Buzzcocks | Lapsed Vinyl Goddess

I got my BUZZ Splatter yesterday in the mail! Cherry Red Records has released a previously unreleased reunion record demo from the band from 1991. It’s a great little number with a great feel for nostalgia and a great way to remember Pete Shelley.

Watch out, they will sell you anything and everything they can.

The band had disbanded in 1981, and reformed in 1989. They worked on a demo and released a demo cassette that went into circulation in 1991. It features demo tracks and songs that appeared on later records, some of which were not heard until now. That punk energy never left.

Order: Buzzcocks: The 1991 Demo Album, Black & White Vinyl LP
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TRACK LISTING
SIDE ONE
1. DREAMIN’
2. ALIVE TONIGHT (This One!)
3. NEVER GONNA GIVE IT UP
4. WALLPAPER WORLD
5. SUCCESSFUL STREET
6. WHO’LL HELP ME TO FORGET

SIDE TWO
1. SERIOUS CRIME
2. WHY COMPROMISE
3. LAST TO KNOW
4. RUN AWAY FROM HOME (Another good one)
5. SEARCHING FOR YOUR LOVE
6. TRANQUILLIZER
7. WHEN LOVE TURNS AROUND YOU

Also, they have released a whole bunch of music from the last 30 years, just about everything!

Buzzcocks: Sell You Everything (1991-2014) Albums, Singles Rarities, Unreleased, 8CD Boxset
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160 tunes! If you are a big fan, keep yourself busy and dancing.

The Show Got Cancelled

Too Fast to Live, Too Young to Die Exhibit New York

It’s May 26th and I will be playing Buzzcocks records all night and watching a concert video. I was planning to do so anyway, only it won’t be the warm-up for the concert I’d been waiting months for. All the music venues are shut, and tours have been canceled. Artists are in dire straights, those that don’t have a large music catalog and savings, have had to go online to communicate with each other and fans. And many music venues may be shut permanently. Portland the music town is in danger.

The arts are suffering and many governments will not take the entertainment industry seriously. It’s a serious revenue and tax base for local governments, however bailouts won’t happen for small venues, some may not get the SBA Pandemic relief loans either. Venues pay taxes, artists pay taxes. Along with the film industry, music revenues are suffering massive losses due to the COVID-19 pandemic shut down. What is as a whole huge money-driven industry of sound, has come to a grinding halt on the promotion scene live. Everything has gone online broadcast, with some members of bands doing Zoom concerts. Online sales have gone up for digital and vinyl. The industry is adjusting, however, the classic music magazine is struggling, as the print industry was already starting to collapse, and many had shifted to online presence, however, with live shows not playing to physical audiences, the landscape has changed and adapted.