RR 261022

Henri Fantin-Latour, A Basket of Roses, 1885: a wicker basket overflowing with red, pink, yellow and white roses on a table against a dark brown background — Plate. Henri Fantin-Latour, *A Basket of Roses* (Un panier de roses), 1885. Oil on canvas. Calouste Gulbenkian Museum, Lisbon. Photograph: Yelkrokoyade, CC BY-SA 4.0.

The Damned

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Fifty years ago today, on 22 October 1976, Stiff Records put out the first single by a British punk band. Brian James wrote it, Nick Lowe produced it in a day at Pathway Studios in Islington, and Dave Vanian opened it with a spoken line borrowed from the Shangri-Las. On the B-side: the Beatles’ “Help!” at twice the speed. The roses are Fantin-Latour’s, a nod to Peter Saville, who put the painter’s basket of roses on New Order’s Power, Corruption & Lies.

ACCESSION: RR 261022
ARTIST: The Damned
FORMAT: 7″ single, b/w “Help!” (1976)
WRITER: Brian James
PRODUCER: Nick Lowe
LABEL: Stiff Records, BUY 6
RELEASED: 22 October 1976
FILED: 22 October 2026

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