''The Roxy London WC2'' is a

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taken from various

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bands that played at

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club in

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between January and April 1977.

Overview

The original

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release in 1977 (cat. no. SHSP 4069) included tracks by

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, and the Unwanted that were left off the 1991 Receiver reissue (cat. no. RR 132). Also,

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, the Damned,

Sham 69 Sham 69 are an English punk rock band that formed in Hersham in Surrey in 1975. They were one of the most successful punk bands in the United Kingdom, achieving five top 20 singles, including "If the Kids Are United" and "Hurry Up Harry". The ...

and

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appeared on the reissue but not the original. Finally, even for bands that appear on both discs, some of the tracks have been changed (e.g.

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's "1 2 X U",

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' "

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", etc.) The Receiver album was re-released in 2001 by

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as a double CD set. The original 12-track album reached No. 24 in the

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and spent five weeks in the

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. The album was described as "seminal" by ''The Virgin Encyclopedia of Popular Music'' and others. In 2004, it was recognised as one of the five "Classic Punk Rock Compilation LPs" of all-time, with writer Johnny Normal declaring, "Capturing the full force of the first wave head on, The Roxy is an essential historical reminder of the power and the glory of punk rock". Author and critic Dave Thompson called it "one of the most important (and poorest sounding) live albums ever made, a document of the Roxy Club from on and off stage". However, it has also been described as "a punk rock album of 10 unknown acts who can barely play". Paul Marko's book ''The Roxy London WC2: A Punk History'' (2007) delved deeper, featuring more obscure bands than those on this compilation.

Track listing

;Side one # "Runaway" (Mick Rossi, Wayne Barrett) by

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# "Boston Babies" (Rossi, Barrett) by Slaughter & the Dogs # "Freedom" (Olli Wisdom, Mark Nelson, Danny Destroy, Paul Grotesque) by the Unwanted # "Lowdown" (Bruce Gilbert, Graham Lewis, Colin Newman, Robert Gotobed) by

# "1 2 X U" (Gilbert, Lewis, Newman, Gotobed) by Wire # "Bored Teenagers" ( T.V. Smith) by

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;Side two #

"Hard Loving Man" (Paul Halford) by

# "Don't Need It" (Andy Blade, Ian Woodcock, Brian Chevette, Dee Generate) by

# "15" (Michael Bruce, Alice Cooper, Dennis Dunaway, Neal Smith, Glen Buxton) by Eater # "

" (

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) by

# "Breakdown" (

Pete Shelley Pete Shelley (born Peter Campbell McNeish; 17 April 1955 – 6 December 2018) was an English singer, songwriter and guitarist. He formed early punk band Buzzcocks with Howard Devoto in 1976, and became the lead singer and guitarist in 1977 whe ...

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) by

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# "Love Battery" (Shelley, Devoto) by Buzzcocks ;1991 reissue # "Runaway" by Slaughter & the Dogs # "Boston Babies" by Slaughter & the Dogs # "Rip Off" by

# "Borstal Breakout" by Sham 69 # "Just Don't Care" by Wire # "TV" by Wire # "Bored Teenagers" by the Adverts # "Gary Gilmore's Eyes" by the Adverts # "Living in the City" by

# "Sabre Dancing" by the Boys # "Sick On You" by the Boys # "Oh Bondage, Up Yours!" by X-Ray Spex # "I Am a Cliche" by X-Ray Spex # "Orgasm Addict" by Buzzcocks # "Breakdown" by Buzzcocks # "Love Battery" by Buzzcocks # "World War" by

# "I Couldn't Be with You" by U.K. Subs # "Smash It Up" by the Damned # "Neat Neat Neat" by the Damned

References

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