DEBUT FORTY-FIVES

The thesis behind this C120-side compilation prepared in 1977 was that regardless of genre, debut singles had a unique quality of freshness and vitality which gave them a special edge over other releases

Ducks Deluxe - Coast to coast (3.10) 1973
Bebop Deluxe - Jet silver (4.05) 1974
Country Joe & the Fish - Not so sweet Martha Lorraine (4.15) 1967
Joni Mitchell - Night in the city (2.20) 1968/
Clash - White riot (1.58) 1977
Pretty Things - Rosalyn (2.20) 1964
Damned - New rose (2.40) 1976
Capt Beefheart - Diddy wah diddy (2.20) 1964
Dr Feelgood - Roxette (2.53) 1974
Medicine Head - His guiding hand (2.00) 1969
Soft Machine - Feelin' reelin' squeelin' (2.50) 1967
Caravan - Place of my own (4.01) 1969
Leonard Cohen - Suzanne (3.47) 1967
Sex Pistols - Anarchy in the UK (3.55) 1976
Thin Lizzy - Things ain't working out down at the farm (4.30) 1971
Family - Scene through the eye of a lens (3.12) 1967
Graham Parker & the Rumour - Silly thing (3.10) 1976
Love - My little red book (2.30) 1966
Doors - Break on through (2.25) 1966
Rezillos  - I can't stand my baby (2.35) 1977

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