Suicide - Live 1977-78

Limited edition of 3000, x 6 CD set of "audio verite" recordings (Mastered by the incomparable Denis Blackham) of Suicide playing live from September 1977 to August 1978 . These recordings cover most of their early shows at CBGB’s & Max’s plus their first ever tour across Europe & the UK, these being their dates outside the USA. As you will hear, a crucial year in Suicide's development as both musicians and performers and their mission to stretch the label of Punk Rock to the very limit. The package includes a 40 page booklet of Suicide & Red Star Records memorabilia (including very rare Red Star Press Releases) from the personal archives of Howard Thompson, the A&R man that signed Suicide to UK label Bronze Records, Only the infamous "23 Minutes Over Brussels" has been legally released before. From my very own  sleeve notes: This set of recordings are not the faint hearted, nor is it the ideal place to start to those first time listeners seeking an easy entry into the dark and decidedly queasy world of Alan Vega & Marty Rev’s proto-futuristic, low  tech sci-fi musical that they launched on a mostly uncaring world as music group Suicide. ….Howard Thompson’s archive was originally made purely for his personal reference based on a joyess recognition that he was right there seeing history in the making. We’ve presented the gigs in  the order they happened, all the better to hear how the Suicide live experience develops….
If you want homogenized, satinised, tweaked and combed, P.C’d  “punk” put this baby back on ebay and sell it for profit to one who maybe really wants the use of these  leather black skrying mirrors. Paul Smith blastfirstpetite (2008)   disc 1 1977 nyc  [46:52] 1 suicide cbgb sept 29 1977 24:43 2 suicide cbgb dec 3 1977 set2 22:09 disc 2 1978 nyc  [71:21] 1 suicide the palladium nyc jan 7 1978      21:45 2 suicide maxs jan 13 1978 22:55 3 suicide cbgb feb 3 1978 26:41 disc 3 1978 belgium /france  [70:42] 1 suicide brussels june 16 1978 23:44   2 suicide paris olympia+backstage june 18 1978 46:58 disc 4 1978 germany  [68:29] 1 suicide hamburg audiomax june 28 1978 21:26 2 suicide berlin kant kino/neue welt june 30 1978           22:42 3 suicide berlin kant kino/neue welt june 30 1978 set2 24:21 disc 5 1978 uk  [64:17] 1 suicide london musicmachine july 24 1978 25:37 2 suicide our price radio ad 1:09 3 suicide erics liverpool july 29 1978 31:12 4 suicide erics pt 2 frankie teardrop july 29 1978 6:19 disc 6 1978 nyc [after europe]  [43:35] 1 suicide maxs august 25 1978 recorded by eric mache 43:35

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