PUNK 45: There’s No Such Thing As Society – Get A Job, Get A Car, Get A Bed, Get Drunk! Underground Punk in the UK 1977-81 Vinyl LP 2024

1. The Users - Sick of You
2. Johnny Moped - Incendiary Device
3. The Astronauts - Everything Stops for Baby
4. Pretty Boy Floyd and The Gems - Rough, Tough, Pretty Too
5. 23 Skidoo - Last Words
6. Notsensibles - I'm In Love With Margaret Thatcher
7. The Rings - I Wanna Be Free
8. The Now - Development Corporations
9. The Killjoys - Johnny Won't Get To Heaven
10. The Impossible Dreamers - Spin
11. The Lines - White Night
12. 'O' Level - East Sheen
13. The Jermz - Power Cut
14. Roses Are Red - Can't Understand
15. Eric Random - 23 Skidoo
16. The Nerves - TV Adverts
17. The Mekons - 32 Weeks
18. The Freeze - For J.P.S. (With Love and Loathing)
19. The Scabs - Leave Me Alone
20. The Cravats - You're Driving Me
21. The Shapes - Wot's For Lunch Mum?
22. The Cigarettes - They're Back Again, Here They Come
23. Disturbed - I Don't Believe
24. Puncture - Mucky Pup
25. Josef K - Radio Drill Time

Soul Jazz Records’ new 10th anniversary edition of their long-out-of-print ‘Punk 45: There Is No Such Thing As Society’. This is a one-off special edition cyan coloured heavyweight vinyl pressing with digital download code. The album charts the rise of underground punk and post-punk in the UK from 1977-81. This album is fully remastered and relicensed, and includes five new tracks, from 23 Skidoo, Notsensibles, Pretty Boy Floyd, The Astronauts and The Impossible Dreamers. The album is a collection of seminal, classic, obscure and rare punk and post-punk singles from the likes of The Mekons, Johnny Moped, The Killjoys, The Rings and many more which all chart the rise of independent music and DIY culture that exploded in the wake of punk and during the years of Britain under Margaret Thatcher. The album comes complete with text, biographies on each of the bands, exclusive photos and original record artwork, and is newly available as a special edition heavy gatefold sleeve edition complete with full sleevenotes.

“A fine balance between the seminal, the obscure and the downright arcane, nigh-on essential” – Record Collector