Runaways - Queens Of Noise

You know how it is, teenage boy and hot girl rock group, I just had to love this band :)
I wish we'd had YouTube and the internet in those days as it was really hard to find anything about this band, a few magazine articles and one or two posters meant you bought the albums just to see what they looked like.
Don't think they ever had any chart success in the UK, although "Big in Japan" :)

Although Cherry Bomb is probably their most famous single, here is the follow up "Queens of noise", to be honest I'm not too keen on this song but I've kept this single due to the totally brilliant B-Side "Born to be Bad".
Great guitar solo from Lita Ford and some great lyrics like "I want you to bring me his ears, To satisfy my mad desires, And if he bites the dust We'll just have to miss my fire".

Runaways - Queens Of Noise
Runaways - Born To Be Bad

New Wave - Various Artists

This was the first Punk (New Wave) compilation I ever bought, released around 1978 on the Vertigo label.
Although some tracks don't fit the general pattern it's an excellent collection.

The Damned and Boomtown Rats are the British representatives amongst a mainly American line up including The Ramones, Dead Boys, Richard Hell, Patti Smith etc.
 Aussie band The Skyhooks is an odd inclusion but it's a great track.
 Highlights for me are Piss Factory by Patti Smith, Shake some Action by the Flaming Groovies and New Rose.
It also includes 2 tracks by the New York Dolls which were released several years earlier but are a welcome addition.

1. Ramones - Judy Is A Punk
2. Dead Boys - Sonic Reducer
3. Patti Smith - Piss Factory
4. New York Dolls - Personality Crisis
5. Runaways - Hollywood
6. Skyhooks - Horror Movie
7. Richard Hell And The Voidoids - Love Comes In Spurts
8. Little Bob Story - All Or Nothing
9. The Boomtown Rats - Lookin' After No. 1
10. Talking Heads - Love Goes To Building On Fire
11. The Damned - New Rose
12. Ramones - Suzy Is A Headbanger
13. Dead Boys - All This And More
14. Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action
15. Runaways - Cherry Bomb
16. New York Dolls - Who Are The Mystery Girls?