Album
....In "Jane From Occupied Europe"
1980 · Rock
3 collectors on Gatefold own this
....In "Jane From Occupied Europe" is a Punk album by Swell Maps, originally released in 1980. On Gatefold: 25 pressings tracked, owned by 3 collectors.
About
The second and last studio LP from the Swell Maps, <i>Jane from Occupied Europe</i> was issued in 1980, one year after <i>A Trip to Marineville</i> blew out cheap speakers all around the U.K. The band’s sonic assault and experimentalist leanings both ripened on <i>Jane</i>, with the brute power of tracks like “The Helicopter Spies” and “Whatever Happens Next” bringing on major neck whiplash, while the oddball tinkering on songs like “Robot Factory” and “Mining Villages” are more likely to induce squirming. Both sides of the band are well represented here, and the production — heavy as ever with reverb, delay, and needles usually in the red — is actually cleaner and tighter. “Secret Island” has a crisp, martial backbone, with a feel similar to <i>Pink Flag</i>-era Wire, but the basic, post-punk stylings of “Let’s Buy a Bridge” and “Border Country” are accessorized with weird piano flourishes and atonal sax squalling. Though founders Nikki Sudden and his brother Epic Soundtracks have both departed this mortal coil, their musical legacy as avant-punk pioneers will endure.
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Tracklist
- 1Robot Factory2:24
- 2Let's Buy a Bridge1:54
- 3Border Country2:12
- 4Cake Shop Girl2:26
- 5The Helicopter Spies4:15
- 6Big Maz in the Desert5:07
- 7Big Empty Field3:43
- 8Mining Villages1:03
- 9Collision With a Frogman3:40
- 10...Vs. the Mangrove Delta Plan4:22
- 11Secret Island4:33
- 12Whatever Happens Next...2:59
- 13Blenheim Shots3:40
- 14A Raincoat's Room1:43
- 15The Stairs Are Like an Avalanche3:22
- 16New York3:17
Sound DNA
- Punk
- Punk Rock
- raw
- chaotic
- art school
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- David BarringtonGUITAR, VIOLIN, KAZOO, VOICE, VOCALS 12-STRING ACOUSTIC GUITAR 12-STRING ACOUSTIC GUITAR, VIOLIN
- Epic SoundtracksDRUMS, ORGAN, PIANO DRUMS, PIANO, ORGAN , TOY , VIOLIN, OTHER , OTHER , HANDCLAPS, BACKING VOCALS DRUMS, PIANO, ORGAN , TOY , VIOLIN, PERFORMER , PERFORMER , HANDCLAPS, BACKING VOCALS
- John CockrillBASS, HANDCLAPS, BACKING VOCALS BACKING VOCALS BASS
- Jowe HeadBASS, BACKING VOCALS BASS, GUITAR, SAXOPHONE, PIANO, VIOLIN, TOY , HANDCLAPS, BACKING VOCALS, VOCALS BACKING VOCALS
- Nikki SuddenGUITAR, PIANO, BASS, ORGAN , TOY , HANDCLAPS, BACKING VOCALS BASS BASS, PERFORMER
- Phones B. SportsmanGUITAR, 12-STRING ACOUSTIC GUITAR, VIOLIN, KAZOO, BACKING VOCALS BACKING VOCALS GUITAR
- Richard EarlGUITAR, BASS, BACKING VOCALS GUITAR, ORGAN , TOY , HANDCLAPS, BACKING VOCALS ACOUSTIC GUITAR
- BarryGUEST, ORGAN ORGAN
- Biggles BooksBACKING VOCALS BASS BASS, GUITAR
- GoldenBASS HANDCLAPS, BACKING VOCALS
3 collectors on Gatefold own this · 25 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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