Milk 'n' Cookies/Ian North's Radio/Neo - CBGB/Demos 1976-1977

Milk 'n' Cookies were a Power Pop band from New York City that released only one album. Their guitarist was Ian North. After Milk 'n Cookies split up in London at the end of 1976-beginning of 1977 Ian North formed Radio with Martin Gordon and Paul and Robert Simon. They recorded one demo in early 1977 before Martin Gordon left to form Radio Stars. North and the Simon brothers stayed together as a three piece and changed the name of the band to Neo and in October 1977 had two songs recorded for the Live At The Vortex album. Some of the songs on these demos made up part of the Neo setlist. I've also included the audio from the video linked to here which is a 1977 unreleased demo version of the song Tran-sister. That song was recorded by Ian North with a different line up in 1978 and released as a single. This demo version is much better. The live show is a good sounding audience recording and the demos all have very good sound.

Milk 'n' Cookies video here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pV7RXWdXyzg&feature=related
Neo video here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzEhDGNpuuE
Neo info here: http://www.punk77.co.uk/groups/neo.htm
Simon brothers today: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KLj0DY-RT0s&feature=relmfu

Milk 'n' Cookies - CBGB, NYC 1976:
01. Chance To Play
02. Just A Kid
03. Little Lost And Innocent
04. On The Outs
05. The Last Letter
06. Local Talent
07. Broken Melody
08. Typically Teenage
09. Buy This Record
10. Not Enough Girls In The World
11. We Go On Dancing
12. Tinkertoy Tomorrow
13. Rivets
14. Girls And Gangs

Milk 'n' Cookies - 2nd Album Demos 1977:
01.Tinkertoy Tomorrow
02. Rivets By Radio
03. Our Only Night
04. Break It Up
05. Robots
06. Girls In Gangs
07. She Kills Me

Ian North's Radio - Island Records demos 1977:
01. Rivets By Radio
02. Girls In Gangs
03. Model's World
04. Uniform
05. Our Only Night
06. Bandstand
07. Break It Up

Neo - Demo 1977:
01. Tran-sister
02: She Kills Me

Heroes - Max's, NYC 6-26-81 (w/Walter Lure)

After The Heartbreakers split at the end of 1977, Walter Lure played and recorded through the late 1970s and early 1980s with several bands including The Blessed and The Incognitos. Two songs he recorded in 1978 (Seven Day Weekend and Too Much Junkie Business) didn't get released on vinyl until 1983 under the band name The Heroes which at the time was his current band. The Heroes of 1983 never released anything but someone was nice enough to to make this audience recording of one of their gigs. A few Heartbreakers songs are played, a couple of covers and a pile of new songs, some of which were only released in the 1990s on the Waldos Rent Party CD and others remain unreleased. The band: Walter Lure - Guitar & Vocals, Richie Lure - Guitar & Vocals, Danny Hirsh - Bass, Billy Rogers - Drums.

Here's a photo: http://www.flickr.com/photos/robert_barry_francos/2989666968/in/photostream/
Here's an interview with Walter Lure: http://whitetrashsoul.blogspot.com/2010/01/interview-walter-waldo-lure.html

1st Set: [from cassette tape]
01. Party Lights
02. Sorry
03. Love That Kills
04. Let's Go
05. Crazy Little Baby
06. Busted
07. Wam Bam Boo
08. Turn It Up
09. Too Much Junkie Business
10. Seven Day Weekend
11. Pissing My Life Away
12. Crazy Kids

2nd Set: [from cassette tape]
01. Too Much Junkie Business
02. Sorry
03. Love That Kills
04. Feel No Pain
05. Here Come The Zombies
06. Flight
07. Busted
08. Let's Go
09. Crazy Little Baby
10. Turn It Up
11. All By Myself
12. Crazy Kids
13. One Track Mind

Waldos - J.C. Dobbs, Philadelphia 1-25-92

Doesn't seem I ever posted this one. Walter Lure and friends play some old songs, some new ones and a great cover of Stand By Me. Recorded one week after the death of Jerry Nolan. Audience recording with good sound. 

setlist: [from cassette tape]
01. Love That Kills
02. Take A Chance
03. Cry Baby
04. You'll Never Get Away From Me
05. Born To Lose
06. Party Lights
07. Crazy Little Baby
08. Can't Keep My Eyes On You
09. I'm Glad To Be Alive
10. Where Were You On My Wedding Day
11. Stand By Me
12. Too Much Junkie Business
13. Do You Love Me
14. One Track Mind
15. Chinese Rocks

Heartbreakers - CBGB, NYC 7-25-75

This is an early Walter Lure gig recorded just a few weeks after he joined and it is an audience recording with good sound. 

setlist:
01. Goin' Steady
02. Chinese Rocks
03. Pirate Love
04. Can't Keep My Eyes Off You
05. Flight
06. Hurt Me
07. Blank Generation
08. I Wanna Be Loved
09. New Pleasure

Heartbreakers - Coventry, Queens NY 1975

Here's the original Heartbreakers lineup of Thunders, Nolan and Hell captured live at two early gigs and a rehearsal. The sound on the rehearsal is good. The live shows are recorded from the audience and are a bit distorted but still a good listen especially for the unreleased song 57 Chevy.

@ Rehearsal at The Coventry, Queens NY 5-29-75
01. Blank Generation
02. I Wanna Be Loved
03. Hurt Me
04. Chinese Rocks

@ Coventry, Queens NY 5-30-75
01. 57 Chevy
02. Can't Keep My Eyes On You
03. Pirate Love
04. Blank Generation
05. Hurt Me
06. Chinese Rocks
07. I Wanna Be Loved

@ Coventry, Queens NY 6-06-75
01. 57 Chevy
02. Blank Generation
03. Can't Keep My Eyes On You
04. Pirate Love
05. Hurt Me
06. Chinese Rocks
07. I Wanna Be Loved

Squirrel Bait - Demo 1983/Live 1986

The demo is their first when hey were just another generic American Hardcore band. Sound quality is very good. The Minneapolis is from their second album period and is a very good soundboard recording.

Demo 8-83: [from cassette tape]
01. Silence Is Golden
02. Occupant
03. New Direction
04. Pepsi Generation
05. Doubting Thomas
06. Blockhead
07. Operation Eagle
08. Fashionable
09. Just Kidding
10. Average Rebel

@ 7th Street Entry, Minneapolis 8-06-86:
01. Kid Dynamite
02. Virgil's Return
03. Hammering So Hard
04. Final Chapter
05. Choose Yr Poison
06. Slake Train Coming
08. Hey Joe
09. Rose Island Road
10. Perfect
11. Kick The Kat
12. When I Fall
13. Sun God
14. Tape From California

Corpse Grinders - CBGB, NYC 6-21-78

Here's another audience recording from Corpse Grinders. This one has Cheetah Chrome from Dead Boys playing guitar on the last two songs. sound quality is good.

setlist:
01. I Don't Need It
02. Pretty Baby
03. Bury The Past
04. Valley Of Fear
05. Frozen Alive
06. City Rocker
07. Rites 4 Whites
08. Mental Moron
09. La-do-dada