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DIY: Anarchy in the UK: UK Punk I (1976-77)

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This is an excellent compilation. Tracks from the usual suspects like Wire, Sex Pistols, Buzzcocks, and X-Ray Spex are supplemented by excellent tracks I had not heard by the likes of The Adverts and The Saints, plus others.

The energy, freshness, and vitality of the music really comes through this mix.

I wish they could have included The Clash in this compilation... it seems like they very much belonged but could not be included for legal reasons.

I had preferred the work of New York punksters from the same era, i.e. Talking Heads, Television, Richard Hell and the Voidoids, etc. But this compilation has turned me on to some other bands from the U.K.; I just might end up liking the British Punk better.

ken32

The songs on this album are consistently good, but it has some songs that I wouldn't consider being part of the U.K. Punk scene. Generation X was really just posing as Punk, The Boomtown Rats and The Only Ones were both more than just Punk bands, and Eddie and the Hot Rods preceded Punk, it's more or less Pub Rock. Regardless, the songs are all quite good, and the usual suspects all turn in great performances as well.

It should be noted that both of the Sex Pistols songs are demo tracks. This may sound like a problem but it really doesn't matter much, since they recorded a ton of tracks for both the songs and they're both about as good as the final takes.