UK Post-Punk

"From its word-playful title (Deceit / This Heat – say it aloud and twist your tongue) to the lyrics densely written on the back cover, This Heat's second album from 1981 is much more verbally direct than their largely instrumental 1979 debut. The gr…

Original edition of the second LP but first actual album by the Bristol band with crazy improvised and electronic-based post-punk experiments, released on Heartbeat / Cherry Red in 1980.

Thirty years on from the original, Throbbing Gristle returned to the source material of The Second Annual Report - their catastrophic debut of November 1977, pressed in a run of 785 copies on their own Industrial Records with white labels, a "Nothing…

Original UK edition on EMI of the second album from 1981, another post-punk masterpiece possibly as influential as the first one and certainly as essential.

Unofficial 1984 Italian LP with a recording of the live show at Loughborough University Students' Union, December 8, 1983.

Original Italian edition on United Artists of the superb and quite diverse 4th album from 1979. Quite a masterpiece indeed.

Rare original UK 1977 edition on Harvest of possibly the most original debut album of the early new wave and all-time art rock by one of the greatest bands of the last 50 years. Essential masterpiece.

Rare original edition on Rather Records / Rough Trade of the wacky classic avant-garde punk debut album.

1982 EP by the great German Neue Deutsche Welle band released by Les Disques Du Crépuscule in Belgium.

Original UK edition on EMI of the great and funkier 1983 third album by one of the best and most influential post-punk bands.

First LP of jazz-funk experimental new wave by the Sheffied band formed out of the ashes of the first Clock DVA, released by Go! Discs in 1983. Never re-issued on either LP or CD.

Original and only edition on Illuminated of the sole album by Sheffield industrial new wave band. Never re-issued on either LP or CD.

Unofficial 1980 LP on RZM Productions with the tracks recorded for the unreleased album - the RCA sessions. This is an early 1980's re-press on yellow vinyl with laminated sleeve. The 7"EP it originally came with is not included.

Original Italian edition of the 1978 debut album by pop/punk's finest, on Virgin.

1986 re-issue on 4AD of one of the most original and inimitable records produced by the new wave, originally released by the same label in 1980. Essential.

Very early re-press on Factory with plain sleeve of possibly the most acclaimed, rightly so, and influential debut album of the British new wave from 1979, with the amazing production by Martin Hannet. Essential.

Rare original UK edition on Rough Trade of TH's second and final album from 1981, one of the highest achievements of that era and one of the absolute masterpieces of experimental new wave, produced by The Flying Lizards' David Cunningham. Insurmounta…

Original Italian 1978 edition on Harvest of one the greatest new wave and all-time art-rock albums by one of the most original and consistent bands ever. Inventive and beautiful songs throughout. Essential total masterpiece.

Original UK edition on Rough Trade of the fourth album, produced by the Res Crayola's Mayo Thoimpson, Geoff Travis and Grant Showbiz, by Mark. E. Smith's outstanding and mercurial band with roots in the Velvet Underground, released in 1980.

Original UK edition on Mute, and featuring label's boss Daniel Miller, of Frank Tovey's 1980 debut album combining synth pop style with industrial aesthetics.

Original 1983 UK edition on Mute of the sole album by the industrial/synthpop project by Wire/Dome's Gilbert and Lewis with Daniel Miller.

Original UK edition on Rough Trade of the mighty debut album of incredibly charged and politically concerned avant-garde dub jazz-funk punk-rock released in 1979. Absolutely essential masterpiece. No poster.

First 1980 US edition on Warner Bros. of one the most original and beautiful debut albums of the era, an influential masterpiece of post-punk with very few equals. Essential to say the least.

Original German edition of the excellent third album by "gothic" new wave initiators, released by Virgin in 1983.

Rare Rough Trade calendar for the year 1982 designed by Martyn Lambert.

Rare single released buy Dome Records in 1981 with two experimental minimal pop songs courtesy of Angel Conway and B.C. Gilbert (Wire, Dome, etc.).

1978 split LP on Deptford Fun City with live recordings by one of the most seminal and experimental punk bands shared with the Gong-related raw space-rock prychedelic group.

Original 1986 UK edition on Reflex Records of the arty, folky goth-tinged second album.

Original 1988 UK edition on Reflex Records of the arty, folky goth-tinged third album.

Original UK edition of simply one of the best debut albums of the British new wave, dark and innovative, released in 1980 by the new-born 4AD label. Essential.

Unofficial early 1980's German LP on Geebo Geebo Records with recordings of the live shows at Scamps Disco, Oxford, August 11, and at the University Of London, October 31, 1980.

Unofficial German 1982 LP with a recording of the live show at Guildford Civic Hall, October 18th, 1982. Black vinyl with blue cover edition.

Unofficial early 1980's German LP on Bela Lugosi Records with a recording of the live show at Odissea 2001, Milano, May 3, 1982. This is the picture-disc version.

Unofficial 1982 German LP on Geebo Geebo Records with a recording of the live show at Odissea 2001, Milano, May 3, 1982. This is the black and white cover version limited to 400 copies.

Original UK edition of the second and final album released by 4AD in 1982, art/psych/blues/punk fusion at its wildest and best.

Original US edition of the beautiful, indisputable and indispensable 1977 influential experimental album with Brian Eno, with Robert Fripp's significant contribution. Indianapolis pressing.

First 5-track EP of jazz-funk experimental new wave by the Sheffied band formed out of the ashes of the first Clock DVA, released by Go! Discs in 1983. Never re-issued on either LP or CD.

Generous 2LP set of exquisite psych pop by members of the Deep Freeze Mice, the Jung Analysts and the Loch Ness Monster, and featuring R. Stevie Moore, privately released on Egg Plant in 1989.

Unofficial 1981 German LP with folded poster sleeve on Fucktoni Records with a recording of the live show at the Gartenhalle, Karlsruhe, June 11, 1981, plus a studio track. This is the pink paper cover version.

Unofficial 1981 German LP with folded poster sleeve on Fucktoni Records with a recording of the live show at the Gartenhalle, Karlsruhe, June 11, 1981, plus a studio track. This is the yellow paper cover version.