Protex-All We Wanna Do Is Rock 'N' Roll (2006)


 

Artist: Protex

Title: All We Wanna Do Is Rock 'N' Roll


Side 1: The Singles
A1Don't Ring Me Up
A2(Just Want) Your Attention
A3Listening In
A4I Can't Cope
A5Popularity
A6I Can Only Dream
A7Heartache
A8A Place In Your Heart
A9Jeepster
Side 2: The Rarities
B1All I Wanna Do (Is Rock'N'Roll)
B2I Wonder Why
B3Don't Ring Me Up
B4I Can't Cope
B5A Place In Your Heart
B6Popularity
B7Don't Ring Me Up
B8A Place In Your Heart

Label: Protex

Format: LP

Cat:  FF 02

Year of Release:2006

Country and Year of Edition: Germany 2006

Sell Price: $69.99 VG/VG

Discogs Last Sold: 8/30/22 $29.85 NM/VG+

Low:$19.00

Median: $31.18

Average: $30.65

High: $38.04

Current low price: $35.00

Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 2

Have/Want: 98/52

Where Sold: Watervliet, NY

Time it took to sell:  8 years

Where and When Purchased: consignment collection

Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: B+

Sad To See It Go: No

Top flight comp from the late 70's Belfast band that are still going today.  When you think of Irish punk you mostly think of Stiff Little Fingers, but Protex is really good melodic power pop punk.  This semi official German release compiles released singles from the late 70's with outtakes.  You can tell there is some sort of gravitas with a release like this and it's hard to believe it isn't a legit release.  I listed this 8 years ago from a consignment collection and somehow listed it as a CD although the buyer was happy to take the vinyl for $70 plus shipping (!).  There weren't any other copies in the US listed.   Guess I gotta do accounting to the original owner soon!

Side 1 is pretty much an A-level collection of the bands studio singles, nearly approaching Buzzcocks level Singles Going Steady.  Side 2 however is outtakes and live odds and sods and with a band like this the singles are enough.  Still, it is nice to have them all in one place.  Protex are playing Union Pool in Brooklyn in March and I think I'd like to check that one out.  I never really got around to listening to this band until today, although it seems very familiar punk rock bar music.

Convenient assembly for the casual listener and the deep diver.


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