AND THE NATIVE HIPSTERS - There Goes Concorde Again DIY
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Apr 3, 2010 Sold Date
Mar 26, 2010 Start Date
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AND THE NATIVE HIPSTERS

There Goes Concorde Again/Stands Still The Building/I Wanna Be Around (Paul)

Heater Volume Records : HVR 003

Here is an EXCELLENT copy of And The Native Hipsters' debut single release, on the Heater Volume Records label dating from 1979. This DIY release comes with a fold out card sleeve

One of the more bizarre "groups" birthed by the late-'70s/early-'80s British post-punk scene, And the Native Hipsters achieved notoriety in 1980 with the oddball single "There Goes Concorde Again," a living room recording that the group had pressed into 500 copies.  Upon hand stamping each of the singles and assembling the sleeves from posters of soccer player Kevin Keegan, the group sent them to the infamous Rough Trade shop.  DJ John Peel picked up the single and began playing it constantly on his influential BBC program, and the group had to press another 5,000 copies.  Clocking in at just under seven minutes, the formless composition is more of a spoken word piece or whimsical experiment than a song, featuring Nanette "Blatt" Greenblatt's perfectly-devoid-of-skill vocals, a wobbly funhouse synth, the occasional guitar pling, and not much bass.

Greenblatt and William Wilding were pretty much the nucleus of the group, which featured countless members during its existence. Those who came and left included Robert Cubitt, Tom Fawcett (Design for Living, Fraff), Lester Square (Monochrome Set), Annie Whitehead (a noted session trombonist), Ludwina van der Sman, Chris Cornetto, and Simon Davidson.  Though the original lineup only played one gig together (opening for Bauhaus), Wilding and Greenblatt continued to perform together sporadically.  A couple official releases followed the group's debut single, but none of them were able to garner its popularity. 

In 2001, interest in And the Native Hipsters was renewed from the inclusion of "There Goes Concorde Again" on the Rough Trade Shops: 25 Years box set. Wilding assembled a retrospective disc of the group's work, culling material that had and hadn't been released throughout the previous 20 years.

The record is in EXCELLENT condition and plays well, with light surface noise as you would expect.  The fold out picture sleeve is in EXCELLENT condition, and the folded paper insert is perfect.

All records are well packaged in quality mailers and sent recorded delivery in the UK and with adequate compensation, depending on selling price, if sent abroad.

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