The Au Pairs - You 7'' (1979)

New wave from England

Tracklist:
01. You
02. Domestic departure
03. Kerb crawler

Released by 021 Records in 1979.

Some artsy rock of late 70's. Was really into new wave and post-punk two years ago but lost interest in it. This record is still a proper rockin album though especially the guitars on You.

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You

X-Ray Spex - Oh Bondage Up Yours! 7'' (1977)

Punk/New wave from UK

Tracklist:
01. Oh Bondage Up Yours!
02. I Am A Cliché

Released by Virgin Records in 1977.

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Oh Bondage Up Yours!

Noise - Inget Ljus 7'' (1979)

New wave rock from Sweden

Tracklist:
01. Inget ljus (No light)
02. Tror du? (Do you think?)
03. Hjälp (Help)

Released by Kloaak Records in 1979.

This band shows how popmusic with bloody cowbells, synthesizer and whatnot can be done well. Why they never became popular is beyond me.

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Performing two songs and answering questions on some kids-show in the 80's

The Cure - Killing an arab 7'' (1978)

Post punk/New wave from England

Tracklist:
01. 10:15 Saturday night
02. Killing an arab

Released by Small Wonder Records in 1978.

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Killing an arab (Official video)

Death in june - Heaven street EP 12'' (1981)

New wave/Gothic from England

Tracklist:
01. Heaven st.
02. In the night time
03. We drive east

Released by New European Recordings in 1981.

Before the band became to artsy/hipster for my taste they actually delivered some dark quite spooky rock. This particulair record got a bit of a reputation because of it's neo-fascist imagery, a song supposedly dedicated to the German soldiers fighting in Russia (We drive east) and the fact that a member was a member of British National Party, which in my oppinion makes the music even more intresting.

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Heaven st (with lyrics)

V/A - Åminne punkfiesta LP (1981)

Rock/Punk Compilation from Sweden

Tracklist:
01. Akupunktur - Nu är det slut (It's over now)
02. Mahatma pop - Nollställning (Back to zero)
03. Tvärtom - Barn ibland (Child in you)
04. Abstrakt - Liv eller död (Life or death)
05. Vanvett - Kurts klago ord (Kurts complaint)
06. Tvärtom - Hr. Andersson (Mr Andersson)
07. Abstrakt - Släng ditt vapen (Throw your guns)
08. Mahatma pop - Pansarvagn (Tank)
09. Akupunktur - Värnamo stad (Värnamo city)
10. Vanvett - Arbetar blues (Workers blues)
11. Mono - Ensam (Alone)

Released by Åminne Räckårds in 1981.

Probably one of the rarest Swedish punkrecords to date with only a handfull of copies out there and obscure bands that no one but Swedish music nerds or people in their 50's that spent their youth in little Värnamo has heard about.
Most songs are far from good but the band Tvärtom is bloody fantastic and needs some recognition today.
High quality scans of the albumcover and aditional information can be found here (number 17). If anyone needs any of the records posted in that list i might be of help so please let me know.

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Blitz - New age 7'' (1983)

Post punk/New wave from England

Tracklist:
01. New age
02. Fatigue

Released by Future Records in 1983.

Friday, free for the comming days, opened a couple of beers already.... whats better than a bit of pianopunk and one of 1980's best new wave songs to start the evening of?

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New age (video)

Above the ruins - Songs of the wolf (1986)

New wave/Neofolk from UK

Tracklist:
01. Waiting
02. Roses
03. Last rites
04. Under western skies
05. Song of the wolf
06. Hundred flags
07. Progress
08. Make us strong

Released by First Floor Records in 1986. Originally released on cassette in 1985 and was later released on CD at two different occations.

A "post-punk" project started by Tony Wakeford after he got booted from Death in june because of his involvement with BNP. He later started Sol Invictus and trashed this sideproject. Because of it's anti-communist message and some lyrics questioning globalisation and multiculturalism the rest of the artists remained anonymous.

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Song of the wolf

Futurisk - Army now (video)

Edited from a recording at Ed Rich Rock Show in 1982. The synth...the hair...the 80's!

Futurisk - Sound of futurism 7'' (1980)

Minimal wave/Synth from America

Tracklist:

01. Army now

02. What we have to have

Released by Clark Humphrey Records in 1980.

Probably more punk than most of it's counterparts. Simple and genuine sound going on here.

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V/A - Return of the living dead LP (1985)

Punk/New wave compilation

Tracklist:
01. The Cramps - Surfin' Dead
02. 45 Grave - Partytime
03. TSOL - Nothing For You
04. The Flesheaters - Without A Face
05. Roky Erickson - Burn The Flames
06. The Damned - Dead Beat Dance
07. Tall Boys - Take A Walk
08. The Jet Black Berries - Love Under Will
09. SSQ - Tonight (we'll make love until we die)
10. SSQ - Trash's Theme

Released by Enigma Records in 1985.

Great movie with great music to go with it. Check out my review of the movie here.

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One of the songs