom
05. Friends Of Mine / Can't Control Myself
06. Friends Of Mine
07. I Can't Control Myself

Howard Devoto - vocals
Pete Shelley - broken starway guitar
Steve Diggle - bass guitar
John Maher - drums

The Story Of the Buzzcocks (2012)
01. BBC Documentary

Steve Diggle - Demos 1-27-81

Here are some demo songs recorded by Steve Diggle in his home studio one month before the Buzzcocks split up in 1981. These songs feature guitar, drum machine and some vocals. None of the songs are finished and only the songs Drift Away and In The Back were ever re-recorded (with a line up of Diggle/Garvey/Maher) and released (on a Flag Of Convenience album). These recordings provide insight into the songwriting process and also gets one wondering what a fourth Buzzcocks album might have sounded like in 1981 had they continued at that time.

track list: [from cassette tape]
01. Can You Dig It
02. Drift Away
03. In The Back
03. Dancing At Dawn
04. By My Side
05. Don't Come Back

Buzzcocks - Live 1980

The Manchester show is a radio broadcast. The Cherry Hill show is a soundboard recording. Both have very good sound quality.

@ Manchester Polytechnic, Manchester England 5-22-80
01. I Don’t Mind
02. Ever Fallen In Love
03. What Do I Get
04. Strange Thing
05. Why She’s A Girl from the Chainstore
06. What Do You Know
07. Autonomy

@ Emerald City, Cherry Hill NJ 11-22-80: [from cassette tape]
01. Why She's The Girl From The Chain Store
02. What Do I Get
03. Fast Cars
04. Fiction Romance
05. Harmony In My Head
06. Everybody's Happy Nowadays
07. Lipstick
08. Ever Fallen In Love
09. Something's Gone Wrong Again
10. Airwaves Dream
11. Strange Thing
12. Noise Annoys
13. What Do You Know
14. I Believe
15. Love Battery
16. Times Up
17. Love You More
18. Oh Shit
19. Boredom

Buzzcocks - Temple Beautiful, San Francisco 12-15-79

This is from a radio broadcast and the sound quality is very good.

setlist: [from cassette tape]
01. I Don't Mind
02. Autonomy
03. Ever Fallen In Love
04. Mad Mad Judy
05. Sixteen
06. Moving Away From The Pulsebeat
07. Noise Annoys
08. Love You More
09. What Do I Get?
10. Harmony In My Head
11. Everybody's Happy Nowadays
12. You Say You Don't Love Me
13. I Don't Know What To Do With My Life
14. I Believe
15. Breakdown
16. Fast Cars
17. Boredom