FIRE EXIT time wall ORIG UK 7" private DIY punk 1978 stamped labels hand-made
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87
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116
£ 87
Sold For
Sep 20, 2012
Sold Date
Sep 10, 2012
Start Date
£ 50
Start price
9
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Great Britain
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FIRE EXIT time wall ORIG UK 7" private DIY punk 1978 stamped labels hand-made
FIRE EXIT - Time WallVery rare original UK pressing 7-inch single, self-released by the band in 1978.
From youtube:
Comes in original hand-made picture sleeve and has original plain paper inner sleeve.
The record has hand-stamped white labels.
Two tracks:
A) TIME WALL
B) TALKIN' ABOUT MYSELF
Scottish punk band Fire Exit started in December 1977. Gerry Attrick (vocals) met Brian (guitar) and they agreed to start a band. The name came when they looked at the nearest sign - and that was it! They brought in Billy Holland on bass and then had to find a drummer, which wasn't easy as there weren't a lot of Punk drummers about in the Glasgow/Paisley area. The band practiced and then started gigging all over the place in colleges, universities and bars. They then decided to go to London to cut a single as they couldn't find a studio in Scotland that could give them the sound they were looking for. The band started to gig in London and it was at this time they brought in a new drummer called Andy. In August 1979, Fire Exit got into Waterloo Studios owned by Pat Collier the Vibrators bassist. They recorded 'Timewall'/'Talking Bout Myself' and Pat helped with the production and engineering. The single was released on the band's own record label Timebomb Records (TBE1). They continued to gig regularly in London and the single did very well - all 2,500 of them sold out in about 2 - 3 weeks. Fire Exit met a promoter called Mike Always (later involved in Cherry Red Records) who helped them out by attracting offers from record companies. The band wanted to keep it DIY but nearly lost it when they signed to Decca Records (Burlington Music) although nothing was released by the label. More gigs followed, including one at Stonehenge with the Poison Girls and the Fatal Microbes, however, the band started to drift. When Gerry returned to London from Glasgow to set up a tour, Brian told him Andy & Billy had gone AWOL.
Vinyl in excellent++ condition and has hardly been played at all! There are a few light crackles during the intro to side B, but otherwise both sides play great.
Labels are very clean with only two spindle marks on side A, and i can't see any spindle marks on side B!
Sleeve in very good condition with some light dust marking at the edges and slight damp staining in one of the corners. These sleeves were folded and taped along two of the edges when assembled; the tape has perished and gone leaving some tape residue, and hence now being able to fold the sleeve out.
I am selling some more punk/new wave records this week so please check my other auctions and ebay shop..!
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