One of my very first posts on this blog (back in November 2009) was an appeal to the public to upload, digitize or give me a long list of 1st wave Dublin Punk/New Wave singles that were out of print and hard to find.
Surely but slowly these singles have been uploaded online and now are available to all to enjoy.
On February 11 2010, I uploaded The Blades’ fourth single ‘Revelation of Heartbreak’.
On March 29 2010, I uploaded The Blades’ first single ‘Hot For You’.
On June 5 2010, our close friend Conor McCabe from Dublin Opinion uploaded the 1983 single ‘Secrets’ from Autobop.
Also on June 5 2010, Conor, got there before me and, uploaded The Rhythm King’s second single ‘John Wayne’.
On June 19 2010, I was finally able to get my hands on and upload the classic first and only single from D.C. Nien. (If anyone has their Red Tapes recording, please get in touch!)
On June 23 2010, I finally got around to uploading the 3rd single ‘Procession’ from The Atrix
On August 11 2010, Bristol Boy from the My Life’s A Jigsaw blog made my month by uploading the first and only single ‘Private World’ from The Teen Commandments.
However, there are still a lot of classic singles still not online. If you have the following, please get in touch.
Alsatians:
• 5 Honours & A 175 / Denise Denise
7″ – Libra Records – LHS002 – IRL – June 1982 – PS
• I Wanna Be Your Man / Money Back
7″ – Libra Records – LHS003 – IRL – 1982
• I’ll Never Forget It (AKA Two Sucks) / Suicide
7″ – Scoff Records – DT028 – IRL – 2 September 1983 – PS
The Blades: (Note: I’m only looking for the B-Sides)
• Ghost of a Chance / Real Emotion
7″ – Energy/Polygram Records – NRG-5 – IRL – 1981 – PS paper labels
• Last Man In Europe / Sadlands
7″ – Reekus Records – RKS013 – IRL – 1984 – PS
The Boomtown Rats:
• Neon Heart, Etc.. (At Home And Away)
K7 – Demo – 1976
Camino Organisation:
• Human Voices // Executivity / The Bust Up Of Love
7″ – Reekus Records – RKS 004 – 1982 – PS
New Versions:
• Like Gordon of Khartoum / What You Want
7″ – Mulligan Records – LUNS 744 – IRL – 1981 – PS
Negatives:
• Love Potion No.9 / The Prize
7″ – WEA Records – K18420 – 1980 – PS
Pop Mechanics:
• Soldier Boys / It Feels Like I’m Alone Again
7″ – Polydor Records – 2078 144 – IRL – 1982 – PS
The Radiators From Space: (Note: I’m only looking for the B-Sides)
• Enemies // Psychotic Reactions
7″ Chiswick NS-19 – 1977
Sunday World//(Why Can’t I Be) A Teenager In Love
7″ – CBS Records – 5527 – IRL – 1977
Let’s Talk about Weather//Hucklebuck //Try & Stop Me
7″ – Chiswick NS-45 & CHIS-113 1979
Kitty Rickets/Things (with Peter O’Brien)
7″ – Mulligan Records – LUNS720 – IRL – 1979
Revolver:
• Silently Screaming / On The Run
7″ – Rockburgh Records – ROCS203 – UK – 1978 – PS
The Romantiks:
• Said If You Needed Me / Little Queenie
7″ – G.I.Records – GI003 – 1978 – no PS
The Shade:
• 6:05 / Talk To Me
7″ – Juverna Records – JUV-001 – 1981 – no PS?
• Watching You / Touch Sensitive
7″ – EMI Records – IEMI 5093 – 1982 – PS
Strange Movements:
• Dancing In The Ghetto / Amuse Yourself
7″ – Good Vibrations International – GVI GOT-5 – N.IRL – 1980 – poster PS
The Sussed:
• Don’t Swim On The East Coast / I Wanna Conform
7″ – Dead Records – DEAD U2 – 1981 – PS
The Tabs:
• Million Miles / Gotta Get Away
7″ – Vixen Records – FM001 – 1982 – PS
Hi, I can post the Radiators single for you if you want. Nice blog, thanks
That would be fantastic Frank.
Cheers.
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I have a few early singles , must dig them out. I know I have just for kicks.
Got a rip of the Alsatians – 5 honors & the b-side. Giz a shout and I’ll mail it over to ya 🙂
any chance you could email me a copy of 5 honours? My wifes uncle was in the band, his missus is 50 on saturday, Im playing a few tunes at the party, it would be great if I had a copy of that song, he would pass out. thanks.
Just mailed ya there Derek. Thanks for the comment.
Pretty sure I have The Radiators’ Teenager in Love in a box somewhere.
When I dig it out, I’ll let you know what other Irish singles lurk within.
Is there somewhere in town I can get these digitized cheaply?
I’m not too sure if anywhere in town offers that service though I know you can pick up Record – MP3 players quite easily. Argos, Maplins etc..
The DVD Centre on Lwr. Gardiner St. would know if any companies do it. They do Video to DVD, Tape to CD etc..
http://www.dvdcentre.ie/transfer-video-dvd-service.php
The company is run by Dick Conroy (ex. The Atrix)! 😀
@europhile, do you have a turntable? if so i recommend doing it yourself. drop a line if you need any pointers.
Thanks, guys. I’ll get on to it. Are you interested in other stuff apart from what’s listed above?
From memory, I think I have Some Kind of Wonderful, Tokyo Olympics, Katmandu, The Tearjerkers, The Atrix, Chant!Chant!Chant, The Vipers, The Threat, Stano and god knows what else in the box.
I can send you the Rads b sides your looking for!
Plus The Pop Mechanics
Drop me a line at: peteholidai77@eircom.net
Great Blog by the way
Pete
In case anybody is interested, Aldi has a digital turntable for €49.99 from Saturday.
http://www.aldi.ie/ie/html/offers/special_buys3_16946.htm?WT.mc_id=2011-05-27-10-27
if you haven’t seen it the tabs 45 is here
http://mylifesajigsaw.blogspot.com/2011/03/tabs-million-miles-1982.html
Thanks mate.
Hi
i have the following
Revolver , New Versions , Camino Organisation and the Shade all on vinyl down here in LIMERICK
HOWEVER dont have the technology to upload but have a plan !
I’ve got all of the Red Tapes digitized now if you want it.
Thanks Gerry. Someone managed to do so a while back and I have Red Tapes as MP3s. Will get around to uploading them onto Youtube one of these days.
http://www.gingerjammusic.com/music/DCNien/DCNien-BlackJet.mp3 for instance.
I’m wondering was that myself at the time, and if so, then I have better quality set of them now!
is this blog still running.have tried contacting you before,have rare stuff on 7″ by the threat,sussed,search and destroy,drunken jury,wussies from kimmage(ex sussed),malfunctions,tower of babel,loads of northern stuff incl the smaller labels.int???gimme a shout.
The Sussed release their first material in 30 years Jan/Feb 2014
Meanwhile you can catch up http://www.facebook.com/thesussed