Product Details

• Released on: 2005-03-07
• Number of discs: 6
• Formats: Import, Box set, Compilation, Live

Album Description
Six CD live compilation detailing the rise of punk from the stage of London's most famous punk venue. Foreword by Don Letts, then resident DJ at the Roxy. Great value for the money with 70 tracks in all. The box works like this - disc one is a 12-track collection featuring Slaughter and the Dogs, Freedom, Wire, The Adverts, Johnny Moped, Eater, X-Ray Spex, and the Buzzcocks. The next four discs are devoted to one band each - Buzzcocks, The Adverts, X-Ray Spex & UK Subs. The sixth and final disc is a collection entitled Farewell To The Roxy and features 14 tracks from Blitz, Acme Sewage Co., UK Subs, The Jets, Open Sore, and more. Castle. 2005.

Album Details
Residing on Neal Street, Covent Garden this Rather Dingy Gay Club's One Year Sacrifice to the Emerging Punk Scene and the Contribution it Made as a Launch Pad Cannot Be Overstated. From Late '76 Up Until January 1978, the Roxy Club Played Host to Many Bands that to this Day, have a Lasting Influence Upon the Punk Scene. First to (Dis)grace the Stage were Generation X on 21st December 1976 Supported by Siouxsie and the Banshees. Gene October's, Chelsea, Closely Followed. From Here, the Flood Gates Opened and Along with Other London Bands Like the Damned, Bands from as Far as Manchester, Newcastle and Bristol Queued Up. Resident Rastafarian D.j., Don Letts Played Mostly Reggae and Dub Music Fuelling a Significant Appreciation of Jamaican Music which Bands Like the Clash Used to Great Affect. This 8-CD Box Set Asembles Performances from a Number of Key Bands Such As, Buzzcocks, the Adverts, X-ray Spex and UK Subs.