To celebrate our 50th Anniversary Ace Records are delighted to offer a three-LP limited edition compilation of where it all started – Chiswick Records. Back in November 1975, Ted Carroll finally made his dream of starting an independent label a reality when Chiswick released their first single – The Count Bishop’s “Speedball” EP. Flanked by Roger Armstrong and Trevor Churchill, Chiswick were in the right place at the right time. They were soon releasing singles that dropped anchor in pub rock, punk, metal, pop and rockabilly by the likes of the 101’ers, Motrhead, the Gorillas, the Radio Stars, the Radiators, the Stukas and many more. There were also big names before they got bigger. Joe Strummer led the 101’ers. Johnny & the Self Abusers later morphed into Simple Minds whereas Riff Raff featured a young Billy Bragg. Solo artist Jakko became a mainstay of a later incarnation of King Crimson. Over seven years, Chiswick singles not only sold well but the label even managed score chart singles with artists as diverse as the Radio Stars, Sniff ‘n’ the Tears, Rocky Sharpe & The Replays and the Damned. Compiled by Roger Armstrong this 3-LP set pulls together some of the finest 45rpm output from Chiswick issued between 1975 and 1982. From the well-known to minor-classics. Roger Armstrong and Ted Carroll have also penned the informative line notes with stories ranging from hiring an aeroplane to take a promoter to see a gig in France in those early days, how a brief piano part was added to the Damned’s ‘Smash It Up’ and Thin Lizzy’s Phil Lynott came to produce Terry Woods ‘Tennessee Stud’.

Tracklist:

1. Teenage Letter – the Count Bishops
2. Keys to Your Heart – the 101’Ers
3. Train Train – the Count Bishops
4. Gatecrasher – the Gorillas
5. Dirty Pictures – the Radio Stars
6. Television Screen (Single Version) –
7. The Radiators from Space
8. Motrhead – Motrhead
9. Do It 77 – Twink and the Fairies
10. No One – Johnny Moped
11. Saints and Sinners – Johnny and the Self Abusers
12. Night of the Werewolf – Lee Kristofferson
13. Hang Loose (I’ve Gotta Rock) – Whirlwind
14. I Wanna Be Free – the Rings
15. I Want You to Dance with Me – Jeff Hill
16. Common Truth – Amazorblades
17. Nervous Wreck – the Radio Stars
18. Romford Girls – Riff Raff
19. Klean Living Kids – the Stukas
20. I Want Candy – the Bishops
21. Rama Lama Ding Dong –
22. Rocky Sharpe ; the Replays
23. Driver’s Seat – Sniff ‘N’ the Tears
24. Song of the Faithful Departed – the Radiators
25. Hey Baby – Disguise
26. I Take What I Want – the Bishops
27. Love Song – the Damned
28. Smash It Up – the Damned
29. Radioactive Kid – the Meteors
30. Tomahawk Cruise – T V Smith’s Explorers
31. That Driving Beat – Red Beans and Rice
32. Automobile – the Stick Shifts
33. Heart – Rocky Sharpe ; the Replays
34. Sign Language – Minor Classics
35. Tennessee Stud – Terry Woods
36. Go Go Go – Albania
37. Kwagayo – Two Two
38. Grab What You Can (Biez Co Mozesz) – Jakko

UPC: 029667027717
Label: Chiswick
Release Date: 9.5.25
Format: Vinyl