No Thanks! The '70s Punk Rebellion - Various Artists (4 Disc Set)

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"Like all the great rock revolutions, punk was fueled by singles. Sure, there were a lot of tremendous albums, but all the artists that cut great LPs also had great 7"s -- and in the case of Television and Patti Smith, they had independent singles released prior to their first albums that never appeared on their debuts. Since rock criticism tends to be album-driven, singles tend to get slightly overlooked, and since punk is a rock critic's favorite, some revisionist historians paint the era as fueled by albums, not singles. Rhino's excellent four-disc No Thanks! The '70s Punk Rebellion corrects that error by focusing on the singles, winding up with a one-stop introduction and summary of the era that is as good as Loud, Fast & Out of Control, their similar set on early rock & roll. The compilers have bent the rules of punk slightly, deciding to include proto-punkers like New York Dolls, the Stooges, the Dictators, and Jonathan Richman, and then to not present the cuts in a strictly chronological order. This benefits the album, since these artists are in the same spirit of the bands they inspired, and the sequencing plays like a great mixtape. Rhino has also evenly balanced the set between American and British punk, including both early hardcore punkers the Dead Kennedys and British pub rock renegades like Nick Lowe and Ian Dury in equal measure. Though there's a bit of difference between "California Über Alles" and "Heart of the City," they deserve to be paired on this set because they both were genuinely independent, exciting 45s that crackled with energy and captured the spirit of punk, albeit in different ways. And that's what makes No Thanks! work so well -- it illustrates how diverse punk and new wave were in the late '70s, but it places a premium on adventure and excitement, which means even artier bands like Pere Ubu and Suicide come across as pure rock & roll. If there is any flaw to the box, it's that most record collectors will already own the lion's share of these songs -- in fact, if they own Rhino's previous 1993 multi-disc punk retrospective D.I.Y., they'll own no less than 53 of these songs (an additional 14 songs have appeared on other Rhino titles, making for a grand total of 67 of 100 songs already released by Rhino). While this is undoubtedly a problem for some collectors, it is also true that it functions more as an overview for fans that don't already own a bunch of this on CD, and on that level it can't be faulted. True, this may contain no tracks from the Sex Pistols, since John Lydon refused them permission (allegedly because Rhino chose not to release the 2002 Sex Pistols box set in the States), but every other major player is here, and the music here is so good they're not missed at all. Finally, if a collector is wondering whether it's worth the expense to buy this box, there are three rare singles that make their debut here: the aforementioned Television and Patti Smith singles, "Little Johnny Jewel" and "Hey Joe [version]," plus an early single version of the Pretenders' "The Wait." (Note: "Little Johnny Jewel" was released nearly simultaneously on an expanded reissue of Television's Marquee Moon.) For those that can afford it, that's reason enough to pick up the set".
~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide

Quote from Wikipedia:

"No Thanks!:The 70s Punk Rebellion is a compilation collection of Punk music from the 1970s by various artists. One noteworthy exclusion from the collection is The Sex Pistols, whose members declined to be included. John Lydon was open about his refusal to allow Rhino Records to include the band."

No Thanks! The '70s Punk Rebellion
4 Disc Box Set

CD1
Tracks:

01 - The Ramones - Blitzkrieg Bop.mp3
02 - The Clash - White Riot.mp3
03 - Nick Lowe - Heart Of The City.mp3
04 - Buzzcocks - Boredom.mp3
05 - The Saints - (I'm) Stranded.mp3
06 - The Damned - Neat Neat Neat.mp3
07 - The Jam - In The City.mp3
08 - Pere Ubu - Final Solution.mp3
09 - The Modern Lovers - Roadrunner.mp3
10 - Television - Little Johnny Jewel.mp3
11 - The Adverts - One Chord Wonders.mp3
12 - The Hearbreakers - Born To Lose.mp3
13 - Iggy & The Stooges - Search And Destroy.mp3
14 - Mink DeVille - Let Me Dream If I Want To (Amphetamine Blues) [Live].mp3
15 - X-Ray Spex - Oh Bondage Up Yours!.mp3
16 - Wire - I 2 X U.mp3
17 - Richard Hell & The Voidoids - Blank Generation.mp3
18 - The Stranglers - (Get A) Grip (On Yourself).mp3
19 - The Runaways - Cherry Bomb.mp3
20 - New York Dolls - Personality Crisis.mp3
21 - Eddie & The Hot Rods - Teenage Depression.mp3
22 - The Dictators - Two Tub Man.mp3
23 - Patti Smith - Hey Joe [Version].mp3
24 - Generation X - Your Generation.mp3

CD2
Tracks:

01 - Iggy Pop - Lust For Life.mp3
02 - The Adverts - Gary Gilmore's Eyes.mp3
03 - Ultravox - Satday Night In The City Of The Dead.mp3
04 - The Buzzcocks - What Do I Get.mp3
05 - Blondie - X Offender.mp3
06 - The Boomtown Rats - Lookin' After No. 1.mp3
07 - Penetration - Don't Dictate.mp3
08 - The Fall - Bingo Master.mp3
09 - Patti Smith - Free Money.mp3
10 - The Jam - The Modern World.mp3
11 - The Heartbreakers - Chinese Rocks.mp3
12 - The Damned - New Rose.mp3
13 - Subway Sect - Ambition.mp3
14 - Television - See No Evil.mp3
15 - Stiff Little Fingers - Suspect Device.mp3
16 - Wire - Mannequin.mp3
17 - The Vibrators - Baby Baby.mp3
18 - Richard Hell & The Voidoids - Love Comes In Spurts.mp3
19 - The Boys - First Time.mp3
20 - Dead Boys - Sonic Reducer.mp3
21 - Magazine - Shot By Both Sides.mp3
22 - Elvis Costello - Mystery Dance.mp3
23 - New York Dolls - Trash.mp3
24 - X-Ray Spex - The Day the World Turned Day-Glo.mp3
25 - Eddie & The Hot Rods - Do Anything You Wanna Do.mp3

CD3
Tracks:

01 - Generation X - Ready Steady Go.mp3
02 - The Undertones - Teenage Kicks.mp3
03 - Ian Dury - Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll.mp3
04 - Buzzcocks - Ever Fallen In Love (With Someone You Shouldn't've).mp3
05 - Suicide - Rocket U.S.A..mp3
06 - Devo - Mongoloid.mp3
07 - 999 - Homicide.mp3
08 - The Dils - Mr. Big.mp3
09 - Joy Division - Warsaw.mp3
10 - The Mekons - Where Were You.mp3
11 - The Germs - Lexicon Devil.mp3
12 - The Rezillos - (My Baby Does) Good Sculptures.mp3
13 - The Pretenders - The Wait.mp3
14 - The Weirdos - We Got The Neutron Bomb.mp3
15 - The Modern Lovers - Pablo Picasso.mp3
16 - Alternative TV - Action Time Vision.mp3
17 - Tom Robinson Band - 2-4-6-8 Motorway.mp3
18 - The Avengers - We Are The One.mp3
19 - Sham 69 - Borstal Breakout.mp3
20 - Black Flag - Wasted.mp3
21 - Ramones - Sheena Is A Punk Rocker.mp3
22 - Fear - I Love Livin In The City.mp3
23 - The Boomtown Rats - She's So Modern.mp3
24 - Rich Kids - Ghosts Of Princes In Towers.mp3
25 - X - We're Desperate.mp3
26 - The Dickies - You Drive Me Ape (You Big Gorilla).mp3
27 - The Motors - Dancing The Night Away.mp3

CD4
Tracks:

01 - Siouxsie & The Banshees - Hong Kong Garden.mp3
02 - Blondie - Hanging On The Telephone.mp3
03 - The Rezillos - Top Of The Pops.mp3
04 - X - Adult Books.mp3
05 - The Members - The Sound Of The Suburbs.mp3
06 - Dead Kennedys - California Über Alles.mp3
07 - The Only Ones - Another Girl, Another Planet.mp3
08 - The Soft Boys - (I Want to Be An) Anglepoise Lamp.mp3
09 - Elvis Costello & The Attractions - Radio, Radio.mp3
10 - The Slits - Typical Girls.mp3
11 - The Cramps - Human Fly.mp3
12 - Talking Heads - Psycho Killer.mp3
13 - The Ruts - Babylon's Burning.mp3
14 - Sham 69 - If The Kids Are United.mp3
15 - Stiff Little Fingers - Alternative Ulster.mp3
16 - The Cure - Boys Don't Cry.mp3
17 - The Pop Group - She Is Beyond Good And Evil.mp3
18 - Joe Jackson - Is She Really Going Out With Him.mp3
19 - The Undertones - Get Over You.mp3
20 - Gang Of Four - Love Like Anthrax.mp3
21 - The Stranglers - Peaches.mp3
22 - Skids - Into The Valley.mp3
23 - Johnny Thunders - You Can't Put Your Arms Round A Memory.mp3
24 - Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart.mp3

Enjoy!!

Disc 1 Part1

Disc 1 Part2

Disc 2 Part1

Disc 2 Part2

Disc 3 Part1

Disc 3 Part2

Disc 4 Part1

Disc 4 Part2