Buzzcocks – Best In Good Food LP – Edible Records 1978
The first and one of the most well known bootleg Buzzcocks LP presenting snippets of various early live gigs and radio / TV sessions. Some tracks include original vocalist Howard Devoto, the segment of ‘Boredom’ and the 1978 reunion TV special ‘Can’t Control Myself’. Great band, still rocking the masses. Even I turned out for a show and had a bit of a boogie (not pretty) in the bleaching sun of Finsbury Park a couple of years ago.
April 27th, 2008 at 7:17 pm
What a great post. Many thanks for this gem. I don’t suppose you have “Razorcuts” as well do you? If so, please could you post that too. Been trying to find that for years as well! Thanks again.
Mike
April 28th, 2008 at 8:16 pm
nice one for this,maybe its the geography involved though.
had anyone heard of ‘ralph nader’ mentioned on ‘fast cars’ all those decades ago?
i havent heard any refences to him in this years u.s election when he seemed to get some coverage on channel 4 here 4 years ago at the last u.s ‘democratic election’ as the only other candidate than republicans and democrats.
April 28th, 2008 at 11:03 pm
Ralph Nader is probably mentioned because he made his name as a consumer champion in 1965 by writing ‘Unsafe at any speed’ which was criticism of the US car industry focused on the Chevrolet Corsair made by General Motors and which had a design fault leading to numerous fatal crashes…
April 29th, 2008 at 8:31 am
‘Unsafe at Any Speed’ was used as the title for an ep of raging Boston Hardcore back in 1982…Classi ep – full-on Gang Green track…
The EP was the follow-up to the seminal ‘This is Boston not LA’ comp LP which still blisters with its thrash intensity…
April 29th, 2008 at 8:38 am
made me want to check out the gang green ‘unsafe at any speed.
found it here
http://destroyemall.blogspot.com/2007/09/unsafe-at-any-speed-comp.html
April 29th, 2008 at 9:03 am
You really have to hear the ‘This is Boston not LA’ comp, John: it’s an absolute 100% scorcher (particularly in the context of when it was made)…
Check on the Gang Green tracks from the LP here:
http://www.taringa.net/posts/musica/873698/Gang-Green—(1989)-Older-Budweiser-+-Plus-This-is-Boston,-N.html
(Napalm Death were “inspired” by the start of ‘Rabies’ for one of the songs on their first LP)…
May 2nd, 2008 at 1:12 pm
I just recently found this blog, some amazing stuff here.
Many thanks for the Buzzcocks Boot.
Mike Says:
April 27th, 2008 at 7:17 pm
What a great post. Many thanks for this gem. I don’t suppose you have “Razorcuts” as well do you? If so, please could you post that too. Been trying to find that for years as well! Thanks again.
Mike
Razorcuts from my own vinyl copy
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=EKCK7RVW
May 4th, 2008 at 11:06 pm
pete shelley could only grow half a moustache for the album cover at this stage………………
July 23rd, 2008 at 9:05 pm
Thanks alot Phil. Only just seen this! Your a star. God bless ya!
March 13th, 2010 at 10:01 am
Oh, excellent! I had razorcuts ages back, till I had a box of records – with all my vinyl bootlegs – nicked one night at the Hope & Anchor!
Thanks for the post!
March 13th, 2010 at 7:49 pm
While once priding myself on being somwhat of a ’77 punk obsessive back in the day, I hadn’t come across either of these releases. Good work guys in getting them up here.
Gotta say it’s just so great to hear these old songs again and after so many years. Was never entirely convinced by Pete Shelley’s vox, much more a fan of Devoto. Sadly, after an outstanding debut full length, the band seemed to slip a little with each successive release thereafter.
March 29th, 2010 at 10:20 am
See Linder discussing the evolution of her artwork, the most famous being the Orgasm Addict cover montage here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FasqZvcAKnM
March 29th, 2010 at 7:34 pm
Cool Nick. Thanks for posting that. Wasn’t fully aware of the importance of Linder’s work ’til relatively recently. Not come across The Secret Public. Definitely intrigued.