twin-tone records. ttr 7907/08 / 22 tracks / apr 17 1979

+ info sheet. The Commandos aka The Suicide Commandos, The Atomic Bums = Suicide Commandos with a different singer. Steve Fjelstad (Hüsker Dü producer) plays bass in the Fingerprints and Swan Lake Six

Early Minnesota compilation; good 77 style punk tracks, some with strong rock/blues influences. Good songs by Commandos (= Suicide Commandos), Atomic Bums (= Suicide Commandos), Swingers and Jets. Probably not “punk” enough for purists, but there are a lot of good, original, punk-influenced rock tracks and some “real” punk rock tunes. [7]

Früher Minnesota-Sampler, viele Songs haben - wie damals so üblich - noch einen gehörigen Rock/Blues-Einschlag, andere sind waschechter 77er-Punk-Rock. Schöne Songs von den Commandos (= Suicide Commandos), Atomic Bums (= Suicide Commandos), Swingers und Jets. Für Puristen wohl nicht ’punkig’ genug, aber ansonsten gute, einfallsreiche, punkige Rocksongs und auch ein paar schöne Punk-Rock-Tracks. Gut.

Tracks: The Pistons - she got sex / The Swingers - foundry joe / Buzz Barker & the Atomic Bums - land of the free / The Hypstrz - 6654321 / The Commandos - weekend warrior / The Jets - paper girl // The Suburbs - urban guerilla / NNB - listen / The Wad - chains / Fingerprints - down / The Swan Lake Six - swan lake, mn // The Suburbs - ailerons ok / NNB - uruguay 1983 / The Pistons - misery / Robert Ivers & Ice Stars - sugar my road / The Swingers - losin’ my grip / The Jets - lover boy // Fingerprints - where the beat goes on / Curtis A & the Originals - bad news from phoenix / The Commandos - you’re not the first one / Yipes - the ballad of roy orbison / The Commandos - complicated fun