SCRUFF - Get Out Of My Way / Rock 'n' Roll Woma (Track Record 1978) Active from the beginning of 1977, Londoners Scruff released this high caliber glam/punk two-sider with strong guitar riffs and and catchy production values. UK issue, produced by Bill Kimber.
THE DOGGS - Billy's Gotta Run / Why Do I Lie? (Chapter 1 1971) Peter Lee Stirling - aka Daniel Boone - was behind this production, together with Alan Parker and Alan Hawkshaw, his co-members also in Rumplestiltskin and Hungry Wolf. UK pressing.
STEFAN AND THE WILD BOYS - The Wild Boys / Dying In St. Louis Gonna Make You Blue (London 1976) Here's the Belgian pressing of these amazing, Jerry Styler-produced proto-punk/glam workouts by Stefan And The Wild Boys, featuring Canadian actor Stefan Angrym. Listen to both sides below.
KANSAS HOOK - Nervous Shakin' / Mr Universe(Decca 1971) UK pressing of second Kansas Hook single, a tough two-sider with hammond and crunching guitar. Both songs on this single were written by the bass player Julian Burrowes and produced by Tony Atkins. Kansas Hook actually performed on the Casuals' single "Tara Tiger" and on its b side "Nature's Child", a song that appeared also as the b side of "American Jam", a single released by Kansas Hook under the pseudonym American Jam Band.
VOTE FOR YOUR FAVOURITE - No.1 This is a kind of Purepop's "My Version is Better Than Yours", with the only difference that you can vote for your favourite one. Here's a T.Rex-Style Roger Holman/Simon May composition performed by John Swail, aka Guy Darrel and the trio Blood Chains. Come on, VOTE FOR YOUR FAVOURITE!
GUY DARREL - Suzie / What's Her Name (Santa Ponsa 1974) Produced by Roger Esterby and Des Champ, UK pressing.
BLOOD CHAINS - Sizie / Tired Guy Of The Road (Telefunken 1975) German issue, produced by Roger Holman and Simon May.
THE NEW HORIZONS (I Nuovi Orizzonti) - Going Back To The City / Ti Amo Ancora (T-N-H 1975) I got this obscure Italian single trading some records with my friend Pierpaolo of Rave Up records. I have no idea who The New Horizons were, I can only see the names of the composer, E. Sica and the producer, F. Randone, on the record label. As the title of the track suggests, the b side is a terrible love ballad but Coming Back To The City is worthy of your attention...
RANSOME HEAD - Sing / Wide Wide River (Decca 1971) Originally issued on the York label, this is the French Decca edition of this killer fuzzed-up singalong from Peter Ransome and the writer of Slade's "Wild Winds Are Blowing", Bob Saker. Enjoy!
GANG - Complete Discography (1975 - 1976) Kev Munds, Paul Barker, John Fortescue, Gary Dabin and John Mortimer, were five pupils from Dacars Road School, London. This teenage rockers wore Humphrey Bogart-style gangster suits and hats or brightly-coloured flared catsuits. Gang were together for two whole years releasing the following three singles of superior bovver rock/glam pop/proto-punk. Here we go...
Run Run Run / Easy Come, Easy Go (Philips 1975) Produced By Gerry Shury and Ron Rocker, Dutch pressing? Run Run Run
Easy Come, Easy Go
Lightnin' Lady / Stranded (20th Century 1976) Produced by Tony Atkins, German issue. Lightnin' Lady
Stranded
Mama Told Me, Papa Told Me /Lightnin' Lady (20th Century 1976) A side produced by Craig Baguley and Paul David Wilson, Spanish pressing. Mama Told Me, Papa Told Me
MINT - Dog Eats Dog / All Night Lover (President 1973) The first and only single by Leicester's Mint on the President label, "Dog Eats Dog", penned by Steve Fern and produced by David Kassner, is a raw sounding stomper piece with a prominent guitar riff all the way through. UK pressing.
