MINATURES-V/A, PIPE RECORDS, LP, 1980, U.S.A

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V/A- Miniatures
1980. Pipe records
A sequence of 51 tiny masterpieces edited by Morgan Fisher. Amazing collection of mostly British composers and sound explorers. Everything from abstract poetry, jazz, experimental, avant-rock and more. It's impressive to see the amount of creativity these artists back into a 1-minute (or less) piece. You can hear them having fun with the work and doing things they are not normally used to doing, full spectrum of composition, sound and explorations. Each track is wonderfully commented on by label owner and project producer Morgan Fisher. Stand out tracks for us were Andy Partridge, The Work, Fred Frith (who squeezes pieces from every Henry Cow song into a power mash up piece!) Metabolist, The Residents & Mary Langford.

HARD-CORPS-DIRTY, SURVIVAL, 7", 1984, FRANCE

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Hard-Corps 7"
1)Dirty
2)Respirer
Survival Records 1984
French minimal synth pop. new wave flares but with a darker tint, somewhat DAF/BIG STICK at times.
nice production and female vocals that add nice accents to the music in a treated voice as instrument style.

THE WORK-I HATE AMERICA, 7", WOOF, 1981, U.S.A

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the Work 7"
1)I Hate America
2)Fingers & Toes
3)Duty
-Woof Records, 1981
Awesome spraypaint stenciled sleeve by the UK's The Work. art damaged avant rock! blown out drums and off timing guitar and bass riffs. This Heat US Maple meets Cpt. Beefheart. features Henry Cow member...meats

SURFACE MUSIC- I AM A JANITOR/SLIM BOY, RED ROSE, 7", 1980, U.S.A,

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two excellent innovative s.f. snotty punk jams with synth gravy and pop feelings fans of devo, testors, electric eels etc. killed by death stylings..... mighty likes it.

ICU-BLIND LEADING THE BLIND, YEVRAH, 7", 1981, U.S.A

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THIS SCARCE AND ONLY RELEASE FROM SAN FRANCISCO BASED TRIO, ICU FEATURES TWO BROTHERS DAVID AND JABARI ALLEN ON KEYS AND VOX WITH DAVID PLAYING A LITTLE SAX AND FEATURES REGI HARVEY ON DRUMS VERY FULL AND QUIRKED SOUNDING SYNTH POST PUNK VIA 1981