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Wednesday 30 January 2019

Vinyl #30 - Alternative TV

"Action Time Vision" (7" single)


Alternative TV were the brainchild of Mark Perry whose main claim to fame was in 1976 creating the first and best fanzine of the punk era - 'Sniffin' Glue'. A certain Danny Baker - a fellow Deptford boy - contributed with articles and we all know what happened to him. More here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sniffin%27_Glue

Like me, Perry was a bank clerk in real life who like a lot of us wanted to play punk music rather than write about it (he managed it, it took me over 20 years!).

Most of ATV's music was pretty ordinary to be honest but I bought this 1978 single because I've always liked it's energy - typical punk/pop fare but that's no bad thing. It's the only thing I own by them, the front cover is a mini-classic too. Here's the music:

https://youtu.be/ysPSqtCaDAk