The Boys1. First Time
2. Rue Morgue
3. Kamikaze
4. Cop Cars
5. New Guitar In Town
6. Brickfield Nights
7. Worm Song
8. Terminal Love
9. Living In the City
The Vibrators
1. Wrecked On You
2. London Girls
3. Stiff Little Fingers
4. Wake Up
5. He's A Psycho
6. Baby Baby
7. Flying Duck Theory
8. Whips and Furs
9. I Need A Slave
10. Keep It Clean
11. Feel Alright
12. Sex Kick
13. Bad Time
First, I must say thank you to everyone who commented on the last blog. I hadn't received very much feedback, so I wasn't sure if anyone was even coming, and it's because of you all that I am doing this. I love sharing music with people who are open-minded, as I know all of you are. So thank you, you make this worthwhile.
Now, this is a joint release of The Boys and The Vibrators playing BBC Radio 1, which I believe was John Peel's show. That guy had so many cool bands play, this world was lucky to have someone like him around. I don't know if the two bands recorded these the same day, or if they just happen to both fit onto one release. Either way, this is a killer collection of live tracks. I tend to like The Boys more than The Vibrators, but the latter absolutely shreds on their half, they do an amazing job. The Boys, on the other hand, do a good job, but they chose songs pretty much all from the later part of their career and most of those aren't as good. The Boys had a very underrated vocalist, Duncan "Kid" Reid, and one of the most underrated guitarists of the entire punk explosion, "Honest" John Plain, but went widely unrecognized because their song writing went downhill after their second album. The highlight of The Boys' performance is their cover of The Lurkers' "New Guitar In Town," somewhat of a punk classic. They say at the beginning of the song "It's not a bad single.... for another group," but it's an inside joke, because Plain played with The Lurkers on the single New Guitar In Town/Little Ole Wine Drinker Me, which could very well be their best single because Plain was such a cool guitar player, and he brought a lot of attitude to that single that would otherwise have been missing. Just for the hell of it, I've separated the two bands just in case you want one and not the other. The album itself is going for $300 on Amazon right now, I kid you not. So just get it right here!
The Boys
The Vibrators
