My favourite punk singles from 1977 ranked. Contenders must be from 1977, owned by me and I restricted myself to one single from any one band. Thanks for watching 1978. Video here… • My top 20 PUNK 45s fro...
I was 15 in 1977 and had every single in this list. Then I got married aged 24 and had to sell everything to get a pram for my daughter. This era was my time I saw the Clash in Inverness. The Jam in the Capitol in Aberdeen playing their debut album and saw Suzie and the banshees 3 times. Great times and great memories.
Really enjoyed this thanks. I have 18 of these, and love hearing you talk about them A great period of music for me. And delighted that you got Ramones in there! ;)
Good video few things i would of left off....my top 5(save space lol).. 5) the Bears - Decisions. 4) the Adverts - No Time to be 21. 3) the Clash - Clash City Rockers. 2) Subway Sect - Nobodys Scared. 1) Siouxsie and the Banshees - Hong Kong Garden (first band i saw live age 13 in 1978 when it came out & my first year into punk).
You are correct ‘this perfect day’ was the same TOTP as ‘pretty vacant’ , I remember that but I often struggle to remember why I just went into the kitchen 😁
There are so many brilliant punk singles from 77. For so many of us at the time John Peel was essential listening. You did well to keep the list down to 20. I think I would have chosen One Chord Wonders as my favourite Adverts single. I would definitely have to put some Damned in the list, probably Stretcher Case Baby. Also Larry Wallis with Police Car. Enjoyable video. Cheers...Mike
I did contemplate Stretcher Case and Police Car. Also Fascist Dictator by Cortinas, Right to work by Chelsea. Orgasm addict by Buzzcocks, bootboys by Slaughter and Screwed Up by Menace. What a great year. Thanks for watching Mike.
Hello Chris. Im viewing from New Zealand , and i was 17 in 1977. I liked Punk back then. My favourite group was the Damned. I had the pleasure of seeing Public Image Ltd in the 1980s, and it was great to see John Lydon perform. We had a small punk scene here in NZ, with the band Suburban Reptiles and the Scavengers being popular. Pretty Vacant is my fave Sex Piatols song too. I liked the Stranglers too. Get a grip on Yourself is excellent.
Tremendous Chris, Buzzcocks Orgasm Addict replaces the Heartbreakers, Neat Neat Neat replaces The Motors and Action Time Vision replaces the Vibrators. Excellent selection and informative Cheers
I do agree on a a lot of your selections Chris but I have a few others, One record from 1977 that really stood out for me and still does today was from Squeeze, the song Cat on a Wall, from the Packet of Three EP on Deptford Fun City Records (owned by Miles Copeland) I love the intro it's very Pistol-esque in places with the opening riff/intro, so much energy in it. My other big was Grip by the The Stranglers, again so much energy and aggression and fabulous work/input by all 4 band members especially Dave Greenfield RIP.
I was 15 in 1977 the first record I heard that really got me into punk was new rose by the damned, I was hooked thereafter. Still my favourite record of all time. Heard it on the new wave compilation album and spent all my pocket money on every record I could get hold of with damned damned damned being my first lp. Still have most of them still today. 😊
@@thevinylorchard5929 Yes he was I used to record some of his shows on cassette! Oops 😆 MY list would change from week to week! With me The Jam All around the world was my favourite! And the Rezilloes I can't stand my baby! But all great stuff!
Don’t have dead boys on 45. Only album. Buzzcocks is in my 78 list. Ditto identity. Neat would make it but don’t own it on 45. Only on album. This for me was a nostalgic list as much as anything. Cheers my friend, Chris
Thanks to RU-vid for putting this on my feed, brilliant top 20, everyone has their own and, personally , I would’ve swapped White Riot with Complete Control. I would also have found room for New Rose (Damned) and What Do I Get (Buzzcocks). You’ve also just prompted me to get my Eater album out and give it a spin 😂😂😂👍
Thank you for watching. They had to be from 1977. So New Rose wouldn’t qualify (1976) and What do I get is 78. The latter is going to feature in my follow up to this when I share my top 20 but from 1978. Eater were a decent band. Cheers, Chris
Great selection, thanks for the video. I totally agree with Gary Gilmore's Eyes and Do Anything You Wanna Do - two of the best songs ever to be released on black plastic. Speaking of The Saints, I would prefer the 2-minute bomber Demolition Girl. Anyway, I was wondering about that comic book page at your wall. What's that?
I'd have to include Mary of the 4th Form in my 1977 choices. Used to cycle 6 miles to Wool Station to get to the Village Bowl and catch the Milk Train home afterwards. Think the Rats 1977 tour might have been my 1st ever gig so im probably swayed by that. Magic times.
I agree with the rods tune! Probably put that as one or two in mine, a real manifesto for life that song! Will get back to you about the rest of my list in another comment!!
Pretty Vacant was the first song that really blew my mind. I like this list it was very interesting but I am surprised that some of bands listed were included especially the Motors and I’m even more surprised that the Damned aren’t featured being the ones who started it all. No Sham 69 and the Clash so far down the list but it’s a personal choice. Thanks very enjoyable.
Debated Motors but went with it in the end. I don’t have any 77 era Damned on 45. New rose was 76 so couldn’t be included. Sham 69 were more 78 onwards.
Enjoyed watching the video and throwing my toys out of my pram from time to time :) I don't think The Motors even pretended to be punk. They were more of a Status Quo pub rock cover band. Looking back almost 50 years on, I think "Oh Bondage Up Yours" was the best and most important single released during '77. At the time, for me, it was "God Save The Queen" followed by "Complete Control". I would also have found room for Alternative TV's "How Much Longer" and Chelsea's "Right To Work", but it's all opinion. Probably.
Some great choices there. I really debated including the Motors but at the time John Peel,was playing it and mixing it in with punk classics. So it’s there. And in the end this is just my favourites. But I am loving the comments. It’s what makes making videos so worthwhile . Cheers, Chris
Good list, I also owned many of these and saw many of them live.. I would also have included Chelsea, the Fall, Buzzcocks and Metal Urbain, all regulars on the mighty Peel show!
Right to work and orgasm addict nearly made it. I don’t own any Fall. Never got them. I have Paris maquis 45 by metal urbain which is interesting but for me not essential. Thanks for watching and commenting Simon
@@thevinylorchard5929a cracking tune, they werefrom Belfast, a bit like a more pop version of Stiff Little Fingers, the album they did isn't too bad either
@@thevinylorchard5929 Evening Chris, a great record from '77 was Let's Go on Lightning label by Blitzkrieg Bop (Morton Sound) Originally. (youtube doesn't have the proper version) Don't for Punk Junk by The Water Pistols on the State label. Regards and thanks, Ian.
I had hopes of competing with you when I saw the title, but no. Still have many of the singles I bought in '77, but you were diving deeper. I was a regular patron of Rather Ripped Records in Berkeley, California, and they got frequent shipments from England, so I do have some wonderful 45s. Also got some goodies from the back page ads in Trouser Press. It was a good time to be alive.
great video [you could play bits of the records ...would be even better[ brings back great memories, especially lurkers and eater. clash complete control, and vibrators into the future missing !!!!! but otherwise brilliant....did you ever hear yobs xmas album?
I'm glad you had Pistols at number one. It makes perfect sense as they were the pinnacle of punk movement at the time with damn fine tunes. Wouldn't make sense to not have them claim the top spot! As for The Boys First Time, I have forgotten about that song. It's great but I didn't know who it was by, so thanks for that.
Enjoyed this. Really interesting idea. I'm guessing your Rule 1' about having to have a physical copy of the single meant you didn't have The Buzzcocks Orgasm Addict? They would def be in my top 5
I do indeed have orgasm addict but it didn’t make it as well as Maniacs, Slaughter, Cortinas, alternative Tv, Chelsea, menace, 999, nosebleeds, and Larry Wallis. And that’s just 77. Too much choice
I watched this and the '78 one a few days back, really enjoyable. I turned ten years old in the Summer of '77 and although I'd had records scrounged from my brothers (Bolan, Slade etc) 1977 was the year I started getting new records. I still prefer Holidays in the Sun / Satellite to Pretty Vacant though and The Rats' Mary of the 4th Form a massive single for me then (the lyrics appearing a little creepy now) . The Modern World by The Jam was first bought by my cousin and became the song that changed my life to be honest; I still loved a lot of the punk and new wave tracks, but the sixties bands also beckoned and the Mod revival was on the horizon. Some great 45s here, some unexpected too. Nice to hear a mention of Armadillo, I loved that shop although I went there a few years after you. With it being a bit out of the main town I usually only got as far as Uptown at The Triangle. Cheers again for this!
what do you say to these type of vids, personal taste really. i have most of these , probably over 12 of them. although an ep, i would add buzzcocks spiral scratch. there's a heap
I understand they were the forerunners of punk though. Didn’t really come over very well. I wonder if they would have had the success they did if punk hadn’t happened? Cheers, Chris
The Dr Feelgood live album "Stupidity" topped the UK album charts in September 1976 before either "Anarchy" or "New Rose" were released. I think they were a symptom of the audience that was waiting for punk rock rather than a band that jumped on the train, like, say, The Stranglers or The Only Ones. They would have been who they were, either way.@@thevinylorchard5929
You saying about buying the wrong song, I did that also . John Peel used to play Helter Skelter by Siouxsie a lot . I was in Virgin Marble Arch and I saw a banshees single with a staircase cover .. you can guess the rest! Was very surprised when i got home but loved it all the same !!
I was hoping you would include that Sex Pistols single. My copy got warped on top of a hot amplifier, but I kept it anyway. Most of what I have is Pistols, or Clash, or Costello but I do have that same Eddie & The Hot Rods 45 with the Aleister Crowley sleeve. Happy days.
Interesting, just last week I noticed that I play In The City way more than any other Jam LP these days. That & Can't Stand The Rezillos (fantastic bass) are regulars on ny turntable.
The Damned - New Rose ( I know Late 1976, but this had be on the list ) The Undertones 'Teenage Kicks' The Fall - Repetition ( Bingo-Master's Break-Out) The Buzzcocks - Boredom (Spiral Scratch ) Subway Sect - Nobodys Scared Wire- '1 2 X U ' The Depressions - Family Planning Richard Hell & The Voidoids - Blank Generation The Killjoys - Johnny Won't Get to Heaven London - Everyone's a Winner 999 - Nasty! Nasty! Penetration - Don't Dictate Slaughter and the Dogs - You're a Bore Generation X - Your Generation Johnny Moped - incendiary Device Chelsea - Right to Work The Drones - Bone Idol Cortinas - Fascist Dictator The Maniacs - Chelsea77 Stinky Toys - Boozy Creed and yes ... Television- 'Marquee Moon'
Fabulous list I sold New Rose years ago stupidly but it wouldn’t get in on the basis of being 76. Contemplated Boredom. Thought about Maniacs, Slaughter, cortinas , Chelsea Nasty Nasty was a possibility but have shown it a few times recently as I have the super rare 78rpm copy Might have included RHell but don’t own the single only the LP Teenage Kicks yes but 78 Moped SSEct, Killjoys, and Drones are on my want list Generation X. Mmm not sure but I do have it Showed Penetration. Great stuff
Awesome collection. I would have squeezed Ian Drury in there. Great to see The Saints so high, many would have put Stranded instead of This Perfect Day although I agree with you. Yes punk was over by the end of the 70s and the UK and Aussies did it best.
Love Ian Dury but today he didn’t make it. Tough call. I’m stranded is great and was the second saints single I bought. This Perfect Day as well,as being perfect is my nostalgic pick too.
Art School is indeed the best track on In The City. The 1st track I heard by The Jam on a free lp given away by Sounds. No Damned is interesting. I’d have chosen White Man for The Clash track and Can’t Stand My Baby and would have found space for Spiral Scratch probably ahead of The Yobs. Nice rundown btw, cheers
I'm surprised that i didn't know all of these. Many great songs and bands. There's a song by a Finnish punk band which is actually a love song to Gaye Advert. Very un-punk thing to do. Sax player was Lora Logic ( i don't remember right now did she play on that particular track), don't know how they managed to get her to play on it considering their budget must've been around as much as a used tea bag. I must put my number one as Sex Pistols Holidays In The Sun as it had the incredible intro which in time would help my way in to punk rock music. Pasi
@@thevinylorchard5929 Had to come back here and tell you; Just a day ago i watched this video of yours and yesterday i found one of those singles. Radiators From Space. Some coincidence huh?
Yes! You took me back in time again, I had and still have most of those, not the one about eating worms though I haven’t heard that. I have eater on white vinyl thinking of the USA and I believe the drummer was 14.
This was so interesting and a single by single record of 77 that matches mine. I thought an early Buzzcocks might have made it. Laura Logic's band Essential Logic still play as do others including The Boys who are still great live.
Of course all lists are subjective..I too was 14 in 77 but my choices are a little different.. 1..The Adverts- Safety in Numbers 2.. Slaughter and the dogs- Where have all the bootboys gone? 3.. Buzzcocks - What do i get? 4..999- Emergency 5..Ultravox!-Young savage 6..Sham69- Borstal Breakout 7..Sex Pistols- God save the Queen 8..The Clash-Complete control 9.. Generation X- Your Generation 10..Eater-Outside View
I was 15 in 1977 and I like most of your choices but I would have chosen Complete Control.as the Clash Choice. Anyway here are some of my top pick of the punks from'77: Orgasm Addict-Buzzcocks,(Pete Shelley is song writing legend, of course Leavin' Here-Motorhead (borderline but raw enough to be punkish) Arrabs in Arrads -Art Attacks (Funny Non PC Good tune) Stranglers-Go Buddy Go I do like Peaches as well. Peaches really brings back the Summer of '77, but Go Buddy go is such a brilliant rocker. For the Adverts I would have One Chord Wonders or Safety in Numbers, but yes Gary Gilmour's Eyes is a great weird idea for a song and a good tune. .
Great choices. I really debated complete control but white riot was my entry point. So it’s a nostalgic choice. One chord wonders is great. That peaches 45 was something else. Great B side as you said.
Damn fine list, could haggle about including the Damned but life is too short. Someone has got to turn this into a spotify playlist (or better still a youtube playlist).
Good to see uxbridge band the lurkers in. Ironically I saw penetration at brunel uni in uxbridge in 78,and just a few days later the rezillos, undertones supported by joy division at the same venue. Great days
@@thevinylorchard5929I moved to Devon from London around 25 years ago, and was surprised how many great punk acts played in Plymouth amongst other venues in the south west
An idea…. Around 77-82 I would buy records due to the colour of the vinyl ! Come back Jonee by Devo (Grey) being an example as I had not heard them . How about you fav coloured vinyls!!
Remember the Dickies did "Banana Splits" in a yellow vinyl and "White Christmas" in a white vinyl,l have The Members "Sound of the Suburbs" in clear vinyl,will have to get my box of Singles out of the cupboard see what else is there.
All a matter of taste I suppose, id have had binned that very poor Radiators single , ditto Lurkers, Eater, Vibrators even Don’t Dictate and Oh Bondage were pretty weak singles compared to their better material and substituted with : Dead Boys - Sonic Reducer, Buzzcocks - What Do I Get, Generation X - Your Generation, The Damned - Neat Neat Neat, The Avengers - Car Crash, Subway Sect - Ambition, Wire - Mannequin, XRay Spex - Identity, Snivelling Shits - Bring Me The Head, but spot on with the Saints and Pretty Vacant!
1. Cock Sparrer - We love you 2. The Damned - Love Song 3. Elvis Costello - Oliver's army 4. Sex Pistols - Holiday in the sun 5. Heavy Metal Kids - Delirious
I would include ALL those tunes in your ‘bubbling under, not quite sure ‘ list, as Punk. For the simple reason that to me Punk isn't really a sound that you can define and put your finger on, that is set in stone..but more of a ‘period in time’ and a ‘feeling given’. My personal opinion. Keep the great posting up… and hope to see a time when you're able to play the 45s as you do your countdown. .. A little Dansette of similar would suffice and give us listeners the authenticity of the era. 🤔🤷🏼♂️👍🏼
@@thevinylorchard5929 if you were to play youy45s as you did your countdown, just write a disclaimer, firstly ,Thanking all the bands and artists, producers and record labels.. and saying that you ‘do not own the rights’ but if there are any complaints from the people that do ,then to contact you at your channel.. I've seen this approach on many other channels with don't seem to have been closed down. It could possibly work in your favour as many old-school punk tunes are on the smaller independent labels who could welcome the fresh exposure, that's if they're still in operation. Wishing you well with all your future offerings comrade.
Great video me ode, got me playing my '77 singles. Much prefer complete control to white riot. a few others are. slaughter & the dogs- cranked up, the nosebleeds- ain't been to no music school, the drones - i just want to be myself, Raped - EP. killjoys- johnny won't get to heaven (what's the connection to jocky wilson....?), so many classics, lost a lot of interest in '78, the originality was gone, the media had told everyone what 'punk' was all about and what to wear, in THEIR opinion. '77 defintely was the prime of punk.
The single version of "This Perfect Day' is sublime. The 'b'side of 'Dancing the night Away' is 'Whiskey & Wine' which is one of the great unheard punk songs. The Adverts 'Crossing the Red Sea' is probably the best pure punk album.
Can't argue with your number one, although any of the pistols singles could have topped your chart , I'd have put shadow by the Lurkers at number 2 , it's such a perfect single, can't understand why it's never been covered by a major act .
Hi Chris, when you got to number one I was saying to myself it will either be the Pistols or the Damned. So disappointed when it wasn't the Damned, then I read the comments, I hope it isn't too rude to call you a pillock for selling your Damned records. 🙃 At the start you said you saw a few of the bands, I was lucky and saw most of them, some more than once. A good selection, if I went through your 1977 collection of singles, as in your rules, I think I might have came up with a very similar listing. It was a great time in my life, best summed up by Joe Strummer, I'm the white man in the palais Just loo- lookin' for fun Only lookin' for fun Oh, please mister Just leave me alone I'm only Lookin' for fun Lookin' for fun F, U, N Fun, despite all the cow dug written defining punk, F U N was the main reason for me.
Sold New Rose in about 7879. Mad. Never got it back. So expensive now. I am going to post a 1978 version of this soon I saw Jam, Clash and Radiators from Space. Thank you so much for watching and taking the time to comment Cheers, Chris
Probably owned most of them at the time. Really would have threw one chord wonders. Naive the killjoys and regulations neon hearts. Nice to see X-ray spex in there ❤
My top 10 1 new rose 2 complete control 3 holidays in the sun 4 bodies 5Gary Gilmores eyes 6 no more heroes 7 thinking of the USA 8 Blitzcreig bop 9 white riot 10 neat neat neat. 😊
great video, some terrific selections most of which i own, strange that you exclude TRB on the grounds that they're 'not punk' yet you include the motors, its all very subjective but i'd have put TRB in if you are including the motors, both bands weren't really 'punk' in the true sense but they were both a part of it, same with the hot rods, all great bands which i love, dancing the night away is an absolute classic, you say that the feelgoods jumped on the punk bandwagon to some extent, with respect that is nonsense, the feelgoods were a great band who actually inspired the punk generation to a large extent and in my opinion never tried to adapt themselves to the punk style in a way that say the vibrators or the stranglers(both existing before punk exploded) did, the feelgoods stuck to their high energy R and B regardless, personally i'd have put slaughter and the dogs bootboys in, the models man of the year, cortinas fascist dictator, one chord wonders by the adverts, killjoys johnny won't get to heaven and maybe baby baby by the vibrators, perhaps also young savage by ultravox! a very different band in 77 to the one with which most people are familiar with! great nostalgic fun, another forgotten classic is radio stars dirty pictures
I found it really knowing what to include or not actually. Love that TRb song. What I really meant about Feelgood was that they were lumped in with punk although predated it. I wonder if they would have had the success they had in late 70s without punk. Love the band. Toyed with Slaughter as I love that song. Also cranked up too. Like cortinas and one chord but Gilmore is one of my favourite from this era. Would love the Killjoys 45. Ultravox! were a terrific band in the early ! version. Haven’t played dirty pictures for years. Brilliant comment Simon. Thank you so much for watching and contributing your thoughts. Going to do a 1979 version but it is mainly new wave and hardly any punk as such. Cheers, Chris
Eaters Dee Generate was actually Roger Bullen from Caterham just South of Croydon in Surrey. He was a classmate of mine in 77 at De Stafford school and was influential in the popularity of punk within the school. I think I’m right in saying that he was coached in his drumming by Chris Miller; Rat Scabies of The Damned.
In ‘77 I was an art student in Bournemouth. I went to any punk gig I could and remember seeing The Stranglers, The Boys and The Jam. When the summer vacation came I moved back up to London and joined a band called first The Monotones and later Berlin as lead singer and rhythm guitarist. We decided to do as many gigs as possible, get tight and take over the world. I had a really brilliant 1977. I took tons of speed, smoked masses of dope, drank as much as possible and had sex with anyone who was willing to.We Played all over England often with Eater and a band called The Maniacs. Thank you for posting this for a while I felt young again.
Maniacs were a contender for the list. Chelsea 77 Sounds like you had a great 77. I was 14 but had lots of fun! Thanks for watching and commenting. So appreciated. Going to do a follow up on 78 singles. Cheers, chris
