SAVAGE REPUBLIC Tragic Figures LP INDEPENDENT PROJECT 1982 USreissue+inner IP004
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SAVAGE REPUBLIC
Figures of considerable repute within the Los Angeles post-punk community of the 1980s,
Savage Republic grafted tribal percussion, industrial drones, and raga-like guitar lines together
to craft an idiosyncratically moody sound with flashes of both desolation and eloquent grandeur.
Capable of both harsh dissonance and shimmering textures, Savage Republic's guiding
force was guitarist Bruce Licher, a founder and constant presence in their shuffling lineups
"TRAGIC FIGURES"
<reissue, originally published in 1982>
LP INDEPENDENT PROJECT RECORDS IP 004PRINTED IN U.S.A. 1987 REPRESSING
SINGLE COVER WITH INNER SLEEVE
HEAVY CARDBOARD COVER
Barcode and Other Identifiers
Barcode: none
LABEL: INDEPENDENT PROJECT - WHITE LABELS w/ARTWORK - MULTICOLOR TEXT
Catalog on cover: (front) 004 (spine) IP 004
Catalog on labels: IP 004
Matrix / Runout (Side A, Etched): IP-004-A JG #23796(3)
Matrix / Runout (Side B, Etched): IP-004-B JG #23797(3)
Other / Runout (on both sides, Stamped): kdisc
On labels: (Side A) artist+title+songs
(Side B) company+speed-songs
On Inner Sleeve: Recorded July 1981 - March 1982 at Radio Tokyo, Venice, California
Engineered by Ethan James and Mastered by John Golden at Kdisc
All titles © 1982 Savage Republic.
All titles ? 1987 The Independent Project Music, BMI, & Jackson Del Rey Music, BMI
On Back Cover: Manufactured and Distributed by The Chameleon Music Group....
tracklisting
Side A: WHEN ALL ELSE FAILS - ATTEMPTED COUP: MADAGASCAR
THE IVORY COAST - NEXT TO NOTHING - EXODUS
Side B: MACHINERY - ZULU ZULU - REAL MEN
FLESH THAT WALKS - KILL THE FASCISTS! - PROCESSION
grading
RECORD EX but (please, read above description)
SLEEVE EX but (please, see pictures and read above description)
This is really their most atypical full-length studio album, emphasizing harsh, grating vocals
and instrumental drones to a greater degree than anything else in their catalog.
The throbbing percussion, though, would continue to be an element in everything they did,
and quasi-Middle Eastern melodic motifs begin to assert themselves at times.
Be aware that this, like all of Savage Republic's work, is not a collection of "songs" in the
conventional rock sense, although many have vocals; it's more like
a collection of "pieces" designed to establish moods and textures...(AllMusic)
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