Key data:

 1974

 Guildford, Surrey 

 17 “A-list” albums (1977 to 2012)

 ongoing

The Jukebox Pick (of 269):

 Nice ‘n’ Sleazy

 (Hugh Cornwell, Brian Duffy, David Greenfield, Jean Jacques Burnel)

 The Stranglers

  “Utterly perfect” New Wave

 First out as a single in April, 1978.