VIRGIN PRUNES If I Die I Die LP ROUGH TRADE-BASE 1982 ITAorig+inner COLIN NEWMAN
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VIRGIN PRUNES
One of the more adventurous and avant-garde acts to rise out of the punk era, the Virgin Prunes formed in Dublin, Ireland in mid-1977. The group was led by the theatrical singer/songwriter Gavin Friday, who as a teen fell in with a group of like-minded individuals who dubbed themselves the Lypton Village. While some of the social club's members, including a pair of youths named Paul Hewson and David Evans, later known as Bono and the Edge, went on to form the superstar group U2, the remaining members founded the less-commercial Virgin Prunes, taking their name from the local slang for so-called "outsiders" and "freaks," a recurring lyrical theme...
"IF I DIE, I DIE"
Produced by Colin Newman
1982 LP ROUGH TRADE/BASE RECORDS ROUGH 49
MADE IN ITALY ORIGINAL PRESSING
SINGLE COVER + INNER SLEEVE
NOTES: On labels, on the A side 33 RPM (right edge); on the B side 45 RPM instead of 33 RPM.
Barcode and Other Identifiers
Barcode: none
LABEL: ROUGH TRADE/BASE - WHITE LABEL - BLACK TEXT
Catalog on cover: (spine) ROUGH 49
Catalog on labels: ROUGH 49
Matrix / Runout (Side A, Etched): ROUCH BROWN - 49 - A4
Matrix / Runout (Side B, Etched): ROUGH BLUE 49 B3 ? BILBO · TAPE ONE
Other / Runout (on both sides, Stamped): V
On labels: rim text reads "All rights.......forbidden"
Stereo
S.I.A.E.
Produced by Colin Newman
Rough Trade Records-Rough 49
Words and Music Virgin Prunes
? 1982 Rough Trade Records
Copyright Control
33 1/3 r p m
Made in Italy
(on Side A only): 33 RPM
(on Side B only): 45 RPM
Rights Society: S.I.A.E. (printed on both sides, and stamped on Side A)
On Inner Sleeve: Production-Colin Newman
Recorded-Windmill Lane Studios, Dublin, July/August 1982
? Rough Trade Records - 1982
tracklisting
Side A: ULAKANAKULOT - DECLINE AND FALL
SWEETHOME UNDER WHITE CLOUDS - BAU-DACHONG
Side B: BABY TURNS BLUE - BALLAD OF THE MAN - WALLS OF JERICHO
CAUCASIAN WALK - THEME FOR THOUGHT
grading
RECORD VG+ but (please, read above description)
SLEEVE VG+ but (please, see pictures and read above description)
Produced by Wire's Colin Newman, the album's tracks are the epitome of post-punk adventurism. Here, tribal drums and edgy, spooky, detuned guitars and bouzoukis cross paths and meld with synthesizers and primitive drum machines in an onslaught of off-kilter creativity where everyone from the Fall, PIL, New Order, Siouxsie & the Banshees are called in for reference in a brew that is dangerous, primal, and excessive. Two androgynous frontmen in the foppish Gavin Friday and alluring Guggi create alternate ambiences from warped yet sweet Irish balladry to shrieked poetry. And while the set is messy to be sure, it is far from off-putting. In fact, it is easily the band's most consistent and enduring effort...(AllMusic)
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