1978 follow up video here… kzfaq.info/get/bejne/lb2FrLKixsDDcoE.htmlsi=BR9zzFhzjtXvemCw

great list but i would definitely have The Damned - Neat Neat Neat in there somewhere.

I was 15 in 1977 and had every single in this list. Then I got married aged 24 and had to sell everything to get a pram for my daughter. This era was my time I saw the Clash in Inverness. The Jam in the Capitol in Aberdeen playing their debut album and saw Suzie and the banshees 3 times. Great times and great memories.

Great diverse selection, which brought back good memories - thanks for sharing.

Well done Chris. They were all gems. I salute your appreciation for punk~ Rob/Boston

First time to check in - great selection and background too- will tune in again! Nice job!

Really enjoyed this thanks. I have 18 of these, and love hearing you talk about them A great period of music for me. And delighted that you got Ramones in there! ;)

Wow fantastic mate gonna dig out some of these tunes thank you😊

Great video and a great list too. You`ve jogged my old memory with a couple of these. Ive subscribed and look forward to the other vids.

I guessed correctly your #1. Excellent selection .. love your Punk KZfaq’s.

You are correct ‘this perfect day’ was the same TOTP as ‘pretty vacant’ , I remember that but I often struggle to remember why I just went into the kitchen 😁

Good video few things i would of left off....my top 5(save space lol).. 5) the Bears - Decisions. 4) the Adverts - No Time to be 21. 3) the Clash - Clash City Rockers. 2) Subway Sect - Nobodys Scared. 1) Siouxsie and the Banshees - Hong Kong Garden (first band i saw live age 13 in 1978 when it came out & my first year into punk).

Great work. My era ...absolutely fantastic..I met Gaye Advert(Black) at Bath University gig.Hot as hell..

Hi Chris lots of great picks. I’ve also always loved that rods single can’t argue with your number 1 .. thanks for sharing your favourites 👍

I love my baby cos she does good sculptures yeah…Rezillos. Singer was Faye Fife…band was fae Fife. 😂 X-Ray Spex…fantastic band.

Great selection, 1977 was a great year for punk music and was the year I left school at 18 to jump straight into that scene headlong...

Great choices and great video. I must admit though, I was surprised London weren't in there. A very underrated band from that era.

I do agree on a a lot of your selections Chris but I have a few others, One record from 1977 that really stood out for me and still does today was from Squeeze, the song Cat on a Wall, from the Packet of Three EP on Deptford Fun City Records (owned by Miles Copeland) I love the intro it's very Pistol-esque in places with the opening riff/intro, so much energy in it. My other big was Grip by the The Stranglers, again so much energy and aggression and fabulous work/input by all 4 band members especially Dave Greenfield RIP.

Tremendous Chris, Buzzcocks Orgasm Addict replaces the Heartbreakers, Neat Neat Neat replaces The Motors and Action Time Vision replaces the Vibrators. Excellent selection and informative Cheers

I was 15 in 1977 the first record I heard that really got me into punk was new rose by the damned, I was hooked thereafter. Still my favourite record of all time. Heard it on the new wave compilation album and spent all my pocket money on every record I could get hold of with damned damned damned being my first lp. Still have most of them still today. 😊

Holidays in the Sun is always my Pistols ‘go-too’ tune… the opening mass marching sound just sets the scene for what's to come.😊

Great list. I was a toddler in 1977 so punk is still a voyage of discovery. Chelsea - Right to Work is one of my favourites.

Excellent collection agree with your 1st choice

Hello Chris. Im viewing from New Zealand , and i was 17 in 1977. I liked Punk back then. My favourite group was the Damned. I had the pleasure of seeing Public Image Ltd in the 1980s, and it was great to see John Lydon perform. We had a small punk scene here in NZ, with the band Suburban Reptiles and the Scavengers being popular. Pretty Vacant is my fave Sex Piatols song too. I liked the Stranglers too. Get a grip on Yourself is excellent.

There are so many brilliant punk singles from 77. For so many of us at the time John Peel was essential listening. You did well to keep the list down to 20. I think I would have chosen One Chord Wonders as my favourite Adverts single. I would definitely have to put some Damned in the list, probably Stretcher Case Baby. Also Larry Wallis with Police Car. Enjoyable video. Cheers...Mike

Good to see The Saints make the top 20 , amazing Australian band 🎶🎸

The Rezillos are from Dunfermline, in Fife(hometown of the Simple Minds)

Don’t have dead boys on 45. Only album. Buzzcocks is in my 78 list. Ditto identity. Neat would make it but don’t own it on 45. Only on album. This for me was a nostalgic list as much as anything. Cheers my friend, Chris

still got a lot of those mate got loads of the jam with dofferent b sides collected from juke boxes of the time great nostalgic memorys mate

Enjoyed watching the video and throwing my toys out of my pram from time to time :) I don't think The Motors even pretended to be punk. They were more of a Status Quo pub rock cover band. Looking back almost 50 years on, I think "Oh Bondage Up Yours" was the best and most important single released during '77. At the time, for me, it was "God Save The Queen" followed by "Complete Control". I would also have found room for Alternative TV's "How Much Longer" and Chelsea's "Right To Work", but it's all opinion. Probably.

nicely presented.Thank you. I wish that I still had all of my singles to do the same.

Some great stuff on there. Takes me back to the time when you had so be something, ie mod or punk etc.

Brilliant 👍🏆🇬🇧

I'd have to include Mary of the 4th Form in my 1977 choices. Used to cycle 6 miles to Wool Station to get to the Village Bowl and catch the Milk Train home afterwards. Think the Rats 1977 tour might have been my 1st ever gig so im probably swayed by that. Magic times.

Pretty Vacant was the first song that really blew my mind. I like this list it was very interesting but I am surprised that some of bands listed were included especially the Motors and I’m even more surprised that the Damned aren’t featured being the ones who started it all. No Sham 69 and the Clash so far down the list but it’s a personal choice. Thanks very enjoyable.

Thanks for including The Radiators from space

had to stop this video just to go listen to The Yobs ,fabulous stuff.

Subhumans- From the cradle to the grave. Brilliant record.

I need to have a look at my 77 singles as a 17 year old John Peel was the influence on me most of your picks I have as well! Great video!

Good list, I also owned many of these and saw many of them live.. I would also have included Chelsea, the Fall, Buzzcocks and Metal Urbain, all regulars on the mighty Peel show!

I do remember that Yobs B side. Had never heard that nursery rhyme before!

I’m at number 11 now and if Gary Gilmore’s Eyes doesn’t come up I’m going to be soooooo disappointed. 😂

Glad you had This Perfect Day in there, often overlooked. New Rose has to be a contender, also Cranked Up really High- Slaughter & The Dogs.

I'm glad you had Pistols at number one. It makes perfect sense as they were the pinnacle of punk movement at the time with damn fine tunes. Wouldn't make sense to not have them claim the top spot! As for The Boys First Time, I have forgotten about that song. It's great but I didn't know who it was by, so thanks for that.

The Damned - New Rose ( I know Late 1976, but this had be on the list ) The Undertones 'Teenage Kicks' The Fall - Repetition ( Bingo-Master's Break-Out) The Buzzcocks - Boredom (Spiral Scratch ) Subway Sect - Nobodys Scared Wire- '1 2 X U ' The Depressions - Family Planning Richard Hell & The Voidoids - Blank Generation The Killjoys - Johnny Won't Get to Heaven London - Everyone's a Winner 999 - Nasty! Nasty! Penetration - Don't Dictate Slaughter and the Dogs - You're a Bore Generation X - Your Generation Johnny Moped - incendiary Device Chelsea - Right to Work The Drones - Bone Idol Cortinas - Fascist Dictator The Maniacs - Chelsea77 Stinky Toys - Boozy Creed and yes ... Television- 'Marquee Moon'

I agree with the rods tune! Probably put that as one or two in mine, a real manifesto for life that song! Will get back to you about the rest of my list in another comment!!

Roxy London live 77....Eater, Johnny Moped...what good times these were !

Good stuff. I have so many of these. Must check them out.

You saying about buying the wrong song, I did that also . John Peel used to play Helter Skelter by Siouxsie a lot . I was in Virgin Marble Arch and I saw a banshees single with a staircase cover .. you can guess the rest! Was very surprised when i got home but loved it all the same !!

I watched this and the '78 one a few days back, really enjoyable. I turned ten years old in the Summer of '77 and although I'd had records scrounged from my brothers (Bolan, Slade etc) 1977 was the year I started getting new records. I still prefer Holidays in the Sun / Satellite to Pretty Vacant though and The Rats' Mary of the 4th Form a massive single for me then (the lyrics appearing a little creepy now) . The Modern World by The Jam was first bought by my cousin and became the song that changed my life to be honest; I still loved a lot of the punk and new wave tracks, but the sixties bands also beckoned and the Mod revival was on the horizon. Some great 45s here, some unexpected too. Nice to hear a mention of Armadillo, I loved that shop although I went there a few years after you. With it being a bit out of the main town I usually only got as far as Uptown at The Triangle. Cheers again for this!

Great selection, thanks for the video. I totally agree with Gary Gilmore's Eyes and Do Anything You Wanna Do - two of the best songs ever to be released on black plastic. Speaking of The Saints, I would prefer the 2-minute bomber Demolition Girl. Anyway, I was wondering about that comic book page at your wall. What's that?

I had hopes of competing with you when I saw the title, but no. Still have many of the singles I bought in '77, but you were diving deeper. I was a regular patron of Rather Ripped Records in Berkeley, California, and they got frequent shipments from England, so I do have some wonderful 45s. Also got some goodies from the back page ads in Trouser Press. It was a good time to be alive.

Some good stuff, I would have gone 76 to 78 personally

Thanks to KZfaq for putting this on my feed, brilliant top 20, everyone has their own and, personally , I would’ve swapped White Riot with Complete Control. I would also have found room for New Rose (Damned) and What Do I Get (Buzzcocks). You’ve also just prompted me to get my Eater album out and give it a spin 😂😂😂👍

Enjoyed this. Really interesting idea. I'm guessing your Rule 1' about having to have a physical copy of the single meant you didn't have The Buzzcocks Orgasm Addict? They would def be in my top 5

Great stuff - missing Wire but might see them in ‘78!

Thousands Are Sailing is in my top 3 Pogues songs.

I saw The Boys support The Ramones in the Colston Hall in 1980, an amazing night. Two great bands.

The Motors’ “Tenement Steps” is a banger too.

Just stumbled across your channel. Great vid but I disagree with your comment about Dr Feelgood. Still subscribed tho 👍

A great selection. My all time fave punk 45 is from 78 not 77, War Stories by The Starjets, You got a copy?

Art School is indeed the best track on In The City. The 1st track I heard by The Jam on a free lp given away by Sounds. No Damned is interesting. I’d have chosen White Man for The Clash track and Can’t Stand My Baby and would have found space for Spiral Scratch probably ahead of The Yobs. Nice rundown btw, cheers

Brilliant Chris, snap!! all round, might I include The Fabulous Poodles & Snatch?

I was 15 in 1977 and I like most of your choices but I would have chosen Complete Control.as the Clash Choice. Anyway here are some of my top pick of the punks from'77: Orgasm Addict-Buzzcocks,(Pete Shelley is song writing legend, of course Leavin' Here-Motorhead (borderline but raw enough to be punkish) Arrabs in Arrads -Art Attacks (Funny Non PC Good tune) Stranglers-Go Buddy Go I do like Peaches as well. Peaches really brings back the Summer of '77, but Go Buddy go is such a brilliant rocker. For the Adverts I would have One Chord Wonders or Safety in Numbers, but yes Gary Gilmour's Eyes is a great weird idea for a song and a good tune. .

Of course all lists are subjective..I too was 14 in 77 but my choices are a little different.. 1..The Adverts- Safety in Numbers 2.. Slaughter and the dogs- Where have all the bootboys gone? 3.. Buzzcocks - What do i get? 4..999- Emergency 5..Ultravox!-Young savage 6..Sham69- Borstal Breakout 7..Sex Pistols- God save the Queen 8..The Clash-Complete control 9.. Generation X- Your Generation 10..Eater-Outside View

Awesome collection. I would have squeezed Ian Drury in there. Great to see The Saints so high, many would have put Stranded instead of This Perfect Day although I agree with you. Yes punk was over by the end of the 70s and the UK and Aussies did it best.

what do you say to these type of vids, personal taste really. i have most of these , probably over 12 of them. although an ep, i would add buzzcocks spiral scratch. there's a heap

Yes! You took me back in time again, I had and still have most of those, not the one about eating worms though I haven’t heard that. I have eater on white vinyl thinking of the USA and I believe the drummer was 14.

Interesting, just last week I noticed that I play In The City way more than any other Jam LP these days. That & Can't Stand The Rezillos (fantastic bass) are regulars on ny turntable.

The single version of "This Perfect Day' is sublime. The 'b'side of 'Dancing the night Away' is 'Whiskey & Wine' which is one of the great unheard punk songs. The Adverts 'Crossing the Red Sea' is probably the best pure punk album.

great video [you could play bits of the records ...would be even better[ brings back great memories, especially lurkers and eater. clash complete control, and vibrators into the future missing !!!!! but otherwise brilliant....did you ever hear yobs xmas album?

You got that right. The Motors Dancing the night away should be in there.

Damn fine list, could haggle about including the Damned but life is too short. Someone has got to turn this into a spotify playlist (or better still a youtube playlist).

This was so interesting and a single by single record of 77 that matches mine. I thought an early Buzzcocks might have made it. Laura Logic's band Essential Logic still play as do others including The Boys who are still great live.

Great Stuff,,, tjena från Sweden

In ‘77 I was an art student in Bournemouth. I went to any punk gig I could and remember seeing The Stranglers, The Boys and The Jam. When the summer vacation came I moved back up to London and joined a band called first The Monotones and later Berlin as lead singer and rhythm guitarist. We decided to do as many gigs as possible, get tight and take over the world. I had a really brilliant 1977. I took tons of speed, smoked masses of dope, drank as much as possible and had sex with anyone who was willing to.We Played all over England often with Eater and a band called The Maniacs. Thank you for posting this for a while I felt young again.

The Vibrators, or at least a couple of them, were Peter Gabriel's band when he was touring for Peter Gabriel III.

I'm surprised that i didn't know all of these. Many great songs and bands. There's a song by a Finnish punk band which is actually a love song to Gaye Advert. Very un-punk thing to do. Sax player was Lora Logic ( i don't remember right now did she play on that particular track), don't know how they managed to get her to play on it considering their budget must've been around as much as a used tea bag. I must put my number one as Sex Pistols Holidays In The Sun as it had the incredible intro which in time would help my way in to punk rock music. Pasi

Apologies to rocking Rogers. I meant it wasn’t a very Punk name! 😂

Thx

Great video me ode, got me playing my '77 singles. Much prefer complete control to white riot. a few others are. slaughter & the dogs- cranked up, the nosebleeds- ain't been to no music school, the drones - i just want to be myself, Raped - EP. killjoys- johnny won't get to heaven (what's the connection to jocky wilson....?), so many classics, lost a lot of interest in '78, the originality was gone, the media had told everyone what 'punk' was all about and what to wear, in THEIR opinion. '77 defintely was the prime of punk.

1977 the year i left school at 15. Spending my money from work on records. A happy happy time❤

Can't argue with your number one, although any of the pistols singles could have topped your chart , I'd have put shadow by the Lurkers at number 2 , it's such a perfect single, can't understand why it's never been covered by a major act .

Go Buddy Go over Peaches every time. Every time.

Hi Chris, when you got to number one I was saying to myself it will either be the Pistols or the Damned. So disappointed when it wasn't the Damned, then I read the comments, I hope it isn't too rude to call you a pillock for selling your Damned records. 🙃 At the start you said you saw a few of the bands, I was lucky and saw most of them, some more than once. A good selection, if I went through your 1977 collection of singles, as in your rules, I think I might have came up with a very similar listing. It was a great time in my life, best summed up by Joe Strummer, I'm the white man in the palais Just loo- lookin' for fun Only lookin' for fun Oh, please mister Just leave me alone I'm only Lookin' for fun Lookin' for fun F, U, N Fun, despite all the cow dug written defining punk, F U N was the main reason for me.

Good to see uxbridge band the lurkers in. Ironically I saw penetration at brunel uni in uxbridge in 78,and just a few days later the rezillos, undertones supported by joy division at the same venue. Great days

Buzzcocks spiral scratch

Probably owned most of them at the time. Really would have threw one chord wonders. Naive the killjoys and regulations neon hearts. Nice to see X-ray spex in there ❤

I need that Talking Heads US pressing

An idea…. Around 77-82 I would buy records due to the colour of the vinyl ! Come back Jonee by Devo (Grey) being an example as I had not heard them . How about you fav coloured vinyls!!

I would include ALL those tunes in your ‘bubbling under, not quite sure ‘ list, as Punk. For the simple reason that to me Punk isn't really a sound that you can define and put your finger on, that is set in stone..but more of a ‘period in time’ and a ‘feeling given’. My personal opinion. Keep the great posting up… and hope to see a time when you're able to play the 45s as you do your countdown. .. A little Dansette of similar would suffice and give us listeners the authenticity of the era. 🤔🤷🏼‍♂️👍🏼

Love those bands. I miss the Damned and 999

Evening sir . Very jealous !!!

Decent selection, Nice to see The Motors and The Boys in there. Shame 999`s Nasty Nasty wasnt released until 1979!

I was also 14 in 77 and was fortunate enough to be only a bus trip away from a place I still have great memories of The Rock garden in Middlesbrough 14 years and watching The Angelic Upstarts.. Happy memories Saw 😢 Polystyrene there also

I was hoping you would include that Sex Pistols single. My copy got warped on top of a hot amplifier, but I kept it anyway. Most of what I have is Pistols, or Clash, or Costello but I do have that same Eddie & The Hot Rods 45 with the Aleister Crowley sleeve. Happy days.

great video, some terrific selections most of which i own, strange that you exclude TRB on the grounds that they're 'not punk' yet you include the motors, its all very subjective but i'd have put TRB in if you are including the motors, both bands weren't really 'punk' in the true sense but they were both a part of it, same with the hot rods, all great bands which i love, dancing the night away is an absolute classic, you say that the feelgoods jumped on the punk bandwagon to some extent, with respect that is nonsense, the feelgoods were a great band who actually inspired the punk generation to a large extent and in my opinion never tried to adapt themselves to the punk style in a way that say the vibrators or the stranglers(both existing before punk exploded) did, the feelgoods stuck to their high energy R and B regardless, personally i'd have put slaughter and the dogs bootboys in, the models man of the year, cortinas fascist dictator, one chord wonders by the adverts, killjoys johnny won't get to heaven and maybe baby baby by the vibrators, perhaps also young savage by ultravox! a very different band in 77 to the one with which most people are familiar with! great nostalgic fun, another forgotten classic is radio stars dirty pictures

All a matter of taste I suppose, id have had binned that very poor Radiators single , ditto Lurkers, Eater, Vibrators even Don’t Dictate and Oh Bondage were pretty weak singles compared to their better material and substituted with : Dead Boys - Sonic Reducer, Buzzcocks - What Do I Get, Generation X - Your Generation, The Damned - Neat Neat Neat, The Avengers - Car Crash, Subway Sect - Ambition, Wire - Mannequin, XRay Spex - Identity, Snivelling Shits - Bring Me The Head, but spot on with the Saints and Pretty Vacant!

Eaters Dee Generate was actually Roger Bullen from Caterham just South of Croydon in Surrey. He was a classmate of mine in 77 at De Stafford school and was influential in the popularity of punk within the school. I think I’m right in saying that he was coached in his drumming by Chris Miller; Rat Scabies of The Damned.

Rezillos,seen them live san Diego CA awesome 2013