Going back to late 70s/early 80s post punk

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Hi all, I've recently start digging for some of the older classic post punk material like Wire-Pink Flag, Buzzcocks, Joy Division, etc. Can you give me some recommendations from that era?

I was wonder which album by Gang Of Four is the best? I've only heard a few tracks from their Peel Sessions.

I'm also looking for more rock with an edge to it. i dig Mogwai, Radiohead, My Bloody Valentine, Godspeed You Black Emperor!, Tristeza, Do Make Say Think, Explosions in the Sky, etc. Someone gave a few tunes from Grandaddy which were a ok. What are some other bands to look for?

― Frank Booth, Friday, 20 June 2003 04:45 (twenty-two years ago)

get Wire - Chairs Missing immediately

― James Blount (James Blount), Friday, 20 June 2003 04:54 (twenty-two years ago)

DAF - Ein Produkt Der...
Fall - Slates; Grotesque
Homosexuals - whatever you can get
Kleenex/Lilliput - any
Pop Group - Y ; She Is Beyond Good... single
Scritti Politti - early singles / eps
Theoretical Girls - comp
This Heat - s/t; Deceit; Made Available; H&E single

australian stuff (i'm biased so take this with a grain of salt):

Laughing Clowns - early singles; 1st LP
Pel Mel - early singles
Slugfuckers - comp (official one coming soon)
SPK - Auto Da Fe (comp of early material)
Voigt/465 - comp

― phil turnbull (philT), Friday, 20 June 2003 04:58 (twenty-two years ago)

And Wire's other albums, '154' and'Pink Flag' And 'Entertainment!' by the Gang of Four. And 'Hex Enduction Hour' by the Fall.

― Andrew Thames (Andrew Thames), Friday, 20 June 2003 05:00 (twenty-two years ago)

clock dva - thirst

― gaz (gaz), Friday, 20 June 2003 05:01 (twenty-two years ago)

Oh you already have 'Pink Flag', sorry.

― Andrew Thames (Andrew Thames), Friday, 20 June 2003 05:02 (twenty-two years ago)

Birthday Party
The Saints
Public Image Limited
Section 25
A Certain Radio
Cabaret Voltaire
Throbbing Gristle
Slits
23 Skidoo

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Friday, 20 June 2003 05:03 (twenty-two years ago)

swell maps - a trip to marineville

― your null fame (yournullfame), Friday, 20 June 2003 05:18 (twenty-two years ago)

phil who's putting out the S'fuckers comp?

― electric sound of jim (electricsound), Friday, 20 June 2003 05:23 (twenty-two years ago)

Family Fodder - compilation but especially the song "Savoir Faire"
Swell Maps - also "Jane from Occupied Europe", "Train Out of It"
Husker Du - "Zen Arcade"
Mission of Burma - Rykodisc put out a CD with like everything
the Minutemen - "Double Nickels"
Thinking Fellers Union Local 482 - "Admonishing the Bishops" EP
Delta 5
Fire Engines

also you might want to check out hyped2death (.com). Scrotum Poles!

― autovac (autovac), Friday, 20 June 2003 05:42 (twenty-two years ago)

Dream Syndicate, "Days of Wine and Roses"
X, "Wild Gift"
Dead Kennedys, "Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables"
Black Flag, "Damaged"
Meat Puppets, "II"
Wall of Voodoo, "Call of the West"
Replacements, "Let It Be"

― Chris Clark (Chris Clark), Friday, 20 June 2003 06:30 (twenty-two years ago)

Best Gang of 4 record, I think, is actually that Peel Sessions disc. (Others disagree with me vehemently.)

Seconding some recommendations:
the LiLiPUT double-CD is stellar
Wire's _Chairs Missing_ yes yes yes
Swell Maps, _Jane from Occupied Europe_
X-Ray Spex, _Germ Free Adolescents_ (more punk than post, but awesome)
and yes, the Homosexuals are incredible and totally worth looking for, but n.b. they have never had an official CD--you may have to dig around a little

― Douglas (Douglas), Friday, 20 June 2003 12:11 (twenty-two years ago)

the gordons "future shock" ep and 1st album

― cameron, Friday, 20 June 2003 14:41 (twenty-two years ago)

the scruff's second album. big star goes punk rock!

― doom-e, Friday, 20 June 2003 14:42 (twenty-two years ago)

fast records

― gaz (gaz), Friday, 20 June 2003 14:49 (twenty-two years ago)

Run, don't walk, and get Mission of Burma's "Vs."

― scott m (mcd), Friday, 20 June 2003 14:49 (twenty-two years ago)

more late 70's/Early 80's PP:
Comsat Angels
Glaxo Babies
Transmitters

& on the more less spiky and more 'melodic' side of the area:
The Sound
The Chameleons (think they were doing Peel sessions in '81 - don't think 1st album appeared until '83 though......but Ned will correct me if I'm wrong....)

― Snowy Mann (rdmanston), Friday, 20 June 2003 15:00 (twenty-two years ago)

more? less? more? less? haha make yr mind up you FOOL

― Snowy Mann (rdmanston), Friday, 20 June 2003 15:01 (twenty-two years ago)

You mention you like GYBE + Explosions in the Sky; you should check out City of Caterpillar.... they're kind of like Post-Rock gone hardcore.

― Jon Williams (ex machina), Friday, 20 June 2003 15:02 (twenty-two years ago)

Lemon kittens

― gaz (gaz), Friday, 20 June 2003 15:07 (twenty-two years ago)

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― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Friday, 20 June 2003 15:10 (twenty-two years ago)

Jesus & Mary Chain, "Psychocandy" -- maybe a little more pop than what you're looking for, though.

The Birthday Party, "Prayers on Fire"

Drive Like Jehu, "Yank Crime" (doesn't fit in the time frame, but it's good and similar to what you're looking for)

― Ian Johnson, Friday, 20 June 2003 15:48 (twenty-two years ago)

Young Marble Giants "Colossal Youth"
Televsion Personalities "And Don't the Kids Just Love it?"
Gang of Four "Entertainment"
Mission of Burma "Vs."
No New York "V/A"
Killing Joke "Whats This For?"
Lililput
The Pop Group "Y"
ESG "A South Bronx Story"
The Only Ones "Babys Got a Gun"
Wire's first 3 LP's
The Slits "Cut"
Pere Ubu "Dub Housing" and "Modern Dance"
The Cramps "Songs the Lord Taught Us"
The Gun Club "Fire of Love"
Joy Division "Closer"and "Unkown Pleasures"
Throbbing Gristle "20 Jazz Funk Greats"
This Heat "Deceit"
Magazine's first three LP's
Public Image Limited "Metal Box"
The Wipers "Is This Real?"
The Fall "Hex Enduction Hour"
Stiff Little Fingers "Unfalmmable Material"
The Saints "Eternally Yours"

― Jeff K (jeff k), Friday, 20 June 2003 19:19 (twenty-two years ago)

'jim' - weirdly, the slugfuckers 2 CD set will be released by Harbinger Sounds (Nottingham)

― phil turnbull (philT), Friday, 20 June 2003 22:13 (twenty-two years ago)

The Girls - Live at the Rathskeller, 1979- of course!

― Venus Glow (1411), Saturday, 21 June 2003 03:13 (twenty-two years ago)

I wonder if Frank is reading this? Responses, Frank? It's getting fairly dense for him

― Andrew Thames (Andrew Thames), Saturday, 21 June 2003 03:15 (twenty-two years ago)

three years pass...

Pel Mel - early singles

So I snagged a radio broadcast of theirs from JJJ circa 1981 or so. This is good stuff!

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 24 October 2006 19:42 (nineteen years ago)

i think throbbing gristle's D.o.A.: the third and final installment qualifies.

no one has mentioned dna or josef k?

― Godfrzej Ljang (godfrzej), Tuesday, 24 October 2006 21:05 (nineteen years ago)

Or Essential Logic?

― A Radio Picture (Rrrickey), Tuesday, 24 October 2006 22:18 (nineteen years ago)

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