Gordie Uranus and the Universe

As further evidence that the dustbin of rock is indeed a bottomless pit, there is this potent little double-sider from Gordie Uranus and the Universe. The band was from Ottawa, a relatively punk-friendly city at the time that spawned the likes of the Red Squares, the Bureaucrats and, later on, Porcelain Forehead, and they issued these tracks towards the end of the seventies. Both songs pack a soul/punk wallop, especially 'It's Only Urgent' with its brawny horns and hard-hitting guitar.