Moev Rotting Geraniums 12" Maxi-Single + Press Kit Vancouver Minimal Synth RARE

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Moev : Rotting Geraniums 12" Vinyl Maxi-Single
Description: This is the original 1982 release which includes a full press kit consisting of an 8-page newspaper review pamphlet (complete with plenty of band photos), a Go! Records letterhead insert, PLUS a glossy 8x10 of the Moev members. The vinyl record is in glossy clean excellent to near mint condition, plays at 45 RPM. The cover is in excellent condition, minor ring/edge wear, no seam splits. Please see pictures. All records cleaned with Ultrasonic vinyl cleaner. Check out our store listings for a wide variety of vinyl and CDs including many albums from the early 80's punk/new wave era in our punk/new wave store category. We ship worldwide in secure packaging. Any questions, please contact us.
Tracklist:
  Side One
1. Rotting Geraniums
  Side Two
2. Cracked Mirror
3. Sunday Crisis
Moev is an electronic band based in Vancouver, British Columbia. Initially formed in 1981, Moev released their debut album in 1982 "Zimmerkampf" through the independent label Go! Records. After various issues with Go! Records, the members of Moev co-founded the label Nettwerk Records as an outlet for the band's music, which led to the release of Dusk and Desire in 1986. Although Nettwerk grew in popularity over the subsequent few years, Moev also signed with the major label Atlantic Records. The band released two additional albums, 1988's Yeah, Whatever and 1990's Head Down, prior to disbanding in 1991. Moev reformed in 1999, releasing Suffer in 2000, followed by another hiatus the following year. Moev reformed again in 2007, which led to the albums Ventilation in 2010 and One Minute World in 2013. Multi-instrumentalist and producer Tom Ferris has been the only consistent member of the band since its formation in 1981. The current incarnation of the band also includes his wife, Julie Ferris who initially joined in 1999. In 1981, two high school friends in Vancouver, Tom Ferris and Cal Stephenson, had sought to create music together which leaned into an electronic style. Stephenson handled keyboards and occasional vocals while Ferris played keyboards and guitar, although both individuals focused on production work as well. After the joining of drummer Steve Lowther who also played horns, guitarist Mark Jowett was recruited via an advertisement in The Georgia Straight. After laying out some basic demos, the quartet then found vocalist Madeleine Morris through The Georgia Straight. Notably, Morris' mother was Dolores Claman, who achieved fame in the 1960s with "The Hockey Theme" and "A Place to Stand", in addition to creating thousands of commercial jingles with her husband Richard Morris. The band named themselves Moev, which was later explained as a variation on the color mauve, with mauve as a "pretty purplish pink" and Moev as "the color of insanity". Both Moev and Images in Vogue performed their first live shows together in 1981 at a Vancouver new wave fashion show, dubbed Elektra: The Fashion Dance. Moev also hooked up with a Vancouver record store employee, Terry McBride, as their manager. McBride established the short-lived label Noetix in order to release Moev's debut EP, Cracked Mirror, in 1981. Although distribution was limited to Vancouver, McBride circulated the EP within the music industry, which eventually caught the attention of the San Francisco-based label Go! Records. Around the same time, Lowther departed from the band, and the lineup stayed as a four-piece. Moev temporarily left Vancouver for San Francisco in order to record their full-length debut album. The album, Zimmerkampf, was released in 1982 through Go!, with "Rotting Geraniums" as the lead single; however, the label went through a series of financial struggles, and as a result Moev departed from the label and returned to Vancouver. Upon their return, Morris left the band and joined Family Plot. In 1984, frustrated with how their music was being released, Moev's remaining members (Jowett, Ferris, and Stephenson) co-founded the label Nettwerk Records alongside McBride. McBride handled the management aspects and Jowett mainly worked as an executive for talent-related matters. In addition, Ferris and Stephenson created and operated Limited Vision Studio for the label. Moev then brought in Christine Jones as vocalist for the three-song Toulyev EP (with "Clerk Charade" as the lead track) in 1984; the EP was also the first ever release by Nettwerk. (*~*)
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