UK Subs – Another Kind Of Blues
(Gem Records 1979 GEMLP100)
Matrix No’s: A1/B1 – UK Pressing
Sleeve in Nr MINT/Excellent+ condition
– a little rubbing wear top & bottom
Inner Sleeve in Nr MINT condition
Vinyl in Nr MINT condition
(there are 1 or 2 light surface marks visible on the vinyl when held up to the light but they don’t affect the sound quality)
The U.K. Subs are an English punk rock band, among the earliest in the first wave of British punk. Formed in 1976, the mainstay of the band has been vocalist Charlie Harper, originally a singer in Britain’s R&B scene. They were also one of the first street punk bands.
Another Kind of Blues is the first studio album released by English punk band, the U.K. Subs. It was released in the UK on 14 September 1979 on GEM Records, a subsidiary of RCA. It is considered as a classic from the punk era.
The style of music borrows heavily from blues and rock’n’roll but infused much of the energy and social commentary that was shaping the wider punk rock scene.
Critics were divided on the album’s merits. Writing for the New Musical Express, Charles Shaar Murray described the album as being “As appetising as the tea-bag left to dry on the saucer” , while in Sounds, Garry Bushell awarded the album five stars and called it “a near perfect slice of good time high energy punk.”
The first 20,000 copies were printed on blue vinyl and the album reached number 21 in the UK album charts.
The U.K. Subs have released 26 official albums, each beginning with a different letter of the alphabet. Their most recent, Ziezo, was released in 2016.
Miles Davis’s Kind of Blue was released 20 years before this album (1959).
Track listing
- All songs written by Nicky Garratt and Charlie Harper, except where noted.
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | “C.I.D.” | Harper, Richard Anderson | 2:10 |
| 2. | “I Couldn’t Be You” | John B. Presley; arranged by Harper | 2:06 |
| 3. | “I Live in a Car” | Harper, Garratt, Paul Slack, Rory Lions | 1:36 |
| 4. | “Tomorrows Girls” | Harper | 2:24 |
| 5. | “Killer” | Harper, Garratt, Slack | 1:28 |
| 6. | “World War” | 1:06 | |
| 7. | “Rockers” | 3:15 | |
| 8. | “I.O.D.” | 1:22 | |
| 9. | “T.V. Blues” | Harper, Garratt, Slack | 2:08 |
| 10. | “Blues” | 1:50 | |
| 11. | “Lady Esquire” | 1:50 | |
| 12. | “All I Wanna Know” | Harper, Garratt, Slack | 1:48 |
| 13. | “Crash Course” | Harper, John McCoy, Garratt | 1:40 |
| 14. | “Young Criminals” | 2:18 | |
| 15. | “B.I.C.” | 1:35 | |
| 16. | “Disease” | 1:25 | |
| 17. | “Stranglehold” | Harper | 2:26 |
Personnel
UK Subs
- Charlie Harper – lead vocals, harmonica
- Nicky Garratt – guitar, backing vocals
- Paul Slack – bass
- Pete Davies – drums
Additional personnel
- Bob Broglia – engineer
- Paul “Chas” Watkins and Bob Broglia – mixing engineers
- Hothouse – sleeve
- Paul Canty, Yuka Fujii and Tony MacLean – photography
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