Slash was a record label that you could trust. If it was on Slash it was going to be good: X, The Germs, Fear, Faith No More. Come on!
Unfortunately they were gobbled up in one mega-merger or another and that was the end of L.A.’s coolest label. In 2003 Super Record Megacorp sold the name back to Slash founder Bob Biggs. I don’t really know what’s happened since then. If any of you have leads on recent Slash releases that I need to hear, lay them on me.
As for Slash, the Early Sessions, that album reads almost like a Rosetta Stone for my teen years: X, Violent Femmes, The Blasters, Gun Club, The Dream Syndicate, Fear, Germs. This one was in my power rotation for years, and now that it’s out of the stacks again it will likely get more turntable time.
This is a dud for collectors. There’s nothing on this compilation that you can’t get elsewhere, but the cover art is cool and because the record geeks aren’t after it you should be able to find a copy for under five bucks. Happy hunting.
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I have this lp signed by the violent femmes.. does that up its value?.. lol
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It certainly ups the cool factor!
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Here ya go, folks– my treat– the result of mooochoooo years… enjoy
(every song a gem, *guaranteed*) :
* The (Mostly) Unheard Music of the Late 70s & Early 80s *
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1. Cure– World War
2. Clash– Spanish Bombs (excellent photos from Spanish Civil War)
3. Clash– Lost in the Supermarket
4. Clash– Brand New Cadillac
5. XTC– Generals and Majors
6. The Jam– Tales from the Riverbank
7. The Jam– That’s Entertainment
8. The Jam– Carnation
9. Clash– Charlie Don’t Surf (NB: unofficial video– appropriated by militarists)
10. Public Image, Ltd. (PiL)– Public Image
11. The Jam– Monday
11. Germs– Caught in My Eye
12. Gun Club– Sex Beat
13. The Jam– Town Called Malice
14. XTC– Yacht Dance
15. Dickies– You Drive Me Ape (You Big Gorilla)
17. The Specials– Man at C&A
18. The Specials– Concrete Jungle
19. Echo and the Bunnymen– Turquoise Days
20. The Cramps– Goo Goo Muck
21. Killing Joke– Love Like Blood
22. The Specials– Ghost Town
23. Front 242– Headhunter
24. Wire– 15th
25. Echo and the Bunnymen– All That Jazz
26. Echo and the Bunnymen– Do It Clean
27. Echo and the Bunnymen– Monkeys
28. Chameleons– Don’t Fall
29. Magazine– About the Weather
27. Siouxie and the Banshees– Arabian Knights
28. Siouxie and the Banshees– Israel
29. Psychedelic Furs– Sister Europe
30. Psychedelic Furs– India
31. X– Johnny Hit and Run Paulene
32. X– It’s Who You Know
33. X– Beyond and Back
34. X– White Girl
35. X– Universal Corner
36. Joy Division– Dead Souls (live, from ‘Still’ album)
37. Joy Division– New Dawn Fades (live, from ‘Still’ album
38. Joy Division– Candidate (live, from The Factory)
39. Joy Division– Shadowplay (live, from ‘Still’ album)
40. Joy Division– Ice Age (‘Still’ album version)
41. Joy Division– Incubation
42. Joy Division– Sound of Music (soundcheck)
43. Joy Division– The Only Mistake (from “Still’ album)
44. Pixies– River Euphrates
45. Pixies– Where is My Mind?
46. Pixies– Here Comes Your Man
47. Pixies– No. 13, Baby
48. Pixies– Gouge Away
49. NEU!– Hero
50. Madness– Grey Day
51. The Cure– Other Voices
52. The Cure– All Cats Are Grey
53. Charlatans U.K.– Can’t Even Be Bothered
54. Joy Division– Leaders of Men
55. The Undertones– Teenage Kicks
56. The Undertones– Beautiful Friend
57. The Fleshtones– The Dreg
58. The Dream Syndicate– Halloween
59. Joe Jackson– Beat Crazy
60. Elvis Costello– Pump It Up
61. BauHaus– Silent Hedges
62. BauHaus– St. Vitus Dance
63. The Shoes– Tomorrow Night
64. Roxy Music– Out of the Blue
65. XTC– Senses Working Overtime
66. Robyn Hitchcock– Queen Elvis (album)
67. The Cure– The Forest
68. Buzzcocks– Ever Fallen in Love (with Someone You Shouldn’t Have) ?
69. Joy Division– Exercise One (from the “Still’ album)
70. XTC– English Roundabout
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