Action Time Vision: A Story of Independent U.K. Punk 1976-1979

Overview

In the early years of the punk rock explosion of the '70s, the record industry didn't know what to make of the aggressive new sound. Punk certainly seemed like the coming thing, but no one seemed sure of how to sell music that was built around open disrespect for authority figures -- which in the eyes of the punks included the music industry. Thankfully, punk was born with a passionate desire to document itself, and if the major labels weren't going to put punk rock on records, the punks would do it themselves. No previous rock movement was more closely associated with independent labels and the D.I.Y. philosophy than punk, and countless indie labels were launched to commit fresh talent to vinyl. Action Time Vision: A Story of Independent U.K. Punk 1976-1979 is an exhaustive and wildly entertaining four-volume box set that examines both the indie label scene in the United Kingdom as well as the bands that emerged on homegrown labels. The set opens, fittingly enough, with "New Rose" by the Damned, widely acknowledged as the first British punk single and the release that turned Stiff Records into a going concern. Just as that record still sounds fresh and explosive four decades later, nearly all of the 111 songs on Action Time Vision are filled with energy, passion, and a sense of discovery, as the musicians strive to find their place in a new musical landscape and have fun doing it. This set is also a potent reminder that early punk was never as monochromatic as many liked to believe (or as samey as U.K. punk would become in the '80s). Along with the foursquare punk attack of the Lurkers, the Cortinas, Sham 69, and many others, there's the speeded-up pub rock of Fruit Eating Bears, the joyous power pop of the Stoat, the prog-inspired twists and turns of Psykik Voltz, the arty minimalism of English Subtitles, the psych-inspired surrealism of Victim, the edgy cool of the Flys, and the acoustic guitar in a bedsit parody/tribute of Patrik Fitzgerald. And while the set includes lots of familiar names, the compilers have included plenty of obscurities that often prove to be as satisfying as the best-known tracks, another reminder of how fertile this era truly was. (There are also a number of tracks from artists who would go on to greater fame in the future, such as Billy Bragg in Riff Raff, Kevin Rowland in the Killjoys, and Shane MacGowan in the Nipple Erectors.) The liner notes from Andy Davis are a great read, and an impressive history of the many bands and labels featured here. This is hardly the first or best study of the U.K. punk scene of the '70s, but Action Time Vision is an impressive tribute to the early stirrings of indie culture in England, and it's great listening throughout. ~ Mark Deming

Product Details

Release Date:	12/16/2016
Label:	Cherry Red
UPC:	5013929102705
Rank:	62025

Tracks

Disc 1

1. New Rose  -  Damned  - Brian James
2. Outside View  - Andy Blade  -  Eater
3. Television Screen  - Philip Chevron  -  Radiators from Space
4. Fascist Dictator  -  Cortinas  - Dexter Dalwood  - Mike Fewings  -  Sheppard  - Daniel Swan  - Jeremy Valentine
5. Lookalikes  - Steve Cundall  -  Drones  -  Howells
6. Shadow  -  Lurkers  - Pete Stride
7. I Can't Stand My Baby  - Jo Callis  -  Rezillos
8. I'm Alive  -  999  - Guy Days  - Keith Lucas
9. No One  -  Moped  -  Toad
10. I Don't Wanna  - Dave Parsons  - Jimmy Pursey  -  Sham 69
11. Mucky Pup  -  McCallum  -  Puncture
12. Terminal Stupid  -  Snivelling Shits
13. Worthless Trash  - Guy Greenhough  - Ryan Spendlove  -  Vacants
14. Hungry  -  Godfrey  -  Zeros  -  Zeros
15. Chelsea 77  -  Maniacs  - Alan Lee Shaw
16. One to Infinity  - Bob Borland  - Adrian Janes  -  Outsiders
17. Johnny Won't Get to Heaven  -  Killjoys  - Kevin Rowland
18. Saints and Sinners  - Charlie Burchill  - Tony Donald  -  Johnny & the Self Abusers  - Jim Kerr  - Brian McGee  - John Milarky
19. Withdrawal  - Paul Gardner  -  Nelson  -  Unwanted  - Olli Wisdom
20. Teenage Treats  - Jesse Lynn-Dean  -  Wasps
21. Youthanasia  - Kit Gould  -  Pigs
22. Radio Call Sign  - Alfie Boe  - Simon Gallup  - Stuart Hinton  -  Lockjaw  - Oddie Ordish
23. Venus Eccentric  - Tony Deary  - Jack Harrington  -  Neon Hearts  -  Ratcliffe
24. Get Your Woofing Dog Off Me  - Paul Gilbert  -  Jerks  - Simon Snakke
25. Modern Politics  - Paul Hilton  - Ian Nance  -  Panik
26. New Religion  - Jenny Adlington  -  Some Chicken
27. Radio Wunderbar  -  Carpettes  - George Maddison
28. Love and a Molotov Cocktail  -  Flys  - Neil OConnor
29. Gobbing on Life  -  Alberto y Lost Trios Paranoias  - Tony Bowers  - Bob Harding  - Jimmy Hibbert  - Chris"C.P." Lee  - Bruce Mitchell  - Les Prior  -  White Punks on Dope
30. Lovers of Today  -  Only Ones  - Peter Perrett
31. Nothing to Declare [Live at the Vortex]  -  Farmer  -  Suspects

Disc 2

32. Read About Seymour  - Nikki Sudden  -  Swell Maps
33. Safety-Pin Stuck in My Heart  - Patrik Fitzgerald
34. No Leaders [Demo]  -  Boys  - Matt Dangerfield  -  Steel
35. Office Girl  -  Stoat  - John Waters
36. I Don't Need You  -  Acme Sewage Company
37. Speed Freak  -  Stan the Man  -  V2
38. Give It All to Me  -  Bazoomis
39. Moving Target  - Tony Baggett  - Faebhean Kwest  -  Raped  - Shigen Tsujino
40. I Hate the Whole Human Race  -  Big G  -  Big G  - Mick Emerson
41. Gimme Your Heart  - Callum Cuthbertson  - Kevin Key  - Ali Mackenzie  -  Subs  -  U.K. Subs
42. That's Too Bad  -  Tubeway Army
43. Blank Generation  - Nigel Martinez  -  Xtraverts
44. Door in My Face  - Chris Crash  -  Crozier  -  Fruit Eating Bears
45. System  -  Front  -  Front
46. You Make Me Sick  - Steve Eagles  - Olly Harrison  - Paul Rencher  -  Satan's Rats  -  WILKES
47. Suspect Device  - Jake Burns  - Gordon Ogilvie  -  Stiff Little Fingers
48. G.L.C.  -  Casey Veggies  - Nigel Martinez  -  Menace  - Steve Tannett  - Morgan Webster
49. Gutter Kids  -  Dyaks  - Chris Reeves
50. Reasons  - Harold Adamson  -  Skids
51. Big Time  - Michael Blair  - Graham Marshall  - Ronnie Matthews  -  Rudi  - Neil Young
52. I Am a Dalek  -  Art Attacks  - Edwin Pouncey  - Steve Spear
53. On Me  -  Bears  -  Bears  - Martin Callomon  - John Earthrowl  - George Gill  - Kanye West
54. Pseudo Punk  - Edward Ball  -  O Level
55. Solitary Confinement  - Jean Marie Carroll  - Nick Lightowlers  -  Members
56. King of the Bop  - Shane Bradley  - Shane MacGowan  -  Nipple Erectors  - Roger Towndrow
57. The Murder of Liddle Towers  -  Angelic Upstarts  - Ray Cowie  - Thomas Mensforth
58. Bunch of Stiffs [Live at the Vortex]  -  Bishop Briggs  - Chris Gorgier  - Jack Harrington  -  Mean Street  - Gary Numan

Disc 3

59. Action Time Vision  -  Alternative TV  - Jake Burns  - Mark Perry
60. I Don¿¿¿t Want My Heart to Rule My Head  - Ritchie Blackmore  -  Cartledge  - Olly Harrison  - Bill Sargent  -  Social Security  -  White Punks on Dope
61. Bad Hearts  -  Jacobs  - Bernie Marsden  -  Tights
62. Cosmonaut  - Billy Bragg  -  Riff Raff  -  Riff Raff
63. New Wave Love  -  Dole  - Pete Howsam
64. Failures  - Ian Curtis  - Peter Hook  -  Joy Division  - Stephen Morris  - Bernard Sumner
65. 19 and Mad  - Geoffrey Deane  - David Jaymes  -  Leyton Buzzards
66. Little Miss Perfect  - Demon Preacher  - Nick Wade
67. Just Another Teenage Rebel  - Martin Cowan  - Colin Getwood  -  Outcasts
68. Psycho Mafia  -  Fall  - Tony Friel  - Mark E. Smith
69. Urban Kids  -  Chelsea  - Gene October
70. Don't Ring Me Up  - Paul Maxwell  - Owen McFadden  -  McMaster  -  Murtagh  -  Protex
71. Gordon  - Tony Bennett  -  Cravats  - Rob Dallaway  - Chris Harz  - Richard London
72. England '77  -  Horrorcomic  - Eric Semon  - Frank Torpey
73. C.I.D.  - Ian Anderson  - Charlie Harper  -  U.K. Subs
74. Crazy  -  Petrol  -  Spizz  -  Spizz Oil
75. I Don't Care [Full Version]  -  Dodgems  - Doug Potter
76. Kicks in Style  - James Burkill  - Chris Free  -  Users
77. Elvis Is Dead  - Peter Bywaters  - Derek Greening  -  Peter & the Test Tube Babies
78. In a Rut  - Paul Fox  - John "Segs" Jennings  - Dave Ruffy  -  Ruts
79. Drums Over London  -  Disco Zombies  - Dave Henderson  - Andy Ross
80. Never Been So Stuck  - Chris D'Ouseley  - Nick Dwyer  -  Nicky & The Dots
81. Wot's for Lunch Mum? (Not B****S Again!)  - Dave Gee  - Tim Jee  -  Shapes
82. Breaking Point  - Michael Callan  - Paul Gardner  -  No Way
83. New Way  - John Hammond  - Levi Lowrey  -  Wall
84. Sick on You  -  Groven  -  Hollywood Brats  - Andrew Matheson

Disc 4

85. Zerox  -  Adam and the Ants  - Adam Ant
86. Death to Disco  - Gary Brown  - Mike Hargreaves  -  Hartley  - Klever Hemingway  -  Notsensibles  - Roger "Rog Sensible" Rawlinson
87. Danger Love  - Colin Keinch  - Kris Needs  -  Vice Creems
88. D.N.A.  -  Murder The Disturbed  - Steve Zodiac
89. Flares 'n' Slippers  -  Cockney Rejects  - Mick Geggus
90. Totally Useless  - Paul Metcalf  -  Psykik Volts
91. The End of Civilisation  - John Ellis  -  Gresty  -  Molesters
92. Hypocrite  -  Drewett  -  Newtown Neurotics
93. These Boots Are Made for Walking  - Lee Hazlewood  - Pure Hell
94. Timewall  -  Fire Exit
95. King of Kings  - Rab Rae Beith  - Kirk Brandon  -  Pack  -  Pack  - Jim Walker  - John Werner  - Simon Werner
96. Dumb Dumb  - Geoff Foster  -  Hamilton  -  O'Gorman  -  Steroid Kiddies
97. Time Tunnel  -  Subtitles
98. Soft Ground  - John Black  -  Proles
99. Easy Way Out  -  Adicts  - Michael Davison  - John Ellis  - Keith Warren
100. My Friends  -  Dark  - Phil Langham  - Anthony O'Neill
101. I Must Be Mad  - John Crampton  -  Woody & The Splinters
102. Why Are Fire Engines Red  - Wes Graham  - Joe Moody  -  Victim  -  Victim
103. Anthem  - Simon Justice  -  Xcerts
104. Slag  -  F-X  - Bernie Lowe
105. Future Rights  - Mark Edwards  - Paul Leinster  -  Rivals
106. I've Been Hurt (So Many Times Before)  - Paul Leinster  -  Silent Noise
107. Nothing  - Patrick Bateman  -  Vice Squad
108. Things in General  - Robert Lloyd  -  Prefects
109. 1970's Have Been Made in Hong Kong  - Kev Biscoe  -  Latter  -  Licks
110. Violence Grows  - Donna Tracy Boylan  -  Fatal Microbes
111. Under the Doctor  - Raymond Chandler  - Robinson Park  -  Poison Girls  -  Subversa  -  Swales

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Tubeway Army   Primary Artist
Johnny Moped   Primary Artist
Victim   Primary Artist,Primary Artist
Leyton Buzzards   Primary Artist
Johnny & the Self Abusers   Primary Artist
Outcasts   Primary Artist
Joy Division   Primary Artist
Rudi   Primary Artist
Riff Raff   Primary Artist,Primary Artist
English Subtitles   Primary Artist
Neon Hearts   Primary Artist
The Pigs   Primary Artist
O Level   Primary Artist
Protex   Primary Artist
Mean Street   Primary Artist
The Dodgems   Primary Artist
Woody & The Splinters   Primary Artist
The Stoat   Primary Artist
Users   Primary Artist
Adam and the Ants   Primary Artist
The Cortinas   Primary Artist
Alberto y Lost Trios Paranoias   Primary Artist
The Dyaks   Primary Artist
Tights   Primary Artist
Fruit Eating Bears   Primary Artist
The Shapes   Primary Artist
Spizzenergi   Primary Artist
Patrik Fitzgerald   Primary Artist
Skids   Primary Artist
The Adicts   Primary Artist
Some Chicken   Primary Artist
U.K. Subs   Primary Artist
Vice Squad   Primary Artist
The Zeros   Primary Artist,Primary Artist
Spizz Oil   Primary Artist
Silent Noise   Primary Artist
Hollywood Brats   Primary Artist
Yma Sumac   Primary Artist
Xtraverts   Primary Artist
The Bears   Primary Artist
The Art Attacks   Primary Artist
Suspects   Primary Artist
Lurkers   Primary Artist
The Fall   Primary Artist
Chelsea   Primary Artist
The Drones   Primary Artist
The Cravats   Primary Artist
The Damned   Primary Artist
Eater   Primary Artist
Alternative TV   Primary Artist
Sham 69   Primary Artist
The Wall   Primary Artist
Acme Sewage Co.   Primary Artist
The Dole   Primary Artist
Stiff Little Fingers   Primary Artist
Disco Zombies   Primary Artist
Bears   Primary Artist
F-X   Primary Artist
The Dark   Primary Artist
Big G   Primary Artist,Primary Artist
Bazoomis   Primary Artist
The Vacants   Primary Artist
The Suspects   Primary Artist
Raped   Primary Artist
Menace   Primary Artist,Primary Artist
Punishment of Luxury   Primary Artist
Puncture   Primary Artist
Murder The Disturbed   Primary Artist
The Fatal Microbes   Primary Artist
Demon Preacher   Primary Artist
The Molesters   Primary Artist
Nicky & The Dots   Primary Artist
Proles   Primary Artist
The Rezillos   Primary Artist
The Only Ones   Primary Artist
Newtown Neurotics   Primary Artist
The Unwanted   Primary Artist
Atv   Primary Artist
The Wasps   Primary Artist
Ruts   Primary Artist
Steroid Kiddies   Primary Artist
Social Security   Primary Artist,Primary Artist
Dodge   Primary Artist
The Jerks   Primary Artist
Swell Maps   Primary Artist
Angelic Upstarts   Primary Artist
Maniacs   Primary Artist
Carpettes   Primary Artist
Front   Primary Artist
The Boys   Primary Artist
The Killjoys   Primary Artist
Cockney Rejects   Primary Artist
Lockjaw   Primary Artist
Peter & the Test Tube Babies   Primary Artist
Poison Girls   Primary Artist
The Members   Primary Artist
Nipple Erectors   Primary Artist
The Pack   Primary Artist,Primary Artist
Notsensibles   Primary Artist
The Radiators from Space   Primary Artist
The Prefects   Primary Artist
The Snivelling Shits   Primary Artist
999   Primary Artist
Fire Exit   Primary Artist
The Vice Creems   Primary Artist
Satan's Rats   Primary Artist
The Licks   Primary Artist
The Panik   Primary Artist
V2   Primary Artist
Horrorcomic   Primary Artist
The Outsiders   Primary Artist
No Way   Primary Artist
The Flys   Primary Artist
Rivals   Primary Artist
Pure Hell   Primary Artist
The Front   Primary Artist
The Xcerts   Primary Artist
Psykik Volts   Primary Artist
The Subs   Primary Artist

Technical Credits

The Xcerts   Composer
Alfie Boe   Composer
Paul Mccallum   Composer
Stephen Hartley   Composer
Simon Werner   Composer
Spizz   Composer
Alan Lee Shaw   Composer
Pete Stride   Composer
John Reed   Coordination,Licensing
Bruce Mitchell   Composer
The Pack   Composer
Brian McGee   Composer
Guy Days   Composer
White Punks on Dope   Composer
John Callis   Composer
Rob Dallaway   Composer
Simon Murphy   Remastering
Jeremy Valentine   Composer
WILKES   Composer
Mike Fewings   Composer
Wes Graham   Composer
Kit Gould   Composer
Godfrey   Composer
Colin Getwood   Composer
Geoff Foster   Composer
Mick Emerson   Composer
Chris D'Ouseley   Composer
Tony Deary   Composer
Jesse Lynn-Dean   Composer
Callum Cuthbertson   Composer
Steve Cundall   Composer
Chris Crash   Composer
Owen McFadden   Composer
Pure Hell   Composer
Bishop Briggs   Composer
Nick Lightowlers   Composer
Crozier   Composer
Groven   Composer
Thomas Mensforth   Composer
Robinson Park   Composer
Roger Towndrow   Composer
Eric Semon   Composer
Donna Tracy Boylan   Composer
John Black   Composer
Roger "Rog Sensible" Rawlinson   Composer
Petrol   Composer
Oddie Ordish   Composer
Anthony O'Neill   Composer
O'Gorman   Composer
Nelson   Composer
McMaster   Composer
Ali Mackenzie   Composer
Paul Leinster   Composer
Colin Keinch   Composer
John Earthrowl   Composer
Jacobs   Composer
Pete Howsam   Composer
Stuart Hinton   Composer
Klever Hemingway   Composer
Chris Harz   Composer
Jack Harrington   Composer
Ian Nance   Composer
John Hammond   Composer
Hamilton   Composer
Guy Greenhough   Composer
Phil Langham   Composer
Morgan Webster   Composer
Steve Spear   Composer
Peter Bywaters   Composer
Tony Donald   Composer
Nevil Luxury   Composer
Dave Parsons   Composer
Geoffrey Deane   Composer
Martin Callomon   Composer
Simon Snakke   Composer
Gary Brown   Composer,Composer
Kevin Hemingway   Composer
Michael Hargreaves   Composer
Mark Standley   Composer
Roger Rawlinson   Composer
Frank Torpey   Composer
George Gill   Composer
Dave Gee   Composer
John "Segs" Jennings   Composer
Paul Gilbert   Composer
Simon Gallup   Composer
Angelic Upstarts   Composer
Bernard Sumner   Composer
Front   Composer
Chris Reeves   Composer
The Boys   Composer
Shane MacGowan   Composer
Cockney Rejects   Composer
Farmer   Composer
Charlie Harper   Composer
Ritchie Blackmore   Composer
The Snivelling Shits   Composer
Chris Free   Composer
Casey Veggies   Composer
Andy Davis   Biographical Notes
Patrick Bateman   Composer
The Vice Creems   Composer
Ryan Spendlove   Composer
Mike Howells   Composer
McCallum   Composer
Andy Ross   Composer
Keith Davey   Design
Paul Gardner   Composer
Bill Sargent   Composer
Satan's Rats   Composer
Les Prior   Composer
Chris Gorgier   Composer
Tony Baggett   Composer
Levi Lowrey   Composer
Subversa   Composer
Ronnie Matthews   Composer
Ian Anderson   Composer
Mike Hargreaves   Composer
Paul Maxwell   Composer
Michael Callan   Composer
Brian Bond   Composer
Jim Giro   Composer
Shigen Tsujino   Composer
Tony Bennett   Composer
Paul Fox   Composer
Jim Walker   Composer
Jimmy Hibbert   Composer
The Latter   Composer
Social Security   Composer
Cartledge   Composer
Jean-Marie Carroll   Composer
Chris "C.P." Lee   Composer
Sheppard   Composer
Bob Borland   Composer
Suspects   Composer
The Fall   Composer
Bernie Marsden   Composer
Bernie Lowe   Composer
Kevin Key   Composer
Paul Rencher   Composer
Ian Curtis   Composer
Billy Bragg   Composer
Kevin Rowland   Composer
Jimmy Pursey   Composer
Howells   Composer
Kirk Brandon   Composer
Kris Needs   Composer,Introduction
John Ellis   Composer
Chelsea   Composer
Jake Burns   Composer
John Werner   Composer
The Cravats   Composer
Eater   Composer
Gene October   Composer
Gary Numan   Composer
The Zeros   Composer
The Wall   Composer
Adrian Borland   Composer
Toad   Composer
The Dole   Composer
Edward Ball   Composer
Dave Henderson   Composer
Ray Cowie   Composer
Derek Greening   Composer
Graham Marshall   Composer
Gresty   Composer
Nick Dwyer   Composer
Eddy Ball   Licensing
Tim Jee   Composer
James Burkill   Composer
Neil O'Connor   Composer
Doug Potter   Composer
Ratcliffe   Composer
Jim Kerr   Composer
Nigel Martinez   Composer
Menace   Composer
Kanye West   Composer
Neil Young   Composer
Murder The Disturbed   Composer
Demon Preacher   Composer
The Molesters   Composer
Olli Wisdom   Composer
Nikki Sudden   Composer
Proles   Composer
Michael Blair   Composer
The Wasps   Composer
Ruts   Composer
Adam Ant   Composer
Simon Justice   Composer
Shane Bradley   Composer
John Crampton   Composer
Rab Fae Beith   Composer
Keith Warren   Composer
Dodge   Composer
Faebhean Kwest   Composer
Olly Harrison   Composer
Charlie Burchill   Composer
Joe Moody   Composer
Leyton Buzzards   Composer
John Waters   Composer
Lee Hazlewood   Composer
Mark E. Smith   Composer
Outcasts   Composer
Peter Hook   Composer
Mark Perry   Composer
Mark Edwards   Composer
Philip Chevron   Composer
Robert Lloyd   Composer
Peter Perrett   Composer
English Subtitles   Composer
Drewett   Composer
Andrew Matheson   Composer
Martin Cowan   Composer
David Jaymes   Composer
John Milarky   Composer
Dexter Dalwood   Composer
Matt Dangerfield   Composer
George Maddison   Composer
Tony Bowers   Composer
Adrian Janes   Composer
Richard London   Composer
Daniel Swan   Composer
Bob Harding   Composer
Jo Callis   Composer
Kev Biscoe   Composer
Protex   Composer
Mean Street   Composer
The Stoat   Composer
Users   Composer
Michael Davison   Composer
Brian James   Composer
Nick Wade   Composer
The Dyaks   Composer
Gordon Ogilvie   Composer
Fruit Eating Bears   Composer
Harold Adamson   Composer
Hartley   Composer
Stan the Man   Composer
Steel   Composer
Patrik Fitzgerald   Composer
Paul Hilton   Composer
Stephen Morris   Composer
The Adicts   Composer
Swales   Composer
Andy Blade   Composer
The Bears   Composer
U.K. Subs   Composer
Casino Steel   Composer
Vice Squad   Composer
Steve Eagles   Composer
Edwin Pouncey   Composer
Paul Metcalf   Composer
Tony Friel   Composer
Keith Lucas   Composer
Steve Zodiac   Composer
Mick Geggus   Composer
Dave Ruffy   Composer
Steve Tannett   Composer
Raymond Chandler   Composer
Jenny Adlington   Composer
Murtagh   Composer