This week’s show comes in at exactly two hours and is made up entirely of B sides of 1977 punk rock singles. Before punk, B-sides were the side of the 7″ where non-album, non-radio-friendly, instrumental versions or simply inferior recordings were placed. But such was the prolific writing and recording passion of the punk explosion that in a lot of cases the B side was as good, if not better than the A side. Sit back (or jump up) and enjoy these 42 non inferior blasts of 1977.
Blank Generation
Steve Green
Blank Generation 25 – 1977……. The B Sides
1977 – The Clash
No Admission – Chelsea
Life After Dub – Alternative TV
I Just Want To Be Myself – The Drones
Ain’t No Legend – Maniacs
Day By Day – Generation X
You – Eater
You Take My Money – The Damned
Mr Big – The Dils
Bleak Outlook – The Unwanted
Mass Media Believer – The Lurkers
Slip Away – Ultravox!
Whatever Happened To? – Buzzcocks
Into The Future – The Vibrators
Locket Love – Ramones
Handcuffed – London
Ulster – Sham 69
Straighten Out – The Stranglers
I’m In Love With Today – The Users
Money Talks – Penetration
You’re A Bore – Slaughter & The Dogs
L-I-E-S – The Saints
I Wanna Be Me – Sex Pistols
I Can’t Come – The Snivelling Shits
Down In Flames – The Dead Boys
Quite Disappointing – 999
Insane Society = Menace
Independence – The Cortinas
Horrible Breath – The Radio Stars
Chip On My Shoulder – Cock Sparrer
Automobile – The Rings
Family Planning – The Depressions
Born To Lose – Johnny Thunders Heartbreakers
In The Flesh – Blondie
Naïve – The Killjoys
Soda Pressing – The Boys
Bored Teenagers – The Adverts
I Am A Cliché – X -Ray Spex
Man Of The Year – The Models
No Faith – Suburban Studs
Incendiary Device – Johnny Moped
Liars Beware – Richard Hell & The Voidoids