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  • Summary: The compilation of 49 songs of some of the artists on the New York punk label run by Terry Ork and Charles Ball in the 1970s.
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  • Record Label: Numero
  • Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Punk/New Wave, Power Pop, Proto-Punk, New Wave, New York Punk, American Punk
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  1. Dec 11, 2015
    100
    Ork Records: New York, New York opens a window to the past that you can’t go through or even really see through, but it is just wide enough to let the music in and that is a very good thing indeed.
  2. Magnet
    Nov 17, 2015
    100
    It's towering tuneful stuff. [No. 126, p.54]
  3. Nov 11, 2015
    90
    Ork Records: New York, New York is a superb evocation of a vitally important time and place in American rock & roll, and it's fun, eclectic listening to boot.
  4. Nov 11, 2015
    80
    The inclusion here of iconic tracks such as the aforementioned Little Johnny Jewel and Richard Hell’s Blank Generation shows that their label was indeed instrumental in documenting the birth of NYC punk, but elsewhere Chris Stamey & The dB’s Big Star-esque power-pop and The Student Teachers’ quirky, synth-driven art-pop prove that Ork and Ball were equally comfortable promoting bands who had little truck with the three-chord revolution.
  5. Nov 23, 2015
    80
    A pleasantly bitchy book gives all Ork acts their due, a raft of rare tracks completing the picture. Prix offcuts are essential listening for Big Star fetishists.
  6. Q Magazine
    Nov 20, 2015
    80
    Heroically in-depth liner notes tell the full warty story of a label whose output still stimulates. [Dec 2015, p.119]
  7. Nov 11, 2015
    70
    Ork was a ­scoundrel and eventually a jailbird, but no one chronicled the undercard at CBGB ­better.

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  1. Jan 22, 2016
    9
    Love there use of vocal space and arrangement. Very versatile sound and shows they have a large amount of versatility. I would definitelyLove there use of vocal space and arrangement. Very versatile sound and shows they have a large amount of versatility. I would definitely recommend to a friend. Expand