Creation Rebel – 4D Records – 1980

Starship Africa Space Movement An absolutely smashing LP. Some seriously spaced out reggae tracks, recorded way before this kind of sound was popular in Dub reggae circles. This LP, recorded in 1978, released in 1980, was one of the first LPs to showcase the kind of Dub that would become popular a couple of years later on in the […]

Flux Of Pink Indians – F.C.T.U.L.P. – Alternative Mixes – 1984

Fucking Cunts Treat Us Like Pricks – Alternative Mixes 1 Fucking Cunts Treat Us Like Pricks – Alternative Mixes 2 A different studio mix of some of the tracks off Flux Of Pink Indians second full length LP. In fact more than a ‘full length’ LP as it was originally a double vinyl set released on Spiderleg […]

The published books of Martin Lux and the late Daniel Lux

The published book of Martin Lux Phoenix Press – ISBN 0-948984-35-x – £5.99 Thought anti-fascism was all about bearded sociology lecturers waving ‘Never Again’ banners? Not in London’s East End in the mid-to-late 1970s  when the National Front’s London election results put them in position of 4th largest political party, with a street presence – […]

Demob – Round Ear Records – 1980 / 1982

Anti Police Teenage Adolescence No Room For You Think Straight / New Breed I always thought this band were great and severely underated at the time,  so I am uploading both 7″ singles that were released during the band’s lifetime. All these tracks that are uploaded by this band are great, but ‘No Room For […]

Nicky And The Dots – Small Wonder Records – 1979

Never Been So Stuck Linoleum Walk Brilliant power pop 7″ single from this Brighton based band released on the equally brilliant Small Wonder Records. Very catchy and well worth a listen. Photos courtesy of Simon Woolval. Not an awful lot of history about this band on the web right now which means I can not […]

Penguin is off to Mersea Island Scooter Rally off the Essex coast

My 1966 Vespa Sprint and tent… My 1966 Vespa Sprint again… The Sea The tree …so please talk amongst yourselves for a few days while I fight the elements as my tent blows away with the expected gale. I will probably have to hug a skinhead for warmth…records will also keep me warm, dancing at the sound systems on the […]