ALTERNATIVE TV The Image Has Cracked 1978 ORIGINAL MINT-
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56
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£ 56
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Jan 21, 2013
Sold Date
Jan 11, 2013
Start Date
£ 24
Start price
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Great Britain
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ALTERNATIVE TV The Image Has Cracked 1978 ORIGINAL MINT-
NEGLECTED CLASSIC FROM MARK PERRY - ONCE PLAYED
ALTERNATIVE TVThe Image Has Cracked
UK DEPTFORD FUN CITY RECORDS (DLP 01) ORIGINAL PRESSING (June 1978) OF ALTERNATIVE TV's DEBUT LP
This is one record from a small collection of punk/post punk albums I will be listing over the coming days.
All are from the same owner who played them once to tape then carefully stored them away where they have remained untouched ever since.
All are original issues and many still retain their original shop shrink-wrapping.
This is a fantastic collection - all essentially as-new and will be listed as MINT(-) rather than MINT as they have been played (albeit once)
All have been play-checked and sound flawless with no imperfections of any kind
*In response to numerous questions all the records in this collection play MINT (unless stated otherwise and are only given a MINT(-) as they have been played once)
VINYL: MINT -
SLEEVE: MINT-
PRESSED ON HEAVYWEIGHT VINYL WITH THE FIRST ISSUE DFCR MATT LABELS
MATRIX: DLP + 01 + A2 , "A PORKY PRIME CUT", "SSS ROOLS" / DLP + 01 + B
THE RECORD IS HOUSED IN THE ORIGINAL MATT SLEEVE "Printed and made in Great Britain by Garrod & Lofthouse Ltd.” (in the original shrink-wrap with original prices sticker - on the wrap not the sleeve)
Starting with a proggy synth intro which sounds just like the music punk was supposed to be destroying might seem an unusual move for a band founded by the guy who chronicled the original London explosion. But it's that very contrariness in Mark Perry which made the original Alternative TV such a thrilling prospect, and which makes The Image Has Cracked an unfairly neglected classic.
Seizing on the promise of punk as being a new means of expression rather than a new set of musical rules to be adhered to, Perry, along with a solid-enough band, whip up a series of incendiary pieces that explore as much as they thrash, caught somewhere between the Fall's divine ramalama and three-chord snarls. "Alternatives" captures the tense spirit of the band's work perfectly, a live recording where over a gentle groove Perry invites audience members to come up and "use the soapbox," only to have a bunch of screamers talk a lot of nothing until Perry spits vitriol at a pair of people in a punch-up.
As an expression of going down defiant while punk became a new fashion, it's fierce and brilliant. A good half of the album comes from the same concert, including the harrowing final track, "Splitting in Two," as perfect a capturing of nails-dug-in-flesh paranoia and indecision as anything in music history.
The studio cuts include a solid run-through of Zappa's "Why Don't You Do Me Right?" and the closest ATV ever came to an anthemic single, "Action Time Vision."
Side 1:
Alternatives
Action Time Vision
Why Don't You Do Me Right?
Good Times
Side 2:
Still-Life
Viva La Rock N' Roll
Nasty Little Lonely
Red
Splitting In 2
POST & PACKING:
A PROTECTIVE POLY SLEEVE, NEW INNER SLEEVE WITH ANTI-STATIC LINER, QUALITY BOX (NOT ENVELOPE) MAILER AND AMPLE STIFFENERS ARE ALWAYS USED TO ENSURE THAT YOUR RECORD ARRIVES SAFELY
UK: 1st Class: £4.50 (recorded delivery)
EUROPE: Airmail: £12.00 (International Signed For delivery)
INTERNATIONAL: Airmail: £17.00 (International Signed For delivery)
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I am continually adding new items which may be of interest to you and it is impractical for me to allow payment to be postponed indefinitely in the expectation that you might wish to bid on future items.
Thank you for your understanding and cooperation
Guarantee: The record is unconditionally guaranteed and I will offer a complete, no quibble refund (through Paypal) upon return of the item should you not be pleased with it in any way
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486 (GS 6.5.1 (486))
