This essential guide to punk rock features more than 200 bands' line-ups, albums, career details, cross-references, a UK chart log, and photographs.
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4.0 out of 5 stars
A seemingly vast undertaking made simple and useful.,
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This review is from: Illustrated Collector's Guide to Punk: Part 1 (Paperback)
A collector's guide to punk is a huge undertaking, but Dave Thompson pulled it off. He made this book "Part One"."To be included in this book, a band needed to be actively recording (for radio or record) during the period 1976-1978," he wrote. He focused on the UK. By allowing himself to work within these parameters, Thompson made the book an easier read, as well as saving himself a lot of work. Thompson makes some outstanding points in his introduction that explain his take on the scene, and he invites readers to argue and "write the publisher long, well-reasoned letters about how 'x' should not have been included, while 'y' was a ghastly omission." Thompson acknowledges that punk is different to everyone. Meanwhile, the rest of the book includes useful information for collectors including descriptions of UK singles, UK albums, UK radio sessions and a fantastic label guide. He even lists the chart position of the releases at the end of each section. I can't imagine the amount of work that went into this book, and I recommend it highly. The book is designed to look like a double CD set, so it fits nicely in most CD racks. A fun extra.
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4.0 out of 5 stars
Educated and in depth,
By The Toddball "The Toddball" (Los Angeles, California USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Illustrated Collector's Guide to Punk: Part 1 (Paperback)
Just so people don't get the wrong idea. This book includes the majority of punk/indie bands from England. If you're looking for any American bands DO NOT buy this book. But on to the review... This book has virtually every band to come out of England during the blast of the first punk rock wave. A very thorough and in depth look and almost every release from 1976 to 1981, I think. For some reason they left out the ever important CRASS bands. Like Crass, Rudimentary Peni, etc. Other than that this is a great way to find out about hard to find records.
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This review is from: Illustrated Collector's Guide to Punk: Part 1 (Paperback)
Okay, it seems insipid to say, but definitely read the intro to the book first; if you don't, you may be disappointed. Mr. Thompson filled his book with British bands from 1976-78 only, so it's limited in that way. The book is the size and shape of a double-cd and is basically just a discography of as many bands as he could list from that period. Included with his discography is a band line-up (including changes) and on some of the less-obscure bands a sentence or two about the band and its members. [oh, and for the reviewer who commented on the lack of Crass, which I noticed as well, it's because Crass didn't show up on the recording scene until 1979---I imagine he'll put them in a 'volume two'.]I think this book is great for record collectors as a sort of checklist, but it's not definitive (how could he have missed listing Warsaw?). This book is not one that you could read for information beyond record listings, but I recommend the "Punk" book in the "20th Century Rock and Roll" series (which is also written by Dave Thompson) for that. That book has more detailed information about the bigger bands in this book, and together they make a more complete picture for someone exploring the early British punk scene. [Or, better yet, find yourself a copy of George Gilmarc's "Punk Diary".]
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