Series curated by long-time collector and dealer Chuck Warner, covering exclusively UK DIY post-punk produced between 1977 and 1983. The series was initially released on cdr and then subsquently as a series of regional compilations and discrete band collections on CD.
It's an offshoot of the parent label Hyped To Death whose aim is to release rare, obscure, independent and undiscovered punk, post-punk, D.I.Y., and power-pop groups from the U.S. and the U.K. 1977-1984.
BY THE END OF 1977 YEARS OF MUSIC-INDUSTRY NEGLECT (AND THE ABRUPT DEPARTURE FOR LONDON OF THE FEW FECKLESS PUNKS THAT HAD LANDED '77 RECORD-DEALS) HAD LEFT SOUTH WALES FERTILE GROUND FOR D.I.Y. THE MOST BASIC INSTRUMENTATION, ONE-TAKE RECORDINGS AND BLACK-AND-WHITE GRAPHICS RULED THE DAY, SO IT'S NO SURPRISE THAT NOT ONE OF THE RECORDS ON #104 SOLD MORE THAN 1200 COPIES. MINDFUL OF THESE FEEBLE SALES, A DOZEN ALUMNI OF CARDIFF'S Z-BLOCK LABEL (AND VARIOUS MATES) GAVE UP RELEASING RECORDS ALTOGETHER, AND BUSIED THEMSELVES IN A FRENZY OF INCREASINGLY-SOPHISTICATED HOME RECORDING. (WE'VE INCLUDED JUST THE TIP OF THAT ICEBERG...) 23 SONGS ON THE CD PLUS SIX BONUS MP3 TRACKS. 24-PAGE BOOKLET, LOVINGLY DOCUMENTED WITH HISTORIES AND PHOTOS GALORE,