Various - Soul Jazz Records Presents: PUNK 45 I’m A Mess! D-I-Y Or Die! Art, Trash & Neon – Punk 45s In The UK 1977-78 CD merch Sure to delight the senses

Sure to delight the senses of the senseless with thudding violence and irritated vitriol

The Hangman’s Beautiful Daughter

with an overarching story that flows throughout

and the final two tracks introduce a bit of the explosive chaos that would follow when Adris finally claimed the drum kit

When this reissue of Salah Ragab & The Cairo Jazz Band’s Egypt Strut first arrived in store I was excited to potentially hear another cross-cultural jazz collab in the vein of Don Cherry or Archie Shepp

Various - Soul Jazz Records Presents: PUNK 45 I’m A Mess! D-I-Y Or Die! Art, Trash & Neon – Punk 45s In The UK 1977-78 CD merch Sure to delight the sensesSoul Jazz Records long lasting Punk 45 series are high quality editions of early punk 45s. While previous editions have focussed on the early days of punk in Los Angeles, Cleveland, Akron, France, and proto punk, this new edition focusses on mainly do it yourself, or self released 45s, all made in the UK in the early days of punk. While only a handful of Punk 45s were released in 1976, the following two years produced an avalanche of them. Aside from