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BUZZCOCKS

Formed in Manchester, England, in 1975, the Buzzcocks were one of the most influential bands to emerge 

in the initial wave of punk rock. With their crisp melodies, driving guitars, and guitarist Pete Shelley's biting lyrics, 

the Buzzcocks were one of the best, most influential punk bands. The Buzzcocks were inspired by the Sex Pistols' 

energy, yet they didn't copy the Pistols' angry political stance. Instead, they brought that intense, brilliant energy 

to the three-minute pop song. Shelley's alternately funny and anguished lyrics about adolescence and love were some 

of the best and smartest of his era; similarly, the Buzzcocks' melodies and hooks were concise and memorable. 

Over the years, their powerful punk-pop has proven enormously influential, with echoes 

of their music being apparent in everyone from Hüsker Dü to Nirvana...

"TIME'S UP"

1991    LP     DOCUMENT RECORDS     DLP2 

MADE IN ENGLAND    ORIGINAL PRESSING

SINGLE SLEEVE

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Barcode: 5 020714 000214 >

LABEL: DOCUMENT  - RED LABEL - WHITE & BLACK TEXT

Catalog on cover: (spine & rear) DLP2

Catalog on labels DLP2

Matrix / Runout (Side A, Etched): DLP 2 A1  MPO

Matrix / Runout (Side B, Etched): DLP 2 B1  MPO

On labels: rim text reads "All rights......prohibited"

? 1991 buzzcocks

© 1991 Document Records Ltd.

Made in England

all compositions Devoto/Shelley  Virgin Music (Publishers) Ltd.

(on Side B only): except *(Presley) Dick James Music Ltd:

**(Don Van Vliet) Kama Sutra Music Ltd.

On Back Cover: Made in England

No-remix demos   All recorded live   No dubs

Revolution Studio Manchester...

....One afternoon October 1976......

tracklisting

Side A: YOU TEAR ME UP - BREAKDOWN - FRIENDS OF MINE

ORGASM ADDICT - BOREDOM

Side B: TIME'S UP - LESTER SANDS (DROP IN THE OCEAN) - LOVE BATTERY

I CAN'T CONTROL MYSELF* - I LOVE YOU, YOU BIG DUMMY** - DON'T MESS ME 'ROUND

RECORD EX but (please, read above description)

SLEEVE VG+ but (please, see pictures and read above description)

If you're looking for a sterling example of how much a band can change by replacing a single member, you might consider Time's Up, a collection of the earliest recordings of the Buzzcocks. Recorded live to tape in one afternoon in October 1976, five months after they played their first gig, the music documented by these rough demos is almost instantly recognizable as the Buzzcocks, with their minimalist pop-punk melodies and buzzy guitar lines. However, at this point, Howard Devoto, who co-founded the band with guitarist Pete Shelley, was still singing lead, and Steve Diggle was on bass, before Steve Garvey came aboard and freed up Diggle to play guitar. Musically, this is a blunter and less stylish version of the Buzzcocks, with Shelley's power chords forced to cover more ground without Diggle's help, and while the band is good, they sound young and a bit green (which, of course, they were), just a bit sloppy and not as precise as they would soon become. One can also hear what Shelley learned from Devoto when he took over as a vocalist, but here Devoto sounds more mannered than what one would expect from this band, and sometimes he seems to be forcing his aggression for effect; this is a long way from the cooler, more intellectual attack Devoto would perfect when he formed Magazine. All that said, Time's Up was the work of a young band with a wealth of ideas and energy, and heard as the work of four young men hopped up on the new possibilities of punk rock, it's a blast. They'd already written a handful of tunes that would become favorites in their catalog (including "Orgasm Addict," "Boredom," and "Love Battery"), the Troggs and Captain Beefheart covers are inspired, and if they hadn't fully honed their precision attack here, they clearly knew just what they wanted to achieve, and were close to getting there. This is a snapshot of a great band in the process of finding their feet, and for fans of early U.K. punk, Time's Up is invaluable. Time's Up originally surfaced in 1978 as a bootleg, released as the Buzzcocks were becoming stars on the punk scene...(AllMusic)