FELT Index / Break It 7" SHANGHAI RECORDS 1979 JAP unoff reissue RARE DEBUT
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FELT

Felt was the project of Britain's enigmatic Lawrence, a singer/songwriter who transformed his long-standing obsession with the music of Tom Verlaine and Television into an impressive catalog of minimalist pop gems and, ultimately, cult stardom. The first Felt single, "Index," was produced by Lawrence alone in his bedroom on a portable cassette player; released in 1979, its primitive, impressionistic sound stood in stark contrast to the sleek solemnity of the new wave (as did ' much-discussed "new puritan" stance, a rejection of alcohol, smoking and drugs), and as a result the record became the subject of lavish critical praise, leading to a contract with the Cherry Red label...

"INDEX"

<unofficial reissue, originally published in 1979>

tracklisting

Side 1: INDEX

Side 2: BREAK IT

7"     SHANGHAI  (NOT ON LABEL) RECORDS    shangai records no.1

MADE IN JAPAN      1990 UNOFFICIAL REPRESSING

NOTES: Although there was only one pressing of the record, subsequently distributed copies amended the artwork by blanking this out with a black rectangle. The later version also features a catalogue number, "No.1", on the reverse of the fold that is omitted on this version. According to 1992 article in Record Collector magazine there were 500 copies of the record pressed,  the "first 100 or so" featuring the poem.

THIS ONE: A Japanese bootleg from 1990 is identifiable in having black, rather than yellow, labels on the disc.

FOLDOUT COVER  BLANKED POEM

[Housed in a plain white sleeve with photocopied artwork folded around and stapled to the sleeve by hand]

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Barcode: none

LABEL: SHANGHAI  (NOT ON LABEL) - BLACK LABEL - NO TEXT

Catalog on cover: (inside) shangai records no.1

Catalog on labels: none

Matrix / Runout (Side A, Etched): 1 - A - 1

Matrix / Runout (Side B, Etched): 1 - A -1

On labels: none

On Back Cover: felt

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