Label: Soul Jazz

Reissued 11/15/2024, Originally released 2007

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.

Track listing:

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