Among the gems: Alex Chilton, Chris Stamey, Richard Hell, Television and the Feelies.
By Blurt Staff
The mighty Numero Group label is at it again, excavating crucial sounds for the contemporary generation. Among its forthcoming goodies: The Ork Records box, an 18-disc collection of 45s that reproduce the legendary NYC punk/new wave label Ork’s original vinyl output – and throws in some additional goodies I the process. It’s due April 18 for this year’s Record Store Day and will be, in the parlance, limited.
Some details, from Numero Group”
“At the epicenter of New York’s most significant music scene was an instantly-forgotten record label; Ork Records, the first punk label and the original “indie.” For the first time ever, the monumental output of this explosive imprint’s 1975-1979 run is all in one place. Sixteen singles that birthed punk, no-wave, power pop, and the next four decades of indie rock, including the debut releases from Television, Richard Hell, Richard Lloyd, Cheetah Chrome, Alex Chilton, the dB’s, and Chris Stamey, future nuggets by the Revelons, Student Teachers, Prix, Marbles, Idols, Mick Farren, and Link Cromwell, and previously unreleased singles from the Feelies and Erasers. This is a limited edition of 2000 carefully replicated 7″ sleeves ensconced in a custom box modeled on period-specific Ork mailing labels.”
Tracklisting:
1. Television – Little Johnny Jewel Pt. 1
- Television – Little Johnny Jewel Pt. 2
- Richard Hell – Another World
- Richard Hell – Blank Generation
- Richard Hell – You Gotta Lose
- Marbles – Red Light
- Marbles – Fire And Smoke
- Alex Chilton – Free Again
- Alex Chilton – The Singer Not The Song
- Alex Chilton – Take Me Home & Make Me Like It
- Alex Chilton – All The Time
- Alex Chilton – Summertime Blues
- Prix – Girl
- Prix – Everytime I Close My Eyes
- Prix – Zero
- Mick Farren – Play With Fire
- Mick Farren – Lost Johnny
- Link Cromwell – Crazy Like A Fox
- Link Cromwell – Shock Me
- Chris Stamey – Summer Sun
- Chris Stamey – Where The Fun Is
- Chris Stamey & The dBs – I Thought You Wanted To Know
- Chris Stamey & The dBs – If And When
- The Feelies – Fa Ce’La
- The Feelies – Big Plans
- Richard Lloyd – Get Off My Cloud
- Richard Lloyd – Connection
- Erasers – Funny
- Erasers – I Won’t Give Up
- Idols – You
- Idols – Girl That I Love
- Revelons – The Way You Touch My Hand
- Revelons – 96 Tears
- Cheetah Chrome – Still Wanna Die
- Cheeta Chrome – Take Me Home
- Student Teachers – Christmas Weather
- Student Teachers – Channel 13