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I've dedicated space to multiple live Buzzcocks collections, and even a batch of demos circa 1991, so instead of rehashing too much, I've got a mini-bundle of predominantly off the beaten path goodies, including radio sessions from 2003 and 2006, contemporary to the Buzzcocks and Flat-Pack Philosophy albums. The emphasis on both of them was then-new material, but you'll find one vintage chestnut in each folder. Then there's 1991's somewhat under-released, but relatively findable Alive Tonight ep with the reunited band not treading familiar territory, rather delving into promising new sonic tiers without compromising what made them quintessentially Buzzcocks, And I suppose I couldn't get away without offering something in the live realm, specifically their 1978 Lyceum performance in London, as included in the now out-of-print Product box set. It's only eight songs, meaning the band had an exceedingly brief set that night, or EMI records was being stingy with said retrospective. And there's a couple of even more random one-offs including an unspeakably rare live tack of "Paradise," and a 1990 performance of a dandy tune titled "Wallpaper World," which evidently never found it's way into the studio.
Ya done good Mr. Shelley. The gratitude is endless from my little corner of the world, and I'm sure many others.
2003 Peel Session
01. Driving You Insane
02. Certain Move
03. Lester Sands
04. Peel chatter
05. Jerk
Mark Radcliff Session 3/15/06
01. interview
02. Flat-Pack Philosophy
03. interview
04. interview
05. Soul Survivor
06. interview
07. Love You More
Alive Tonight ep (1991, Planet Pacific)
01. Alive Tonight
02. Serious Crime
03. Last to Know
04. Successful Street
Live at the Lyceum, London 3-10-78 (from Product box set)
01. Breakdown
02. Fast Cars
03. Noise Annoys
04. Moving Away From The Pulsebeat
05. Fiction Romance
06. What Do I Get?
07. Whatever Happened To?
08. Time's Up
Here's a band that time forgot...but Not Lame didn't. No, this wasn't a Not Lame Records release, rather a title I procured from their distribution arm of other labels they were thankfully carrying. This Atlanta era quartet had roots all the way back to an early-70s group, Nod, before rechristening themselves as The Raves in the subsequent decade. Unabashed power pop was their calling card, rooted in the likes of the Raspberries, but in practice more tangibly resembling Shoes, The Rubinoos, and a variety of their equally obscuro contemporaries on the Titan Records imprint (e.g. the Secrets and Arlis). A handful of the songs here are culled from The Color of Tears LP, but the bulk of them are unreleased. I don't have liner notes to refer to, as my copy only came with a b&w tracklist with no credits or background details to speak of. The Raves were immensely competent and gratifying, and in fact their only shortcoming (if it can even be referred to as such) was their likeness to a myriad of similar combos during their tenure. A second comp of Raves (and Nods) material supposedly saw the light of day in 2002 but seems to have vanished upon release.
01. Every Little Bit Hurts
02. C'est la Vie
03. Make Up Your Mind
04. Now You've Really Done It
05. I Can't Take Anymore
06. Whatever She Says
07. I Bet You're Lonely Too
08. Calling Your Name
09. It Doon't Matter At All
10. When She's Gone
11. To Your Face
12. Nevermore
13. Any Way You Can
14. My, My, My
15. Tonight It's Gonna be Great
16. Chastity