Buzzcocks require no introduction. Pivotal to the punk and post-punk DIY movements, the group, led by frontman Pete Shelley and co-conspirator Steve Diggle, brought a unique pop sensibility and sartorial style to the late 1970s and early 1980s.

 

Having disbanded in 1981, the band re-grouped in 1989 and continue to write, record and perform to this day, despite the saddening and untimely loss of Pete Shelley in 2018. This handsome box set captures the eight albums and numerous singles the band produced with Shelley during a twenty three year period, alongside previously unheard rarities, demos and outtakes.

 

Released in association with the band, ‘The 1991 Demo Album’ is alive with the combination of punk energy and melodic and memorable songwriting the band’s reputation is founded on, and is both a long-awaited treat for fans and an important document of the group’s rebirth.

 

TRACK LISTING

SIDE ONE

1. DREAMIN’

2. ALIVE TONIGHT

3. NEVER GONNA GIVE IT UP

4. WALLPAPER WORLD

5. SUCCESSFUL STREET

6. WHO’LL HELP ME TO FORGET

 

SIDE TWO

1. SERIOUS CRIME

2. WHY COMPROMISE

3. LAST TO KNOW

4. RUN AWAY FROM HOME

5. SEARCHING FOR YOUR LOVE

6. TRANQUILLIZER

7. WHEN LOVE TURNS AROUND YOU