Streets (punk album)

Streets
Compilation album by
Various
ReleasedEnd of 1977
GenrePunk rock
LabelBeggars Banquet

Streets is a compilation album of early British and French punk rock bands from a variety of independent record labels.[1] It was an attempt at an end of year ‘round up’ [2] and, significantly, was the first album released on Beggars Banquet Records (catalogue number BEGA1).[3]

The sleeve notes stated that: "1977 was the year that the music came out of the concert halls & onto the streets; when independent labels sprang out of the woodwork to feed new tastes; when rock music once again became about energy & fun; when the major’s boardrooms lost control. Suddenly we could do anything".

  1. ^ Johnny Forgotten (January 2004). "Punk Rock Compilation classics". trakMARX (issue13). Retrieved 2007-11-30.
  2. ^ The Members page on www.punk77.co.uk
  3. ^ Beggars Banquet Records - Biffy Clyro, Calla, Devastations, The Early Years, Film School, Mark Lanegan, The National, Tindersticks