Showing posts with label 1979. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 1979. Show all posts

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

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VA - Earcom #2 12"

2nd installment, also a 12", also 1979 on Fast Product. This one featured soon-to-be-huge Joy Division, although my favourite songs on this are Thursdays "Perfection" & Basczax "Karleearn Photography".

Tracks:

A1 - Thursdays - Perfection
A2 - Basczax - Celluloid Love
A3 - Basczax - Karleearn Photography
B1 - Joy Division - Auto-Suggestion
B2 - Joy Division - From Safety To Where
B3 - Thursdays - (Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay

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VA - Earcom #1 12"

This 12" compilation came out in 1979 on Fast Product, who also released singles by Gang Of Four, Mekons and Dead Kennedys.

The music is in a post punk/DIY/lo-fi vein. Blank Students are a little more like conventional punk of the time.

Tracks:

A1 - Prats - Prats 2
A2 - Blank Students - Fun At The Fair
A3 - Graph - Drowning
A4 - Blank Students - Background Music
B1 - Prats - Inverness
B2 - Prats - Bored
B3 - Flowers - Criminal Waste
B4 - Flowers - After Dark
B5 - Guest Item - (My Baby Does) Good Sculptures

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