tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8624282421125812337.post2522562567380375328..comments2024-03-27T21:46:11.188+01:00Comments on Die or D.I.Y.?: The Cortinas – "True Romances" + "Please Don't Hit Me (CBS Demo's)" (1978)Jonny Zchivagohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09859740264284241032noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8624282421125812337.post-91286913042155208342019-05-15T23:59:46.323+02:002019-05-15T23:59:46.323+02:00there best stuff besides there two singlesthere best stuff besides there two singlesSLAUGHTER OF INNOCENTShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10809844548342763537noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8624282421125812337.post-47956034495282188672017-07-01T08:08:53.471+02:002017-07-01T08:08:53.471+02:00Yeah, i loved that section. Especially because it ...Yeah, i loved that section. Especially because it wasn't split into alphabetical order,and virtually anything with a vaguely 'punk' connection got shoved in there.<br />Luckily, my school mate sold me LAMF for £1.50 when he went all Northern Soul.Great cover photo,great album.<br />Another place i liked was HMV's singles section in the Haymarket,where all the singles were just chucked in a pile resembling a jumble sale...very punk roc i thought. For some reason there was about thirty copies of Wayne County's 'Fuck Off' ep ,and at least ten copies of the "Raped" single there for ages.Just waited for those irremovable HMV sale stickers to ruin the sleeves and then I could afford them at 50p or less. Jonny Zchivagohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09859740264284241032noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8624282421125812337.post-88048814841547649432017-07-01T00:53:40.333+02:002017-07-01T00:53:40.333+02:00Ah. Revolver Records. Remember standing in there...Ah. Revolver Records. Remember standing in there, staring at the cover of LAMF and wondering what the hell people who looked like that could possibly sound like. That Punk/new wave section was a real godsend. Meant I could happily ignore the entire rest of the shop.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8624282421125812337.post-84419646472102169922017-06-30T22:58:09.891+02:002017-06-30T22:58:09.891+02:00Indeed Ollie, the first two singles,and the Peel s...Indeed Ollie, the first two singles,and the Peel session were great pieces of early punk rock......the demos are also in that territory,just lacking that killer tunes or two.Jonny Zchivagohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09859740264284241032noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8624282421125812337.post-26802484022593102532017-06-30T22:52:26.326+02:002017-06-30T22:52:26.326+02:00No plans to post any Head....I don't have any,...No plans to post any Head....I don't have any, or have heard any.<br />So feel free to leave some links here.<br />YOU WILL HAVE FUN started to creep in during Punk with the singer regularly complaining that no-one was dancing!!!?.....what the fuck were they going on about?.....dancing to songs about having No Future and having nothing; nothing to enjoy there surely?<br />Then we had the fucking Specials, where everyone was expected to go nuts to somgs about urban decay and being trapped in relationships.<br />This is why Throbbing gristle became so attractive.....i didn't see much to dance about personally.Jonny Zchivagohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09859740264284241032noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8624282421125812337.post-90365948571328043792017-06-30T20:43:16.038+02:002017-06-30T20:43:16.038+02:00Since you're on a Bristol (and anti-Bristol) b...Since you're on a Bristol (and anti-Bristol) bent, I wonder if you enjoy (or detest) the music that Gareth Sager and ex-Cortina Nick Sheppard made together in a band called Head. I can share their three LP's, if you don't already have plans to post them.<br /><br />Some of Head's songs suffer from the "enforced jollity" that you recently described (YOU WILL HAVE FUN!), which can be just as bad as its opposite: po-faced political self-righteousness (YOU WILL FEEL GUILTY!).<br /><br />I made an obsessive series of compilations from Gareth Sager's many recordings since the demise of the Pop Group (with Float Up CP, Head, Pregnant, etc.) Maybe someone here will enjoy them: <br /><br />nathannothinsez.blogspot.com/search?q=gareth+sager+getsjonderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17768659223034248624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8624282421125812337.post-27089576181929847002017-06-30T17:34:38.418+02:002017-06-30T17:34:38.418+02:00I LOVED (and still do) the first 2 singles. When e...I LOVED (and still do) the first 2 singles. When ebay was new-ish True Romance was one of the first things I bought. Expectations were high. My disappointment lever was higher after I listened to the album. I'm curious about the demos, so thanks for posting them!Ollie Stenchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03833984284395681016noreply@blogger.com