Ork Records: New York, New York

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 four hefty LPs (or two shiny compact discs) and told across 120 high-gloss pages (184 for the CD) 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 shadows 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.

Tracks

1~1~Little Johnny Jewel - Television
1~2~Fa Ce-La - The Feelies
1~3~(I Belong To The) Blank Generation - Richard Hell
1~4~The Way (You Touch My Hand) - The Revelons
1~5~I Won't Give Up - Erasers
1~6~All Of The Time - Alex Chilton
1~7~(I Thought) You Wanted To Know - Chris Stamey & The Db's
1~8~Zero - The Prix
1~9~Red Lights - Marbles
1~10~Take Me Home & Make Me Like It - Alex Chilton
1~11~Girl - The Prix
1~12~Girl That I Love - The Idols
1~13~Lost Johnny - Mick Farren & The New Wave
1~14~Still Wanna Die - Cheetah Chrome
1~15~You - The Idols
1~16~Christmas Weather - The Student Teachers
1~17~It Was So Funny (The Song That They Sung) - Erasers
1~18~(I Could Live With You) (In) Another World - Richard Hell
1~19~The Summer Sun - Chris Stamey
1~20~Free Again - Alex Chilton
1~21~(I Thought) You Wanted To Know - Richard Lloyd & The Db's
1~22~Channel 13 - The Student Teachers
1~23~Where The Fun Is - Chris Stamey
1~24~Everytime I Close My Eyes - The Prix
1~25~Forces At Work - The Feelies
1~26~Fire And Smoke - Marbles
1~27~97 Tears - The Revelons
1~28~Take Me Home - Cheetah Chrome
1~29~You Gotta Lose - Richard Hell
1~30~If And When - Chris Stamey & The Db's
1~31~Play With Fire - Mick Farren & The New Wave
1~32~Get Off My Cloud - Richard Lloyd
1~33~The Singer Not The Song - Alex Chilton
1~34~Connection - Richard Lloyd
1~35~Summertime Blues - Alex Chilton
1~36~To Know Him Is To Love Him - Mick Farren & The New Wave
1~37~Crazy Like A Fox - Link Cromwell
1~38~Shock Me - Link Cromwell
1~39~I Wanna Be The King - Kenneth Higney
1~40~Let It Blurt - Lester Bangs
1~41~Bangkok - Alex Chilton
1~42~Big Black Truck - Peter Holsapple
1~43~She Might Look My Way - The Prix
1~44~Can't Seem To Make You Mine - Alex Chilton
1~45~Love You All Day Long - The Prix
1~46~Shakin' The World - Alex Chilton
1~47~Love You Tonight - The Prix
1~48~Live - Lester Bangs
1~49~Funky Kinky - Kenneth Higney

Details

Format: CD
Artist: Various Artists
Release Date: 30 October 2015
Genre: Rock
Label: NUMERO
Distributor: Rocket Group