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# Punk 45: Vol. 3 Proto-Punk 1969-76

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Soul Jazz Records new Punk 45 album is a collection of tracks of twisted, raw and energized proto-punk music from the early 1970s, ahead-of-its-time music which led the way for the birth of punk in the second half of the 1970sPunk 45: Sick on You! One Way Spit! After the Love & Before the Revolution: Proto-Punk 1969-77 is the third volume in this series, following on from two earlier albums as well as Soul Jazz Records massive 400-page Punk 45 cover art book (compiled by Jon Savage, author of the seminal punk book Londons Dreaming, and Stuart Baker of Soul Jazz Records). This new album is compiled and has extensive sleeve-notes by Jon Savage.While the first in the series, Punk 45: Kill The Hippies! Kill Yourself!, focused on the rise of underground punk in America, and the second album, Punk 45: There is No Such Thing as Society, did the same for punk and post-punk in Britain, this album draws upon some of the stripped-down hard garage and post-glam sounds of mainly obscure bands that existed in the early 1970s that were to prove the template for the forthcoming punk movement.This new Punk 45 album is a unique collection of proto-punk tracks from across the USA - Cleveland s Electric Eels, San Francisco s Crime, Los Angeles Zolar X, Baltimore s George Brigman and more as well as from the UK with Joe Strummers pre-Clash 101ers, the speed-induced R&B of the Count Bishops and others.The album comes complete with text, biographies on each of the bands, exclusive photos and original record artwork. It is released on CD with outsize large booklet and thick slipcase and is also available as a limited-edition, super-loud, super-heavy, double gatefold-sleeve vinyl edition, complete with full sleeve-notes and free download code. These Punk 45 releases are also the first that Soul Jazz Records are making available as worldwide digital releases.

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## Customer Reviews

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    The True Sound of the Underground
  

*by L***E on Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on October 6, 2014*

This absolutely bonkers compilation of buried treasure is to proto-punk what Lenny Kaye's Nuggets was to 60s garage/psych, mining many overlooked and/or forgotten bands from a bygone era who crafted some of the most edgy and thrilling music in the annals of rock history. All of the music contained herein, taken from both singles and full-length LPs released between the years 1969-1976, showcases underground bands like Simply Saucer, Mirrors, Crime, and Debris, devoid of any and all commercial aspirations, oozing an experimental creativity while simultaneously huffing the fumes of the Velvets/Stooges/MC5/New York Dolls/Pink Fairies. Favoring stripped down, primitive basics in place of robust composition resulted in a haphazard brilliance that paved the way for the punk rock explosion of 1976-77. None of these groups ever attained the notoriety or stature of such punk luminaries as the Ramones, Sex Pistols, or the Damned, but time, along with the perspective it affords correctly reveals that this genre, retroactively dubbed proto-punk, is in fact the missing link between the raw, no-frills rock of 1960s garage titans like the 13th Floor Elevators and the entirety of the punk, post-punk, art rock, and outsider movements, with bands from Pere Ubu and Swell Maps to the Cramps and Monoshock drinking from this well in the years and decades that would follow.Loud, noisy, and experimental, proto-punk acted as the antithesis to, and in fact, was created in direct response, both intentionally and unintentionally, to the saccharine nature of early 1970s popular music and the big business it had become. On one side of the coin was the proliferation of bland crunchy granola singer/songwriter/AOR groups such as James Taylor, the Eagles, CSNY, et al., and on the other side there was the overblown pomposity, theatrics, and technical dexterity of progressive rock. Rock 'n roll, once dangerous, had become part of the establishment, with record sales, profits, technical proficiency, and mega-tours the yardsticks by which a band's success was measured. Proto-punk rejected all of this, recapturing the original maverick spirit of rock, with its deconstructionist ethos, unpredictable sound, DIY aesthetic, and steadfast refusal to adhere to prescribed formula. Amazingly, no two bands on this compilation sound like one another. From the hallucinatory dystopian electronics of Cabaret Voltaire to the snotty lo-fi grind of Electric Eels to the space age glam of Zolar X, each and every group forges their own unique sound and vision to stellar results.Ironically, despite their lack of "popularity", many of these bands mapped out sonic territory that entire future genres would be built upon. Case in point is The Killer Kane Band's "Mr. Cool" which single-handedly establishes within the context of one song the entire blueprint for every 1980s hair-metal band that ever existed. Honestly, there is not a bum track here. To the uninitiated, this collection of artists and songs can potentially open a whole new sound world that spins off in a thousand different directions with the exploration and discovery of underground music and its rich legacy.As thrilling and enjoyable as the music is, so also are the in-depth liner notes which act as a supplemental history lesson chronicling an overlooked and ignored, yet visionary and influential, era in rock 'n roll, with a detailed account of each band's profile, along with a comprehensive overview of the period itself. It was especially interesting to learn how many of the individuals associated with some of these groups were connected to a variety of later acts such as W.A.S.P., Dead Kennedys, and Lieutenant Pigeon.Eschewing notions of "success" and, to a larger extent, mainstream culture, proto-punk groups created uncompromised music strictly for themselves and other outsider types who could/would not relate to anyone/anything else. Unfettered by corporate pressure nonsense and showcasing the epitome of musical freedom and creativity, Punk 45: Sick on You! One Way Spit! After the Love and Before the Revolution, Vol.3: Proto-Punk 1969-1976 is an indispensable document of true underground music pioneers, and Soul Jazz Records deserves the highest accolades possible for researching and releasing it. On a final note, Soul Jazz has other excellent collections compiling punk, post-punk, and Krautrock which are comprehensively curated with the same scholarly attention to detail and just as well done as this one. Absolutely essential!

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    ANOTHER  GREAT  EDITION  TO  THIS  SERIES
  

*by E***. on Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on August 26, 2015*

this  is  the  third  volume  in  this  series  and  this  is  the  only  one  out  of  5  issues  that  combine  a  very  broad  selection  of  both  us  and  uk  pre  punk  /garage  rock  bands  from  the  70s,  i  see  hector  is  on  here  and  the  electric  eals  as  with  other  volumes  here,  also  it  is  cool  to  see  zolar  x  on  here  as  well  but  the  biggest  thrill  is  to  see  jesse  hector  here,  i  loved  the  hammersmith  gorillas  back  in  the  day,  anyway  all  45s  on  here  have  been  remastered  to  sound  there  best,  the  101ers  never  sounded  better  on  cd  and  this  also  comes  with  a  very  informative  booklet  that  gives  you  all  the  info  you  need  on  each  artist,  this  was  very  very  well  made  to  i  might  add  as  sadly  this  media  format  is  suffering  like  vinyl  started  to  by  1986/87  but  for  my  ears  this  works,  i  would  say  volume  1  and  volume  2  are  the  best  as  i  have  always  had  more  of  an  ear  for  the  uk  stuff  but  i  am  very  happy  with this  lots  of  great  bands  here,  i  hope  if  this  continues  in  the  future  they  do  editions  by  cities  and  countries  for  example  do  a  stockholm  edition,  a  hamburg  edition,  a  paris  or  bussesls  edition  etc  etc  as  europe  had  so  many  awesome  garage  rock  bands  in  both  the  60s  and  70s  its  nice  to  have  it  all  on  one  disc  in  one  place,  all  5  of  these  thus  far  come  in  nice  thick  slipcases  and  as  i  said  the  booklet  is  great!!!!!!!

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 







  
  
    Five Stars
  

*by E***N on Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on June 17, 2017*

RADIO PETE is the best lost 70's punk track to be unearthed in years.

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