VA - Do It Yourself: Punk, Post Punk, Punk Funk & Beyond

VA - D-I-Y: Do It Yourself – Punk, Post Punk, Punk Funk & Beyond: The Rise of the Independent Music Industry has been out of print for 15 years. Soul Jazz Records’ “Do It Yourself” features a host of postpunk, punk, punk funk/dance and electronic experimentation from UK bands in the late 70s and 80s that all arrived in the aftermath of punk.

As well as loads of great music, the album also charts the rise of the independent music industry in Britain that similarly thrived during this time.

Featuring classic groups such as The Buzzcocks, A Certain Ratio, The Fire Engines, Glaxo Babies and a host of lesser known, rare and obscure tracks and artists, this new 2024 edition comes as a limited edition special coloured version double vinyl pressing, complete with deluxe gatefold sleeve with two unique inner sleeves.

This fully remastered album comes with extensive sleevenotes and photography as well as interviews with key behind-the-scene players – including studios, cutting rooms, print works – that together bring a fantastic insight into the DIY music and culture of this period and the explosion in the independent music industry after punk.

Orange Vinyl 2xLP Re-issue

Tracklist:                                                            
    1:    Buzzcocks - Boredom (2.54)
    2:    Fire Engines - Everything's Roses (3.19)
    3:    Glaxo Babies - Shake (The Foundations) (.47)
    4:    Patrick Fitzgerald - Babysitter (1.10)
    5:    Russ Mcdonald - Looking From The Cooking Pot (3.42)
    6:    Artery - The Slide (2.45)
    7:    A Certain Ratio - Si Fermir O Grido (3.22)
    8:    Scritti Politti - Skank Bloc Bologna (5.53)
    9:    Apb - All Your Life With Me (4.32)
    10:    Blurt - The Fish Needs A Bike (2.39)
    11:    Icon A.d. - Fight For Peace (3.18)
    12:    Throbbing Gristle - Distant Dreams (Part Two) (5.29)
    13:    Krypton Tunes - Coming To See You (2.21)
    14:    Windows - Creation Rebel (4.44)
    15:    The Last Gang - Spirit Of Youth (2.52)
    16:    Thomas Leer - Tight As A Drum (4.38)
    17:    Red Lorry Yellow Lorry - Paint Your Wagon (2.37)
    18:    Biting Tongues - You Can Choke Like That (4.07)
    19:    Tom Lucy - Paris, France (3.26)