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Fact #116233

When:

05121977

Short story:

Live At The Vortex, a compilation album documenting one of London's best-loved punk clubs, is released in the UK. The compilation features The Maniacs, Suspects, Wasps, Neo, Art Attacks, Bernie Torme and Mean Street.

Full article:

John Miller (manager, The Vortex) : I even made more money out of a privately produced album ‘Live At The Vortex’, featuring the most tuneless bands of our time. It must have been one of the worst records ever made, but it was hailed as a breakthrough in ‘New Wave Punk’. It was all getting extremely silly.
(Source : John Miller, Former Soldier Seeks Employment, 1990)