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12" | 1970 | EU (Trading Places)

Release: 1970 / EU

Genre: Rock & Indie

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After performing together in the skiffle-oriented band Good Earth, singer-songwriter Ray Dorset and keyboardist Colin Earl formed Mungo Jerry, whose breakthrough single, “In The Summertime,” remains a stone-cold anthem of the early 1970s. With Paul King on banjo and jug, Mike Cole on string bass, Earl on ragtime piano and with Dorset’s humorous vocals upfront, “In The Summertime” was skiffle-tinged rock at its best. The reissue of this uncommon 12-inch also features Dorset’s “Mighty Man,” with King’s kazoo and harp, as well as a great cover of Woodie Guthrie’s “Dust Pneumonia Blues.” A must-have!

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Titus Groan

Open The Door Homer

13,99 €*

7" | 1986 | UK | Reissue (Optic Nerve)

Release: 1970 / EU

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Proto-prog act Titus Groan came together in London from disparate influences: drummer Jim Toomey, who later played in the Tourists, had a trad jazz background, and then played in a soul act with saxophonist/flutist/oboist Tony Priestland; bassist John Lee had played with jazz saxophonist Dick Morrissey, and guitarist/keyboardist Stuart Cowell was a blues fan, hence the diverse directions of their sole LP. Rare 12-inch ‘Open The Door Homer’ features their cover of the unreleased Bob Dylan song that was also tackled by Fairport Convention, originals ‘Woman Of The World’ and ‘Liverpool’ between blues rock, jazz rock and prog.

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The Primitives

Really Stupid

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12" | 1985 | EU | Reissue (Onderstroom)

Release: 1986 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Part of The Optic Sevens 5.0 Reissue Series.

Limited to 750 copies worldwide . Pressed on Purple Vinyl . Includes poster.

The Primitives' second single was originally released in 1986 on Lazy Records.

This issue contains all three tracks from the 12” . (None of which were included on their debut album), with a slightly different sleeve design that is a mixture of the original 12” and 7” release.

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Aroma Di Amore

De Sfeer Van Grote Dagen

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Disco nights (rock-freak)

Release: 1985 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Aroma Di Amore is/was Belgian’s premier cult band. Since the early eighties ADA innovatively combined electronics with rock. With a mix of razor-sharp Flemish lyrics and unconventional song structures the group earned a cult status in Belgium and abroad. 40 years later they conclude their career with a few last concerts and a vinyl box set spanning the years 1983-1987.

At the notorious Rock Rally of 1982 Aroma Di Amore stands out with their wonderful handling of the Flemish language, a deep bass, typical cold new wave drums, biting guitar riffs with the occasional flavor of absolute madness. Frontman Jos Verlooy adopts the stage name Elvis Peeters. The explanation for this remarkable pseudonym choice: in 1977 – the period of the singer's musical awakening – one of the two famous rocking Elvises (not Costello, but Presley) succumbs to his pill addiction. So, dixit Verlooy, there is an Elvis vacant. A banal surname belongs next to that exotic first name. A combination that breathes rock 'n' roll, according to the singer.

His companion Gerry Vergult – who very much determines the sound with his metallic riffs, somewhat indebted to Jean-Marie Aerts – adopts the stage name Fred Angst. Completely in line with the depressing zeitgeist of the 1980s. Gerry eats and breathes music. Besides composing most of ADA’s songs, he records & self-produces a few fantastic dark en loner solo minimal wave tracks as Fred Angst. He is still musically active, more towards the electronic leftfield nowadays under the moniker Zool.

It is clear from an early age that companion Elvis Peeters possesses the gift of the word. As an adolescent he published the punkzine “Dus”. The punk spirit stimulates Peeters. He begins to transform the poetry that he has been entrusting to paper for some time into song lyrics. It is on a whim and without any stage experience that punk friends Peeters and Angst register for the Rock Rally as Aroma di Amore. On a bed of post-punk and cold wave (Joy Division, Wire and Sisters of Mercy are the main influences), they initially let out playful, minimalist and nonsensical slogans such as "Doe De Mafia" (1982) and "Gorilla Dans De Samba" (1983). Later on, the tone becomes more serious, although Peeters' choice of words continues to show a penchant for absurdism and sarcasm. No one in Dutch songwriting imitates this verbal elasticity, certainly at that time.

The numerous songs about war are downright horrifying. In the 1980s, an arms race is underway. When the Belgian government decides to install nuclear missiles in 1981, Aroma di Amore asks for one minute of silence in the hall during performances. In "Lauwe Oorlog" (1983), Peeters exposes the core of his unrest: “paraat voor de parade / de vrede wordt begraven / met militaire eer”. To this day, the frontman of AdA still proudly wears his at least 30 year old 'atomic energy, no thanks!' button.

In 1984 Aroma releases Koude Oorlog on the new and independent Brussels label Play It Again Sam. The traditional press and radio ignore the record, but in the alternative circuits the mini-album does not go unnoticed, and the group starts to build a solid fan base, resulting in more and more offers for gigs. There's also interest in the Netherlands, and due to the international contacts of PIAS, the record also ends up in France, Switzerland, Spain and Canada.

Encouraged by this modest success, the group returns to the studio for a 12" single. With new group member Frits De Cauter on sax, they record "Voor De Dood". To this day, Voor De Dood remains the most popular AdA song, as evidenced by the countless compilations on which the song has appeared.

AdA goes to the Netherlands to record their next album “De Sfeer Van Grote Dagen”. The people from Nasmak have built a new studio in Eindhoven and one of the members, Theo Van Eenbergen (later Henry Rollins), will be the producer. “De Sfeer Van Grote Dagen” is the group's most adventurous album, and the reviews are again unanimously favorable. However, sales are disappointing and PIAS proposes to recruit Chris Reed of Red Lorry Yellow Lorry and record a new single with him. "Zonder Omzien" is recorded at the prestigious Pyramid Studio. However, PIAS is waiting to release the album and in the meantime AdA is recording a number of extra tracks with producer Ludo Camberlin, including "Koekoek In De Stad". Towards the end of the year, Lo and Elvis travel to Africa for a few months and as a result the group comes to a standstill. In this period, Zonder Omzien is released.

At the beginning of 1986, Peeters and Meulen return, and Andrea Smits leaves the group. Luc Pillards is hired as a replacement, and when Ludo Camberlin presents himself as a new label boss and producer (Anything But Records), they start recording their first full album for the label. “Harde Feiten" kicks in immediately, and the group is back up to cruising speed. In the first week of release, the record even appears in the bestseller list of the record stores.

At the beginning of 1987 the recordings for the second album start, this time in a production by Peeters and Angst themselves. Shortly after the shooting, AdA goes to Switzerland for a short but successful tour, with Men 2nd and Cas & Organized Crime as support act. "Koudvuur" is published in the autumn and considered to be their strongest record so far by the group, the reactions are rather low. Both the reviews in the press and the sales are disappointing and put a damper on the joy. Nevertheless, the group is invited to perform in Valencia, Spain, where they have an unexpected success.

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Aroma Di Amore have always been outsiders, even within the confinement of the alternative rock circuit. Their peculiar blend of raw guitars, electronics, Dutch lyrics and unconventional song structures was too hybrid for many. Those howewer who, without prejudice, would lend an ear to the band's music, discovered an energetic, authentic and uncompromising collective that stood above all trends. While so many Belgian "connaisseurs" had their doubts about the possibilities of international recognition for a band singing in Dutch, Aroma Di Amore toured France, Switzerland and Spain; their records figured in alternative charts from Poland to Canada.

From beginning to end the nucleus of Aroma Di Amore consisted of Elvis PEETERS, who in a inimitable, possessed way delivered his highly original lyrics, and Fred ANGST, guitarist mastering the heaviest riffs as well as refined tapestries of sound. Furthermore, the line-up varied throughout the band's carreer with:- H.K. (Guitarist from 1982 until 1983)- Andrea SMITS (Organ from 1982 until 1985)- Luc PILLARDS (Synthsizer in 1986)- Jan WANDELAAR (Guitar and synthesizer in 1986)- Pulcherie (Saxophone in 1983)- Wout DOCKX (Bass from 1987 until 1988)and especially- Lo MEULEN (Bass from 1983 until 1987)and the late Frits DE CAUTER (Saxophone from 1984 until 1986)contributing to the music.

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12" | 1979 | US (Arista)

LP | 1972 | EU | Reissue (Life Goes On)

Release: 1979 / US

Genre: Organic Grooves, Rock & Indie

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East

The Jet Set Junta Red Vinyl Edition

Release: 1972 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Possibly one of the most fascinating psychedelic album coming out of Japan in the early seventies. Published in 1972 on Capitol Records eastern brand, the album was then fully licensed to both the UK and American market, due to his fascinating and lysergic moments. The opener 'Beautiful Morning' soon became a classic on its own, showing the western influences of the band all along the spirit of the rising sun counterculture. A revolutionary effort in the end, coming from a different perspective and giving birth to a faint psych/folk/blues scenario.

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The Monochrome Set

7" | 1983 | EU | Reissue (Optic Nerve)

Day Doult / Get Out Of My Pocket

Release: 1983 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Includes postcard and poster. The Monochrome Set were something of the unsung heroes of the post-punk world; they fitted into absolutely no category whatsoever and their puckish take on spaghetti western soundtracks meets lounge jazz via the twisted lyrical imagery of vocalist Bid was as singular as it was unique. Comprising a couple of ex-Ants in Andy Warren and Lester Square, with singer / guitarist Bid and drummer JD Haney, their filmic, playful material found favour with many, including John Peel although they failed to match this with commercial success. The Jet Set Junta was originally released on Cherry Red in 1983 with its urgent, ringing guitars surrounding Bid’s lyrics telling of dodgy arms dealings and armoured limos as Lester Square’s Ennio Morriconetwang bends and reverbs as a counterpoint.

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Chaos

7" | 1979 | AT | Reissue (Bachelor Archives)

Rather Death Than False Of Faith Clear/Purple Splatter Vinyl Edition

Release: 1979 / AT – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Second press with different design poster and extra German liner notes by Lurker Grand. Chaos was one of Austria's first punk bands, connected closely to the Swiss scene. originally
released as a split 12" with The Sick from Switzerland in 1979.

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Hydra Vein

2LP | 1988 | EU | Reissue (Back On Black)

LP | 1982 | EU | Reissue (Spittle)

Release: 1988 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Rather Death Than False Of Faith (1988) was the debut album from UK thrash metal group Hydra Vein. Rather Death Than False Of Faith saw Hydra Vein hailed as the UK's answer to Slayer. The UK thrash scene at the time (and subsequently) had been lagging behind the US and Germany both in quality of output and exposure in the media and Rather Death ... was widely considered to be a decent riposte on behalf of the underdog. The album's highlights are undoubtedly the breathless title track, the stop-start "Right To Die" and the high octane "Crucifier".

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Artery

Oceans

7" | 1980 | US | Reissue (Captured Tracks)

Release: 1982 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Formed in Sheffield in 1978 and originally known as just "The", Artery is a band that saw several changes in the line-up throughout the '80s. Supported by John Peel and often compared to Joy Division their music incorporates various fundamental elements of the British post-punk aesthetic. Originally released in 1982 on Red Flame records, "Oceans" was Artery's debut mini-LP including some absolute gems such as "into the Garden" and "Afterwards" infectious anthemic tracks of the post-punk era.

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Bok Bok

Come Back To Me / Misfit

CD | 1980 | US | Reissue (Warner)

Release: 1980 / US – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Limited Edition for Record Store Day 2014!

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The B-52's

Wild planet

Release: 1980 / US – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Daddy's Dream / Since You've Been Gone Colored Record Store Day 2021 Edition

Stratos Demetrio

7" | 1972 | EU | Reissue (Numero Uno)

12,59 €* 13,99 € -10%

LP | 1975 | EU | Reissue (Life Goes On)

Release: 1972 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie, Pop

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Record Store Day Italia 2021 Drop 2 release.

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Tin Pan Alley

12,34 €* 12,99 € -5%

7" | 1987 | EU (Beat Generation)

Release: 1975 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Tin Pan Alley is the name given to a collection of New York City music publishers and songwriters who dominated the popular music of the United States in the late 19th century and early 20th century. It originally referred to a specific place: West 28th Street between Fifth and Sixth Avenues in the Flower District of Manhattan. Haruomi Hosono (Apryl Fool, Happy End, Ymo), Masataka Matsutoya (music producer, arranger, keyboard player and composer married to popstar Yumi Arai), Shigeru Suzuki (also guitarist in Happy End) and drummer Tatsuo Hayashi (later on in fusion prog-bands such as Aragon and Parachute) took the name for granted. Their 1975 self-titled debut is stil one of the most sophisticated venture in the so called city pop scene.

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Tercera Guerra Mundial

Violencia

Release: 1987 / EU

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Äpärät

Häiriköt Tulee-Ep

7" | 1985 | EU (Voltage)

7" | 1982 | EU (Mad Butcher Classics)

Release: 1985 / EU

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Swedish punk classic just reissued. Originally from 1985. Raw Scandinavian hardcore punk not for the weak of heart! Limited to 500 copies on the Voltage label out of Czech Republic.

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The Fits

The Last Laugh E.P.

Death And Pure Distruction

Release: 1982 / EU

Genre: Rock & Indie

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The Fits were a punk rock band from Blackpool, Lancashire, England. Originally released on Rondelet Music, this EP entered the UK Indie Chart in December 1982 and peaked at number 44.

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Death Sentence

7" | 1982 | EU (Mad Butcher Classics)

In My Own Time 50th Anniversary Edition

Release: 1982 / EU

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Death Sentence was certainly a band of its time as the looks of the boys suggest with their boots, studded jackets and spiky hair. The four songs on this Ep epitomize everything to love about that genre. It is fast and basic, it is sloppy, it is snottier than a six-year old on a rainy day, it is pissed, spontaneous and distorted.

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Karen Dalton

Tape | 1972 | US | Reissue (Light In The Attic)

7" | 1983 | EU (Radiation Reissues)

Release: 1972 / US – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Karen Dalton’s 1971 album, In My Own Time, stands as a true masterpiece by one of music’s most mysterious, enigmatic, and enduringly influential artists. Celebrating the album’s 50th anniversary, Light in the Attic is honored to present a newly remastered (2021) edition of the album on LP, CD, cassette, and 8-Track.

Both the CD and cassette editions feature 9 bonus tracks, including 3 alternate takes from the In My Own Time album sessions, along with 6 previously unreleased tracks captured during Karen’s 1971 European tour, including live at The Montreux Golden Rose Pop Festival and Germany’s Beat Club.

All audio has been newly remastered by Dave Cooley, while lacquers were cut by Phil Rodriguez at Elysian Masters.

The Oklahoma-raised Karen Dalton (1937-1993) brought a range of influences to her work. As Lenny Kaye writes in the liner notes, one can hear “the jazz of Ella Fitzgerald and Billie Holiday, the immersion of Nina Simone, the Appalachian keen of Jean Ritchie, [and] the R&B and country that had to seep in as she made her way to New York."

Armed with a long-necked banjo and a 12-stringed guitar, Dalton set herself apart from her peers with her distinctive, world-weary vocals. In the early ‘60s, she became a fixture in the Greenwich Village folk scene, interpreting traditional material, blues standards, and the songs of her contemporaries, including Tim Hardin, Fred Neil, and Richard Tucker, whom she later married. Bob Dylan, meanwhile, was instantly taken with her artistry. “My favorite singer in the place was Karen Dalton,” he recalled in Chronicles: Volume One (Simon & Schuster, 2004). “Karen had a voice like Billie Holiday and played the guitar like Jimmy Reed.”

Those who knew Dalton understood that she was not interested in bowing to the whims of the record industry. On stage, she rarely interacted with audience members. In the studio, she was equally as uncomfortable with the recording process. Her 1969 debut, It’s So Hard to Tell Who’s Going To Love You The Best, reissued by Light in the Attic in 2009, was captured on the sly when Dalton assumed that she was rehearsing songs. When Woodstock co-promoter Michael Lang approached Dalton about recording a follow-up for his new imprint, Just Sunshine, she was dubious, to say the least. The album would have to be made on her own terms, in her own time. That turned out to be a six-month period at Bearsville Studios in Woodstock, NY.

Producing the album was bassist Harvey Brooks, who played alongside Dalton on It’s So Hard to Tell Who’s Going To Love You The Best. Brooks, who prided himself on being “simple, solid and supportive,” understood Dalton’s process, but was also willing to offer gentle encouragement, and challenge the artist to push her creative bounds. “I tried to present her with a flexible situation,” he told Kaye. “I left the decisions to her, to determine the tempo, feel. She was very quiet, and I brought all of it to her; if she needed more, I’d present options. Everyone was sensitive to her. She was the leader.”

Dalton, who rarely performed her own compositions, selected a range of material to interpret—from traditionals like “Katie Cruel” and “Same Old Man” to Paul Butterfield’s “In My Own Dream” and Richard Tucker’s “Are You Leaving For The Country.” She also expanded upon her typical repertoire, peppering in such R&B hits as “When a Man Loves a Woman” and “How Sweet It Is.” In a departure from her previous LP, Dalton’s new recording offered fuller, more pop-forward arrangements, featuring a slew of talented studio musicians.

While ‘70s audiences may not have been ready for Dalton’s music, a new generation was about to discover her work. In the decades following her death, a slew of artists would name Karen Dalton as an influence, including Lucinda Williams, Joanna Newsom, Nick Cave, Angel Olsen, Devendra Banhart, Sharon Van Etten, Courtney Barnett, and Adele. In the recent acclaimed film documentary Karen Dalton: In My Own Time, Cave muses on Dalton’s unique appeal: “There’s a sort of demand made upon the listener,” he explains. “Whether you like it or not, you have to enter her world. And it’s a despairing world.” Peter Walker, who also appears in the film, elaborates on this idea: “If she can feel a certain way in her music and play it in such a way that you feel that way, then that’s really the most magical thing [one] can do.” He adds, “She had a deep and profound and loving soul…you can hear it in her music.”

1–10: Originally released as Just Sunshine – PAS 6008, 1971 11–13: Alternate Takes from album sessions, 1970/71 14–15: Recorded live at Beat Club, Germany, April 21, 1971 16–19: Recorded live at The Montreux Golden Rose Pop Festival, May 1, 1972

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Vatican Commandos

Just A Frisbee

7" | 1983 | EU (Radiation Reissues)

Release: 1983 / EU

Genre: Rock & Indie

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First vinyl reissue for Darien, Connecticut hardcore punk legends Vatican Commandos’ 1983 second 7", originally on the Pregnant Nun label. A 'killed by death' holy grail for the US hardcore collectors finally back in print, courtesy of the original members. Faithful reproduction of the original cover art by Rob Zombie himself. Fully remastered.

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Vatican Commandos

Hit Squad For God

7" | 1978 | EU (Mad Butcher Classics)

Release: 1983 / EU

Genre: Rock & Indie

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First vinyl reissue for Darien, Connecticut hardcore punk legends Vatican Commandos’ 1983 debut, featuring Richard Hall (A.K.A. world famous pop star Moby) on guitar. Originally out on the Pregnant Nun label and now impossibile to find. Holy grail alert!

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The Rebels

Suicide

12" | 1985 | EU (Different Class)

Release: 1978 / EU

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Reissue In 'Company Sleeve' For This 1978 Uk Punk Smasher Originally On The 'Rigid' Records Label Limited 500 On The Mad Butcher Label From Germany

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Foreign Legion

Trenchline

Life After Life / Life After Dub

Release: 1985 / EU

Genre: Rock & Indie

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1985, reissue with a new artwork, Punk in vein of The Expelled, Vice Squad, Adicts.

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Alternative TV

7" | 1978 | UK | Reissue (Ethbo)

7" | 1978 | US | Reissue (Superior Viaduct)

Release: 1978 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Following hot on the heels of Ethbo's excursion to Russia, with Letov, Suchillin and Pillayev, Howard Williams' Ethbo swivels its telescope to Deptford, South London in 1978.

The band Alternative TV were, and remain, a radical creative force. Originally formed by Mark Perry (Mark P), and Alex Fergusson (later of Psychic TV) in the early days of punk, when Perry was editor of the pioneering punk fanzine, Sniffin' Glue.

Early rehearsals were held in Throbbing Gristle's Industrial Records studio, with Genesis P-Orridge on drums. After line-up changes, the 1978 release of Life After Life saw Dennis Burns on bass, Chris Bennett on drums, Kim Turner on guitar and Mark P. on vocals. The session was produced by prolific Trojan Records artist and producer Joe Sinclair, and released on the independent label Deptford Fun City Records.

The song presents a “conscious” lyric through an urban music form of its time. And here’s the result, more than 40 years on, the dub still rocks. Perry’s vocal, like no other from the punk era, talks of the afterlife, in a twisted nod to Nietzsche, he chants “Wake Me Up When We Are Dead”.

A Venn diagram of Mark P and Mark E Smith, leader of The Fall, would show some common ground. Both band leaders survived numerous member changes throughout the decades, had a baleful eye on the producers and consumers of their music, and expressed themselves through a poetic, existential form of lyric writing and musical experimentation. In the early days Smith cited Alternative TV in a list of favourite music - alongside Johnny Cash.

Remastered with love, pressed at RAND, with sleeve and label artwork re-jigged by Will Bankhead, there's no better way to skank yourself to Armageddon.

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The Mekons

Where Were You?

7" | 1978 | US | Reissue (Superior Viaduct)

Release: 1978 / US – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Limited edition for Record Store Day 2018!

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The Mekons

Never Been In A Riot

7" | 1980 | US | Reissue (Iron Lung)

Release: 1978 / US – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Limited edition for Record Store Day 2018!

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The Steves

Making Time

Release: 1980 / US – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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When The Steves' two extremely limited (maybe 100-200 of each?) EPs were released back in 1980 and '81 respectively, the squares around Harvard's newsroom were aghast at the audacity of this group. Having the stones to release such crudely-rhythmic, near mechanical and downright terse tunes in the day's often long winded prog rockin' ballad heavy radio reality that were too robotic to be “punk” and too unruly to be anything but was, to say the least, a bold move. Sure to cause an uproar in the halls, protests in the classroom and uninvited dancing in the streets! In the annals of New England's rock journalism, there is not a mountain of coverage on The Steves, certainly not as much as the Alan Parsons Project or Aerosmith, but the fact remains that they were a fully charged powder keg of raw energy and new musical direction that seemed to elude most of the world back then. Not to say they didn't get any light shone on them, they did get a fair amount of airplay on the college stations around Boston and even appeared on the cover of Boston Rock magazine. It is Iron Lung Records' distinct pleasure to offer the modern world a new chance to discover the ever vital and effervescent music of The Steves' initial EPs along with a third EP of songs never released on vinyl until now that were recorded at the time or shortly after the initial sessions. A true synth-punk/KBD treasure. Obscurity is for suckers. Let's get shakin'! 700 copies of each EP on black 70gr vinyl housed in a 12pt reverse board glue pocket sleeve with faithful reproductions of the original art. Originally produced by V. Ray, Darlene Wilson and The Steves. Remastered by John Golden in 2023. These reissues are dedicated to Steve Arey, a great drummer and the original steve.

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Nighters

Drop Down Dead EP

LP | 1984 | EU (No Plan)

11,69 €* 12,99 € -10%

LP | 1972 | UK | Reissue (Seelie Court)

Release: 1984 / EU

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Reissue FOR This Classic Italian Hardcore Punk 7" EP, Originally From 1984. File Under: Bloody Riot, Wretched, Negazione, Manimal.

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Threads Of Life

Alco

Release: 1972 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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7" | 1983 | EU (Dr Strange)

Government Issue

Make An Effort

Release: 1983 / EU

Genre: Rock & Indie

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LP | 1974 | UK | Reissue (Seelie Court)

Heavy Glam Girl Band

Acetate

Release: 1974 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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7" | 1980 | EU | Reissue (Reminder)

Wild Boys

Last One Of The Boys

Release: 1980 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Human Hell Red / Black Splatter Vinyl Edition

Harter Attack

LP | 1989 | EU | Reissue (Back On Black)

7" | 1977 | EU (Belgian Waffles)

Release: 1989 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Re-issue of Harter Attack's 'Human Hell' on absolutely stunning limited edition RED AND Black Splatter Vinyl. Thrash so apocalyptic and ferocious it could easily be the soundtrack to Armageddon!

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La Vie En Rose

Shitparade

7" | 1982 | EU (Discos Enfermos)

Release: 1977 / EU

Genre: Rock & Indie, Electronic & Dance

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Belgian Waffles Records is happy to announce the new release Bw014. La Vie En Rose « Shitparade » 7’’. Four songs of pure punk nihilism with political lyrics drenched in social criticism. Recorded in 1978 and unreleased to this day. The band formed in Ghent, in the flamish north part of Belgium, from the ashes of Basta who released a single in 1977. They only lasted a few months and played a handful of concert before disbanding. Some members went on to form the well know synth wave outfit Nacht und Nebel.

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Codigo Neurotico

Release: 1982 / EU

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Nothing Yet Blue Vinyl Edition

Weeping Messerschmitts

7" | 1986 | EU | Reissue (Optic Nerve)

Tranquil Red Vinyl Edition

Release: 1986 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Includes postcard and poster. Hailing from Wolverhampton, Weeping Messerschmitts gave us one absolutely cracking 12”, released on Upright in 1986 and then disappeared . Previously only available on 12” only we bring you 2 of those tracks on 7” for the very first time. Coming out of the West Midlands Weeping Messerschmitts cut their teeth supporting schoolfriends The Mighty Lemon Drops.

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The Clouds

7" | 1987 | EU | Reissue (Optic Nerve)

Gordon / Situations Vacant

Release: 1987 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Part of The Optic Sevens 3.0 Reissue Series . Limited to 800 copies worldwide. Pressed on Red Vinyl Printed inner sleeve. Includes postcard and poster. Glasgow based The Clouds only single was originally released in 1988 on Subway and became an indie top 20 hit. This version is pressed on Red vinyl with inner sleeve. Includes all 3 tracks from the 12”.

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The Cravats

7" | 1978 | EU (Overground)

Release: 1978 / EU

Genre: Rock & Indie

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7" | 1979 | EU (Different Class)

Das Schnitz

4 Am

7" | 1988 | EU (C. S. Records)

Release: 1979 / EU

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Reissue of very rare UK Punk 1979, in vein of Buzzcocks, Users, Clash, Wire.

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Comando Suicida

Al K.O.

Release: 1988 / EU

Genre: Rock & Indie

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7" | 1984 | EU | Reissue (Optic Nerve)

The Wee Cherubs

Dreaming

7" | 1985 | EU | Reissue (Optic Nerve)

Release: 1984 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Includes postcard and poster. Impossibly rare 1984 UK 7” vinyl single, written by a pre- Bachelor Pad’s Martin Cotter. One of only three releases by the short-lived Glasgow based indie label Bogaten, although redolant of early Orange Juice in the sound of the A-side, also looks forward to Shoegaze, with a reverb-drenched cover of The Velvet Underground’s Waiting For My Man on the B-side

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Meat Whiplash

Dont Slip Up

The Revolving Paint Dream

Release: 1985 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Includes postcard and poster. Their one and only single was originally released in 1985 on Creation and spent 19 weeks in the independent chart. From East Kilbride in Scotland, they morphed into Motorcycle Boy.

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Flowers In The Sky

7" | 1984 | EU | Reissue (Optic Nerve)

7" | 1989 | EU | Reissue (Optic Nerve)

Release: 1984 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Released in 1984 and the second release on Creation Records. Flowers In The Sky Is a perfect piece of 80’s psychedelic pop.

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Bob

Convenience

Strawberry Cheescake / Modern Noise

Release: 1989 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Originally released in 1989 on The House Of Teeth label, this indie classic which made John Peels Festive fty of that year, gets a 30th anniversary reissue as part of our Optic Sevens 2.0 reissue series. It is backed with the Previously unreleased ‘Coquette’, which was recorded in 1992 , remixed in 2017 and only available on this release of the 7 inch.

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The Algebra Mothers

7" | 1979 | US | Reissue (Third Man)

Release: 1979 / US – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Harken | Fludango | Hiss Alon

Mike Flood

7" | 1980 | US | Reissue (Sub Pop)

Release: 1980 / US – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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LP | 1982 | EU | Reissue (Bachelor)

Dead Nittels

Anti New Wave Liga

Release: 1982 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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First And Last Colored Vinyl Edition

Artattacks

7" | 1979 | EU (Overground)

12" | 1983 | EU | Reissue (Miss You)

Release: 1979 / EU

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Originally From 1979 - Limited Color Vinyl!

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The Redhots

Redhot

10,49 €* 14,99 € -30%

LP | 1977 | UK | Reissue (Seelie Court)

Release: 1983 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves, Rock & Indie

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Powerful downtempo ballad with heavy emotions from Louisiana based guitarist Chris McCaa. Originally released as a 7” promo oriented record in 1983, the band had hopes of it leading to bigger projects but most of the pressing probably ended up in someone's basement with very few copies available online. 40 years later, “If I Had To Say Goodbye” is back again to bless your ears at the ending sets of special dancefloors. Featuring a sound that is highly reminiscent Chris Rea's aesthetic, both in terms of vocal and guitar use, yet still breaking new ground in the power ballad department. Now in 12” 45rpm format with an extended edit by Castro on the B-side, remastered at Berlin's finest manmade mastering.

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Hooknorton

In For A Penny

10,44 €* 10,99 € -5%

Release: 1977 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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The Murder Of Liddle Towers Colored Vinyl Edition

Angelic Upstarts

7" | 1978 | EU (Overground)

8,99 €*

Born To Be Malaj Colored Vinyl Edition

Release: 1978 / EU

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Formed in 1977 in South Shields the Angelic Upstarts self-released debut single released in 1978 was ‘The Murder Of Liddle Towers’. The song highlighted the death of Liddle Towers who died after having been beaten in police custody, a crime that was covered up and no officers ever brought to justice. The record became a rallying point against police brutality. The record, and it’s B side ‘Police Oppression’ became a classic punk single and is a passionate call for justice. Mensi: “Liddle Towers was our protest single. It was the story of a boxing coach who was arrested for being drunk and disorderly. He was examined by a doctor and was perfectly healthy. Then in the morning was discovered dead and had injuries which the police surgeon described as being similar to that of a person who had been in a serious 70 miles-an-hour head-on collision. His injuries were absolutely horrific. He was basically kicked to death. “We done a couple of shows and got the money together and we pressed 500 singles, and then Small Wonder/Rough Trade re-released it, and it got to number one in the indie charts despite no radio play. Apart from John Peel, nobody else played it, and it was actually banned off any sort of play list in the northeast. Fair play I say.” The single is reissued as a limited edition of 500 on White vinyl, closely reproducing the first pressing from 1978.

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Attentat

7" | 1980 | EU (Ken Rock)

8,99 €*

Release: 1980 / EU

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Mercy, Mercy / Who Knows Whats Gonna Come

Kids

7" | 1986 | EU (Sky)

8,54 €* 8,99 € -5%

Release: 1986 / EU

Genre: Rock & Indie

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7" | 1982 | EU (Mad Butcher Classics)

Dead Wretched

Convicted / Infiltrator

8,24 €* 10,99 € -25%