Promises, Promises - Borders. Mid-Wales Punk & Post - Punk (1979-83)

A 16 track album of mainly unheard, unknown & previously unpublished Punk/Post-Punk from the wild borders between England & Wales straight from the CTR archive - (1979-83)

Drawing on 7-inches, cassette demos, and unreleased tracks.

(Digisleeve CD With A 12 Page Booklet With Full Sleevenotes By John K Of CTR & Unseen Memorabilia / photos From The Era  - Comes With An Exclusive Additional  4 Tracks Download Token )

"Sheds much-needed light on the scene that existed near the porous borders of mid-England and Wales, and what it reveals is music of staggering quality."  (Erick Bradshaw-Bandcamp Daily Nov 2025)

Featuring: Prefex (Not the band that went on to become the Nightingales-But from Welshpool Powys-) A new remaster of their only very rare 7" release. (1980)

Also, The Exhumed-from Ludlow Shropshire - A wild & political Punk / commune based band who played a legendary concert at the local town hall The building was later demolished (I'm sure it's not connected).

& The Bags (Telford)  "Top-tier feminist post-punk anthems that stand tall with the likes of The Raincoats, Honey Bane & Y Pants ". (Erick Bradshaw-Bandcamp Daily Nov 2025) 

Slits-esque militant & social refusenik - tones.

Luxi Trio from Shrewsbury- basically the same line-up as the acclaimed & reissued/bootlegged-The Buzz - with tracks recorded at Foel Studios in Powys early 1980-Previously unheard - from the baked & restored by CTR master-tapes.

& More including the Stains (Shrewsbury 1979) & Platinum Needles (Telford) 1979) & the one-off single from Berlin Walls .

For this CD release - the "B" side of the rare Buzz 7" from '79 and from that same year the illusive Tremors single too.

Sleeve Photograph: The Exhumed - In rehearsal - Ludlow 1979.

Sleevenotes: John K Of CTR

Listen On Bandcamp :

Promises,Promises-Borders & Mid-Wales Punk/Post-Punk 1979-83 | CTR

Tracks :

1 Prefex – Promises Promises 3:14

2 The Bags-Dancing Around Our Handbags 2:50

3 Luxi Trio – Get Higher 8:14

4 The Exhumed-Chinese Wall 2:53

5 Berlin Walls-Stop 2:08

6 Stains-Bored 4:52 

7 Prefex-Tightrope Walking 3:39

8 Platinum Needlz-Telford 2:34

9 The Bags -Girls Don’t ! 2:01

10 Berlin Walls – You Don’t Have To Live Like That 3:32

11 Luxi Trio-Beside You 7:06

12 The Exhumed-Out Of Tune 6:14

13 The Bags-Supermarket Paranoia 2:41

14 The Exhumed -Today 3:19

15 The Buzz- Sick At Heart  2:51

16 Tremors -Modern World   3:13