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2LP +7"
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OPT4 052LP
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Expanded reissue, originally released in 1987. By the time McCarthy appeared on the NME's C86 cassette they had already been playing together for a couple of years and released two excellent singles. Their debut "In Purgatory" and the indie masterpiece "Red Sleeping Beauty" are both included on this release. The following year McCarthy released the brilliant "Frans Hals" before unleashing their debut album I Am A Wallet. Now recognized as an indie pop masterpiece it has gone on to achieve cult status, receiving praise from the likes of Nicky Wire (Manic Street Preachers) as one of the most important albums of the '80s. Known by today's indie acolytes as the band that spawned Tim Gane and Leititia Sadier (who of course went on to form Stereolab). It's a seamless album reminiscent of the Byrds. Wonderful, if slightly twee, jangly guitars with complex and rarely rhyming lyrics, Malcolm Eden's strident left wing political views are manifest on I Am A Wallet. Cloaked in pretty guitar and propulsive drums, Eden sets about attacking the pillars of the day, MPs, Prince Charles, Fleet Street, religion, the response to AIDS, and on almost every song, capitalism. The horrors and inequalities of the capitalist system are laid bare for all the see. The system which enables some to get rich at the expense of others is reviled and attacked.
Pressed on red vinyl and presented in gloss laminated gatefold sleeve. Double album set contains the original LP plus 13 bonus tracks taken from their first four singles and the re-recorded version of "In Purgatory" which originally appeared on the Pink compilation EP, It Sells Or It Smells (1986), plus bonus 7", a reproduction color vinyl copy of McCarthy's first 7" In Purgatory. All three tracks have been remastered from the original master tape and presented in a wraparound sleeve, just like the incredibly rare "Wall Of Salmon" original. Also includes 20-page, 12x12" full-color booklet containing all the lyrics and packed full with photos, many previously unpublished, and press clippings and other memorabilia. Introduction by Nicky Wire of the Manic Street Preachers and track-by-track commentary by Malcolm Eden. 8x10 black-and-white press photo Reproduction European Tour poster "The Well Of Loneliness".
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4CD BOX
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CRCDMBOX 015CD
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"This four disc set comprises the bands three albums (originally recorded between 1987 and 1990), related singles and B-sides, and a sixteen track BBC sessions collection, most of which is previously unreleased."
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2LP +7"
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OPT4 028LP
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2022 repress; originally released in 1989. McCarthy's The Enraged Will Inherit The Earth is a musical molotov cocktail that's a mixture of power chords and virile, virtuous lyrics. The songwriting is tightly forged and their knack for producing raw pop is at its finest here. The Enraged Will Inherit The Earth is a powerful weapon that didn't get enough of a user base to make its intended impact. If the question was ever proposed, "can art be a weapon?" this album answers with a bold and resounding "yes." Includes the singles "Boy Meets Girl, So What," "Should The Bible Be Banned," "Keep An Open Mind Or Else," and "This Nelson Rockerfeller". Limited-edition set contains the original LP plus a ten-track bonus LP and a bonus 7" with two previously unreleased tracks. Remastered and pressed on color vinyl with a reworked sleeve by original designer Andy Royston.
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ON9
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Originally released in 1986 on Pink Records. This was arguably McCarthy's best moment. This issue has a different B side to the original "The Fall". By the time McCarthy appeared on the NME's C86 cassette they had already been playing together for a couple of years and released two excellent singles. McCarthy released their debut album I Am A Wallet in 1987. Known by today's indie acolytes as the band that spawned Tim Gane and Laetitia Sadier (who of course went on to form Stereolab). Part of the Optic Sevens reissue series. Red vinyl; includes poster and postcard; Edition of 500.
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