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The La's Live! 1986-87 manages to capture the band's original ethos and attitude. Side one contains Liverpool "live" recordings from 1986 when Mike Badger and Lee Mavers shared material and vocal duties. These recordings have a skiffle like quality that flew in the face of the highly produced trends dominating the mid-eighties and can see the band defining and developing it's sound. Side two shows a band that had evolved, almost at times garage rock which suited certain songs in a better way, eventually selling out the Marquee Club. This album in many ways illustrates the true nature of the La's from its original inception to its eventual place in the hearts and minds of music lovers everywhere. Pure magic and history in the making. Edition of 500.
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[sold out, no repress] The mythology that has grown around The La's has made them one of the most enigmatic bands of the last few decades. The story began in a hard-hit Liverpool in 1984, when Mike Badger teamed up with local lad Lee Mavers to write and sing their way out of the rut the city was in. Over the next two years they co-wrote material inspired by their love of "roots" music such as: Bo Diddley, raw 1950s rockabilly, Captain Beefheart, and the punk bands they had both seen in local club Eric's a few years before. Early reviews called them "Surreal Rock 'n' Roll" (Melody Maker) or "Tom Waits could have dreamt up The La's 'Sweet 35'" (NME). These earliest La's recordings that now appear here on limited edition vinyl are raw and spirited, defining a unique, creative time in the band's history and firmly point the way to future success. "Had The La's been able to accommodate Badger and Mavers could world domination have been far away" --MOJO Remastered; new cover art and sleeve notes; sleeve notes include an exclusive interview with co-founder Mike Badger.
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The La's are one of the most enigmatic bands of the last few decades releasing only a handful of singles and one "official" critically acclaimed album (which was disowned by the band itself). Lee Mavers (singer/songwriter) has stated repeatedly, that the closest he came to capturing his perfect vision was with the original recordings -- which now appear here on limited vinyl with an undisputed spirit and freshness that could never be recaptured. With so much mythologizing around the band's early recordings, and their eventual disappearance, Viper present the songs which appeared thirty years ago on the first La's album, only as nature intended -- authentic, endearing, and quite simply magical. Amongst many highlights is the first ever recording of "There She Goes, 'Live'" -- now correctly considered to be a standard. Noel Gallagher famously stated that: "Oasis wanted to finish off what the La's had started" It's fair to say it's right here where Brit pop started. Remastered; new cover art and sleeve notes; sleeve notes include an exclusive interview with La's guitarist Paul Hemmings.
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VIPER 135CD
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Magneticism II features some of the finest "live" performances by Captain Beefheart & his Magic Bands, many being previously unreleased rarities. Led by California's enigmatic singer/songwriter: Don Van Vliet (aka Captain Beefheart), his various Magic Bands were faithful in their pursuit to realize his musical visions. "Live" they always shone and these joyously, unforgettable performances make this a truly important collection of work, showing a unique and innovative ring master directing his collaborators in staggering form to ecstatic crowds. These recordings also give a broad scope of the Captain's catalog of work with material from the beginning of his career right up to his final compositions -- reminding listeners today why he is still regarded as one of the most important and influential musician/artists of the twentieth century. To quote the Captain: "If you got ears, you gotta listen"...
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LP version. Magneticism II features some of the finest "live" performances by Captain Beefheart & his Magic Bands, many being previously unreleased rarities. Led by California's enigmatic singer/songwriter: Don Van Vliet (aka Captain Beefheart), his various Magic Bands were faithful in their pursuit to realize his musical visions. "Live" they always shone and these joyously, unforgettable performances make this a truly important collection of work, showing a unique and innovative ring master directing his collaborators in staggering form to ecstatic crowds. These recordings also give a broad scope of the Captain's catalog of work with material from the beginning of his career right up to his final compositions -- reminding listeners today why he is still regarded as one of the most important and influential musician/artists of the twentieth century. To quote the Captain: "If you got ears, you gotta listen"...
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VIPER 052CD
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"Now remastered and with 7 previously unreleased bonus tracks. The mythology that has grown around The La's has made them one of the most enigmatic bands of the last few decades. The story began in a bleak mid-'80s Liverpool, with a chance meeting between two unemployed musicians, Lee Mavers and Mike Badger. Over the next two years they co-wrote material which appears here on Breakloose 1984-1986. Influenced by the likes of Howlin' Wolf, Captain Beefheart and described as 'surreal rock 'n' roll', the results are raw & spirited with classic song writing to the fore, defining a unique and creative time in the band's history and pointing the way to future success." Includes 20-page booklet.
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VIPER 023CD
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"Another 'storming collection of scouse nuggets' from the seventies to the present day. Vol 3 begins with Liverpool's first punk band The Spitfire Boys with a song called 'British Refugee' from 1977 featuring future Frankie Goes to Hollywood member Paul Rutherford on vocals and ends with The Hokum Clones, one of Liverpool's finest new bands around, covering a song that started it all in the mid 1950s, Leadbelly's 'Rock Island Line.' This album also features a lost song by Shack called 'Up' thought to be destroyed in a fire in 1991, The ID, an early incarnation of OMD with the original version of 'Electricity,' and 'Hey Disco Joe' by Wah! Heat 'live' at the last night of Erics and many more gems."
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A collection of various live recordings in the US over the years '72-81 (from Boston, NYC, TX, LA, etc.). "This album shows what a magnificent, powerful and remarkable voice the Captain had and what a truly formidable force the'magic' band were. This is another historic document and features such rarities as the captain performing 'The Blimp' from Trout Mask Replica which leads him into playing a sax solo equal to the free jazz experimentation of Ornette Coleman or John Coltrane, 'Harry Irene' with the best whistling outro ever and the lost gem, 'Railroadism'- a distant cousin of the lost track 'Hoboism' + many more. This will not only be of importance to Beefheart freaks but to the world as a whole. Also features previously unpublished photos and in-depth liner notes."
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VIPER 011CD
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"Captain Beefheart and his various Magic Bands created a unique fusion of sound sourced from Delta Blues, Free Jazz, Rock 'n' Roll and Doo Wop. The band visited these shores a number of times and it is from these dates that the Viper label has culled this collection, covering every period from Safe as Milk to Doc At The Radar Station and everything in between."
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