My Top 20 Punk 45s from 1977
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- Опубликовано: 5 авг 2024
- My favourite punk singles from 1977 ranked.
Contenders must be from 1977, owned by me and I restricted myself to one single from any one band.
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great list but i would definitely have The Damned - Neat Neat Neat in there somewhere.
I don’t have it otherwise it would have been there. I had new rose but stupidly sold it and nowadays both are really pricey.
I was 15 in 1977 and had every single in this list. Then I got married aged 24 and had to sell everything to get a pram for my daughter. This era was my time I saw the Clash in Inverness. The Jam in the Capitol in Aberdeen playing their debut album and saw Suzie and the banshees 3 times. Great times and great memories.
Great memories indeed
I was the same mate had to sell my full collection
The band spelled Suzie Siouxsie
Any regrets (about buying that pram?)
Ditto mate but I still have mine. 😊
Great diverse selection, which brought back good memories - thanks for sharing.
Thanks for watching and taking the time to comment
Well done Chris. They were all gems. I salute your appreciation for punk~
Rob/Boston
Cheers Rob!
First time to check in - great selection and background too- will tune in again! Nice job!
Thanks for joining me!
Great video and a great list too. You`ve jogged my old memory with a couple of these. Ive subscribed and look forward to the other vids.
Thank you. Will do. 78 only punk vid very soon. Thank you for subscribing!
I guessed correctly your #1. Excellent selection .. love your Punk RUclips’s.
A great era! Thank you so much for watching
Wow fantastic mate gonna dig out some of these tunes thank you😊
Glad you enjoyed
Really enjoyed this thanks. I have 18 of these, and love hearing you talk about them A great period of music for me. And delighted that you got Ramones in there! ;)
Thank you. Really kind!
Hi Chris lots of great picks. I’ve also always loved that rods single can’t argue with your number 1 .. thanks for sharing your favourites 👍
Thanks for watching Rob. Some great memories right there.
Remember the Rods doing that on Multicoloured Swop Shop!
Good video few things i would of left off....my top 5(save space lol)..
5) the Bears - Decisions.
4) the Adverts - No Time to be 21.
3) the Clash - Clash City Rockers.
2) Subway Sect - Nobodys Scared.
1) Siouxsie and the Banshees - Hong Kong Garden (first band i saw live age 13 in 1978 when it came out & my first year into punk).
All a bit 78 for me. I restricted myself to 77 only
@@thevinylorchard5929 like I said I got into punk in 78 age 13 etc
The year that is most relevant to you is always the most special isn’t it. Cheers,Chris
You are correct ‘this perfect day’ was the same TOTP as ‘pretty vacant’ , I remember that but I often struggle to remember why I just went into the kitchen 😁
Absolutely the same here! 😂😂
There are so many brilliant punk singles from 77. For so many of us at the time John Peel was essential listening. You did well to keep the list down to 20. I think I would have chosen One Chord Wonders as my favourite Adverts single. I would definitely have to put some Damned in the list, probably Stretcher Case Baby. Also Larry Wallis with Police Car. Enjoyable video. Cheers...Mike
I did contemplate Stretcher Case and Police Car. Also Fascist Dictator by Cortinas, Right to work by Chelsea. Orgasm addict by Buzzcocks, bootboys by Slaughter and Screwed Up by Menace. What a great year. Thanks for watching Mike.
Great selection, 1977 was a great year for punk music and was the year I left school at 18 to jump straight into that scene headlong...
Fantastic year for music generally
I love my baby cos she does good sculptures yeah…Rezillos. Singer was Faye Fife…band was fae Fife. 😂
X-Ray Spex…fantastic band.
My favourite Rezillos track
Great choices and great video. I must admit though, I was surprised London weren't in there. A very underrated band from that era.
Nearly showed a 12” from them
nicely presented.Thank you. I wish that I still had all of my singles to do the same.
I kept most and have added to them over the years.
@@thevinylorchard5929Must get my box of Singles out of the cupboard.
Tremendous Chris, Buzzcocks Orgasm Addict replaces the Heartbreakers, Neat Neat Neat replaces The Motors and Action Time Vision replaces the Vibrators. Excellent selection and informative
Cheers
Tremendous choices. Would have shown Neat if I owned it
Hello Chris. Im viewing from New Zealand , and i was 17 in 1977. I liked Punk back then. My favourite group was the Damned. I had the pleasure of seeing Public Image Ltd in the 1980s, and it was great to see John Lydon perform. We had a small punk scene here in NZ, with the band Suburban Reptiles and the Scavengers being popular. Pretty Vacant is my fave Sex Piatols song too. I liked the Stranglers too. Get a grip on Yourself is excellent.
Some great songs and bands there
I do agree on a a lot of your selections Chris but I have a few others, One record from 1977 that really stood out for me and still does today was from Squeeze, the song Cat on a Wall, from the Packet of Three EP on Deptford Fun City Records (owned by Miles Copeland) I love the intro it's very Pistol-esque in places with the opening riff/intro, so much energy in it. My other big was Grip by the The Stranglers, again so much energy and aggression and fabulous work/input by all 4 band members especially Dave Greenfield RIP.
Grip was a real contender. Peaches is more nostalgic pick for me. Will seek out that squeeze 45. Have lots of their stuff. Cheers, Chris
Excellent collection agree with your 1st choice
Thanks James. Pretty Vacant had to be in there!
I need to have a look at my 77 singles as a 17 year old John Peel was the influence on me most of your picks I have as well! Great video!
Very important and special man
@@thevinylorchard5929 Yes he was I used to record some of his shows on cassette! Oops 😆 MY list would change from week to week! With me The Jam All around the world was my favourite! And the Rezilloes I can't stand my baby! But all great stuff!
@@ianemery4355 love All-around the world. Best at their rawest for me
@@ianemery4355Loved Destination Venus and TOTP by The Rezillo's.
@@AVIARYCOURT oh Destination Venus is a classic 45 and my 2nd favourite of all time by the Rezilloes!
Fay Fife is still insane! 😆
Thanks for including The Radiators from space
You’re welcome! Part of my musical history. Saw live too.
@@thevinylorchard5929Would you regard the other Dublin band of that year as punk, The Boomtown Rats, and their single Looking After Number One ?
@davidpryle3935 the only song I like by them tbh. But there was some strong opposition
Great list. I was a toddler in 1977 so punk is still a voyage of discovery. Chelsea - Right to Work is one of my favourites.
Great song.
Some great stuff on there. Takes me back to the time when you had so be something, ie mod or punk etc.
Great era
I was 15 in 1977 the first record I heard that really got me into punk was new rose by the damned, I was hooked thereafter. Still my favourite record of all time. Heard it on the new wave compilation album and spent all my pocket money on every record I could get hold of with damned damned damned being my first lp. Still have most of them still today. 😊
An amazing song
I'd have to include Mary of the 4th Form in my 1977 choices. Used to cycle 6 miles to Wool Station to get to the Village Bowl and catch the Milk Train home afterwards. Think the Rats 1977 tour might have been my 1st ever gig so im probably swayed by that. Magic times.
The village bowl. Remember that!
Loved that ,but Looking after No 1 was great as well.
@AVIARYCOURT it was a contender
Thanks to RUclips for putting this on my feed, brilliant top 20, everyone has their own and, personally , I would’ve swapped White Riot with Complete Control. I would also have found room for New Rose (Damned) and What Do I Get (Buzzcocks). You’ve also just prompted me to get my Eater album out and give it a spin 😂😂😂👍
Thank you for watching. They had to be from 1977. So New Rose wouldn’t qualify (1976) and What do I get is 78. The latter is going to feature in my follow up to this when I share my top 20 but from 1978. Eater were a decent band. Cheers, Chris
@@thevinylorchard5929 🤦🏻Doh! Of course it was 1977 🤣🤣 I will concentrate more in the future, btw I’m subbed 👍
@andygray7478 delighted to have earned your subscription
Great work. My era ...absolutely fantastic..I met Gaye Advert(Black) at Bath University gig.Hot as hell..
Great band!
still got a lot of those mate got loads of the jam with dofferent b sides collected from juke boxes of the time great nostalgic memorys mate
Great memories indeed!
Enjoyed watching the video and throwing my toys out of my pram from time to time :) I don't think The Motors even pretended to be punk. They were more of a Status Quo pub rock cover band. Looking back almost 50 years on, I think "Oh Bondage Up Yours" was the best and most important single released during '77. At the time, for me, it was "God Save The Queen" followed by "Complete Control". I would also have found room for Alternative TV's "How Much Longer" and Chelsea's "Right To Work", but it's all opinion. Probably.
Some great choices there. I really debated including the Motors but at the time John Peel,was playing it and mixing it in with punk classics. So it’s there. And in the end this is just my favourites. But I am loving the comments. It’s what makes making videos so worthwhile . Cheers, Chris
Pretty Vacant was the first song that really blew my mind. I like this list it was very interesting but I am surprised that some of bands listed were included especially the Motors and I’m even more surprised that the Damned aren’t featured being the ones who started it all. No Sham 69 and the Clash so far down the list but it’s a personal choice. Thanks very enjoyable.
Debated Motors but went with it in the end. I don’t have any 77 era Damned on 45. New rose was 76 so couldn’t be included. Sham 69 were more 78 onwards.
had to stop this video just to go listen to The Yobs ,fabulous stuff.
😂 the worm song is fantastic!
Used to sing that one to my sprog, think that it was originally a scout song.
@luggylugworm it is indeed
Thr Christmas album they did was hilarious.....& very rude. 😊
@@MartinPopeFilmmaker will seek it out!
I agree with the rods tune! Probably put that as one or two in mine, a real manifesto for life that song! Will get back to you about the rest of my list in another comment!!
It’s a classic
Great selection, thanks for the video. I totally agree with Gary Gilmore's Eyes and Do Anything You Wanna Do - two of the best songs ever to be released on black plastic. Speaking of The Saints, I would prefer the 2-minute bomber Demolition Girl. Anyway, I was wondering about that comic book page at your wall. What's that?
Demolition girl is ace too. Tough decisions!
That is a Victor comic from about 1970. Boys magazine from back in the day. Used to love it
A great selection.
My all time fave punk 45 is from 78 not 77, War Stories by The Starjets, You got a copy?
Don’t know it. Will seek it out
@@thevinylorchard5929a cracking tune, they werefrom Belfast, a bit like a more pop version of Stiff Little Fingers, the album they did isn't too bad either
Great. Thanks!
Enjoyed this. Really interesting idea. I'm guessing your Rule 1' about having to have a physical copy of the single meant you didn't have The Buzzcocks Orgasm Addict? They would def be in my top 5
I do indeed have orgasm addict but it didn’t make it as well as Maniacs, Slaughter, Cortinas, alternative Tv, Chelsea, menace, 999, nosebleeds, and Larry Wallis. And that’s just 77. Too much choice
I did two videos of my punk new wave collection. Some corkers in those!
Cheers
Don’t have dead boys on 45. Only album. Buzzcocks is in my 78 list. Ditto identity. Neat would make it but don’t own it on 45. Only on album.
This for me was a nostalgic list as much as anything. Cheers my friend, Chris
I had hopes of competing with you when I saw the title, but no. Still have many of the singles I bought in '77, but you were diving deeper. I was a regular patron of Rather Ripped Records in Berkeley, California, and they got frequent shipments from England, so I do have some wonderful 45s. Also got some goodies from the back page ads in Trouser Press. It was a good time to be alive.
76-81 were brilliant years
Holidays in the Sun is always my Pistols ‘go-too’ tune… the opening mass marching sound just sets the scene for what's to come.😊
Monster of a song. Bodies is right up there too. Glorious
The Rezillos are from Dunfermline, in Fife(hometown of the Simple Minds)
I’m at number 11 now and if Gary Gilmore’s Eyes doesn’t come up I’m going to be soooooo disappointed. 😂
Hope you weren’t!!
Good list, I also owned many of these and saw many of them live.. I would also have included Chelsea, the Fall, Buzzcocks and Metal Urbain, all regulars on the mighty Peel show!
Right to work and orgasm addict nearly made it. I don’t own any Fall. Never got them. I have Paris maquis 45 by metal urbain which is interesting but for me not essential. Thanks for watching and commenting Simon
You saying about buying the wrong song, I did that also . John Peel used to play Helter Skelter by Siouxsie a lot . I was in Virgin Marble Arch and I saw a banshees single with a staircase cover .. you can guess the rest! Was very surprised when i got home but loved it all the same !!
The Staircase is a great song
Good to see The Saints make the top 20 , amazing Australian band 🎶🎸
Love them
I'm glad you had Pistols at number one. It makes perfect sense as they were the pinnacle of punk movement at the time with damn fine tunes. Wouldn't make sense to not have them claim the top spot! As for The Boys First Time, I have forgotten about that song. It's great but I didn't know who it was by, so thanks for that.
Boys are a great little band. First Lp is a classic. Always going to be the Pistols at 1
Apologies to rocking Rogers. I meant it wasn’t a very Punk name! 😂
Was it Ranking Roger ? in The Beat?
Awesome collection. I would have squeezed Ian Drury in there. Great to see The Saints so high, many would have put Stranded instead of This Perfect Day although I agree with you. Yes punk was over by the end of the 70s and the UK and Aussies did it best.
Love Ian Dury but today he didn’t make it. Tough call. I’m stranded is great and was the second saints single I bought. This Perfect Day as well,as being perfect is my nostalgic pick too.
Got to be drury in there mate
Tough call to leave out
I’m Stranded came out in 1976, I think.
@@maryburke5423 it was a 76 release and therefore wasn’t a contender. I prefer perfect day and know your product anyhow.
Glad you had This Perfect Day in there, often overlooked. New Rose has to be a contender, also Cranked Up really High- Slaughter & The Dogs.
New rose is 76 so not a contender. Don’t own that slaughter single. But it’s great.
I watched this and the '78 one a few days back, really enjoyable. I turned ten years old in the Summer of '77 and although I'd had records scrounged from my brothers (Bolan, Slade etc) 1977 was the year I started getting new records. I still prefer Holidays in the Sun / Satellite to Pretty Vacant though and The Rats' Mary of the 4th Form a massive single for me then (the lyrics appearing a little creepy now) . The Modern World by The Jam was first bought by my cousin and became the song that changed my life to be honest; I still loved a lot of the punk and new wave tracks, but the sixties bands also beckoned and the Mod revival was on the horizon. Some great 45s here, some unexpected too. Nice to hear a mention of Armadillo, I loved that shop although I went there a few years after you. With it being a bit out of the main town I usually only got as far as Uptown at The Triangle. Cheers again for this!
Record shopping in the triangle. Great memories. Bus stop records in Westbourne too. Cheers, Chris
great video [you could play bits of the records ...would be even better[ brings back great memories, especially lurkers and eater. clash complete control, and vibrators into the future missing !!!!! but otherwise brilliant....did you ever hear yobs xmas album?
Copyright issues when you play music often. I went with White Riot over Complete Control. But it was a close call. The yobs are Hilarious
what do you say to these type of vids, personal taste really. i have most of these , probably over 12 of them. although an ep, i would add buzzcocks spiral scratch. there's a heap
I did say they are my favourites. So yes…personal taste.
Good stuff. I have so many of these. Must check them out.
Just done a 78 version
Brilliant 👍🏆🇬🇧
Thank you so much for taking the time to watch and comment
Just stumbled across your channel. Great vid but I disagree with your comment about Dr Feelgood. Still subscribed tho 👍
For me they were a pub rock band who had been around a while. Maybe it was the media that dumped them in with punk. Probs
I understand they were the forerunners of punk though. Didn’t really come over very well. I wonder if they would have had the success they did if punk hadn’t happened? Cheers, Chris
The Dr Feelgood live album "Stupidity" topped the UK album charts in September 1976 before either "Anarchy" or "New Rose" were released. I think they were a symptom of the audience that was waiting for punk rock rather than a band that jumped on the train, like, say, The Stranglers or The Only Ones. They would have been who they were, either way.@@thevinylorchard5929
Brilliant Chris, snap!! all round, might I include The Fabulous Poodles & Snatch?
Recently sold on Fabulous Poodles
Don’t know Snatch
Cheers, Chris
@@thevinylorchard5929
Evening Chris, a great record from '77 was Let's Go on Lightning label by Blitzkrieg Bop (Morton Sound) Originally. (youtube doesn't have the proper version)
Don't for Punk Junk by The Water Pistols on the State label.
Regards and thanks, Ian.
@nainoswad2725 cheers my friend. Will seek them out
Snatch.. I remember them, Patti Palladian and Judy Nylon. Had their single ‘All I Want’.
*Palladin*
The Damned - New Rose ( I know Late 1976, but this had be on the list )
The Undertones 'Teenage Kicks'
The Fall - Repetition ( Bingo-Master's Break-Out)
The Buzzcocks - Boredom (Spiral Scratch )
Subway Sect - Nobodys Scared
Wire- '1 2 X U '
The Depressions - Family Planning
Richard Hell & The Voidoids - Blank Generation
The Killjoys - Johnny Won't Get to Heaven
London - Everyone's a Winner
999 - Nasty! Nasty!
Penetration - Don't Dictate
Slaughter and the Dogs - You're a Bore
Generation X - Your Generation
Johnny Moped - incendiary Device
Chelsea - Right to Work
The Drones - Bone Idol
Cortinas - Fascist Dictator
The Maniacs - Chelsea77
Stinky Toys - Boozy Creed
and yes ...
Television- 'Marquee Moon'
Fabulous list
I sold New Rose years ago stupidly but it wouldn’t get in on the basis of being 76.
Contemplated Boredom.
Thought about Maniacs, Slaughter, cortinas , Chelsea
Nasty Nasty was a possibility but have shown it a few times recently as I have the super rare 78rpm copy
Might have included RHell but don’t own the single only the LP
Teenage Kicks yes but 78
Moped SSEct, Killjoys, and Drones are on my want list
Generation X. Mmm not sure but I do have it
Showed Penetration.
Great stuff
@@thevinylorchard5929 Yep, agreed, Teenage kicks 78...oops. I have a cupla copies of SSect 45s , when I find them I'll send a copy.
@Zen_Not_Zen cool!
Some good stuff, I would have gone 76 to 78 personally
76 was a good year. Not sure I have enough to show though
@@thevinylorchard5929 afterwards I saw your 78 one too!!
Art School is indeed the best track on In The City. The 1st track I heard by The Jam on a free lp given away by Sounds.
No Damned is interesting. I’d have chosen White Man for The Clash track and Can’t Stand My Baby and would have found space for Spiral Scratch probably ahead of The Yobs. Nice rundown btw, cheers
Don’t have neat neat neat sadly. Boredom was a real contender. Can’t stand my baby too. Complete control nearly beat white riot
Interesting, just last week I noticed that I play In The City way more than any other Jam LP these days. That & Can't Stand The Rezillos (fantastic bass) are regulars on ny turntable.
Great LPs
Amazing creative bass player DK Smyth
Hi Chris, when you got to number one I was saying to myself it will either be the Pistols or the Damned. So disappointed when it wasn't the Damned, then I read the comments, I hope it isn't too rude to call you a pillock for selling your Damned records. 🙃 At the start you said you saw a few of the bands, I was lucky and saw most of them, some more than once.
A good selection, if I went through your 1977 collection of singles, as in your rules, I think I might have came up with a very similar listing.
It was a great time in my life, best summed up by Joe Strummer,
I'm the white man in the palais
Just loo- lookin' for fun
Only lookin' for fun
Oh, please mister
Just leave me alone
I'm only
Lookin' for fun
Lookin' for fun
F, U, N
Fun, despite all the cow dug written defining punk, F U N was the main reason for me.
Sold New Rose in about 7879. Mad. Never got it back. So expensive now.
I am going to post a 1978 version of this soon
I saw Jam, Clash and Radiators from Space.
Thank you so much for watching and taking the time to comment
Cheers, Chris
@@thevinylorchard5929I will look forward to your 1978 singles.
@clivemortimore8203 got 20 more crackers
Subhumans- From the cradle to the grave. Brilliant record.
It is indeed but he was only including songs from 1977.
@@garylovell6017 👍
I'm surprised that i didn't know all of these. Many great songs and bands. There's a song by a Finnish punk band which is actually a love song to Gaye Advert. Very un-punk thing to do. Sax player was Lora Logic ( i don't remember right now did she play on that particular track), don't know how they managed to get her to play on it considering their budget must've been around as much as a used tea bag.
I must put my number one as Sex Pistols Holidays In The Sun as it had the incredible intro which in time would help my way in to punk rock music.
Pasi
Holidays in the sun. What a brilliant song that it. One of my favourite pistols songs is bodies. Love that so much
@@thevinylorchard5929 Had to come back here and tell you; Just a day ago i watched this video of yours and yesterday i found one of those singles. Radiators From Space. Some coincidence huh?
@@6758pasil have a single by Radiators " Enemies" must root it out.
I was hoping you would include that Sex Pistols single. My copy got warped on top of a hot amplifier, but I kept it anyway. Most of what I have is Pistols, or Clash, or Costello but I do have that same Eddie & The Hot Rods 45 with the Aleister Crowley sleeve. Happy days.
Very happy days
Great stuff - missing Wire but might see them in ‘78!
Wire 45s are so hard to find. I only own outdoor miner and am not very keen on that
@@thevinylorchard5929Loved Dot Dash by Wire.
Thousands Are Sailing is in my top 3 Pogues songs.
Great track
I was 15 in 1977 and I like most of your choices but I would have chosen Complete Control.as the Clash Choice. Anyway here are some of my top pick of the punks from'77: Orgasm Addict-Buzzcocks,(Pete Shelley is song writing legend, of course Leavin' Here-Motorhead (borderline but raw enough to be punkish) Arrabs in Arrads -Art Attacks (Funny Non PC Good tune) Stranglers-Go Buddy Go I do like Peaches as well. Peaches really brings back the Summer of '77, but Go Buddy go is such a brilliant rocker. For the Adverts I would have One Chord Wonders or Safety in Numbers, but yes Gary Gilmour's Eyes is a great weird idea for a song and a good tune. .
Great choices. I really debated complete control but white riot was my entry point. So it’s a nostalgic choice. One chord wonders is great. That peaches 45 was something else. Great B side as you said.
I do remember that Yobs B side. Had never heard that nursery rhyme before!
Classic stuff and really fun
An idea…. Around 77-82 I would buy records due to the colour of the vinyl ! Come back Jonee by Devo (Grey) being an example as I had not heard them . How about you fav coloured vinyls!!
Got a fair few. Squeeze like coloured vinyl as did Uk subs.
Remember the Dickies did "Banana Splits" in a yellow vinyl and "White Christmas" in a white vinyl,l have The Members "Sound of the Suburbs" in clear vinyl,will have to get my box of Singles out of the cupboard see what else is there.
Great video me ode, got me playing my '77 singles. Much prefer complete control to white riot. a few others are. slaughter & the dogs- cranked up, the nosebleeds- ain't been to no music school, the drones - i just want to be myself, Raped - EP. killjoys- johnny won't get to heaven (what's the connection to jocky wilson....?), so many classics, lost a lot of interest in '78, the originality was gone, the media had told everyone what 'punk' was all about and what to wear, in THEIR opinion. '77 defintely was the prime of punk.
Love that nosebleeds song. Showed it in a previous video. 77 was awash with great stuff. Had to work hard to get it to 20
i am looking forward to going through all your videos, only knew about you last Saturday@@thevinylorchard5929
I would include ALL those tunes in your ‘bubbling under, not quite sure ‘ list, as Punk. For the simple reason that to me Punk isn't really a sound that you can define and put your finger on, that is set in stone..but more of a ‘period in time’ and a ‘feeling given’. My personal opinion.
Keep the great posting up… and hope to see a time when you're able to play the 45s as you do your countdown. .. A little Dansette of similar would suffice and give us listeners the authenticity of the era. 🤔🤷🏼♂️👍🏼
There are often copyright issues with playing clips but I might try again in the future. Had issues in the past
@@thevinylorchard5929 if you were to play youy45s as you did your countdown, just write a disclaimer, firstly ,Thanking all the bands and artists, producers and record labels.. and saying that you ‘do not own the rights’ but if there are any complaints from the people that do ,then to contact you at your channel.. I've seen this approach on many other channels with don't seem to have been closed down. It could possibly work in your favour as many old-school punk tunes are on the smaller independent labels who could welcome the fresh exposure, that's if they're still in operation. Wishing you well with all your future offerings comrade.
@@TC.Lee33 will try that out!
Of course all lists are subjective..I too was 14 in 77 but my choices are a little different..
1..The Adverts- Safety in Numbers
2.. Slaughter and the dogs- Where have all the bootboys gone?
3.. Buzzcocks - What do i get?
4..999- Emergency
5..Ultravox!-Young savage
6..Sham69- Borstal Breakout
7..Sex Pistols- God save the Queen
8..The Clash-Complete control
9.. Generation X- Your Generation
10..Eater-Outside View
Great songs. What do I get in my 78 list. As is borstal breakout. Early ultravox! is very good. Slaughter nearly got in. Probably 21 22
I saw The Boys support The Ramones in the Colston Hall in 1980, an amazing night. Two great bands.
Great combo
This was so interesting and a single by single record of 77 that matches mine. I thought an early Buzzcocks might have made it. Laura Logic's band Essential Logic still play as do others including The Boys who are still great live.
Boredom nearly made it
The Motors’ “Tenement Steps” is a banger too.
Yes! You took me back in time again, I had and still have most of those, not the one about eating worms though I haven’t heard that. I have eater on white vinyl thinking of the USA and I believe the drummer was 14.
Live ep by eater I think that is
Decent selection, Nice to see The Motors and The Boys in there. Shame 999`s Nasty Nasty wasnt released until 1979!
Nasty nasty was 77 and didn’t make the top 20. I have a super rare version of that on 78rpm
I did have the green vinyl 7"....it "disappeared"@@thevinylorchard5929
The single version of "This Perfect Day' is sublime. The 'b'side of 'Dancing the night Away' is 'Whiskey & Wine' which is one of the great unheard punk songs. The Adverts 'Crossing the Red Sea' is probably the best pure punk album.
All fantastic aren’t they! Thanks for watching and commenting!
Great Stuff,,, tjena från Sweden
Tack! Chris
Can't argue with your number one, although any of the pistols singles could have topped your chart , I'd have put shadow by the Lurkers at number 2 , it's such a perfect single, can't understand why it's never been covered by a major act .
Lurkers were a great fun band
great video, some terrific selections most of which i own, strange that you exclude TRB on the grounds that they're 'not punk' yet you include the motors, its all very subjective but i'd have put TRB in if you are including the motors, both bands weren't really 'punk' in the true sense but they were both a part of it, same with the hot rods, all great bands which i love, dancing the night away is an absolute classic, you say that the feelgoods jumped on the punk bandwagon to some extent, with respect that is nonsense, the feelgoods were a great band who actually inspired the punk generation to a large extent and in my opinion never tried to adapt themselves to the punk style in a way that say the vibrators or the stranglers(both existing before punk exploded) did, the feelgoods stuck to their high energy R and B regardless, personally i'd have put slaughter and the dogs bootboys in, the models man of the year, cortinas fascist dictator, one chord wonders by the adverts, killjoys johnny won't get to heaven and maybe baby baby by the vibrators, perhaps also young savage by ultravox! a very different band in 77 to the one with which most people are familiar with! great nostalgic fun, another forgotten classic is radio stars dirty pictures
I found it really knowing what to include or not actually. Love that TRb song. What I really meant about Feelgood was that they were lumped in with punk although predated it. I wonder if they would have had the success they had in late 70s without punk. Love the band.
Toyed with Slaughter as I love that song. Also cranked up too. Like cortinas and one chord but Gilmore is one of my favourite from this era. Would love the Killjoys 45. Ultravox! were a terrific band in the early ! version.
Haven’t played dirty pictures for years.
Brilliant comment Simon. Thank you so much for watching and contributing your thoughts.
Going to do a 1979 version but it is mainly new wave and hardly any punk as such.
Cheers, Chris
Good to see uxbridge band the lurkers in. Ironically I saw penetration at brunel uni in uxbridge in 78,and just a few days later the rezillos, undertones supported by joy division at the same venue. Great days
Fantastic sets of gigs. From this lot I saw Radiators, Clash and The Jam
@@thevinylorchard5929I moved to Devon from London around 25 years ago, and was surprised how many great punk acts played in Plymouth amongst other venues in the south west
@123pilpil the south west is a wonderful part of the world
@@AVIARYCOURT have you got a link. Can’t see anything on google
@@allsorts9909 Just checked,she is very much alive!! Think l got confused with Polystyrene, apologies!
Damn fine list, could haggle about including the Damned but life is too short. Someone has got to turn this into a spotify playlist (or better still a youtube playlist).
Don’t own New Rose or Neat. New rose was 76 though and couldn’t show Neat
Roxy London live 77....Eater, Johnny Moped...what good times these were !
What a chaotic album that is!
You got that right. The Motors Dancing the night away should be in there.
Think so too. Classic
In ‘77 I was an art student in Bournemouth. I went to any punk gig I could and remember seeing The Stranglers, The Boys and The Jam. When the summer vacation came I moved back up to London and joined a band called first The Monotones and later Berlin as lead singer and rhythm guitarist. We decided to do as many gigs as possible, get tight and take over the world. I had a really brilliant 1977. I took tons of speed, smoked masses of dope, drank as much as possible and had sex with anyone who was willing to.We Played all over England often with Eater and a band called The Maniacs. Thank you for posting this for a while I felt young again.
Maniacs were a contender for the list. Chelsea 77
Sounds like you had a great 77. I was 14 but had lots of fun!
Thanks for watching and commenting. So appreciated.
Going to do a follow up on 78 singles.
Cheers, chris
Just realised I replied on my other account. Cheers, Chris @ the vinyl orchard
Sounds like you had a great time, surprised you are still OK health wise. The Maniacs were great.
@@chrismoyse3529 Chris you also need to do 1979 Punk singles.
I will do 78 first and see if there is the interest. Cheers, Chris
I need that Talking Heads US pressing
It’s a cracker
What do you know about a band called Rotten Eggs who done punk Nursery songs.
Nope. Sounds questionable tbf
1. Cock Sparrer - We love you
2. The Damned - Love Song
3. Elvis Costello - Oliver's army
4. Sex Pistols - Holiday in the sun
5. Heavy Metal Kids - Delirious
I tried to keep within 77. Also done videos for 78 and 79. Cheers, Chris
"My Top 20 (Mostly) UK Punk 45s" might be a more apt title, yeah?
Also:
The Monks were pretty popular here in Canada - ever heard of them? They were kind of ringers as they were accomplished musicians but it was/is a fave.
Weren’t they from the strawbs? Novelty band I think.
My picks were mainly U.K. based bands as I’m English and that’s my lived experience I guess. Bar a few bits the UK did it sooooo much better too
Probably owned most of them at the time. Really would have threw one chord wonders. Naive the killjoys and regulations neon hearts. Nice to see X-ray spex in there ❤
all great choices too
All a matter of taste I suppose, id have had binned that very poor Radiators single , ditto Lurkers, Eater, Vibrators even Don’t Dictate and Oh Bondage were pretty weak singles compared to their better material and substituted with : Dead Boys - Sonic Reducer, Buzzcocks - What Do I Get, Generation X - Your Generation, The Damned - Neat Neat Neat, The Avengers - Car Crash, Subway Sect - Ambition, Wire - Mannequin, XRay Spex - Identity, Snivelling Shits - Bring Me The Head, but spot on with the Saints and Pretty Vacant!
Eaters Dee Generate was actually Roger Bullen from Caterham just South of Croydon in Surrey. He was a classmate of mine in 77 at De Stafford school and was influential in the popularity of punk within the school. I think I’m right in saying that he was coached in his drumming by Chris Miller; Rat Scabies of The Damned.
Wow. Amazing. Thanks for that Martin. Good band. Cheers my friend, Chris
The Vibrators, or at least a couple of them, were Peter Gabriel's band when he was touring for Peter Gabriel III.
Great fact. Didn’t know that!
Buzzcocks spiral scratch
Was a contender for sure. Top 25
"I'm not sure it fits..."
I think every one of those first four are on "The Best Punk Album In The World Ever!" or "... Vol. 2".
And you know what those records did? They made me reconsider "what is punk?"
Indeed so. I also would add Spanish Stroll into the mix. Not really punk or new wave but of that era. Love that song. In 77 I thought Anything that’s rock n roll by Tom Petty was punk 😂
Not much of a punk fan as you know Chris, but it did produce some excellent singles - always thought it was suited more to that format than album format. There were 5 in your list that I liked (of those that I know) - all in the top 10 - Stranglers (the first punk band that I liked - bought the first album on cassette when it first came out), The Motors, The Rods, The Adverts, and The Ramones. Surprised the damned didn't feature. But you had to finish with the worst band in the world 🤣!
Cheers... Pete
Very much more suited to singles. Feel the same about rock n roll like little Richard et al too. One or two tracks max.
Neat Neat Neat by the damned would have featured but I don’t have a copy sadly. Hope all is well my friend, Chris
Thx
Thank you!
My top 10
1 new rose
2 complete control
3 holidays in the sun
4 bodies
5Gary Gilmores eyes
6 no more heroes
7 thinking of the USA
8 Blitzcreig bop
9 white riot
10 neat neat neat. 😊
Great list