VA - Soul Jazz Records Presents PUNK 45: There's No Such Thing As Society - Get A Job, Get A Car, Get A Bed, Get Drunk! (2024)

Soul Jazz Records’ new 10th anniversary edition of their long-out-of-print Punk 45: No Such Thing As Society.This new edition is fully remastered, repackaged and includes five new tracks from 23 Skidoo, Notsensibles, Pretty Boy Floyd, The Astronauts and The Impossible Dreamers. The album charts the rise of underground punk and post-punk in the UK from 1977-81.

The album is a collection of seminal, classic, obscure and rare punk and post-punk singles from the likes of The Mekons, Johnny Moped, The Killjoys, The Rings and many more which all chart the rise of independent music and Do It Yourself culture that exploded in the wake of punk and during the years of Britain under Margaret Thatcher."

"Famous punk bands such as The Sex Pistols and The Clash grabbed headlines as they captured the spirit of discontent in mid-Seventies Britain. Meanwhile they inspired thousands of teenagers to learn the very rudiments of music, shout about one thing or another and, if they got their act together, record a single or two before disintegrating. Punk 45: There Is No Such Thing As Society proves what diamonds in the rough those singles so often were."

Tracklist
01. The Users - Sick of You (3:23)
02. Johnny Moped - Incendiary Device (2:09)
03. The Astronauts - Everything Stops for Baby (2:03)
04. PRETTY BOY FLOYD AND THE GEMS - Rough, Tough, Pretty Too (2:15)
05. 23 Skidoo - Last Words (3:38)
06. NotSensibles - I'm I Love With Margaret Thatcher (3:33)
07. The Rings - I Wanna Be Free (2:49)
08. The Now - Development Corporations (3:09)
09. The Killjoys - Johnny Won't Get To Heaven (2:41)
10. The Impossible Dreamers - Spin (4:45)
11. The Lines - White Night (3:25)
12. O'level - East Sheen (3:02)
13. The Jermz - Power Cut (1:49)
14. Roses Are Red - Can't Understand (3:06)
15. Eric Random - 23 Skidoo (3:17)
16. The Nerves - TV Adverts (2:47)
17. The Mekons - 32 Weeks (1:40)
18. The Freeze - For J.P.S. (With Love and Loathing) (2:13)
19. The Scabs - Leave Me Alone (2:48)
20. The Cravats - You're Driving Me (4:52)
21. The Shapes - Wot's For Lunch Mum? (1:30)
22. The Cigarettes - They're Back Again, Here They Come (3:56)
23. Disturbed - I Don't Believe (4:26)
24. Puncture - Mucky Pup (2:04)
25. Josef K - Radio Drill Time (4:05)