Various Artists – Soul Jazz Records presents D-I-Y: DO-IT-YOURSELF – Punk, Post Punk, Punk Funk & Beyond: The Rise of the Independent Music Industry

Description

Out of print for 15 years, Soul Jazz Records Do It Yourselffeatures a host of post punk, punk, punk funk / dance andelectronic experimentation from UK bands in the late 1970s and80s that all arrived in the aftermath of punk. As well as loads ofgreat music, the album also charts the rise of the independentmusic industry in Britain that similarly thrived during this time.

Featuring classic groups such as The Buzzcocks, A CertainRatio, The Fire Engines, Glaxo Babies and a host of lesserknown, rare and obscure tracks and artists, this new 2024
edition comes as a special coloured double vinyl pressing,complete with deluxe gatefold sleeve with two unique innersleeves.

This fully remastered album comes with extensive sleevenotesand photography as well as interviews with key behind-the-scene players – including studios, cutting rooms, print works -that together bring a fantastic insight into the DIY music andculture of this period and the explosion in the independentmusic industry after punk.

Tracklist:

Buzzcocks – Boredom
Fire Engines – Everything’sRoses
Glaxo Babies – Shake (TheFoundations)
Patrick Fitzgerald -Babysitter
Russ McDonald – LookingFrom The Cooking Pot
Artery – The Slide
A Certain Ratio – Si FermirO Grido
Scritti Politti – Skank BlocBologna
APB – All Your Life WithMe
Blurt – The Fish Needs ABike
Icon A.D. – Fight For Peace
Throbbing Gristle – DistantDreams (Part Two)
Krypton Tunes – ComingTo See You
Windows – Creation Rebel
The Last Gang – Spirit OfYouth
Thomas Leer – Tight As ADrum
Red Lorry Yellow Lorry -Paint Your Wagon
Biting Tongues – You CanChoke Like That
Tom Lucy – Paris, France