Punishment Of Luxury Puppet Life: Complete Recordings CD

Five CD set. Definitive, career-spanning set from influential Geordie post-punk band who still play shows to this day. Formed by fusing the energy of punk with the artistic values of musical theatre, Punishment of Luxury were born in Gateshead, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne at the end of 1976. Their acclaimed debut single, 'Puppet Life', was issued on leading indie label Small Wonder in 1978, prompting a deal with United Artists for debut album The Laughing Academy (1979) and several singles. After being dropped by UA, Punishment of Luxury (sometimes known as Punilux) continued to tour, selling copies of their aborted second album Revolution By Numbers (sold as Gigantic Days in 1981 by mail-order). In due course, the band signed to independent label Red Rhino, recording a mini-album 7 and spin-off single 'Hold Me (Never Mould Me)' in 1983. Thereafter, singer/guitarist Neville Atkinson (as Nevilluxury) issued a solo album for Red Rhino entitled Feels Like Dancing Wartime (1984). The band occasionally reconvened to make records (namely, 1989's Hi Alien and 2011's mini-LP 5) and have played intermittent live shows. Coordinated with help from Neville Atkinson, Puppet Life offers the complete recorded output of Punilux down the years. All their tracks for Small Wonder, United Artists and Red Rhino are joined by a previously unissued John Peel session from 1978, a whole disc's worth of hitherto unheard live material - including excerpts from a planned live album at the Nashville, a previously unissued Red Rhino track slated as a single and more. Neville has also contributed unique sleeve-notes and visuals for the booklet.

1. Puppet Life 2. The Demon 3. Puppet Life 4. Funk Me 5. The Message 6. All White Jack 7. Obsession 8. Radar Bug/Metropolis 9. British Baboon 10. Babalon 11. Excess Bleeding Heart 12. Laughing Academy 13. Engine of Excess 14. Jellyfish 15. Secrets 16. Brain Bomb 17. Baby Don't Jump 18. Plants and Insects 19. Fascicult Barbaraclique 20. Empire of Idiots 21. No Admittance 22. Blood Money 23. Death and Boogie 24. Auschwitz 25. Love Decay (Ed) 26. All Change 27. Destiny 28. Damaging Man 29. Why Don't You 30. Snowqueen 31. You Eat Too Much 32. Revolution By Numbers 33. My Wife's in Love with a Polar Bear 34. Double Agent 35. Let's Get Married 36. You're So Beautiful 37. Babalon 38. Funk Me 39. Funghi 40. The Bird and the Elephant 41. Fairiation 42. Gasman 43. Revelations 44. Golden Corsets 45. Tria-Dance 46. Hold Me (Never Mould Me) 47. Doubting Thomas (Previously Unissued Single) 48. The Dragon 49. Feels Like Dancing Wartime 50. Eyes 51. Motivator 52. Welcome 53. The Prisoner 54. Rock Out the Box 55. Alien Contact 56. Party Goblins 57. Killer Rift 58. Bullshitelero 59. Do the Alien 60. Wise Guy 61. Mamonanimal 62. Fracture 63. I Rang Yvonne 64. Mr Dinosaur 65. Cry 66. All White Jack 67. Obsession 68. Radar Bug 69. British Baboon 70. Laughing Academy 71. Babalon 72. Puppet Life 73. Excess Bleeding Heart 74. My Wife's in Love with a Polar Bear 75. Engine of Excess 76. Obsession 77. Funk Me 78. Baby Don't Jump 79. Garden 80. Brain Bomb 81. Let's Get Married 82. You're So Beautiful 83. Puppet Life 84. The Demon 85. Radar Bug 86. Metropolis 87. Jellyfish 88. Brain Bomb