New_Wave_(compilation_album)

<i>New Wave</i> (compilation album)

New Wave (compilation album)

1977 compilation album

New Wave is a notable[1][2] punk/new wave/proto-punk compilation album released in 1977 on Vertigo Records.[3] It introduced many US new wave artists to the UK market and helped establish the term "new wave".[4] The album was compiled by Alan Cowderoy for Phonogram Ltd. (London) and most of the artists were on Phonogram subsidiary labels, making it essentially a sampler album. The album credits give thanks to Linda and Seymour Stein from Sire Records and Jake Riviera and Kosmo Vinyl from Stiff Records.[5] Music critic Ira Robbins rated it one of his top ten albums of 1977.[6]

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While most of the acts on the album were US acts, it also included acts from the UK (the Damned), Ireland (the Boomtown Rats), France (Little Bob Story) and Australia (Skyhooks).

The front cover depicts a punk spitting beer.[7] The punk in the photo is Derek Gibbs, vocalist for the London-based punk band the Satellites. Also seen in the background of the photo is the Satellites' bass player, John Johnson.[4][8][9] The rear cover has 11 photos of punks posing in colourful clothing. All the photos were taken by Peter 'Kodick' Gravelle[9] who was one of the first punk photographers, shooting record sleeve photos for the Damned, Generation X, Skrewdriver, Chelsea and others.[10]

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    Bestley, Russ (2019). "The Top of the Poppers sing and play punk" (PDF). University of the Arts London. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
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    Savage, Jon (1992). England's Dreaming: Anarchy, Sex Pistols, Punk Rock and Beyond. Macmillan. ISBN 0-312-08774-8. Retrieved 22 December 2020. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)
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    Naylor, Tim (17 August 2017). "Vile and Compiled". Record Collector. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
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    "The Revolution Will Be Xeroxed: 10 Iconic Prints From the Heyday of Punk Rock". Artspace. 30 September 2016. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
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    "Various - New Wave LP". PunkyGibbon.co.uk. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
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    Robbins, Ira (1 February 1978). "Best Of Show 1977". Trouser Press. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
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    Beckitt, Jonathan (7 January 2019). "The Story of Little Bob". Floating World Records. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
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    "The Satellites". Bored Teenagers. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
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    Forgotten, Johnny (1 January 2004). "Classic Punk Rock Compilation LPs". trakMARX. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
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    Peter Kodick discography at Discogs
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    Alan Cowderoy discography at Discogs
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    Dennis Walden discography at Discogs
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    Sue Dubois discography at Discogs
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    New Wave at Discogs
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