Adverts

The Adverts were an English punk band who formed in 1976 and broke up in late 1979. They were one of the first punk bands to enjoy chart success in the UK; their 1977 single "Gary Gilmore's Eyes" reached No. 18 in the UK Singles Chart. The Virgin Encyclopedia of 70s Music described bassist Gaye Advert as the "first female punk star".
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== Links to Peel ==
Peel saw The Adverts live at London's Roxy club, but they were one of the many punk outfits he played during the late 70s who were quickly overtaken by other new bands and music genres. The DJ, however,  did continue to give airtime to their early releases in the 80s and beyond, while later bands fronted by TV Smith also recorded sessions.
== Festive Fifty Entries ==
*None
== Sessions ==
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*Four sessions. 
*All available on The Wonders Don't Care - The Complete Radio Recordings CD, 1997 (Burning Airlines, Pilot 3). 
* #1 available on - The Peel Sessions EP, 1987 (Strange Fruit SFPS034). 
*Individual tracks available on Various Artists: Mixed Peel Cassette, 1987 (New Musical Express NME 033), Various Artists: Winters of Discontent: The Peel Sessions 77-83 CD, 1991 (Strange Fruit, SFRCD 204) , Various Artists: Movement: BBC Radio 1 Peel Sessions 1977-1979 2xCD, 2011 (EMI ‎– CDPEEL 7779)
*TV Smith also sessions with TV Smith’s Explorers (1981), TV Smith’s Cheap (1988).
1. Recorded: 1977-04-25. First broadcast: 29 April 1977. Repeated: 25 May 1977
*Quickstep / Looking Through Gary Gilmore's Eyes / One Chord Wonders / New Boys / Bored Teenagers
2. Recorded: 1977-08-23. First broadcast: 30 August 1977. Repeated: 30 September 1977
*We Who Wait / New Church / Safety In Numbers / The Great British Mistake
3. Recorded: 1978-08-21. First broadcast: 11 September 1978. Repeated: 16 October 1979.
*Fate Of Criminals / Television's Over / Love Songs / Back From The Dead / I Surrender
4. Recorded: 1979-10-16. First broadcast: 12 November 1979. Repeated: 03 January 1980.
*The Adverts / I Looked At The Sun / Cast Of Thousands / I Will Walk You Home
== Other Shows Played ==
;1977
*05 August 1977: Gary Gilmore's Eyes (7") Anchor
*16 August 1977: Gary Gilmore's Eyes (7") Anchor (JP: 'Immediately after this programme, I shall be going down into Soho again, being a pretty daring kind of a chap, to see the band play, and I'll look forward to that too.')
*29 August 1977: Gary Gilmore's Eyes (7", Single: Gary Gilmore's Eyes) Anchor
*20 October 1977: Safety In Numbers (7") Anchor ANC 1047
;1978
*18 January 1978: New Day Dawning (7" - No Time To Be 21) Bright BR 1
*19 January 1978: No Time To Be 21 (7") Bright
*02 February 1978: Tracks from (album - Crossing The Red Sea With The Adverts) Bright BRL 201
*03 February 1978: Tracks from (album - Crossing The Red Sea With The Adverts) Bright BRL 201
*01 March 1978: Newboys (album - Crossing The Red Sea With The Adverts) Bright BRL 201
*05 June 1978: unknown
*13 September 1978: Great British Mistake (album - Crossing The Red Sea With The Adverts) Bright BRL 201
*04 October 1978: One Chord Wonders (LP – Heroes & Cowards) Stiff
*02 November 1978: Television’s Over (7”) RCA Victor
;1979
*05 February 1979: Gary Gilmore's Eyes (v/a album - 20 Of Another Kind) Polydor
*24 May 1979: My Place (7") RCA
*05 June 1979: My Place (7") RCA
*09 June 1979 (BFBS): My Place (7") RCA Victor
*15 October 1979: The Adverts (album - Cast Of Thousands) RCA Victor PL 25246
*22 October 1979: Fate Of Criminals (album - Cast Of Thousands) RCA Victor PL 25246
;1980s
*11 October 1980 (BFBS): Gary Gilmore's Eyes (7") Anchor
*29 November 1980 (BFBS): Safety In Numbers
*19 February 1981 (BFBS): No Time To Be 21 (album - Crossing The Red Sea With The Adverts) Bright BRL 201
*11 June 1981 (John Walters): One Chord Wonders (7") Stiff
*20 December 1981 (BFBS): No Time To Be 21
*01 June 1982: Great British Mistake (album - Crossing The Red Sea With The Adverts) Bright BRL 201
*23 June 1982 (BFBS): Great British Mistake (album - Crossing The Red Sea With The Adverts) Bright BRL 201
*30 August 1982: One Chord Wonders (7") Stiff
*05 September 1982 (BFBS): One Chord Wonders (7") Stiff
*06 February 1983 (BFBS): Gary Gilmore's Eyes (7") Anchor
*18 April 1984 (BFBS): Televisions's Over (7") RCA
*14 September 1987: Bored Teenagers (12" - The Peel Sessions) Strange Fruit
*06 October 1987: One Chord Wonders (12" - The Peel Sessions) Strange Fruit
*16 October 1987 (BFBS): One Chord Wonders (12"-The Peel Sessions) Strange Fruit
*16 September 1989 (BFBS): No Time To Be 21 (7") Bright
;from 1990s
*20 March 1996: Gary Gilmore's Eyes (single, 1977) Anchor
*04 May 1999: One Chord Wonders (5xCD: 1-2-3-4 Punk & New Wave 1976-1979) Universal
*18 April 2002 (Radio Eins): One-Chord Wonders (7")
;Other
*Punk Fiction: One Chord Wonders
== See Also ==
*Gigography 1977 
*Stiff Records
* Sounds
== External Links ==
*Wikipedia
* Official site
* Other
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