Oh! You Pretty Things - Glam Queens and Street Urchins Grapefruit Records/Cherry Red It seems extraordinary retrospectively that there was felt to be any need at all for the punk movement in the mid to late 70s. Politically it was moribund...

Pure Exotica – As Dug by Lux & Ivy Righteous Records/Cherry Red Lux and Ivy get another name-check (I wonder if Ivy gets a cheque in the post?) with Righteous' new comp which has far more focus than some of their...

Tommy James & The Shondells Celebration – The Complete Roulette Recordings 1966-1973 Grapefruit/Cherry Red Putting you on the spot, there's every chance you can't name a song by Tommy James & The Shondells. You know them and will emit an elongated “ohhhh”...

Mudhoney "Real Low Vibe: The Reprise Recordings 1992-1998" Cherry Red Records It was a sure sign of record label bafflement that Mudhoney was one of the last Seattle-based bands to be signed by a major during the frantic signing of contracts in...

Various Artists - “Fast Jivin' Class Cutters High on Booze – Spellbound Cavemen and Mad Scientists From the Vault of Lux and Ivy” Righteous Records/Cherry Red ...and with that one title, my word-count is almost complete. These surely endless compilations based...