Saturday 5 April 2008

VA - Earcom #3 2x7"

3rd and final issue in the series, this one is a double 7" instead of a 12". This one is interesting to me because of the inclusion of "Out Of Vogue" by the Middle Class, which was probably the 1st ever hardcore punk single, although that's a much disputed point. I wonder how much influence, if any, bringing this song to the UK might have had on the emerging faster bands starting up then (Discharge etc). They probably weren't aware of much of the American stuff at that point, at least I think that was the reason Alternative Tentacles put out the Let Them Eat Jellybeans comp a couple of years later. Which I might post later, I may even scan the poster if I can work out how to use the scanner!

Tracks:

A1 - Noh Mercy - Caucasian Guilt
A2 - Noh Mercy - Revolutionary Spy
B1 - Stupid Babies - Baby Blues
B2 - Stupid Babies - Baby Sitters
B3 - From Chorley - Tablecloth
C1 - D.A.F. - Ich Und Die Wirklichkeit
D1 - Middle Class - Out Of Vogue
D2 - Middle Class - Situations

Link in comments

6 comments:

Vom said...

Here it is:
http://rapidshare.com/files/104432034/ear3.zip

Anonymous said...

Thanks for these great Earcom's matey. Great stuff.

Anonymous said...

Seconded. Brilliant stuff.

junioraspirin said...

Yes brilliant. Thanks. My friend Grant told me in 1990 that Stupid Babies featured the human later known as 'Adamski', but I don't know if this is true..

Chispita said...

Yes, it is true, you can check his myspace.

Stuart said...

for years the story was that Adamski was in The Prats (despite them being from Inverness) - they were on Earcom 1 of course and all aged around 12, so easy mistake for someone to make!