*194* Strange Movements - Dancing In The Ghetto / Amuse Yourself

A-Side: 'Dancing In The Ghetto'
B-Side: 'Amuse Yourself'

*193* Weird Strings - Criminal Cage / Millionaire

Weird Strings' debut single 'Oscar Automobile' was posted on the Mylifesajigsaw blog. Here we have their third single. The B-Side is my favorite track !

A-Side: 'Criminal Cage'
B-Side: 'Millionaire'

*192* Tiger Tails - Words Without Conviction EP

A-Side: 'Words Without Conviction'
B-Side: 'Norman' / 'Fashion Fool'

*191* Murder Inc - Sounds So False / Nobody Cares / Polythene Dreams

Great stuff !!! Whenever I'm listening to these songs I remember when I was a young punk rocker holding Punk Rock Rarities Vol. 1 CD in my hands !!

A-Side: 'Sounds So False'
B-Side: 'Polythene Dreams' +  'Nobody Cares'

*190* Urge - Bobby / Teach Yourself

A-Side: 'Bobby'
B-Side: 'Teach Yourself'

*189* Rosetta Stone - If you could see me now (Loving Arms) / Boys in Action

Nice B-side ! But I love 'If you could see me now' ! And much more than this track I love this Rosetta Stone performance of the A-Side track back in 1980 !!!

A-Side: 'If you could see me now'
B-Side: 'Boys in Action'

*188* The Totally Outta Hand Band - Teenage Revolution / Too Much Trouble By Far

A-Side: 'Teenage Revolution'
B-Side: 'Too Much Trouble By Far'

*187* The Uncool Danceband - Jacqueline / No. 17

'No. 17' is the winner here and my favorite Uncool Danceband track !
(Maybe the biggest jewel I found in '2013)

A-Side : 'Jacqueline'
B-Side : 'No. 17'

*186* Roy Sundholm - Did You Ever Have A Heart ? / Waiting For The Night

'Waiting For The Night' is my favorite song and discovery of '2012. So nothing left to say ...

A-Side : 'Did You Ever Have A Heart ?'
B-Side : 'Waiting For The Night'

Some other great tracks from the The Chinese Method LP @ Youtube :

• 'The Girls Are Out Tonight'
• 'Back In The Neigbourhod'
• 'Robbed'

*185* Jo Jo Zep And The Falcons - All I Wanna Do / Thin Line

Is THIS Power Pop ?!? --- YES !!!

A-Side : 'All I Wanna Do' 
B-Side : 'Thin Line'

Check out the this video clip on Youtube !

'All I Wanna Do' let me ask the question : Was Jo Jo Zep the Australian Elvis Costello ?

*184* Plastic Idols - Adventure / Remix

Here we have some post punk synth new wave.
My copy came with this press clipping :


The clipping says that the Plastic Idols took part on a live recording session for a live album on Big Bear Records. Maybe I'm wrong but this in fact can only be the 'Brum Beat' album. If you take a look you will not find the Plastic Idols in the track list ! ... What happened ?!
A-Side : 'Adventure'
B-Side : 'Remix'

(If you are the former owner who put the press clipping into the single cover, let me know ... :)).

*183* Lips - Say Hello To My Girl / Cool From School

Wonderful A-Side !!!
My Life's A Jigsaw already posted it. Whenever you will find The Kraze's version of Say Hello To My Girl -- let me know !!!

A-Side : 'Say Hello To My Girl'
B-Side : 'Lips - Cool From School'

*182* Denizens - Ammonia Subway / People Of The Night

Again I was looking for tracks you can not found on Youtube ... finally I found one post for the A-Side (compared with four posts for the B-Side track). That's understandable, personally I like 'People Of The Night' more than 'Ammonia Subway' (too). But this doesn't mean the A-Side is not good ! All in all a great job done by this Birmingham Punk / Post Punk band back in 1980!

A-Side : 'Ammonia Subway' 
B-Side : 'People Of The Night'

*181* Linus & His Band - Here Comes the Night EP

Could not and still can not find much information (released 1978 on the Swedish Smash Records label ) about this record very interesting looking record. I thought the price Ebay price of 4,99 pounds is worth it to find out how Linus sounds like ... I was not disappointed !
On the A-Side you find a nice cover version of Them's 'Here comes the night'. The B-Side comes with two hard drivin' Pup Rock songs.

A-Side : 'Here Comes the Night'
B-Side : 'I'll be There' / 'Doctor Doctor'

*180* Andy Lloyd - Back To School / It's Up To You

Fantastic stuff ! Ok, already posted on Youtube, but it's too awesome to not be posted here again !

Take a look at the Myspace site to hear some more tunes and/or do a Youtube search ... it's worth it !

A-Side : 'Back To School'
B-Side : 'It's Up To You'

*179* B.G. And The Mouse - Breaker One Four / Channel Tunnel

This is the first B.G. And The Mouse release. Check out this blog post to get some infos.

'Channel Tunnel' just seems to be an instrumental version of the A-Side track 'Breaker One Four'.

A-Side : 'Breaker One Four'
B-Side : 'Channel Tunnel'

*178* B.G. And The Mouse - Da Doo Ron Ron / Clever Boy

Found this one at the My Life's a Jigsaw blog. Then there was the chance to get both B.G. And The Mouse releases at once on ebay ... so I did not hesitate to obtain the copies.

I prever this single to their first one (see next post). It was released in 1982 on Maestro Records. More info and scans of the press realse you will find here.
Nice cover version on the A-Side, B-Side is really nice, too !

A-Side : 'Da Doo Ron Ron'
B-Side : 'Clever Boy'

*177* The Defects - Suspicious Minds EP

Love or hate it ;) - for me The Defect's 'Suspicious Minds' will always be in the top 10 of my Punk Rock cover songs list !! I love it !! - And what a shame - I did not found both B-side tracks on Youtube ! Here you have it, enjoy :

A-Side : 'Suspicious Minds'
B-Side : 'Song For Mark Walker' / 'Know 'Bout you'

*176* Destructors V - T.V. Eye EP

This is the only Destructors release under their later name Destructors V before they split up back in 1984.
A-Side comes with a catchy driving rhythm and guitar playing. B-Side tracks were not published on Youtube before, so here you have it :

A-Side : 'T.V. Eye'
B-Side : 'The Fatal Kiss' / 'Love Like Glass'

See also : www.destructors666.com and their comprehensive band story on Wikipedia.

*175* Action Pact - Stanwell

I think you all know Action Pact's Punkrock hymn 'Suicide Bag' from the Punk And Disorderly compilation.

The catchy B-Side track 'Stanwell' is awesome as well but I did not found it on Youtube yet. So it's time to post it !!!

*174* Rabid - The Bloody Road To Glory EP

Ok, it's time to post some more '82 Brit Punk stuff ...

Rabid formed 1979 and released their debut 'The Bloody Road To Glory' three years later. After being played in John Peels radio show the EP became a UK Indie Chart hit. Take a look at Rabid's Wikipedia site to get further information ...

'Jubilee'
'Crisis '82'

'Police Victim'
'Glory of War'

The Bloody Road To Glory EP was recently re-issued by Fallout/Jungle Records as well as a 12 track CD that also contains Rabid's 'Bring Out Your Dead' EP. (You can download the 'Bring Out Your Dead' EP here.)

*173* The Stoat - Up To You / Loving A Killer

Here we have the second single of The Stoat. The first single I already posted here.

'Up To You' is a real Poer Pop gem !

A-Side : 'Up To You'
B-Side : 'Loving A Killer'

www.punk77.co.uk gives some more infos ...

*172* Zorkie Twins - Mr. Simpson / From Now On

First and only single of Zorkie Twins, released 1980.
The rockin' number on the B-Side I really love !

A-Side : 'Mr. Simpson'
B-Side : 'From Now On'

Check out the Myspace site, there you will find 4 more tunes ...

As you can read here : http://music-isms.blogspot.de/ they provided two songs to two Skeleton compilations - "Blank Tapes Vol. 1" and "A Trip to the Dentist".  Of these you can find 'Little Arthur' on Youtube.

*171* Ricky Cool - I've Got This Problem With Girls / You're Not My Type

A-Side is already posted here on Youtube and there also an existing blog post on http://shortsharpkickintheteeth.blogspot.de/.
Nice Power Pop / Pup Rock tunes ! Enjoy !

A-Side : 'I've Got This Problem With Girls (They Don't Like Me)'
B-Side : 'You're Not My Type'

*170* The News - Audio Video / Secret Love

Following the last post here we have again some good melodic new wave tunes released 1981 by The News.

A-Side : 'Audio Video'
B-Side : 'Secret Love'

*169* Neo - Tran-Sister / A Failed Pop Song

Some new wave tunes here. Neo was was fronted by the former Milk 'N' Cookies guitarist Ian North. Wikipedia gives you more infos.

A-Side : 'Tran-Sister'
B-Side : 'A Failed Pop Song' 

*168* Blackpool Rox E.P. No 2

The cover looked interesting and the price was low (2 pounds), so I thought I give it a try ... Ok, not really my cup of tea but worth to give it a listen !

Sign Language - 'The Killing'
Love 30 - 'Touchdown'
Fifth Column - 'Laugh While You Can'
Crack House - 'Jesus Loves You'

The EP was already discussed in a blog post: phoenixhairpins.blogspot.de.

*167* Sore Throat - 7th Heaven / Off The Hook

Their fourth single, released some month later than 'Kamikaze Kid'  on the same Hurricane label (in October 1979).
In my opinion not so interesting as the stuff they released before !

A-Side : '7th Heaven'
B-Side : 'Off The Hook'

*166* Sore Throat - Kam-I-Kaz-E Kid / Crack Down

Sore Throat's third Single, released May 1979.

In the year before they released their second single 'Zombie Rock'. You find a greet Live TV performance of this song on Youtube.

A-Side : 'Kam-I-Kaz-E Kid'
B-Side : 'Crack Down'

*165* Sore Throat - I Dunno / Complex

First Single of Sore Throat, released 1978 on Hub Cap Records. I found it for just one pound. 'I dunno' I really like !

A-Side : 'I Dunno'
B-Side : 'Complex'