Here's yet another reason why Mojo is so much better than any American music magazine. Their new issue inlcudes a free CD compilation called "The Roots of the Sex Pistols". I'm surprised this set doesn't include The Stooges (as the Pistols covered "No Fun" live), and I don't quite see the Mott the Hoople influence, but other than that it's oneheckuva compilation.

CD TRACKLIST:

1. THE MODERN LOVERS - ROADRUNNER
Jonathan Richman's Boston oddballs scored a hit in '77 with this driving, post-Velvets punk classic.
From the album 'The Modern Lovers' (CMQCD782)

2. PAUL REVERE & THE RAIDERS - I'M NOT YOUR STEPPIN' STONE
Although a hit for The Monkees, this was originally recorded by Portland-based Paul Revere & The Raiders - the first rock act to sign to Columbia.
Available on the album 'Greatest Hits' (CK 66009)

3. COUNT FIVE - PSYCHOTIC REACTION
This snarling piece of post-Yardbirds psychedelic dementia is one of the defining slices of American punk.
From the album 'Psychotic Revelation - The Ultimate' (CDWIKD 230)

4. JOHNNY THUNDERS & THE HEARTBREAKERS - BORN TO LOSE
The Heartbreakers were booked on the ill-fated Anarchy tour in November 1976 with the Pistols, Clash and Damned.
Taken from the album 'L.A.M.F. - The Lost '77 mixes' (FREUDCD044)

5. THE RUNAWAYS - CHERRY BOMB
While McLaren was 'assembling' the Pistols, Kim Fowley was doing likewise with all-girl teen combo The Runaways in California.
From the album 'The Best Of..' (currently unavailable in the UK)

6. DAVE BERRY - DON'T GIVE ME NO LIP CHILD
A stomping slice of 1964 Brit-beat, this curled-lip classic was B-side to Berry's Cryin' Game single which hit the UK top 5.
Available on: Currently unavailable in the UK

7. EDDIE COCHRAN - SWEETIE PIE
Sid Vicious' cover of Cochran's 1959 hit Something Else emerged in the wake of renewed violence between teds and punks. Clearly a cover of Sweetie Pie would have been a pacifier.
From '12 Of His Biggest Hits/Never To Be Forgotten' (EMI5336312)

8. MC5 - SHAKIN' STREET
Could punk have existed without MC5? Possibly. Would it have been as loud, chaotic and incendiary? Definitely not.
From the album 'MC5 Are You Ready To Testify? The Live Bootleg Anthology' (CME TD1040)

9. SEX PISTOLS - SEVENTEEN
A track that doesn't so much reveal the roots of the Sex Pistols as sow the seeds of the Sid myth that grew from their demise.
Available on 'Live At Winterland San Fransisco 14.01.78' (CMRCD198)

10. NEW YORK DOLLS - CHATTERBOX
"One of the first bands to influence me and Steve was the New York Dolls" drummer Paul Cook told author Judy Vermorel in 1977.
Available on 'Rock 'N' Roll' (522 1292)

11. MOTT THE HOOPLE - CRASH STREET KIDS
For the future Sex Pistols - and Steve Jones in particular - Mott The Hoople proved guitar-led rama-lama was alive and well in 70s UK.
Taken from the album 'MOJO PRESENTS... Mott The Hoople' (SONY 5127772)

12. PETER HAMMILL - NADIR'S BIG CHANCE
You'll swear you can hear echoes of Pretty Vacant's vocal phrasing and melody.
Taken from the album 'Nadir's Big Chance' (EMI 787 2542)

13. JERRY NOLAN - TAKE A CHANCE
Sid Vicious became close to ex-New York Dolls drummer Nolan, the pair gigging at the likes of Max's Kansas City in New York after the Pistols' split.
Taken from the album 'Manhatten Mayhem' (FREUD CD 075)

14. CAN - HALLELUWAH
Over 30 years after its release, Halleluwah remains a hypnotic slice of pre-punk and clearly an inspiration for everyone from Rotton to Primal Scream.
Taken from the album 'Tago Mago' (SPOONSA6/7)

15. DR. ALIMANTADO - BORN FOR A PURPOSE / REASON FOR LIVING
In 1978 Johnny Rotten was attacked in Sloane Square for looking 'too weird'. Arriving home he played this double-headed tale of personal realisation and positivity.
From the album 'Born For A Purpose / Sons Of Thunder' (GREW CD 22)"

Wow...just, wow...

Mojo's history of including great music along with their issues is always something to appreciate and admire, but they've really outdone themselves this month.

I think I buy the Mott the Hoople influence only because I think glam's role in the development of punk is underappreciated, though it took hearing Alejandro Escovedo play "All the Young Dudes" next to "I Wanna Be Your Dog" to really get it.

I may have to modify a collection I put together for a friend a couple of weeks ago to include some of these tracks. Said friend loves The Ramones deeply, but doesn't necessarily know a lot of the lesser-known groups that were around just before, during, and after they broke through. I gave him:

“Slow Death” The Flamin’ Groovies
“Personality Crisis” New York Dolls
“September Gurls” Big Star
“(I Live for) Cars and Girls” The Dictators
“Roadrunner” The Modern Lovers
“Blank Generation” Richard Hell & The Voidvoids
“I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend” The Rubinoos
“Elevation” Television
“Baby Baby” The Vibrators
“New Rose” The Damned
“Sonic Reducer” Dead Boys
“Whole Wide World” Wreckless Eric
“Shot By Both Sides” Magazine
“Another Girl, Another Planet” The Only Ones
“Starry Eyes” The Records
“Teenage Kicks” The Undertones
“What Do I Get?” Buzzcocks
“Going Underground” The Jam
“I Wanna Destroy You” The Soft Boys
“Sleeping Gas” The Teardrop Explodes

I know it's kind of all over the map, but it was designed as a crash course that avoided things he already knows about. I was surprised to find how well it all held together in the final mix.

Now to the newsstand for a copy of the new Mojo!

Now Playing: "Fairlee" Matt Pond PA The Nature of Maps (Polyvinyl)

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Originally posted by Megatron:
I don't quite see the Mott the Hoople influence

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I'm thinking stuff like "Death May Just Be Your Santa Claus" from Mott's "Brain Capers" album.

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That does sound like a cool Mojo comp. Uncut does some nice ones, as well.

Your comp to your friend also sounds great, LT. I might add in The Saints, Generation X, early Boomtown Rats, "Into the Valley" by the Skids, "Ghosts of Princes in Towers" by the Rich Kids, maybe some X-Ray Specs, Eddie and the Hot Rods, Ian Dury...

That's not including early power pop stuff!!!

I thought about Generation X and in the end, I just don't like Generation X enough. Dunno why. I was on the fence with X-Ray Specs, pE. There's still room on the disc (it currently comes in around 69 minutes), so I think you've tipped them in. I'm going to have to dig around and see if I from The Saints and Skids. I know I don't have any thing from The Rich Kids and, if you can believe it, that's what kept Eddie and the Hot Rods and Ian Dury off the disk. No vinyl. No digital. No nothin'.

I never even considered any early Boomtown Rats. That's such a great idea!

I'm going to have to do something about that.

I kind of touched on Power Pop with Big Star, The Rubinoos, and The Records, but digging much deeper seemed to be getting unwieldy and my friend is a bit better versed with it. What I'm thinking of doing is a second collection of Power Pop that looks less at the early stuff and more at what's come since its first heyday. That's the stuff he's missed mostly.

The Power Pop thread is going to be such a good resource for that one!

Now Playing: "Nothing to You" Two Gallants Throes

All of the stuff I mentioned is on the Rhino No Thanks! punk box, including X-Ray Spex ("Oh Bondage! Up Yours!") and two tracks by the Boomtown Rats. If you can't get ahold of that, let me know and I'll burn you what you need...

the only one im not familiar with is this dr aliminatado , anyone know who he is?

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Originally posted by curefreak:
the only one im not familiar with is this dr aliminatado , anyone know who he is?

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I've never heard his music, but Dr. Alimantado was (is?) a reggae artist who Johnny Rotten regularly mentioned in interviews circa 1978. I know the good doctor worked with such reggae luminaries as Scratch Perry and King Tubby.

wow thats some pretty powerfull producers i wonder how come i didnt know about him , im a huge roots reggae fan