This came out in 2003 – or at least that’s when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):
Unlike most punk bands that emerged from London in the ’70s, The Vibrators are still alive and kicking. But like most of those old outfits, the only Vibrators album you really need is their first one.
That would be Pure Mania — which is coincidentally (or perhaps not) available again. But this isn’t one of those fancy deluxe editions — there are no liner notes, lyric sheets or extra tracks here. Hell, it doesn’t even sound like it’s been remastered. All you get are 15 snot-encrusted blasts of adrenalized old-school punk like Yeah Yeah Yeah and I Need A Slave, fulla buzzsaw guitars, four-on-the-floor drums and sneered lyrics about cheap thrills, whips and furs and stiff little fingers. Luckily, that’s all you need.
