VARIOUS - 1977 - The Year Punk Broke - 3CD Clamshell Box Set [MAY 10]

3CD - Limited Edition Deluxe Clamshell Box Set with a 15,000-word sleeve-note and band-by-band biographies by compiler David Wells reflecting how a thrilling, controversial scene developed over 12 tumultuous months.  

Punk’s Year Zero was 1976. But very few Punk records were actually released that year. The most significant musical developments happened in 1977, with a burgeoning, self-supporting network of clubs, performers, fanzines, indie labels and distributors creating an unstoppable groundswell that would revolutionise UK music and have an enduring impact on pop culture.

Many of the year’s major breakthrough acts and cult favourites are included, including The Jam, The Damned, The Boomtown Rats, Buzzcocks, The Stranglers, Generation X, Sham 69, The Only Ones, The Rezillos, Ultravox!, 999, X-Ray Spex, ATV, The Boys and The Vibrators. Joined by sympathetic but more experienced acts (Deaf School, Graham Parker, Motorhead, etc.), a welter of new, young bands created a sonic explosion, with sub-three-minute adrenalin rushes of raw excitement.

The older guard – variously labelled Pub Rock, New Wave or Art Rock – are represented by Doctors Of Madness, Eddie & The Hot Rods, Deaf School, The Tyla Gang, Graham Parker & The Rumour, The Gorillas, The Count Bishops, Radio Stars, Spider and Alberto Y Lost Trios Paranoias.

Other key names include Motorhead (Lemmy’s new venture after splitting with Hawkwind, a metal band loved by punks) and The Heartbreakers, Johnny Thunders’ band who recorded in London. Also present are a host of obscure indie Punk 45s and other rarities.

The deluxe clamshell package includes a weighty booklet full of illustrations, with a 15,000-word sleeve-note and band-by-band biographies by compiler David Wells. 

Tracklist (See Also Gallery Pic 2):

CD One
1. Boredom - Buzzcocks
2. London Lady - The Stranglers
3. Gatecrasher - The Gorillas
4. Neat Neat Neat – The Damned
5. Capaldi’s Café - Deaf School
6. Bad Time - The Vibrators
7. I Don’t Care - The Boys
8. Away From The Numbers - The Jam
9. Born To Lose – The Heartbreakers
10. Thinkin' Of The U.S.A. - Eater
11. On The Edge - The Outsiders
12. Sick Of You - The Users
13. You Really Got Me - Chartreuse
14. I Wanna Be Free - The Rings
15. Man Of The Year - Models
16. Peter And The Pets – The Only Ones
17. Motorhead - Motorhead
18. Mony Mony – Celia And The Mutations
19. Runnin’ Riot - Cock Sparrer
20. I Need You – The Count Bishops
21. Let’s Go - Blitzkrieg Bop
22. Naive - The Killjoys
23. Incendiary Device – Johnny Moped
24. I Wanna Be Your Man – The Rezillos
25. No Russians In Russia - Radio Stars
26. Fascist Pigs - The Nosebleeds
27. Jubilee ’77 - The Exile

CD Two
1. Lookin' After No. 1 - The Boomtown Rats
2. Whole Wide World - Wreckless Eric
3. I Can’t Come - The Snivelling Shits
4. Where Have All The Boot Boys Gone - Slaughter & The Dogs
5. For Adolfs Only - The Valves
6. Bulletin - Doctors Of Madness
7. Day By Day - Generation X
8. Television Viewer - The Vacants
9. Kill - Alberto Y Lost Trios Paranoias
10. You Can't Rock And Roll (In A Council Flat) - Puncture
11. Enemies - Radiators From Space
12. Just Want To Be Myself (7” Version) - The Drones
13. Red London - Sham 69
14. Deranged Demented And Free - P.V.C.2
15. Oh Bondage Up Yours! - X- Ray Spex
16. 2-4-6-8 Motorway – Tom Robinson Band
17. Nasty, Nasty - 999
18. Rockwrok - Ultravox!
19. Family Planning - The Depressions
20. Radio Fun - Zeros
21. Pool Hall Punks - Tyla Gang
22. Klean Living Kids - The Stukas
23. Freak Show - The Lurkers
24. Hold My Hand - Jerks
25. Bleak Outlook - The Unwanted
26. Blood On The Wall - Some Chicken
27. Insane Society - Menace
28. Drab City - The Features
29. Back To The Wall - Spider
30. Just Another Teenage Anthem - New Hearts
31. (You Keep On Tellin' Me) Lies – The Pleasers

CD Three
1. Innocents - John Cooper Clarke
2. How Much Longer – Alternative Tv
3. She Made Magic - The Wasps
4. Regulations - Neon Hearts
5. New York Shuffle – Graham Parker & The Rumour
6. Trash - The Doll
7. Ain't No Legend - Maniacs
8. In My Love For You – Satan’s Rats
9. Police Car - Larry Wallis
10. Quit This Town – Eddie & The Hot Rods
11. Development Corporations - The Now
12. High Rise Living - Chelsea
13. Arabs In ‘arrods - Art Attacks
14. Priorities - Trash
15. Dynamo - The Method
16. Naive - Public Zone
17. Jailbait - Left Hand Drive
18. Ripped And Torn - Swell Maps
19. I Can See You – Acme Sewage Co.
20. First Mistake - The Rats
21. Natty Punko - Brainiac Five
22. Defiant Pose - The Cortinas
23. Help I'm Trapped – The Carpettes
24. Tell Me The Truth (Live At The Vortex) - Neo
25. Raped - Raped
26. Flies - Fruit Eating Bears
27. RU12 - Hobbies Of Today
28. Left Right And Centre – Drug Squad
29. I’m A Punk – Norman And The Hooligans