![]() ![]() The rear cover has 11 photos of punks posing in colourful clothing. Also seen in the background of the photo is the Satellites' bass player, John Johnson. The punk in the photo is Derek Gibbs, vocalist for the London-based punk band The Satellites. The front cover depicts a punk spitting beer. While most of the acts on the album were US acts, it also included acts from the UK ( The Damned), Ireland ( The Boomtown Rats), France ( Little Bob Story) and Australia ( Skyhooks). Music critic Ira Robbins rated it one of his top ten albums of 1977. The album credits give thanks to Linda and Seymour Stein from Sire Records and Jake Riviera and Kosmo Vinyl from Stiff Records. (London) and most of the artists were on Phonogram subsidiary labels, making it essentially a sampler album. The album was compiled by Alan Cowderoy for Phonogram Ltd. It introduced many US new wave artists to the UK market and helped establish the term "new wave". ![]() New Wave is a notable punk/ new wave/ proto-punk compilation album released in 1977 on Vertigo Records. ![]()
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