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1. Letter's in the Post 2. Not a Bitterman (Born to be Mild) 3. Dance and Drink the Mekons 4. Bomb Train 5. Trouble Down South 6. Car-Men 7. Eden 8. Frustration 9. Fight The Cuts 10. Byron 11. This Sporting Life 12. Rosanne 13. Garden Fence of Sound 14. Miriam Always 15. Walking Song 16. The Building 17. I'm So Happy 18. I Bought You These 19. He Beat Up His Boyfriend 20. 1st Guitarist |
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released in 1982, The Mekons Story (also known as It Falleth
like the Gentle Rain from Heaven) is a collection of rare and unobtainable
tracks from the U.K. punk legends Jon Langford describes as "our
revenge on the world". This 20 track CD includes brilliant outtakes,
unreleased tracks, alternate versions, B-sides, as well as a handful
of live radio sessions recorded between 1977 and 1982 during the first
Mekons incarnation. With a drunken sounding David Spencer providing
a between cuts "history" of the band, this, more than any
other Mekons recording, shows their crucial and comic postpunk development.
From cacophonic punk, primitive disco, agitated funk and new wave,
and synth pop, the consistent thread in this material is the sheer
brilliance of the Mekons' literacy in songwriting. THEY ARE BETTER THAN THE BEATLES...Lester Bangs They are better than Budgie and REO Speedwagon combined..Lester Bangs keep abreast of all other sombre public appearances, crass stunts and policy U-turns at http://www.myspace.com/jdfanglord AND new Mekons CD NATURAL http://www.touchandgorecords.com/links/qs98/ |
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