tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19286023.post-85612412238194310072007-07-28T13:58:00.000+02:002007-08-03T19:39:22.630+02:00<a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_Gn_oSeziSPM/Rqsv9Uyaf2I/AAAAAAAAACE/lf77lMmgI-Q/s1600-h/rings-iwannabefree.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5092216534271164258" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_Gn_oSeziSPM/Rqsv9Uyaf2I/AAAAAAAAACE/lf77lMmgI-Q/s400/rings-iwannabefree.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div></div><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">I'm going away on holiday, here's two U.K. one-offs to keep you entertained. The Rings featured legendary (Pink Fairies, Pretty Things, Tomorrow, Syd Barrett) 60's-70's drummer Twink on vocals (so who's drumming? Rod Latter, later of the Adverts, that's who). A great rocking slab of early UK punk; as the Pink Fairies were often called the English MC5, I guess that makes the Rings the English Sonic's Rendezvous Band!</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">The Subs, from Scotland, even had "1 Off" as their catalogue number so I guess Stiff records had no high hopes for this bunch. Too bad, as this is great melodic singalongapunk that even copies the intro of Stiff ur-punk record "New Rose".</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">See ya later!</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"></span></div><div></div><br /><a href="http://212.127.186.65/public/Blog/rings-1-iwannabefree.mp3"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">The Rings - I Wanna Be Free</span></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><br /></span><a href="http://home.quicknet.nl/qn/prive/sackowoes/rings-2-automobile.mp3"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">The Rings - Automobile</span></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> (Chiswick Records, 1977)<br /></span><a href="http://212.127.186.65/public/Blog/subs-1-gimmeyourheart.mp3"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">The Subs - Gimme Your Heart</span></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><br /></span><a href="http://212.127.186.65/public/Blog/subs-2-partyclothes.mp3"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">The Subs - Party Clothes</span></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> (Stiff Records, 1978)<br /></span>Nielshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08579889924374160663noreply@blogger.com