Buzzcocks - Nostalgia: The Love Bites Demos 1978 - Vinyl LP Record

Hearing the journey of a song you really love and all the different incarnations of that song is a pleasure as opposed to solely listening to the same take that makes an album over and over again. Buzzcocks have released the demos they made in the lead up to the release of Love Bites, their second studio album and highest charting album. 'Every Fallen In Love' sounds grittier - the bass and guitars are louder than the polished album version so it makes it a bit more underground punk DIY in style. Moreover, 'Nothing Left' shifts the emphasis to make it all about the riff. There's also numbers on here that didn't make the album, such as 'Mother Of Turds', where you hear them barely able to contain their laughter. It's great to hear a band not taking every step so seriously and enjoying their route to success.

Track list:

A1        Love Is Lies
A2        Just Lust
A3        Operators Manual
A4        Ever Fallen In Love
A5        Nothing Left
A6        Sixteen Again
B1        Raison D'Etre
B2        Real World
B3        Nostalgia
B4        ESP
B5        Lipstick
B6        Children (Promises)
B7        Mother Of Turds