Various Artists - D-I-Y: Do It Yourself (Punk, Post-Punk, Punk Funk & Beyond) 2LP

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 1970s 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 special coloured 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.

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]

About this product: this release is pressed on 2x orange vinyl, housed in a gatefold sleeve.