Penetration - Race Against Time 77-79 {Out of Print}

A Dave Sez contribution....

Penetration - Race Against Time 
Official Bootleg and Peel sessions
Out of Print
Studio & FM Source Recordings @320

From the Dave Sez archive: 
Although Siouxsie and the Banshees and X-Ray Spex gained greater coverage as women-led punk bands, for me Penetration from Newcastle in Northern England were the better band: their track "Never Never" is right up there with the Pistols' "I Wanna Be Me" as a classic punk anthem, and only Pauline Murray could convincingly cover Patti Smith's "Free Money". Launched by their first single "Don't Dictate" in November 1977, the band would split in October 1979, soon after which they released the ultra-rare "Race Against Time" official vinyl bootleg of demos and live tracks. In 1995, this was re-released on CD with their 1978 and 1979 Peel sessions, a CD now long out of print. If you like classic UK punk, you should not miss this.

Line-up:
Pauline Murray (vocals)
Gary Chaplin (guitar, 1977-78)
Fred Purser (guitar, backing vocals, 1978-79)
Neil Floyd (guitar, 1978-79)
Robert Blamire (bass)
Gary Smallman (drums)

Track List:
Demo side of Race Against Time, 1977-Jan 78:
01 Duty Free Technology
02 Firing Squad
03 Race Against Time
04 In The Future
05 Free Money
06 Never Never
07 V.I.P.
08 Silent Community
09 Don't Dictate

Peel Session 05/07/1978:

10 Movement
11 Stone Heroes
12 Vision
13 Future Daze

Peel Session 28/02/1979:

14 She Is The Slave
15 Danger Signs
16 Last Saving Grace

Live side of Race Against Time, Newcastle Dec 78-Oct 79:

17 Come Into The Open
18 Movement
19 Lovers Of Outrage
20 She Is The Slave
21 Too Many Friends
22 Killed In The Rush
23 Danger Signs (Alternative Version)



For info, see http://www.punk77.co.uk/groups/penetration.htm, http://www.loversofoutrage.com/ and  http://soundtrack4life-doogemeister.blogspot.com/search?q=penetration


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