Discography compiled by PaulRabJohn

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The Split Single:
Plastic Records Plas 001

  2 tracks by UK Decay,

UK Decay /Car Crash

2 tracks by Pneumania,

Exhibition / Coming Attack

  Released early 1979

The Split Single

Notes ;
UK Decays first release. Line-up was Abbo (guitar and vocals) , Segovia (bass)
and Steve Harle (drums). Pneumania featured Spon on guitar , who then joined UK Decay for all subsequent releases. DIY production , 7 inch EP with hand stamped labels and stapled sleeve. Roughly 1000 made.

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The Black 45:
Plastic Records Plas 002

•The Black Cat
•Disco Romance
•Message Distortion
•Middle of the Road Man

Released Jan 1980

The Black 45
Notes ; 4 track 7 inch EP in wraparound sleeve

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For My Country / Unwind :
Fresh Records 7 inch Fresh 12

Later re-issued on UK Decay Records DK3

Released Aug 1980

For My Country/Unwind
Notes ; 7 inch single in wraparound sleeve. Also available as a Portuguese (!) import in a
standard picture sleeve on Rossil Records (RISS 8114)

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Unexpected Guest / Dresden:
Fresh Records 7” Fresh 26

Later re-issued on UK Decay Records DK4

  Released Feb 1981

Unexpected Guest / Dresden
Notes ; 7 inch single in wraparound sleeve. Unexpected Guest is a different version to the album
track. Last release to feature Martyn Segovia Smith. A 12 inch version was advertised in the press,
but was never actually pressed.

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Sexual / Twist in the Tale:
Fresh Records 7 inch Fresh 33

Released Oct 1981

Sexual/Twist in the Tale
Notes; 7 inch single in wraparound sleeve. Sexual is the LP version. Eddie Twiggy Branch on bass
for this and all subsequent releases, .

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Tracks
•Duel
•Battle of the Elements
•Shattered
•Stage Struck
•Last in the House of Flames

•Unexpected Guest
•Sexual
•Dorian
•Decadence
•Mayday Malady
•For Madmen Only

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For Madmen Only
Notes ; Released October 1981 in gatefold sleeve.
Later re-issued on UK Decay Records DKLP1. 2 bassists played on the various recording sessions , firstly Creeton Chaos (of US act Social Unrest, who stood in on bass for a US and UK tour spring 81) and then Twiggy. There is also a Japanese version with a Japanese lyric insert (!).on VAP records.

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Rising from the Dread 12 inch EP :
Corpus Christi Records Christ ITS 1

•Werewolf

•Jerusalem Over
(The White Cliffs of Dover)
•Rising from the Dead
•Testament

Released August 1982.

Rising From the Dread
Notes ; 12 inch EP with lyric insert. Corpus Christi was a division of Crass Records.

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Tracks
Side A:
 •Unwind
 •Werewolf
 •Dresden
 •Barbarian
 •Barbarians
 •Sexual
 •Stage Struck
 •Rising From The Dead
 •Twist In The Tale
Side B:
 •Unexpected Guest
 •Testament
 •Black Cat
 •UK Decay
 •For My Country
 •Unwind

A Night for Celebration: official live cassette
UK Decay Records DK6. Recorded at Hammersmith Klub Foot on 30 December 1982, the final UK Decay gig.

Other Recordings ;

UK Decay recorded 2 Peel Sessions for the BBC , details as follows ;

Session 1 ; (recorded 22.4.80)

For My Country / Unwind Tonight / Sexual / Rising From The Dead

Session 2 ; (recorded 22.7.81)

Stagestruck / Duel / Last in the House of Flames / Glass Ice

Notes ; Unwind Tonight and Glass Ice were later re-named Unwind and
Shattered on the Fresh releases. These are widely bootlegged but never officially
released. 

Appearances on Compilations

The only otherwise unavailable UK Decay track on a compilation is an alternate version
of For My Country on the Rough Trade Post Punk 01 compilation.

Various other tracks have appeared on compilations over the years, in the 80s there was Unwind on A Fresh Selection and For My Country on Punk and Disorderly. In the 90s a number of Goth compilations have appeared with various UK Decay and In Excelsis tracks , these seem to be cash-ins that I cant be bothered to publicise

note See here for 'Monokroms' Compilation listings
Monokroms Compilation Listings

After UK Decay split , there were 2 low-key appearances on compilation albums by Abbo/Twiggy/Steve Harle prior to forming Furyo. Slave Drive by Slave Drive on The Whip and Meat of Youth by Meat of Youth on the Batcave album. I will include full details of these in the Furyo discography , but just to say the track Slave Drive is credited to UK Decay on the CD re-issue of The Whip, which is a bit cheeky and untrue.

Rough Trade Shops: Post Punk 01