V/A Rodney on the ROQ- Compilation LP (Posh Boy, USA, 1980)
20-Oct-07
Why is that records such as this first of three volumes of
RODNEY ON THE ROQ have never been re-released (except for two best of volumes, one on vinyl in the UK, one on CD)? I mean, c’mon - hit after hit, from alpha to omega. Take this version of one of the very best songs ever written – “Bloodstains” (
AGENT ORANGE) blows
away the other two version (on the first 7″ and on the fab “Living in Darkness” 12″). Same for
ADOLESCENTS’ “Amoeba”! The
CIRCLE JERKS, you know that, should have called it a day after the first “LP”, so their song is the weakest here.
UXA we love,
KLAN is great, BLACK FLAG deliver their most aggressive song ever (what a sound!) and
RIK L RIK is out there in the “Outback”. The flip has poppies sounds, nevertheless they’re all smashers!
CROWD,
DAVID MICROWAVE, the invincible
NUNS,
FENDER BUDDIES,
VIDIOTS plus an unreleased
SIMPLETONES jump-a-rounder.
But, frankly, I only took my time to rip this for the last song, listed as “Surprise” done by a band called
NEW YORK. It’s actually a gal named Cristina covering
Peggy Lee’s “Is that all there is” and drastically changing the lyrics, turning the song into one dark dyonisian chant. This really has freaking me out, it’s so fucking great! Isn’t this exactly the kind of music Quentin Tarantino would use in a movie soundtrack? If anybody has more on Cristina (and yes, I can google myself), please please share.
Help yourself or the social workers will! (<– clicking that link means you’ll be downloading the whole played to decomposition comp with all its crackling and rumpling, compressed into one large zip file)
http://www.goodbadmusic.com/category/compilations/
Death In June - Take Care And Control
[Neofolk. UK. Neroz]
Tracklisting:
1 Smashed To Bits (In The Peace Of The Night) (4:48)
2 Little Blue Butterfly (4:04)
3 The Bunker (3:08)
4 Kameradschaft (4:22)
5 Frost Flowers (3:10)
6 A Slaughter Of Roses (3:13)
7 The November Men (7:43)
8 Power Has A Fragrance (3:46)
9 Despair (2:23)
10 The Odin Hour (3:59)
11 The Bunker, Empty (2:56)
12 Wolf Angel (2:59)
13 Circo Massimo (6:16)
Part 1
Part 2
[mp3@320]
[Limited edition of 1000 copies. Packaged in a standard jewel case. Includes the track "Wolf Angel" (Track 12) which was not included on the Take Care And Control LP and the track "Circo Massimo" (Track 13) which was not on the UK version of Take Care And Control CD. Track 4 ("Kameradschaft") was already completed prior to Albin Julius' arrival to write the music for and record this record. Track 13 is the italian fascist song "Giovinezza".]
http://blodvargr.blogspot.com/2008/0...d-control.html