I’ve had some lovely 7″ finds recently, thankfully my local car boot carries on all year round so there’s always something popping up, though I dunno what I’m missing as I often get there when the sun is up and I know there are diggers there with torches scrambling about in the dark when it opens at 6am. But I had incredible fortune when a guy rang me up out of the blue asking if I was interested in his 7″ punk collection. I went round to his house and in all honesty this was the 2nd best punk collection I’ve ever bought. The first one was in the early 90’s when I went round a guys house and said he wanted £100 for everything and there was everything punk related imaginable, including Blitzkrieg Bop in UK pic sleeve, entire runs of The Damned including promos and Stretcher Case, the Pistols, bootlegs etc, it was just nuts and I still have most of that collection in my own 30 years later.
So a few weeks ago this fella rings me up from my shop ad and I go round to his garage and even with a quick flick through I could see there was amazing stuff in 4 big boxes. I asked what he wanted and he said £300 which he said would pay off some bill or other and so I offered him £320 if I could keep the boxes and we were both delighted with the transaction. He said he had even boxes more in his attic and would ring me when he was sorted, but all the stuff I bought from him will keep me sweet for months. I will flip a few as am not really a fan of Sham, Jam or other bands ending in am, but there were so many keepers which I have never come across in so many years of collecting including entire runs of Wire, Swell Maps, The Undertones on Good Vibrations as well as all The Clash/Pistols/Damned etc. I have posted a few below and when I dig deeper will post more.
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BOOM!
red label 1st issue
first Island logo flip-back
monster rare Japanese debut
UK demo
pre-Clash
1st issue of debut
car boot bits
folky acetate
When is a record not a record? when it’s a party invitation!
I also had a lovely present over Xmas (thanks mum) to a 6 month subscription of releases on Library of The Occult Records, and this single arrived as a free taster which was kind of them.
Suspect Device – first issue? A pedant writes: the stamped title is on the wrong side, suggesting reissue. The picture on the back does it have a torn or straight edge? And which side is the catalogue number (SRD1) on the label.
Ah yes, it’s got the 2nd printing sleeve (no Rough Trade logo on rear) and credits are to the right of the red label so it’s an early repress, I’ll get me coat…
Red label still a nice to have, first 500 is prime choice but as rare as rocking horse sh*t
You lucky old bark … why does no-one offer me this sort of opportunity. I’d snap their hand off.
do you have cards in all your local newsagents?
That’s my downfall – expecting people to contact me by ESP
I knew you’d say that.
No Joey BeltRAM or GRAM Parsons, then?
lol, no
Amm breathe a sigh of relief that their experimental free jazz stylings escape censure thanks to the additional ‘M’.
My last vinyl purchase was a couple of years ago.
Tomorrow’s Warriors presents I am Warrior.
https://www.discogs.com/release/25152961-Tomorrows-Warriors-I-Am-Warrior
A double vinyl compilation from three live performances from 2019-2022 at The Jazz Café in Camden, with download codes for all tracks plus another four. A good listen, a bargain at £25 and towards a noble cause too.
first issue 7″ with black text labels
more punky goodness
Pinky Poly.
Immaculate Remote Control.
Photocopied black square sleeve, one of several variants.
Original press with B side miscredit, sadly no black sleeve.
3 x early Wire including debut.
3 x Wire in pic sleeves including white vinyl.
All 3 x SW releases including album freebie.
White photocopied poster fold-out debut.
oops, sorry it was all 4 x Swell Maps 7″s + the album freebie