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Early Buzzcocks Given A Make-Over

by Music-News.com on January 10, 2017

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The early days of the Buzzcocks are being chronicled in a brand new box set, Buzzcocks MK.1.

Out on March 10, the box set will include:

Spiral Scratch 7″ (Standard Edition) Vinyl, CD
Time’s Up Heavyweight 12″ Vinyl, CD
Download Card with audio for Spiral Scratch & Time’s Up plus bonus Breakdown video download (live from Lesser Free Trade Hall, Manchester)
Shy Talk Fanzine No.4 featuring contributions from (ex-manager) Richard Boon, (sleeve designer) Malcolm Garrett, (photographer) Kevin Cummins, (author) Clinton Heylin and (Manchester punk icon) Denise Shaw
Buzzcocks Chronology (1976-77) A4 Booklet
A print of the original Spiral Scratch Recording Tape Box
Postcard Flyers (7)
Photo Prints (5)
Pin Badges (3)
Posters (2)

The Buzzcocks formed in 1976 and recorded their first demos at Stockport’s Revolution Studio. Singer Howard Devoto kept recordings of the session which is included on the brand new Time’s Up collection.

The next year, they released their debut EP, Spiral Scratch, which is credited with being the first self-released punk record in the U.K. and only the third release by a British punk band after The Damned’s New Rose and the Sex Pistol’s Anarchy in the U.K.

The track lists:

Time’s Up
You Tear Me Up
Breakdown
Friends Of Mine
Orgasm Addict
Boredom
Times Up
Lester Sands (Drop In The Ocean)
Love Battery
I Can’t Control Myself
I Love You, You Big Dummy
Don’t Mess Me Around
Spiral Scratch
Breakdown
Time’s Up
Boredom
Friends Of Mine

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