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February 16, 2018

Full set of PUNK magazine #1-21 1976-2005 NM to Mint


Full set of PUNK magazine #1-21 1976-2005 NM to Mint

Like New: A book that looks new but has been read. Cover has no visible wear, and the dust jacket (if applicable) is included for hard covers. No missing or damaged pages, no creases or tears, and no underlining/highlighting of text or writing in the margins. May be very minimal identifying marks on the inside cover. Very minimal wear and tear. See the seller’s listing for full details and description of any imperfections. See all condition definitions- opens in a new window or tab
For the first time a full set of PUNK magazine in Near Mint to Mint condition is being offered for sale on eBay. A book containing PUNK magazine material is about to be published by Harper/Collins IT Books, so expect the value of all of these magazines to increase exponentially.

These issues have been kept in a bookcase since 1980, when PUNK went out of business, and have never been opened. They are being offered for sale now to help pay for the production expenses for the upcoming book:
PUNK #1: This copy of PUNK #1 displays in near-perfect registration, unlike 90% of the PUNK #1 issues. Most copies of PUNK #1 have bad registration and/or oddball colors. An issue of PUNK #1 in this kind of condition is difficult to find. PUNK #2: This copy of PUNK #2 has none of the blue ink, nor the rips and tears on the sides of the issue, which were the results of bad distribution and printing. You will rarely find a copy of PUNK #2 in this kind of condition.
PUNK #3: This issue, featuring The Ramones, is one of the most sought-after of all PUNK back issues. Getting one in mint condition? Good luck.
PUNK #4: Iggy Pop on the cover, Deborah Harry in the centerfold poster--which put her on the map. This is another much sought-after issue, but good luck finding one that has never been opened before.
PUNK #5: Not that easy to find, since only 5,000 copies were printed, and most of them ended up as newsstand landfill. The worst issue of PUNK ever, but if you need to complete your collection?
PUNK #6: Another very popular issue, because it stars Richard Hell, Debbie Harry, David Johansen, Bob Quine, Legs McNeil, Helen Wheels, and many other CBGB legends in a "film on paper." Again,due to its quarter-fold format,  it is difficult to find copies that have never been opened...
PUNK #7: This is another difficult issue to find: Patti Smith on the cover, with a Blue Oyster Cult interview, Lou Reed's drawings, and a lot more.
PUNK #8: This issue features the first-ever cover story on he Sex Pistols, and a great interview with Johnny Rotten. There's also a story by Michelle Robison, Sid Vicious's last girlfriend, about the Tubes. This is another issue that is not very easy to find.
PUNK #10: (BTW, there was never a PUNK #9 published). While most isses of PUNK enjoyed a print run of 7-25,000, PUNK #10 had only 5,000 copies published. So, good luck finding copies in good condition!
PUNK #11: This is one issue that enjoyed a big print run and should be available in good condition on the collectors' market, but isn't, probably due to popular demand.  We published 10,000 copies in 1977. Twenty years later, the demand outstrips the supply.
PUNK #12: Robert Gordon appeared on the cover, and a great series of New York Dolls photos by Bob Gruen and Roberta Bayley fills out the rest of the issue. There's also a drawing by Joey Ramone, a photo comic of Devo starring Debbie Harry, and a bunch of other cool stuff. A lot of copies were printed of PUNK #12, but you know what? Because of the collectors' market, it's now a rarity.
PUNK #14: How many times do I have to say we skipped #13 fro so many reasons? Anyhow, PUNK #14 was a triumph--the best story ever on the Sex Pstols first US tour, a great story on the Bay City Rollers, an interview with AC/DC (who used to open for The Dictators), and so much more. Many people think that this was the best issue PUNK ever produced. Buy it and I am sure you won't be able to argue.
PUNK #15: Mutant Monster Beach Party: This was, at the time, seen as the ultimate PUNK magazine: Joey Ramone, Debbie harry, Andy Warhol, Peter Wolf and so many other people starring in an amazing photo-comic that has yet to be appreciated by the real world. Once they do? You will find that you have one of the coolest collectibles of all time!
PUNK #16: DiscoManiac: This was he best-selling issue of PUNK magazine ever. But it's the interview with Sid & Nancy, which inspired the film of he same name, that makes you think you should buy this issue.
PUNK #17: This is the most common issue of PUNK, it was over-printed at the time. Bit it's still s good issue.
D.O.A. Filmbook: This issue was published in 1981, and features mostly typeset articles about bands in the film (Sham 69. X-Ray Spex, Rich Kids, Billy Idol/Generation X, etc.). The Sex Pistols 1978 tour article is reprinted with some new photos, many in color. I've seen it on-sale for $250+ at record conventions...
PUNK #0, PUNK #19. PUNK #20, PUNK #21: I am throwing these in to this deal, but believe me, I think these issues stand up to what we did in the 1970s. And the price has been going up, as they become more rare and valuable.The CBGB issue (#21), in particular has been singled out as the best documentation of CBGB to date.

Dora Hall! Song Poems *Bob Purse's last post

Moving the Reel to Reel Catacombs to a New Site - A Very Special Last Post - Featuring Dora Hall!!

BackdropsquareThere is pure magic to be experienced, at least when you're in luck. Here's how it starts: Turn on the reel to reel tape recorder. Take the tape out of the box. Put the empty reel on the right spindle, and the full reel on the left spindle. Wind the tape through the mechanisms - including the pinch rollers, the capstan and the rest. The tape is pressed against the heads and moves at a certain number of inches per second. Start the machine. And sometimes... if you're lucky... magic comes spilling out of the speakers. 
For over five years (of my total of 7 1/2 years of posting here), I have been sharing treasures, finds, weirdness and the indescribable from my basement reel to reel catacombs, under a series going by that title. It began in March of 2010 with this post, and ends (for this blog), with the 67th entry, which is today's post. This blog is closing in a matter of days, and there will, at that point, be no further posts, changes or ability to comment. 
Before getting to today's post, which is a true favorite of mine, I want to say that it is my intention to continue this series, perhaps on a even more frequent basis, at a new site which I have started up this week, a blog I'm calling "Inches Per Second". That site can be found here, and I have already started posting with an initial post titled "A Gaggle of Giggling Twelve Year Olds". Please stop by, if you're of a mind to, and let me know whether or not the audience is there for me to continue sharing this particular area of collecting. 
As mentioned last week, I also hope to expand my current blog, "The Wonderful and the Obscure", beyond its current focus on song-poems, and bring in some of the other, non reel wonders from my collection. 
And now, on with the countdown: 
Several times, over the years, both in the 365 days project and in my own posts, I've mentioned the wondrous, late and lamented ALS Mammoth Music Mart, which ran in Skokie, IL, for 25 years, every fall. The most magical tapes I found at that sale are the ones featuring Merigail Moreland, You can read about the ALS sale and some initial information about Merigail in this post, and read the rest of the Merigail story in this post
But the second most wonderful find I made at the ALS sale is one I've rarely mentioned to anyone, and for which I've only shared the actual recordings with two people that I recall. For these tapes contain the sessions for an album by everyone's favorite Vanity Singer, Dora Hall, sessions that, as far as I can tell, were never released. And that's a shame because, for once, she was backed by a small combo of crack musicians, and, for one session, an big jazz band. Here's what I saw on one of the tapes I bought: 
Dora Side
Not familiar with Dora Hall? Read about her here, here and here, hear her within this site here and here, and search youtube for all sorts of amazing Dora material.  
The man behind these sessions was Chicago jazzman Larry Taylor. I have previously featured multiple posts featuring Mr. Taylor, and those tapes were also found at the ALS sale - clearly someone in his family dumped all of his tapes on the good people at the ALS fundraiser, because at the same time that I found those tapes, I also found close to a dozen tapes labeled "Dora Hall Session" and "Dora - Memphis" and "D.H" Session", and "Instrumental Takes - Dora". I gave them a spin, and heard.... magic, just as described at the start of this post.
These were the session tapes - with dates on them from the Fall of 1961 - at the studio speed of 15 inches per second (a few were 7 1/2 safety copies)  and featuring multiple takes of many songs (many more repeated songs by the band on the instrumental tapes than there were on the tapes where Dora overdubbed vocals, but just in general a lot of material). The band was made up of crack jazz musicians, with much of the material having a Dixieland feel. I own a ton of Dora Hall's albums and singles, and most of it has been captured online over the years, as well. If this material was ever released, I haven't found it. And it's better than anything else I've heard from her. 
First, before we get to Dora's vocals, here is one of the instrumental tracks from the Larry Taylor group that show just how good this band could be. Sadly, this one wasn't chosen for use under a Dora Hall vocal overdub, because I adore this track. It's my favorite from the tapes, actually, over any of the vocal tracks. It is just a backing track, but I love the back and forth between the "rock and roll" (twist) verses and the swinging bridge. But most of all, the trumpet solo - which sounds like it could have come from Clifford Brown - just kills me. It's sexy as hell, smooth and full of just amazing little melodic ideas. The last two bars of that solo are otherworldly. I also can't get enough of the little hi-hat and snare shot at the 2:19 point. I'm blathering, but these are the last thing I'll be posting to Beware of the Blog, and this particular track is one of my favorite things I've ever heard roll off of a reel of tape. 
The Larry Taylor Band - Between 18th and 19th on Chestnut Street (Instrumental) (MP3)
And now, a few samples from Dora's vocal sessions - I wouldn't be opposed to putting all of this out in some manner, and if anyone out there has the means to do so, in a larger venue than a blog, feel free to contact me at the e-mail address below. But for the time being, here are a few wonderful samples. The first three tracks are with the jazz combo (the first being over a different, swing take of "18th and 19th), and the fourth is from what's labeled as the "United Session", whatever that means - the tracks on those tapes feature Dora with a full jazz ensemble. To my ears, these tapes show Dora to have considerably more talent than her subsequent covers of pop hits (or later, less well made covers of these standards) demonstrate. Or maybe it's just the first-rate quality of the band(s) involved. 
Dora Hall with the Larry Taylor Band - Between 18th and 19th on Chestnut Street (MP3)
Dora Hall with the Larry Taylor Band - Nellie Bly (MP3)
Dora Hall with the Larry Taylor Band - Shine (MP3)
Dora Hall with Orchestra - That's a Plenty (MP3)
Back of Tape Box (JPG)  | Side of Tape Box (JPG)
Why wasn't this material ever released? Who knows? - most of those involved have been gone for decades. it is curious to me that Dora Hall released mediocre and just plain lousy material for more than a decade, while this material languished somewhere in Larry Taylor's home. 
You should be able to leave comments until July 30th. After that, you can contact me via either of my blogs, or via the e-mail address below. 
bobpurse@gmail.com
Thanks to everyone who read, liked and/or commented on my posts for the past several years. Having the chance to be a part of this blog has been one of the best things to have happened in my life. 
Bob Purse

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