PUNCTURE - Mucky Pup LIMITED EDITION FIRST SMALL WONDER

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Apr 7, 2010 Sold Date

Mar 31, 2010 Start Date

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PUNCTURE

Mucky Pup/Can't Rock & Roll (In A Council Flat)

Small Wonder Records : SMALL ONE

Here is an EXCELLENT copy of Puncture's VERY RARE debut single release on the Small Wonder Records label, dating from 1977. This was the first release on this seminal label. The record is a limited edition of 3000. You will toil to find a better copy of this VERY RARE record.

Puncture was an early English punk group. Founded in the summer of 1976, this Islington, London based, four-piece combo consisted of Paul McCallum (guitar/vocals), Steve Counsel (bass/vocals), Jak Stafford (guitar/vocals) and "The Fabulous" Marty Truss (drums). Their influences ranged from early The Who, The Kinks, Small Faces, through to Roxy Music, David Bowie, blues, rhythm and blues, and The Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band.

Their first major gig was in November 1976, at Fulham Town Hall in London a week after an early gig by The Clash. Various personnel changes ensued, with Jak Stafford leaving to join prominent punk band X-Ray Spex, as Jak Airport. A brief tenure with guitarist Eric Electroid (aka Kenny) saw them move on to pastures new, with the recruitment of band member Anthony Keen on synthesizer and keyboards.

In October 1977 they released a single called Mucky Pup/Can't Rock N Roll (in a Council Flat), the first release (Small One) for the Small Wonder Records label, based in Hoe Street, Walthamstow, London. 2,000 copies of the single sold out, prompting Small Wonder Records to press another 1,000 singles. "Mucky Pup" gained lots of airplay at various punk gigs throughout 1977 and the B-side, "Can't Rock N Roll (In A Council Flat) was played on the John Peel Show, with favourable comments from the man himself! They continued to play various gigs around London, notably at the punk club "The Roxy" in Covent Garden, supporting The Wasps and "The Man In The Moon" in Kings Road, Chelsea, supporting The Fruit Eating Bears. They continued gigging until January 1978, culminating in their farewell gig on 20 January 1978 at the Basement Club in Covent Garden, London.

In the Eighties, punk band The Exploited covered "Mucky Pup" on their best-selling album Punk's Not Dead.

Like so many other English punk singles of the time, original copies of the Puncture single now sell for a fair bit.

The record is in EXCELLENT condition and plays well with some surface noise as you would expect. The picture sleeve is in EXCELLENT condition with slight ring wear and creasing.

All records are well packaged in quality mailers and sent recorded delivery in the UK and with adequate compensation, depending on selling price, if sent abroad.