Warsaw Pakt

Warsaw Pakt formed in Ladbroke Grove, London, England, United Kingdom. Nowadays, when Ladbroke Grove’s Warsaw Pakt ever get mentioned it’s usually in Joy Division biographies (JD's first recordings were as Warsaw). Andy Colquhoun formed Warsaw Pakt with John Manly and Jimmy Coull from The Rockets. Wolf Marlander played drums at first, until Lucas Fox joined a few months later. They looked for a bass player for a long time until they found Chris Underhill and played the UK circuit with bands like The Clash and The Damned. Mim Scala got the band a deal with Island Records for Warsaw pakt to record an album 'Needle Time!'. Yet, back in 1977 Warsaw Pakt caused quite a stir on their own for making the quickest album in history. From the start of recording to its arrival on the shelves of record stores (in a brown mailing envelope), Needle Time! took less than 24 hours! The song titles are promising if you're after third division Punk (‘Nosebleed’ and 'Sick & Tired' for instance) and that's what it delivers. The accompanying inner sheet outlining the timetable for the record’s production is interesting, as is the band’s lineage. Guitarist Andy Colqhoun, formerly of Mick Farren’s Deviants and shortly after the Pakt split he became a quarter of Tanz Der Youth, and had also been a Pink Fairy. Drummer Lucas Fox, meanwhile, had briefly played in Motörhead.

Safe And Warm 7'' (1977)

01 - Safe And Warm

02 - Sick And Tired

Needle Time! (1977)

01 - It's Not True

02 - Even Money

03 - Fruit Machine

04 - Dogfight

05 - Fast Eddie

06 - Steppin' Outta Line

07 - Cut Glass Jaw

08 - Nosebleed

09 - Breastbeating

10 - Believe Me Honey

11 - Lorraine

12 - Hello Angel

13 - Speeding

14 - Sick N' Tired

See You In Court! (1979)

01 - Even Money

02 - Angle

03 - Sick N' Tired

04 - Dogfite

05 - Lorraine

06 - Fast Eddie

07 - Breast Beating (More Like A Man)

08 - Believe Me Honey

09 - Cut Glass Jaw

10 - Safe And Warm

11 - Nosebleed

12 - Thanx

Needle Time! (Re-Issue) (2015)

01 - It's Not True

02 - Even Money

03 - Fruit Machine

04 - Dogfight

05 - Fast Eddie

06 - Steppin' Outta Line

07 - Cut Glass Jaw

08 - Nosebleed

09 - Breastbeating

10 - Believe Me Honey

11 - Lorraine

12 - Hello Angel

13 - Speeding

14 - Sick N' Tired

15 - Safe & Warm

16 - Sick N' Tired

17 - Lorraine

18 - Even Money

19 - Cut Glass Jaw

20 - Hello Angel (Island Studio 77) (Bonus)

21 - Dogfight (Bonus)

Lorraine/Dogfight 7'' (2020)

01 - Lorraine

02 - Dogfight

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