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Saturday, July 10, 2010

THE DAMNED - DVD - FINAL DAMNATION (2008)

DVD

THE DAMNED
FINAL DAMNATION

Bekas, like new,


SMS/WA 0812 9818 9079 ( N O R M A N) 


 June 1988 at the Town and Country Club, London, this concert brings together the members of The Damned for a one-night-only performance. The first eight songs feature the original line-up of Dave Vanian (vocals), Captain Sensible (bass and lead guitar, and backup vocals), Brian James (lead guitar) and founding member Rat Scabies (drums). The last half of the set has Brian Merrick (guitar) and Roman Jugg (keyboards) mounting the stage for what seemed to be the gothic phase of The Damned's career, circa 1982.
    Running for 71 minutes, the concert itself is indicative of the genre, with sloppy playing and high energy levels. Like Glen Danzig, Dave Vanian delivers his vocals with an annoying Elvis Presley twang. Captain Sensible – the clown of the band – enjoys insulting the audience between songs. His tedious banter threatens to drain the life out of the gig (the body language of his band mates suggests that they too have limited patience for his editorials). I suspect that the edits from one track to the next serve to abbreviate some of these detours. Also to this end, a review of the show is read by a mock radio announcer especially for the DVD between songs. This works well, except that the voice-over runs into parts of band playing.
    Coverage of the band and the crowd is good, switching between wide angle shots, medium shots, and sweaty close-ups. The audience appears to enjoy the show: the whole mosh pit was thrashing about, not just the section near the stage. Of course, for a revival concert like this one, you would expect most of the punters to be rabid fans. Note that there are no end credits after the concert.
   

Track Listing:
1           See Her Tonight        
2           Neat Neat Neat        
3           Born to Kill        
4           I Fall        
5           Fan Club        
6           Fish        
7           Help        
8           New Rose        
9           I Feel Alright        
10           I Just Can't Be Happy Today        
11           Wait for the Blackout        
12           Melody Lee        
13           Noise Noise Noise        
14           Love Song        
15           Smash It Up        
16           Looking at You        
17           The Last Time
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THE MEMBERS - SOUND OF THE SUBURBS (1995)



Compilation album by The Members
Released 1995
Recorded various
Genre Punk rock
Length -
Label Virgin
Producer Steve Lillywhite, etc

True to its subtitle, this 18-track collection compiles the finest moments of the band's two-year stay at Virgin Records (1979-1980). While this period was the strongest for the band, it would have been nice to include a track or two from their final album, Uprhythm, Downbeat, such as the near-hit "Working Girl."

Track Listing:
  1. Handling the Big Jets        
  2. Sally    
  3. GLC        
  4. Banking Business/Pennies in the Pound        
  5. Soho-A-Go-Go
  6. Muzak Machine        
  7. Rat up in a Drain Pipe        
  8. Sound of the Suburbs
  9. Phone-In Show        
  10. Brian Was        
  11. Killing Time        
  12. Clean Man        
  13. Romance        
  14. Flying Again        
  15. Solitary Confinement    
  16. Chelsea Nightclub    
  17. Gang War        
  18. Police Car 
PRIZE: 125.000 IDR
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THE UNDERTONES - THE POSITIVE TOUCH (1981)

Studio album by The Undertones
Released May, 1981
Recorded Wisseloord Studios
January, 1981
Genre Rock
Label Ardeck-EMI (UK)
Harvest (US)
Rykodisc (US CD reissue)
Dojo Records (UK CD reissue)
Sanctuary Records (UK CD reissue)
Producer Roger Bechirian

Positive Touch is a 1981 album by The Undertones. The album, the third to be released by the band, was recorded in January 1981 at Wisseloord studios in The Netherlands and was released in May that year, reaching number 17 in the UK album charts.[1]
The original LP release included the UK chart hits: It's Going to Happen, which reached number 18 in the UK charts in May 1981, and Julie Ocean, which reached number 41 upon release in July the same year.
Positive Touch was voted number 28 in the 1981 NME Albums of the Year[2]
The album track When Saturday Comes was later borrowed for the title of a famous UK football fanzine[3].

Track Listing:
  1. "Fascination"  
  2. "Julie Ocean"  
  3. "Life's Too Easy"  
  4. "Crisis Of Mine"  
  5. "You're Welcome"  
  6. "His Good Looking Girlfriend"  
  7. "The Positive Touch"      
  8. "When Saturday Comes"
  9. "It's Going To Happen!"
  10. "Sign And Explode"
  11. "I Don't Know"
  12. "Hannah Doot"  
  13. "Boy Wonder"      
  14. "Forever Paradise"  
PRIZE: 125.000 IDR
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BLONDIE - PLASTIC LETTERS (1978)


Studio album by Blondie
Released February 1978
Recorded June–July 1977 at Plaza Sound Studio, New York
Genre New Wave, punk rock
Length 34:46
Label Chrysalis (1166)
Producer Richard Gottehrer

Plastic Letters is the second studio album by American New Wave band Blondie, released in February 1978 on Chrysalis Records. It was the second and final Blondie album to be produced by Richard Gottehrer. "Denis", a cover of the Randy & the Rainbows' 1963 hit "Denise", was a hit all over Europe; reaching no.2 in March 1978 in the United Kingdom. "(I'm Always Touched by Your) Presence, Dear" was the second single from the album, reaching no.10 in the UK in May 1978. The song was written by the band's original bass guitar player Gary Valentine, shortly before his departure from the band prior to the album being recorded (which necessitated Chris Stein playing bass as well as guitar). The album peaked at no.10 in the UK and has been certified Platinum by the BPI.

Track Listing:
  • "Fan Mail" (James Destri) – 2:38
  • "Denis" (Neil Levenson) – 2:19
  • "Bermuda Triangle Blues (Flight 45)" (Chris Stein) – 2:49
  • "Youth Nabbed as Sniper" (Stein) – 3:00
  • "Contact in Red Square" (Destri) – 2:01
  • "(I'm Always Touched by Your) Presence, Dear" (Gary Valentine) – 2:43
  • "I'm on E" (Deborah Harry, Stein) – 2:13
  • "I Didn't Have the Nerve to Say No" (Destri, Harry) – 2:51
  • "Love at the Pier" (Harry) – 2:27
  • "No Imagination" (Destri) – 2:56
  • "Kidnapper" (Destri) – 2:37
  • "Detroit 442" (Destri, Stein) – 2:28
  • "Cautious Lip" (Stein, Ronnie Toast) – 4:24
 PRIZE: 100.000 IDR
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THE CARS - THE CARS (1978)


Studio album by The Cars
Released June 6, 1978 (1978-06-06)
Recorded AIR Studios, London, February 1978 (1978-02)
Genre Rock, New Wave
Length 35:40
Label Elektra
Producer Roy Thomas Baker

The Cars is the debut album by the Boston-based American new wave band The Cars, released in 1978. With the popular tracks "Just What I Needed" and "My Best Friend's Girl" getting heavy airplay on album-oriented rock radio stations, the album sold one million copies by the end of the year and steadily climbed the charts, peaking at #18 on the Billboard 200 in March 1979. The album was ranked #4 on Billboard's Top Pop Albums of 1979 year end chart. The Cars remained on the album chart for 139 weeks with four more tracks — "Good Times Roll", "You're All I've Got Tonight", "Bye Bye Love" and "Moving in Stereo" — becoming AOR radio favorites.
The album was re-issued as a Deluxe Edition on April 20, 1999, containing demos of the entire album alongside five previously unreleased demos.
Rolling stone's magazine ranked the album 279 in 500 best albums of all time.
The cover model is Natalya Medvedeva, a Russian-born model, journalist, and musician who died in 2003.

Track listing:
PRIZE: 125.000 IDR
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    BUZZCOCKS - ANOTHER MUSIC IN A DIFFERENT KITCHEN (1978)



    Studio album by Buzzcocks
    Released 10 March 1978
    Recorded December 1977 – January 1978, Olympic Studios, London
    Genre Punk rock
    Length 44:24 (CD)
    Label United Artists (original UK release)
    I.R.S. (1994 USA CD release with Love Bites)
    Nettwerk (2001 USA CD re-release)
    Producer Martin Rushent

    Another Music in a Different Kitchen was Buzzcocks' first album, released in 1978 and including the hit single "I Don't Mind", which reached #55 in the United Kingom singles chart in May 1978.[1] The corresponding CD was released in March 1994 on the same record label. This was the second line-up of Buzzcocks, with Pete Shelley singing, following the departure of original leader Howard Devoto.
    "It's all very surreal and Dada", says Pete Shelley. "All those elements that we were exploring back then. The first Buzzcocks album title was a kind of cut-up of the title of one of Linder [Sterling]'s other pieces of art. We called it 'Another Music In A Different Kitchen' which partially came from a Linder piece called Housewives Choosing Their Own Juices In A Different Kitchen".[2]
      
    Track listing
    1. "Fast Cars" (Howard Devoto, Steve Diggle, Pete Shelley) – 2:26
    2. "No Reply" (Shelley) – 2:16
    3. "You Tear Me Up" (Devoto, Shelley) – 2:27
    4. "Get on Our Own" (Shelley) – 2:26
    5. "Love Battery" (Devoto, Shelley) – 2:09
    6. "Sixteen" (Shelley) – 3:38
    7. "I Don't Mind" (Shelley) – 2:18
    8. "Fiction Romance" (Shelley) – 4:27
    9. "Autonomy" (Diggle) – 3:43
    10. "I Need" (Diggle, Shelley) – 2:43
    11. "Moving Away from the Pulsebeat" (Shelley) – 7:06
    PRIZE: 125.000 IDR
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