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DIY - Do It Yourself

Digital SJRD552 Includes sjr552-diy-sleeve MP3 320
£8.99 In stock
2×LP (Coloured Vinyl) SJRLP552C
£28.00 In stock

Tracklist

1 Boredom Buzzcocks
2 Everything's Roses Fire Engines
3 Shake (The Foundations) Glaxo Babies
4 Babysitter Patrick Fitzgerald
5 Looking From The Cooking Pot Russ McDonald
6 The Slide Artery
7 Si Fermir O Grido A Certain Ratio
8 Skank Bloc Bologna Scritti Politti
9 All Your Life With Me APB
10 The Fish Needs A Bike Blurt
11 Fight For Peace Icon A.D.
12 Distant Dreams (Part Two) Throbbing Gristle
13 Coming To See You Krypton Tunes
14 Creation Rebel Windows
15 Spirit Of Youth The Last Gang
16 Tight As A Drum Thomas Leer
17 Paint Your Wagon Red Lorry Yellow Lorry
18 You Can Choke Like That Biting Tongues
19 Paris, France Tom Lucy

Out of print for 15 years, Soul Jazz Records ‘Do It Yourself’ features a host of post-punk, 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.