TROUSER PRESS #58 - January 1981 (Volume Seven, Number Twelve)
Includes articles on Ultravox, Captain Beefheart, Gary Numan (cover story), XTC, and The (English) Beat.
Includes articles on Ultravox, Captain Beefheart, Gary Numan (cover story), XTC, and The (English) Beat.
Flyer promoting the second date, at Manchester's famed Factory, of Stiff Little Finger's UK tour after the surprise success of their first album — an interesting document in the development of one of the most important indie record labels.
Original 1977 promotional poster for the US release of the Sex Pistol's only studio album NEVER MIND THE BOLLOCKS HERE'S THE SEX PISTOLS.
Featuring Sex Pistols / Johnny Rotten (cover), plus pieces on Blondie, Dictators, Iggy Pop, as well as reviews and like.
Scarce original program from one of Smith's earliest gigs, predating her first album by almost two years.
Early flyer for this pair of dates by Talking Heads, predating their first album and even their record contract (they would sign to Sire in November).
Ticket for legendary San Francisco punk band The Avengers, at Washington Hall in Seattle on June 1, 1979.
A first-year membership card for The Roxy in London's Covent Garden, epicenter of the UK's burgeoning punk movement.
Group of original vintage color photographs of The Slits performing at The Ritz in New York City in 1980.
Deluxe though largely useless issue of the first edition of this essential punk reference focusing on American punk flyers from 1977-1985, one of just 49 copies issued by Ginko Press in celebration of the book's 15th anniversary.
Signed first edition of Zappa's autobiography, published just a year before his prostate-cancer diagnosis — a review copy.