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| No Thanks! The '70s Punk Rebellion | 
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| Artist: Various Artists
Label: Rhino / Wea
Category: Music
List Price: $64.98
Buy New: $42.00
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Avg. Customer Rating:  49 reviews
Sales Rank: 16593
Format: Box Set
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 4
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2
Dimensions (in): 12.3 x 6.1 x 1.4
MPN: 73926
UPC: 081227392628
EAN: 0081227392628
ASIN: B0000DD539
Release Date: October 28, 2003
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| Customer Reviews:
 From one who was there... November 10, 2003
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
I happily give this five stars because the track selection is outstanding and it covers all the important bands of that period (with the exception of the Pistols). I enjoyed listening to the best songs of my favorite groups (X and The Dead Boys), but the real treat was in hearing excellent music that I had somehow overlooked previously(such as X-Ray Specs). The set includes a large-format booklet with info. and comments on all the bands and tracks, as well as rare photos. Well worth the money!
Filling In the Blank Generation April 6, 2004
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
I'll keep this review succinct: while one can certainly quibble about the inclusion of this song or that band, "No Thanks" provides an admirable overview of early Punk that spans several continents and stylistic trends. More critically, this isn't some "Greatest Hits" compilation intended merely to sell CDs -- whoever chose these songs knows the genre intimately. How else to explain the presence of such unknown but deserving artists as Alternative TV, the Mekons, the Dils, the Saints, and Johnny Thunders? If you never got around to picking up the 45s way back when, "No Thanks" will fill many gaps in your collection. And if you were too young to have made it past the bouncers at the Rat or the Mab or CBGBs, "No Thanks" gives a welcome feel for the three-chord catharsis that at the time could only be found in risk-taking dives like these or on a scattered handful of radio stations. For the rest of us: nostalgia for an age yet to come.
Punk rock isn't just mohawks and leather jackets October 5, 2004
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
FANTASTIC COLLECTION!!!
Rhino does it again!
I'm glad to see the majority of reviewers for this have their heads on straight. Indeed no compilation made by anyone but ourselves is perfect, but Rhino, considering all the restrictions they have to deal with from other labels, have done a superb job here. Admittedly I was never fully a punk, however I've spent the majority of 20 years investigating the music of the 70's and 80's and how it's affected what's come after.
Yes indeed there are those who look at the artists and tracks listed and would say that half aren't even punk. It obviously depends on personal opinion. But opinion based on fact provides the support for this selection. Of course many are missing but knowing what's involved in a box set, that's to be expected.
A great multitude of sounds, styles and looks created the original punk scenes. It was only after time that the snarl, Mohawk, leather jacket, pogoing and slam dancing became the ideal look and behavior. Nothing wrong with it, but just because Sid did it doesn't mean that's all there was. After all Johnny called Sid a fashion victim and that should speak volumes to anyone with ears.
This compilation doesn't fit the narrow, later definition of Punk but clearly presents what Punk actually was by those who were actually there when it was born.
Some gems, yes, but barely represents the era. April 12, 2005
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
It was a real gas to see some of the selections on this set. Rare bits like Alternative TV and Richard Hell and the Voidoids are enough to recommend including this set in any serious rocker's collection. That said, with limited disc real estate available, I was dissappointed by the amount of artists that appear two or more times each. I also feel it was off base to include some of the New Wave and pop artists like Elvis Costello and Joe Jackson (don't get me wrong; I love those two, but they don't belong here). I lived through those days, and there were more indie bands putting out great punk than you could shake a stick at. I think it would have been simple to fill all four discs without repeating any artist, as well as excluding the more main-stream ones. All-in-all great fun, but "No Thanks" only skims the surface.
 The Real Epitaph May 14, 2006
4 out of 30 found this review helpful
It somehow just makes sense that thirty years later you'd see a cd version of the same type of lame "new wave" cash-in albums that cropped up like mushrooms in '77-'78. The predictable and the loss leaders are all here, in a way that really makes me oddly nostalgic
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