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Friday 16 January 2015

The Best of Brought To Life - 141


1. MASSMEDIA - 'Das Jazz' - Massproduktion 7" - Sweden - 1979
So here's a nice sloppy yet raucous start. Their second single. Particularly like the drums.
2. METAL URBAIN - 'Panik' - Cobra 7" - France - 1977
Whereas this lot had a bloody drum machine! Cool video though.
3. CHRIS SPEDDING & THE VIBRATORS - 'Pogo Dancing' - RAK 7" - UK - 1976
Meanwhile this is NOT so cool!
4. GLI INCESTI - 'Sabato Midnight' - CLS 7" - Italy - 1978
The flipside of their 'Punk Rock' single with an obvious Ramones influence. Anyone got the album?
5. THE BROMMERS - 'Fine Words' - P.P.O.P. 7" - Netherlands - 1980
From their sole 'Defekt' E.P.  500 numbered copies. Why do bands do that?
6. REBELL - '100 År' - Stage and Music Production 7" - Sweden - 1979
From their only 7". Great chorus.
7. ELEKTROSHOCK - 'Publici Mores' - Numero Uno LP - Italy - 1979
Also from their only record, but this time it was an album called 'Asylum'.
8. THE RESISTERS - 'Rotten Rock 'n' Roll' - Trikont LP - UK - 1979
A London band with another sole release album. On German label Trikont. Read more here.
9. THE REZILLOS - 'Flying Saucer Attack' - Sire 7" - UK - 1977
Second single. Slightly different to the album version with a nice whirring UFO effect at the start.
10. THE TOURS - 'Tourist Information' - Virgin 7" - UK - 1979
Another second single. It's no 'Language School' but, hey, what is?
11. THE ESSENTIALS - 'I Don't Get' - Safety Net 7" - USA - 1982
One from their 'Fast Music In A Slow Town' E.P.
12. THE ASTRO'S - 'Fun Time' - R.A.M. 7" - UK - 1980
From the flipside of their sole 'Snake-Bite' E.P.  Lots of 'Oi Oi's' without actually being Oi!
13. S.I.B. - 'My Secret Life' - L.M. LP - Italy - 1981
'Swelling Itching Brains' if you were wondering. Their sole output.
14. CHILLY CHIMES - 'Katti Har Inga Kamrater' - Bröderna Surf LP - Sweden - 1978
One from the excellent 'Ljud Från Friberga' compilation. Short and sweet.
15. THE VIBRATORS - 'We Vibrate' - RAK 7" - UK - 1976
First single (if you discount 'Pogo Dancing'). So that's where the Rezillos got their UFO sound!
16. THE NEWS - '50% Reduction' - Polydor 7" - UK - 1980
And another debut single. Has anyone ever seen a picture sleeve?
17. THE DOGS - 'Here Comes My Baby' - Melodies Massacre 12" - France - 1978
After their debut 7" this E.P. was something of a disappointment. Entitled 'Go Where You Want To Go'. To their credit, they kept bashing them out throughout the '80s and '90s.
18. DR ZEKE - 'Jag Ska Aldrig Dö' - Schmajlers 7" - Sweden - 1979
Whereas Sweden's Dr. Zeke only managed the one single, more's the shame.
19. THE MISTAKES - 'Sixteen Pins' - Twist And Shout 7" - UK - 1981
As did this lot. The superior flipside to 'Radiation'.
20. THE REZILLOS - '(My Baby Does) Good Sculptures' - Sire 7" - UK - 1977
The other side of 'Flying Saucer Attack'.
21. MARTIAN SCHOOLGIRLS - 'Lonely Nights' - Red Planet 7" - UK - 1979
And the other side of 'Life In The 1980s'.
22. REBELL - 'Jag Behöver Inte Dig' - Stage and Music Production 7" - Sweden - 1979
Continuing the B-side theme, this was the other side of their single.
23. OVERDOZE - 'Run Through The Desert'Bröderna Surf LP - Sweden - 1978 
And another from 'Ljud Från Friberga'.
24. THE VIBRATORS - 'Whips And Furs' - RAK 7" - UK - 1976
Back to the B-sides. This one accompanied 'We Vibrate'.
25. THE BANNED - 'Little Girl' - Harvest 7" - UK - 1977
And the debut from these prog-rockers (Gryphon) who thought they'd give new wave a go for a laugh with this 1966 Syndicate Of Sound cover. Top Of The Pos performance here.
***BONUS TRACKS***
26. THE ESSENTIALS - 'It's Essential'
27. DR ZEKE - 'Vild I Skagen'
28. THE ASTROS - 'Snakebite Love'
29. S.I.B. - 'You'
30. THE RESISTERS - 'Keep Your Mouth Shut'
31. OVERDOZE - 'They Are Gone'

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