[2015-10-30] VA "Ork Records: New York, New York" 2CD set (Numero)

Linda · **Posted:** Tue Sep 29, 2015 2:56 pm

Description
Where in the mythos of punk is there room for a frizzy-haired cinephile San Diegan? How could the defining rock attitude and look of the late 1970s get brainstormed by two go-nowheres from a boarding school in Hockessin, Delaware - a D student and kid voted Most Unknown by his senior class? Forget the worn-out yarns about London gobbers and safety-pin piercings - the true story of the birth of punk rock on 45 is the story of Ork Records, captured by Numero Group on two shiny compact discs and told across 184 high-gloss pages filled with insider photos and sordid details. It is a story populated by iconic names like Television, Alex Chilton, Lester Bangs, Richard Hell, the Feelies, Patti Smith, Talking Heads, Brian Eno, Blondie and the Ramones. And it’s a tale told from the hallowed grounds of CBGB, Max’s Kansas City, and Ardent Studios. It all began with Terry Ork, a Jewish SoCal film nerd enthralled by Andy Warhol’s posse as they made a transgressive surfing flick, who moved cross-country to manage a movie memorabilia shop on the grubby streets of the Lower East Side. Made in the shadow of disco and dereliction in late-‘70s Manhattan, Ork Records: New York, New York is not just the genesis of punk, it is the birth of the New York City scene and indie culture as we know it.

Tracklist
01 TELEVISION Little Johnny Jewel
02 FEELIES Fa Ce La
03 RICHARD HELL (I Belong To The) Blank Generation
04 THE REVELONS The Way (You Tough My Hand)
05 ERASERS I Won't Give Up
06 ALEX CHILTON All Of The Time
07 CHRIS STAMEY & THE DBS (I Thought) You Wanted To Know
08 PRIX Zero
09 MARBLES Red Lights
10 ALEX CHILTON Take Me Home & Make Me Like It
11 PRIX Girl
12 THE IDOLS Girl That I Love
13 MICK FARREN & THE NEW WAVE Lost Johnny
14 CHEETAH CHROME Still Wanna Die
15 THE IDOLS You
16 THE STUDENT TEACHERS Christmas Weather
17 ERASERS It Was So Funny (The Song That They Sung)
18 RICHARD HELL (I Could Live With You) (In) Another World
19 CHRIS STAMEY The Summer Sun
20 ALEX CHILTON Free Again
21 RICHARD LLOYD (I Thought) You Wanted To Know
22 THE STUDENT TEACHERS Channel 13
23 CHRIS STAMEY Where The Fun Is
24 PRIX Everytime I Close My Eyes
25 FEELIES Forces At Work
26 MARBLES Fire And Smoke
27 THE REVELONS 97 Tears
28 CHEETAH CHROME Take Me Home
29 RICHARD HELL You Gotta Lose
30 CHRIS STAMEY & THE DBS If And When
31 MICK FARREN & THE NEW WAVE Play With Fire
32 RICHARD LLOYD Get Off My Cloud
33 ALEX CHILTON The Singer Not The Song
34 RICHARD LLOYD Connection
35 ALEX CHILTON Summertime Blues
36 MICK FARREN & THE NEW WAVE To Know Him Is To Love Him
37 LINK CROMWELL Crazy Like A Fox
38 LINK CROMWELL Shock Me
39 KENNETH HIGNEY I Wanna Be The King
40 LESTER BANGS Let It Blurt
41 ALEX CHILTON Bangkok
42 PETER HOLSAPPLE Big Black Truck
43 PRIX She Might Look My Way
44 ALEX CHILTON Can't Seem To Make You Mine
45 PRIX Love You All Day Long
46 ALEX CHILTON Shakin' The World
47 PRIX Love You Tonight
48 LESTER BANGS Live
49 KENNETH HIGNEY Funky Kinky

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Linda · **Posted:** Tue Sep 29, 2015 2:57 pm

Numero had released an Ork Complete Singles box for the last Record Store Day, but it was on vinyl of course. This new compilation has everything on CD, and boy does it collect up a lot of important stray pieces of New York punk/wave/pop. In addition to plenty of Alex Chilton, the early Chris Stamey, Peter Holsapple and dB's tracks are here, The Marbles, Prix, The Revelons, Television and Richard Lloyd solo, Cheetah Chrome ...

Jimbo · 19 Jul 2006

I was lucky to snare this a month early. Beautifully done set, loaded with pictures, essays, and detailed recording notes.

This is a godsend for fans of the New York 70s punk scene.

Charles · 19 Dec 2007

Link Cromwell = Lenny Kaye

Rick A · 23 Jul 2006

Jimbo wrote:

I was lucky to snare this a month early. Beautifully done set, loaded with pictures, essays, and detailed recording notes.

This is a godsend for fans of the New York 70s punk scene.

Thanks Jimbo! I'm in!

I still remember one of my last visits to NYC who steps right next to me at the crosswalk but Martha Davis.

Only in NYC!

Rick A.

Linda · **Posted:** Wed Oct 28, 2015 1:37 pm

Another promo video for this collection:

[2015-10-30] VA "Ork Records: New York, New York" 2CD set (Numero)

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