Author: Penguin

Here is a post for all Arsenal fans as suggested by Simon. Sorry about the lo-fi layout and lack of content in this post. Started running out of time and interest. Have fun.

Starliner / TOYAN – Dance With Me Rock To The Beat Ranking Toyan, Tottenham resident for many years with several other ex-pat Jamaican DJ’s, U Brown and Ranking Dread (yes THAT Ranking Dread) and ex home to the UK Sound System Champions 1977, 1978 and 1980 the mighty Fatman Sound System. Fatman pictured above with Lloyd Coxsone. Toyan came […]

MISTY IN ROOTS – See Them Ah Come /  How Long Jah MISTY IN ROOTS – Wondering Wanderer / Cry Out For Peace MISTY IN ROOTS – Own Them Control Them / Version 1 + 2 POET AND THE ROOTS – It Dread Inna Inglan / Man Free Misty in Roots first selection on this post is the first […]

Jah War I Ain’t Sofisticated Top notch gear from a top notch band, got the reggae / punk crossover just right on Jah War. Blistering B-Side in an age when B-Sides where not just dodgy tracks chucked onto the vinyl as an after thought. No need to introduce this band to the general public, if […]

Heroes / Helden One of my favorite songs by one of my favorite artist from one of my favorite films. Too bad I do not have the nerve to stick it all up for copyright reasons…ditto Can / T Rex / The Clash / Amon Duul / Velvet Underground / Mott The Hoople / Hawkwind […]

The Totnamites – The Spurs Song – Oriole Records 1961 Dedicated to Tony Puppy, Simon, Tim and Lugworm…have a sweet night chaps…

I Like Sport I’ll Send You A Postcard / Dead Lazy First release on Sonet Records by The Stukas, already had a 7″ single release ‘Klean Living Kids’ on Chiswick Records the same year. Good dirty R & B in the mould of the 101’ers / The Cannibals, played live with a fair amount of 1977 bands like […]

Someone Else’s Home Backwards In The Night Straight out of Welwyn Garden City, the second ‘garden city’ after Letchworth to be created for the overspilling population of North London. Harlow and Stevenage new towns were to follow. Welwyn was home to Bugle Records, The Astronauts, the wonderful Ludwick Hall, and the Cherry Tree pub…also Johnny Curious […]

KUKL – No tracklisting – debut gig EGO – No tracklisting EGO – second half of set ICARUS – some speeches then the band – No tracklisting VONBRIDGI – No tracklisting CRASS – Yes Sir I Will CRASS – Banned From The Roxy / Shaved Women / So What Festival arranged and performed in Reykjavik, […]

One Chord Wonders Quick Step Wonderful debut single from The Adverts, released on the rather eclectic Stiff Records, produced by Larry Wallis from The Pink Fairies. The first ‘punk’ appearance on the long running music TV programme ‘The Old Grey Whistle Test’, bass plucker was the rather wonderful and massively gorgeous Gaye Advert (do any […]