Friday, July 16, 2010

Rudimentary Peni - 1987 - The EPs of RP (comp.) (UK)

Rudimentary Peni - 1987 - The EPs of RP (comp.) (UK)
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"The E.P.s of R.P." is a compilation of the anarcho-punk band Rudimentary Peni released on LP in 1986 and CD in 1994. It contains both 7" EPs, "Rudimentary Peni" and "Farce". It is available on CD from Outer Himalayan Records (catalogue no. BBOO3)
Tracks 1-12 taken from the "Rudimentary Peni" 7" EP, recorded at Street Level in 1981 and released in August that year. Tracks 13-22 from the "Farce" 7" EP, recorded at Southern Studios, London, in 1982, engineered by John Loder, produced by Penny Rimbaud and Rudimentary Peni, and released on Crass Records in July of that year.
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Tuesday, July 13, 2010

Cardiac Arrest - 1979 - A Bus for a Bus on the Bus 7'' (UK)

Cardiac Arrest - 1979 - A Bus for a Bus on the Bus 7'' (UK)
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"A Bus for a Bus on the Bus" is the only 7" single by Cardiac Arrest, who later became Cardiacs.
Until the release of the The Special Garage Concerts Vol II, none of the tracks on the 7" had been reproduced anywhere else. The single was supposed to contain four tracks and not three, but the limited space on the 7" format prevented it. The fourth track was to be "Keep Your Dead Mice with You" [1] [2], which was later re-recorded as "Dead Mouse" on the Toy World album. The single is one of the rarest Cardiac Arrest/Cardiacs items.
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Monday, July 12, 2010

Clocks - 1979 - Time Is On My Side 7'' (US)

Clocks - 1979 - Time Is On My Side 7'' (US)
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The Clocks were an early eighties Cleveland band that featured Pagans member Mike Metoff and drew upon local legends like Devo, the Dead Boys, and the Raspberries, but still managed to sound 100% unique. The six tunes on this single are pretty damn eclectic, running the gamut from a fantastic double-time pop version of the Stones classic they took the title from, to the sci-fi new wave of 'Slave Planet.' My favorite cut though is 'Confidentially Renee,' a tune so perfect that it draws easy comparisons to both the Eat and late period Gizmos. If they ever made a 'Can't Stand The Midwest' volume two, this song should definitely be on there. As you might expect, this is limited and all of that jazz, so I'd get on this quick if you want to be able to hear this gem of a single.
(Steven Strange – Terminal Boredom webzine #4 – Aug./Sep. 2004)
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